Space Quest III Remake (Looking for Artists!)

TerranRich · Tue 17/10/2006 22:17:46

I can't wait for this game to come out.

deadsuperhero · Thu 26/10/2006 10:55:21

Well, time for an update.
We're using a new Roger sprite (thanks, Progzmax!)
and more screens have been completed.
If you haven't already, please sign up at our forums.

Quote from: TerranRich on Tue 17/10/2006 22:17:46
I can't wait for this game to come out.

Thanks!

MalleTheRedPhoenix · Fri 27/10/2006 18:52:34

Well, I think the older sprites of Roger Wilco were better. Now he looks like a woman.

:'(

sthomannch · Fri 27/10/2006 19:03:36

Perhaps you refer to his hairdo (btw, I also have long hair but am masculine, also by appearance). Certain outstanding features are missing, so you ca't confuse his gender :-) Why not a new Roger Wilco? I like the art and also the new character. I am looking forward for this remake...

skyfire2 · Sat 28/10/2006 01:42:26

Quote from: sthomannch on Fri 27/10/2006 19:03:36
Perhaps you refer to his hairdo (btw, I also have long hair but am masculine, also by appearance).

I think he's refering to the sagged boob appearance.

deadsuperhero · Sat 28/10/2006 04:24:42

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I think he's refering to the sagged boob appearance.
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Roger's a Janitor, not some buff bodybuilder.

skyfire2 · Sat 28/10/2006 06:31:06

At any rate, I'm looking forward to this game being made and I have the best wishes to Alliance and his team.

boojiboy · Wed 01/11/2006 08:04:52

I don't mind progzmax's art but that Wilco sprite is terrible. Please don't use it. He's 4 heads high for Christ's sake. He looks like a midget and his posture's terrible.
Roger's hair has always been neat and parted on the side, there's no need to change that now.
I'm glad you guys are remaking space quest 3 (actually space quest 3 is perfect, a remake of part 2 would've been ideal), but frankly I'm not a big fan of the backgrounds either. They look like paintovers of the originals with bad shading and contrast.

Sorry I sound like such a jerk but SQ3 is such an amazing game and I wish you guys would put in more effort to do it justice.

adam100 · Thu 02/11/2006 12:29:36

Everything is great, but the new sprite really IS horribly out of place. The older one was perfect, while the current looks like some manga-like twisted parody of Roger Wilco. The sprite is too wide and too short, it has completely fallen out of proportion. Furthermore, the fact that he looks like a model now(the hair, the posture, the face) doesn't match the Roger Wilco convention at all. Roger Wilco was always very formal and uptight, for he was the parody of a classical super hero. Now the whole parody thing is practically non-existent because the contrast is gone, gone I say. Oh and a little remark to progmax- you might want to make your style more flexible, using Mind's Eye graphical style for a thoroughly different game looks horribly misplaced. Actually, the Roger Wilco sprite looks like a rendition of the friendly guard you meet in the beginning.

deadsuperhero · Thu 23/11/2006 04:38:26

The reasons we switched to a new Roger is:
1) Less colors to work with (good news for the animator)
2) Works better with the environment (the original backgrounds were made for a smaller Roger, anyways.

I know you all are concerned about this. Don't sweat it.

boojiboy · Thu 23/11/2006 07:21:05

Yeah a new Roger is 100% acceptable. I think that problem that some of us are having is simply the design of the character. It doesn't fit in with ANY of the space quest games (including a remake) and could be easily fixed by redesigning him.

deadsuperhero · Sun 14/01/2007 23:43:07

Small update:
Our new website is up! Also, due to lots of feedback about the Roger sprite, we're going to be changing him.
"To what?" you ask.
Well, read on.
Our new site (Squadron Six Entertainment) is going to host its first ever contest. You can read about it here

cosmicr · Mon 15/01/2007 02:24:53

I still wish you'd use original graphics, instead of just paintovers of Sierra's graphics. Maybe you could pick a different style and redo each screen in the new style, like sierra did when they remade sq1? Your current method just seems like a bit of a cop out to me.

deadsuperhero · Mon 15/01/2007 21:14:09

Quote from: cosmicr on Mon 15/01/2007 02:24:53
I still wish you'd use original graphics, instead of just paintovers of Sierra's graphics. Maybe you could pick a different style and redo each screen in the new style, like sierra did when they remade sq1? Your current method just seems like a bit of a cop out to me.

You make a good point there.
Actually, like I said in my previous post, S6E is hosting a contest for the fans to do their own designs, and then the designs are voted on by the fan community. We want to give the fans what they want.

mkennedy · Mon 15/01/2007 23:36:33

Will there be an option to skip the arcade sequences or at least make them easier? The battles near the end gave me some real trouble.

Rui 'Trovatore' Pires · Tue 16/01/2007 09:52:45

That's a good suggestion - make them skippable at the cost of a few points. We'll take that on board.

deadsuperhero · Thu 22/03/2007 21:13:43

Hey, just so you all know, the site is back up. For a while, S6E wasn't doing anything, and the site seemed to go down.
Feel free to sign up our boards, and help our community grow.
Also, the remake is NOT cancelled. It's still crawling along, although the team is now in a desperate state. Several of the members have left due to a lack of communication. However, we're determined to finish this game, even if it takes a while.

thewalrus · Fri 23/03/2007 04:46:04

Well at least it is good to hear that the project is still being worked on. I hope you get it finished! Best of luck!

deadsuperhero · Sat 07/04/2007 01:39:21

Hey, major update on first post. Check it out.

doctorfargo · Tue 10/04/2007 23:35:55

Are you going to redo the music?
There are recordings out online of the original Space Quest 3 music being played with a Roland sound device and the music sounds awesome!