Maniac Mansion - Dott-Style (still in business!)

Mister L · Mon 26/03/2012 23:35:27

Quote from: Dr. Spengler on Mon 26/03/2012 04:58:59
Could you post a Dr. Fred GIF or animation?

You can also see Dr. Fred walking in our trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=z86pGuwnNcE#t=143s

Nurse Edna is currently under construction again. 8)

nads · Mon 12/11/2012 05:46:09

I know it's an old topic but for people who haven't checked the site in recent times. They have uploaded a new screenshot on their website (Oct 18th was the update). Nice use of the flashlight there. Hopefully, Mister L/anyone on the project can help shed some light on how the project is coming along (seeing how the last update was on late March)

Enjoy

Darth Mandarb · Mon 12/11/2012 13:08:34

**sigh** Just when I thought people finally understood...

nads - do not do this again.

Mister L - if/when YOU feel like updating this thread let me know and I'll unlock it!

Mister L · Sat 23/02/2013 17:25:23

Hi Folks!

The project was not doing well the last few month, but now we're "Back from the Ted" and the past two weeks were very productive.
We added a bunch of (quite funny) character animations to the game - but it's still much more to do!

We could need more help in the animations department.
Maybe there is someone out there who want's to work really hard for free? - Let us know!

Tabata · Sat 23/02/2013 18:55:12

Great news - best of luck for this wonderful project!

doctorfargo · Sun 24/02/2013 00:07:38

Great news!

Frodo · Sun 24/02/2013 09:36:24

WOnderful to hear

Mister L · Wed 17/04/2013 15:24:21

We just added sprite number 5000 into "Night of the Meteor" and since our adventure remake has seven playable characters many, many sprites must follow!

We could still use some help with all the wonderfull animations this game deserves!

If anyone wants to join our team, feel free to drop us a note.

Joseph DiPerla · Wed 17/04/2013 21:56:20

Congrats! I am looking forward to this. I Wish I could help, but the only thing I could offer is Italian Translation and to tell you the truth... I wouldn't have much time for that. If you are desperate though, let me know.

Mister L · Thu 27/02/2014 21:32:53

Hey folks, we're still in business!

We've just imported the 6,666th sprite - and it's just sick

Check out our website to see...

...well extactly the same!

http://www.night-of-the-meteor.de/en

Blackthorne · Thu 27/02/2014 22:48:17

This is good news!!! Love that this project is still going!

Bt

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 28/02/2014 08:40:55

is the pleasure given by the game proportional to the number of sprites the game contains? Nope. It's exponential in your case

NOW HURRY UP AND FINISH THAT GAME.
PS: sorry I never got to finish the hamster animation. But I was very proud to see that you showcased the microwave on the website

ediKru · Fri 28/02/2014 09:53:44

Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Fri 28/02/2014 08:40:55
PS: sorry I never got to finish the hamster animation. But I was very proud to see that you showcased the microwave on the website

No problem. By the way: The hamster was sitting helpless in the microwave yesterday, it was slowly breathing and it kept looking at me with his big sad eyes...

Monsieur OUXX · Fri 28/02/2014 14:34:27

Quote from: ediKru on Fri 28/02/2014 09:53:44
By the way: The hamster was sitting helpless in the microwave yesterday, it was slowly breathing and it kept looking at me with his big sad eyes...

Are you saying that someone did finish that animation?

If yes, so cool!
I've just sent a "microwave exploding" animation to Mister L. I hope nobody did the same animation in the mean time!

selmiak · Fri 28/02/2014 16:20:06

Good to hear that, keep up the good work.
Just out of interested, is sprite number 6666 more like 20% of what you are aiming for, or like 50% or even like 90% or the sprites needed?

Ghost · Fri 28/02/2014 18:35:03

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 28/02/2014 16:20:06
is sprite number 6666 more like 20% of what you are aiming for, or like 50% or even like 90% or the sprites needed?

It's already 125% The Number Of Teh Beast!

Glad to see this is still in the making. Can't wait for it to see the light of day (I have set up a triple exorcism already, just in case. You WON'T need 666.666.666 sprites, right?)

ediKru · Fri 28/02/2014 20:02:10

Quote from: selmiak on Fri 28/02/2014 16:20:06
Just out of interested, is sprite number 6666 more like 20% of what you are aiming for, or like 50% or even like 90% or the sprites needed?

We can't give you a number. But we're propably still far away from 90%

There are lots of animations that still have to be done (and since we have seven playable characters many animations have to be done seven times ).
I even can't tell you if we've already reached the 50% mark for animation work (I hope so - but I've no idea how complex some of the stuff will turn out that's lying ahead of us).

But while there are still tons of animations lying ahead of us - most of the background work is done.

selmiak · Fri 28/02/2014 21:49:35

Quote from: Ghost on Fri 28/02/2014 18:35:03

It's already 125% The Number Of Teh Beast!

haha, I'm slow! Great!

Tramponline · Sat 01/03/2014 07:30:13

So great to hear you guys are making headway!

That 'illegal' screenshot

, several posts above, fuels my imagination and gives me the same tingly pleasure
as staring at the back of those game boxes back in the days!

ediKru · Fri 04/07/2014 09:34:37

The game is making progress, at the moment there are 8128 sprites in the game.

Since most of the animations have to be done seven times (one version for each kid) there is still much work to do in the animation department. So we're always looking for help with animations.
To fasten thinks up we also could use somebody who is interested in creating a cutscene (such as the Edsel flying away, the house exploding, ... something that can be created separately and independent from the rest of the game) that will require animation, background and scripting work.
So if anyone reading this can spare some time and is interested, just write me a PM. Thanks!