Story
Shade follows a young man and the journey through his own mind as he rediscovers his
worst fears after a loved one dies.
About
Shade is drawn using only 12 different coloured pencils. All backgrounds, sprites, and frames
of animation are hand-drawn on paper and scanned onto my computer and into AGS. Because
of it's time-consuming nature, the final product will most likely be quite short, though that will
depend on the community's response to the art style.
Screenshots
(http://i40.tinypic.com/2ue08ow.jpg)
(http://i43.tinypic.com/kcmp6w.jpg)
Progress
Story: 100%
Scripting: 10% (hehe)
Graphics: 35% (there's alot to draw)
Music: 70%
Expected completion: 2012
Let me know if you'd like to see a few more screenshots.
Looks fantastic! I love the naivistic art style. It's very effective and I'm a sucker for simplified yet stylish graphics. Would love to see some animations too. And I look forward to seeing how well it blends in with what sounds like a rather serious story.
Good luck!
+1, that really looks very good, and I'd defenitely like to see more of it! And we rarely see purely a hand-drawn simplistic style like that (Life of D. Duck was pretty memorable in that respect, too).
What you reveal about the story sounds intriguing, too- please finish this!
On a totally unrelated note, the swing in the second screenshout "reads" AUA, the German exclamation for "Argh!", and in combination with the title text it really seems to make sense ;)
LOVE IT!!!
Thanks for the positive responses guys! Makes me want to work twice as hard at finishing this. It could be awhile though, because I'm rather terrible with AGS.
And @Ghost, I can't believe someone already figured out my hidden message. I speak semi-fluent german and thought that would be a little subliminal message that I would reveal months from now, but you picked it up day one! Good job =D
Anyway, I'll post a new screenshot or two tomorrow. Unfortunately I haven't animated the main character yet so he'll still be in the same position, but at least you'll all get some more eye candy :)
Stay tuned for updates!