Concert for Spies - An Espionage Adventure

[beomoud]

Concert for Spies

The Story:

Your name is James Agnew, you were recruited by a top secret branch of the intelligence agency, one that accepts missions no one else will. You have been undertaking missions that seem impossible to the outsider and you are damn good at this until in your last mission things go south. An important government figure that used to hold many valuable national secrets winds up dead under suspicious circumstances and you are accused of treason. Chased by every agent in the country and with nowhere to run you decide the only way to be rid of these accusations is to infiltrate the same organization that trained you and shed some light in the case.

A Few Screenshots:





Overview:

"Concert for spies" is a short espionage adventure, the first chapter perhaps of a long chronicle of a super-spy in his quest to get to the truth, clear his name and protect his country. There won't be many rooms at this first game but special care has been given to make sure the adventure has a realistic feel about it. So get in the shoes of James Agnew, outsmart your pursuers and get to the truth!

Overall Progress: 40%

Expected completion date: October 2010

[GarageGothic]

special care has been given to make sure the adventure has a realistic feel about it

Cue screenshot of laser grid in ventilation shaft  

Just kidding. Sounds really cool, and looks good too (though I'm eerily reminded of the Simpsons episode where groundskeeper Willie greases up to crawl through the air duct). There's much too few espionage games out there that aren't exclusively about stealth/shooting - I'm working on correcting that myself too - with my luck probably just in time for Rockstar Games' "Agent" to have been released months beforehand with the same setting and plot elements, I'm crossing my fingers that it'll be more Bond than Le Carre, but we'll have to wait and see.

Odd coincidence - the game I've been planning at one point had the working title "Requiem for a Spook"! Can you reveal if music is in any way part of your plot, or it's just a cool title?

(Edit: Just checked my design doc, another title I considered was "Symphony of Deception", don't know what it is with spies and musical terms, but they seem to go well together )

[beomoud]

Thank you! Again this is intended to be a small project for starters and the main focus will be given to the puzzles rather than making the graphics real like. I have seen that Simpsons episode myself, he he, well... I'm hopefully shooting for a little different atmosphere here. Best of luck on your game. I think from all the adventure player characters  it's always really cool to play in the role of a bad-ass spy!

I will also shortly be on the lookout for game testers if anyone is interested in taking a first look.

I agree that spies and musical terms go well together and for me that would be a good enough reason for the title but i will not reveal anything else at this point.

Again I can't really say how long it would take for someone else to finish the game, we'll just have to see in the game testing phase so just in case don't get your hopes up for a long game yet. Hope you enjoy it...  

[cianty]

This project looks very nice! Funnily I too am working something kind of spy-like, though not as much as you seem to be. I'll be very interested in this game and look forward to the release. Please put me on the playtester's list too if you like.

[beomoud]

Thank you. I will let you know as soon as it's finished. Good luck with your game too, I would also like to see more games of this genre.

I was also curious to know what everyone would expect/want to see in a spying game and what elements do you like in spy movies that you find absent in official games published so far.

[CosmoQueen]

Sounds very very interesting! I'm looking forward to this

[Chicky]

I like your character, he looks like liquid snake!

[kconan]

  That second room looks like fun.  I'm already trying to puzzle my way through the trap and giant rat.  Good luck!

[beomoud]

Thanks for the encouragement you guys. I'm kind of lazy when it comes to finishing something so i need this stuff.  The game should be out by October.

[cianty]

The game should be out by October.

Yay!