Short Skirt Sunny Enjoys A Swiss Summer - [first screenies]

Albert Cuandero · Fri 17/09/2004 13:15:56

A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do! (and if it involves a trip to the Swiss Alps, well ... the better!)

After the preparatory work is done, I am glad to announce the first full-length game to be released by Acceeda Studio : Short Skirt Sunny Enjoys A Swiss Summer

A game full of beatiful landscapes, interesting localy-flavoured characters, stunning stories and a all that around several pairs of long legs! (the game will probably not be suitable for most gamers youger than 16)

Features: background art painted for this game only, "bishojo" style characters and animations, an original soundtrack.

Release in May 2005!

Sandra Barbara Frhythcheck and her college roommate Gwenda Larsson truly do not have too much in common. But when Gwenda leaves for a short trip to Switzerland and disappears without a trace, there seems to be only one person who cares - the well-read but ill-experienced heroine-to-be "Short Skirt Sunny"!

Her first adventure takes her to the beautyful valleys and lakes of Switzerland, to claustrophobic caves beneath the Alps and to majestic glaciers above. On her way she meets people and discovers the secret behind a generations old curse in a small village.

A humorous game about friendship, tolerance and heroism.

A webite about this project, including a summary of the plot, character information and a developer's diary is currently in development

Barbarian · Fri 17/09/2004 13:27:02

Nice to see an early sneak-peek of your project.
I like your "painted" looking style of backgrounds.. and Sunny sure is lovely to look at tooÃ,Â

I look forwards to seeing the completed game in action.

If you needed some help with anything in the production stages and/or Beta-Testing stages of your game, just ask.

Best regards.

Best · Fri 17/09/2004 14:46:42

Damn good looking GUIs. Really like it!

Phemar · Sat 18/09/2004 14:06:48

Title Leisure Suit Larry inspired at all?

wyr3x · Sat 18/09/2004 20:02:16

Quote from: Zoraphus on Sat 18/09/2004 14:06:48

Title Leisure Suit Larry inspired at all?

I ask the same !!!, seems we are gonna have woman`s perspective now, i don`t really know if this is not gonna be good, ( 8) )

Albert Cuandero · Sat 18/09/2004 20:29:42

Thanks for the comments folks!

I am proceeding with work quite fast!

QuoteI like your "painted" looking style of backgrounds.. Ã,Â

They are all first painted (gouache on aquarel paper) then scanned and adjusted to look good at the low resolution (I never before made games - so I get really claustrophobic trying do fit landscpes on 800x600 Ã,Â - but it's good learning to see how much one can tell with three pixels and two colors

)

Quoteand Sunny sure is lovely to look at too Ã,Â

Wait untli you see some of the NPCs...

QuoteDamn good looking GUIs

Yes I took my time on these. After I had the first set in place, I returned just two weeks later and redone them completely. Then again... this is version 3.4 or something...

QuoteTitle Leisure Suit Larry inspired at all?

Finaly someone notices! Ã,Â

Yes I always thought LSL was the real reason why god gave us computers (ok I am exaggerating a bit) - the only thing I didn't really like - it looked so "disney" (no wonder considering Al Lowes game design background, not?) - so I felt it would be right to use the Bishojo style, I am familiar with.

I am trying to make LSL-inspired adventure, yes, but I don't want to make it a copy with different names (Larry is just fine as he is, I think).

Quoteseems we are gonna have woman`s perspective now

No, I think the female perspective of LSL is worked out well wnough through Passionate Patty.

I am orienting the puzzles and the plot rather on Steve Meretzky and such

Quote

ghostface · Sun 19/09/2004 19:40:53

Albert, this game looks great, but you're seriously making us wait till May! That sucks! I can't wait. I'd love to help speed things up as a beta-tester, so just pm me if you need help.

Albert Cuandero · Mon 20/09/2004 03:41:15

Well Ghostface, I am afraid it will take us those 8 - 9 months to finish this one... unless we lose our "real" jobs or win the national lottery, which would both help speed things up.

Of course if enough enthusiastic, selfless gamers would pre-order this game and send just 50 Euros each to the following account now already... HEY! People where are you going!? It was just a joke, come back!Ã,Â Ã,Â

Seriously: I don't think this could ever bring any money at allÃ,Â

But thanks for the offer. I will be going for a short one-room "tech check" by the end of the month. Just to see if all the stuff rolls smoothly on different machines - so if you don't mind spending some 30 min. on that, I would PM you when finished.

Same offer for you Barbarian!

In return I am giving you the great offer of giving you proper credit in the game and (more important) giving you the opportunity to be one of the first outsiders to take a peek under that skirtÃ,Â

)

ghostface · Mon 20/09/2004 03:53:33

Yeah I could do that for you, the tech check, I mean. Not the otherÃ,Â *trails off so little kids don't figure it out.

Calamity · Thu 23/09/2004 17:46:50

The game's looking great Al. I love the backgrounds (you're a fine painter

) and character art.

Besides, anything remotely inspired by LSL is wonderful in my book.

Keep us updated my friend.

Vaz · Thu 23/09/2004 17:57:29

Quote from: Albert Cuandero on Fri 17/09/2004 13:15:56
Release in May 2005!

My, you're sure taking it easily

Steve · Sat 25/09/2004 00:29:44

If u need a beta tester, or just an opinion on the game so far, just holla

steve [again!] · Sat 25/09/2004 00:30:35

Remember for beta testing im just an email away

Albert Cuandero · Sat 25/09/2004 15:43:47

Yeah, Vez, I'm taking my time, because I don't want to release anything I am not satisfied with. Besides I want this game to be really a full-length adventure, not just a lot of something.

Steve, thanks for your offer, but a Beta version is like 7 months away from now

Iv4n · Sat 25/09/2004 18:49:11

The girl looks like Lara Croft in pink :o. But she is somewhat not very pretty in the face... :

Albert Cuandero · Sat 25/09/2004 19:39:03

Quote from: Iv4n on Sat 25/09/2004 18:49:11
The girl looks like Lara Croft in pinkÃ,Â :o. But she is somewhat not very pretty in the face... :

I agree on both - and yes, both is intended...

Krazy · Sun 26/09/2004 09:05:15

Quote from: Iv4n on Sat 25/09/2004 18:49:11
The girl looks like Lara Croft in pink :o. But she is somewhat not very pretty in the face... :

And Lara is? :o

wyr3x · Fri 01/10/2004 18:04:29

Quote from: Krazy on Sun 26/09/2004 09:05:15
Quote from: Iv4n on Sat 25/09/2004 18:49:11
The girl looks like Lara Croft in pinkÃ,Â :o. But she is somewhat not very pretty in the face... :

And Lara is?Ã,Â :o

www.tombraider.com/ says it at all ....

wpowell · Mon 03/03/2008 21:47:42

Can I beta test this also game that I have been hearing about? I think that you should work on the screenshots because I can't see them on this crazy computer. Thank you. If you allow me to beta test it, then email me at willcaleb@yahoo.com

m0ds · Mon 03/03/2008 21:48:54

Al Powell, are you having a laugh? Seriously, stop digging up old threads from 2004! These games are 99% abandoned.

Short Skirt Sunny Enjoys A Swiss Summer - [first screenies]

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