Maya con Dios

Kweepa · Sun 04/04/2004 19:29:52

Maya con Dios

Screenshots:

From the intro

Dixie gets in trouble

Dixie Schele, professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin, is investigating ruins in Mexico when she is thrown back in time to the age of the Maya. She must avoid crazy customs, evade crazed rulers, and appease cranky gods to find her way home.

Look for it sometime in 2004! [EDIT] Ok, maybe 2006 is more realistic. *Sniff*

(Now I've announced it I've got to finish it.)
Cheers,
Steve

Update 6th Oct 2005
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This is still semi-in-production.
It's been on the back burner for a while though.
I recently went on holiday to the Yucatan and visited some Mayan sites, which was awesome.
I'll get back to working on it more when I finish IVSpy.
Realistically, I'd say Plot is only at 70%.

Chicky · Sun 04/04/2004 19:37:31

omg, that looks brilliant. Im totally digging your simplistic but damn accurate art style. I totally love it.

Story sound nice and unique too!

go finish it!

-OSC

Rik_Vargard · Sun 04/04/2004 20:00:54

Hey, nice pics, there.

The story seems big fun and stuff....

Pet Terry · Sun 04/04/2004 20:33:10

Looks and sounds excellent, keep it up!

Darth Mandarb · Sun 04/04/2004 20:40:24

WAY cool!

Awesome graphics.

Great story idea.

BETA testers List:
1) Darth Mandarb

~ d

Kairus · Sun 04/04/2004 20:41:35

The plot and graphics look really good, this game seems it's going to be excellent. But the name... is it your final word? Because it doesn't sound good, what is it a wordplay with the 'Vaya con Dios' expression?

jaz · Sun 04/04/2004 20:53:59

Hey,my professor of law history at uni was Schele too! I hope he didn't get himself in troubles... BTW it looks brilliant and funny.It moved immediatelly very high in my list of most awaited games.Make sure THIS ONE gets done. Or bad things will happen!

Pet Terry · Sun 04/04/2004 20:58:38

Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Sun 04/04/2004 20:40:24BETA testers List:
1) Darth Mandarb

So, if that is the case, then...
BETA testers List:
2) Petteri

Kweepa · Sun 04/04/2004 21:59:20

Kairus, yup it's a play on words. Sorry. My style.
It's not a final name necessarily, but it's growing on me...

jaz, the name Schele comes from Linda Schele, who was a UT professor as described, see for example
http://www.famsi.org/research/schele/

Darth and Petteri, you can surely be beta testers. I might need some music too (later)...

Cheers,
Steve

evilspacefart · Sun 04/04/2004 23:50:27

that looks fantastic!
Notice the attention to details - the shadowing on the grass. great stuff.

modgeulator · Mon 05/04/2004 01:47:56

What style of music would you be a-wantin'? I'd love to help out if I can...

James Kay · Mon 05/04/2004 05:44:06

Pun-tastic!
And not bad for programmer-art.

PS: That simple style GUI looks kinda like that mockup I emailed you a while ago. Strange how these coincidences crop up, eh?

Totoro · Mon 05/04/2004 10:54:27

What a nice and cute and young professor

But why did she turn blue... did she meet the maniac mansion asteroid?

mätzyboy · Mon 05/04/2004 11:51:43

Is that a SWEDISH army knife i see in the inventory? Cool...

Looks like a great game! Looking forward to this!

Kweepa · Mon 05/04/2004 21:38:50

modgeulator,
I was thinking about some mystical style midis, with something more dramatic in the same style. A couple of examples are mystisky.mid and newage1.mid which you can get here:
http://web2.iadfw.net/aars1/Midi/Universe/
I'd love it if you could help out - I won't be *needing* music for months though.

James,
Cheers, I think.
The GUI is pre-your mockup, honest. I'd just been playing one of foz's games, so I ripped him off, not you

Totoro,
I should play Maniac Mansion. Maybe I'd get some ideas!

mÃ¤tzyboy,
It sure is a Swedish army knife! Following on from the Norwegian army knife in III Spy...

James Kay · Tue 06/04/2004 02:37:17

Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Mon 05/04/2004 21:38:50Cheers, I think.

Though I'm looking forward to the game, and it doesn't look bad at all, the title is, simply put, terrible. Sorry. Keep in mind John Cleese's three rules of comedy: No puns, no puns, no puns!
I'm sure you can think of something better.

Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Mon 05/04/2004 21:38:50The GUI is pre-your mockup, honest. I'd just been playing one of foz's games, so I ripped him off, not you

Well, I guess there's a first time for everything.

J

foz · Tue 06/04/2004 02:43:27

Quote from: SteveMcCrea on Sun 04/04/2004 19:29:52

(Now I've announced it I've got to finish it.)
Cheers,
Steve

If you don`t finish it you will be thrown back in time to the age of the Maya.....

Where you will have to avoid crazy customs, evade crazed rulers, and appease cranky gods ...

shrff · Thu 06/10/2005 08:30:01

What a great idea!Ã,Â I never met Linda prior to her death, but from talking to some of her old students, I think she would get a kick out of being portrayed in a game.

Dixie is quite a bit easier on the eyes though...

Looking forward to the game, please let me know if I can help.Ã,Â I'll probably be encouraging the game among my associates in the archaeological community.Ã,Â You may have a cult classic on your hands (no pun intended).Ã,Â

ildu · Thu 06/10/2005 08:40:46

This thread is one and a half years old. I doubt the game's been in production for a long while.

Darth Mandarb · Thu 06/10/2005 14:19:34

Never ceases to amaze me ...

shrff - read the forum rules in all boards before you continue posting.

Steve - how 'bout an update now that, after 18 months, you got a bump!