SINBAD and the Island of Korkus..

[steptoe]

I'm in production of:

SINBAD and the Island of Korkus...

You know about Sinbads' adventures.

Forget political/mythical/cultural correctness in this game.. anything goes in this fantasy tale!

Evil sorcerer Sokurah has kidnapped Princess Salama and taken her to his tower on the island of Korkus.

An Arabian Prince has commissioned you to find and return her.

Can you overcome the tasks and creatures that Korkus and Sokurah confronts you with and can you rescue the Princess before a mighty war starts between Persia and Arabia where much blood shall flow???!!

Defeat:
* Killer Skeletons!
* Giant Cyclops!
* Huge Spider!
* A Witch!
* A 3-headed hound from hell!
* A swamp mud monster!
* Harpy's!
  and more.....

Get to ride on a magic carpet, solve the puzzle of the wise witch... or get made into human stew!!

Can you help an old blind man from the taunting Harpy's?

And just to help you there is Khaseem, a Genie, if you can get him!

But first off, can you find a crew!!

Looking for a crew (animated BG)


Onboard the ship Arabian Prince (animated BG)


Game story: 30% 40% 45% 50%
Graphics: 30% 40%  45% 50%
16 bit colour
320x240 resolution
Slide out GUI

***** Need a games tester.

More updates down below..

[Igor Hardy]

If it has Sindbad fighting living skeletons, then I'm sold!

[steptoe]

You can't beat a good old bone fight  

Yeh, you do face some anorexic dead boners!



New Screen shots

65 Tankards of ale and a keg of rum later trying to get a crew to join you on a voyage of much danger!!
(animated BG)


On the island of Maraka something is brewing!! (animated BG)


***** Need a games tester.

[hansolo1970]

very good idea for an adventure game
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad was a great movie

the screenshots are looking good

i hope you complete your game....
sinbad is a great character and the skeletons cyclops and rest of the monsters are great idea for a game

[CaptainD]

Really good idea for an adventure game, and I'm liking the background graphics. 

[SuperDre]

Looks great, but I see too much 'quality' difference in the background. The ship looks like an awesome background, but then the bar seems much more uglier, and the cave looks completely different, why is that?

As said here before, the idea is excellent, so first focus on a real good story/puzzles and then 'upgrade' the graphix..

[steptoe]

Hi SuperDre

Not being the best artist ever I compromise. Some will go with what I have and some won't, it's their choice.  There's not a too big a difference.  

Look at CaptainD's and hansolo1970 posts above!

I don't expect to change BG's at this time and I am concentrating on game dialogs and scripting.

As they say: "If you can't afford a car get a taxi."  

Thanks for your comments anyway.

The story is progressing well.

[CaptainD]

Admittedly there is a difference in the style of the backgrounds, but at the moment that doesn't seem to me that it should really be much of a problem.

[DoorKnobHandle]

SuperDre wasn't talking about the overall visual quality of your game at all, he was merely pointing out the huge (yes, it is huge) difference in art skill between your posted backgrounds. If it isn't the case that the ship scene was drawn recently and the other work of yours is way older or something I would also doubt that both these were made by you.

[steptoe]

Revised screenshots:

[SuperDre]

It's what dkh says, the difference is a lot, in that I find the ship unbelievably cool looking, but the bar (even after revised) looks way WAAAAAY different, like they were done by 2 different artists.. I would almost say you just downloaded or ripped the ship background from some place, which if correct, you need to be sure you've got permission to use it.. if so, just replace it with your own creation, even if it doesn't look as good, at least you'll get the same style..
But as you said yourself, first concentrate on making sure you've got the adventure up and running story/puzzle wise, and later on when you're all 'finished', check for backgrounds/characters which might need to be redone to get the overal look the same.. remember, if the artwork differs too much between scenes, it will distract from the actual game itself.

Now some comment on the revised bar: the left wall looks too messy to me, maybe try to use the backwall and 'skew' it (don't know if it's possible with the program you use, but I know it was possible back in the day I used deluxe paint, I could take a piece and manipulate it in 3D, it seems my current program paint shop pro 5 isn't capable of that).. The tables could also use some extra color for giving the legs some extra dimension..

If you have trouble creating your backgrounds from scratch, just take a look (take a lot of screenshots) at other commercial games like 'monkey island' to see how they do it, and also use these forums, there are special threads on how to create backgrounds etc, and let other people help you get better and better, because you don't have to reinvent the wheel..

Keep up the great work.. we're just here to help you to better yourself and that also means giving some 'harsh' comments from time to time, but also praise   so don't let any of these comments get you down..

[Darth Mandarb]

Okay ... I was being lenient but this has gone too far.  This is not the Critics Lounge.

steptoe if you want/need advice on the graphics please post in the critics lounge.  Otherwise let's get back on target in here.

[steptoe]

Hi Darth Mandarb

my thoughts exactly.. The odd comments/advice are ok.. so thanks guys.

Secondly I did NOT exactly ask for advice but point taken.

Updated Screen shots (subject to change):






New Screen shots:

Sinbad faces a cyclops!



Meeting an old, blind man taunted by harpys!

[steptoe]

SINBAD and the Island of Korkus..

Progress:

Game story: 98%
Graphics: 80%

Tester still wanted.

[steptoe]

New screenshot (still in production but basic shot):

Sinbad faces Sakurahs' children of the night!! Can you defeat the 3 killer boneheads???



Progress:

Game story: 98%
Graphics: 90%

Tester still wanted.