[RELEASED] Venator

Darkdan · Thu 17/02/2011 12:20:43

Hello all, Venator is my first attempt to make an AGS game.

The game is about the von Penumbrus, a family of famous parapsychological hunters succesfully fighting mummies, vampires, ghosts, werewolves, ... since several generations.

But... the youngest member of the family, Gilbert, is not really a promising hunter.

He is rather lazy, determinedly peaceful, not really very bright... and after some painful training sessions, this is the night of his first hunt.

To be continued... (with some more work...)

Walk cycle added by request.

Some attitudes of the main character.

arj0n · Thu 17/02/2011 12:36:16

Looking good, good luck with your project!

WHAM · Thu 17/02/2011 13:05:42

~~1: Quick! Post another screenshot before darth spots you! (Forum rules!)~~

2: I like the idea and I like the look of the game. Would be awesome if you could post a .gif of a walkcycle or something, so we can see how the animation quality compares with the stills. If it is on par, this is going to be an awesomely cartoony looking game!

arj0n · Thu 17/02/2011 13:10:54

Quote from: WHAM on Thu 17/02/2011 13:05:42
1: Quick! Post another screenshot before darth spots you! (Forum rules!)

Nope, only two (in-game) screenshots must be available.

Khris · Thu 17/02/2011 14:53:35

This looks really cool, like a Clever & Smart or Gaston comic. Great style.
The screenies suffer a bit from being jpeg though.

Darkdan · Thu 17/02/2011 16:09:26

Arj0n, WHAM, Khris, thank you for the kind words.

WHAM, a walk cycle for you.

Mouth for war · Thu 17/02/2011 16:10:17

This looks awesome. I love the style

Zenger · Thu 17/02/2011 16:16:31

Excellent work Darkdan

It looks great and I really like the kind of story, looking forward to hearing more

Midian Design · Thu 17/02/2011 16:25:00

Yes, beautiful artworks & walkcycle

Tabata · Fri 18/02/2011 18:56:46

Quote from: Khris on Thu 17/02/2011 14:53:35
This looks really cool, like a Clever & Smart or Gaston comic. Great style.

+ 1

That's a very nice work!
Looks interesting and seems to be â€žmy kind of gameâ€œ, so I'll watch out for this one

Good luck with your project!

Gabriel_Down · Fri 18/02/2011 21:47:32

I love the graphics, seriously looking forward to play this. Good luck!

Fitz · Sat 19/02/2011 07:09:38

Looks great - very much like a comic, even more so with the blue-gray backgrounds. The only thing missing are speech bubbles

But I think the game had me at "Hello, Uncle Citric" already - I just like funny/unusual names.

theo · Sat 19/02/2011 10:13:57

I like the style! Nice and clean.

I think perhaps some more tweaking of your line weights might go a long way in making this look sharper though.

Your story sounds like a nice twist on the old, no doubts over-used "schattenjÃ¤ger" trope.

Good luck!

Darkdan · Sun 20/02/2011 14:45:39

Thank you for your posts.

For now, my main purpose is to end this game at least at the level of what i have done so far.

Darkdan · Sun 06/03/2011 13:43:16

Two more screenshots...

... Back to work, now...

poc301 · Sun 06/03/2011 16:04:08

I really like the graphic style. I think I'll be playing this once it is released. It is right up my alley: monster hunting type of game

-Bill

Monsieur OUXX · Mon 07/03/2011 11:04:25

There aren't so many games in the Belgian graphic style. That's noticeable.

CaptainD · Mon 07/03/2011 11:19:43

The blue and black backgrounds remind me a little of Speccy games!

This is looking very nice so far.

Snake · Mon 07/03/2011 23:31:36

Wow! Can't wait to play this one

Darkdan · Wed 13/04/2011 22:27:47

Thank you for the kind words.

I am still working on the game : here are some attitudes of the main character.

They are already used (with other ones) in Venator's animations. (problem with animations is : it becomes fast a never ending work. More animations you add, more you want to add).

Matti · Wed 13/04/2011 23:17:42

Nice! I'd love to see all those expressions in game. Looking forward to this one.

SuperDre · Sun 17/04/2011 16:31:33

haha, looks very entertaining and good.. Keep it up..

Darkdan · Mon 30/05/2011 18:25:40

Thank you for the nice words. I am still working on the game : here is a new screenshot.

Dave Gilbert · Tue 31/05/2011 22:01:11

I cannot help but approve of the main character's name.

Oh, and the graphic style too. But who cares about that?

Darkdan · Tue 28/06/2011 16:10:29

I don't see what you mean about the main character's name

New screenshot.

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Matti · Tue 28/06/2011 16:23:43

Looking good. This is not the critics lounge, but maybe you should tint the characters to better fit the backgrounds.

Also, don't use JPG, it produces ugly artifacts and is obsolete anyway. A better choice would be PNG.

Takyon · Wed 29/06/2011 01:15:12

Love the artwork, kind of reminds me of the Pink Panther as well.

Darkdan · Tue 05/07/2011 14:10:30

Thank you.

Matti, Venator is a story between living and dead characters. The living ones have more vivid colors (... and I'll remember to post png screenshots after this one

)

Map at the beginning of the game

Jackpumpkinhead · Tue 05/07/2011 15:14:31

Keep up the good work! I love the way this is looking

Tabata · Tue 05/07/2011 17:50:03

I am still in love with your graphic-style!

Keep up the good work! I am eagerly looking forward to see this one being released.

Darkdan · Wed 19/10/2011 13:01:32

Thank you for the kind words.

Two screenshots to show other places of Venator.

WHAM · Wed 19/10/2011 13:06:15

Still like the style. Still want to see released!

Tabata · Wed 19/10/2011 19:57:41

Thank you for some more awesome screenies!

Can you already give us something like a status report about the progress of your game?

Darkdan · Wed 19/10/2011 22:00:06

Tabata, the game is almost finished (already fully playable). I still need to add a detail here and there, so except unforeseen I can publish it soon.

Tenacious Stu · Thu 20/10/2011 09:34:58

I'm loving the look of this game. Is the crow evil? I hope so. I hope he turns out to be the villain at the end. Glad to hear it's out soon

Darkdan · Wed 02/11/2011 13:21:20

Venator is now finished.

I hope you'll have as much fun to play it as I had to build it.

Be nice, remember, it's my first game

Venator.ace - 39.95MB

Darth Mandarb · Wed 02/11/2011 15:25:00

Congrats on finishing!

Here is the link to the completed games thread: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=44761.0

You might want to edit your first post with that link as well!

Good job!