The Cream Puff of Doom (Updated 30-05-06)

[BernieLaraemie]

AltarBound Studios Presents: "Elton John and the Cream Puff of Doom!"

(WARNING: This game is slightly adult, mentioning sex, vulgar words, homosexuality, drug use, red dye no. 5 and Mick Jagger.)[/i]

Story: You're not Elton John.  No one is--except, maybe, Elton John--but here's your chance to try and tell him what to do.  Presented with a quest, Elton would rather shop, eat, drink, sleep, go clubbing and engage in some recreational substances.

Set in 1974, Elton leaves a performance, on his way to the pub, when he is confronted by a Familiar Yet Strange Man.  This man rants and raves and is hardly interesting until he tells Elton he must go on a quest--to find the Oracle of Rock and Roll, which will surely make him the most famous musician of his time.  Dismissing it--as most would--as a load of grade A hooey, Elton ignores it until he finds out that Elvis himself went on this quest.  And then he pretends not to be interested.

The full length game will feature puzzles, hilarious animations and even (hopefully) a pinball machine.

Progress (demo):
Elton sprite - 100%
Backgrounds - 100%
Character Art - 65%
NPC Sprites - 65%
Music Arrangements - 89%

And, because I'm an overachiever (sure) here are three screenshots:


   


   


   



Demo Release Date: October 5th, 2006 tentative
Full Game Release Date: Summer, 2007 tentative

~~Bernie

Designer Diary

July 4th - All but one of the demo's backgrounds are complete, and most of the rest of the demo art has been finished as well.  The GUI is nearly scripted, with a few minor bugs being worked out.

July 11th - Half of the demo's NPC spritesare complete.  I have to drop this project a few days because of surgery, but I will come back to it shortly

August 7th - The demo's art, scripting and everything else are complere, but there are still some GUI issues to be fixed.  As soon as that is working, the demo will be released.

May 30, 2006 -- Returning from a long hiatus, now that I have my own computer.  the demo's bugs are fixed and I am now working on the remaining character art.

[Darth Mandarb]

Brilliant!

This sounds very entertaining!

Will the game feature Elton John's music?  And if so, will it be limited to music released in '74 or earlier (given that that's when the game takes place)?

Either way, looks good.

[BernieLaraemie]

Thank you, I've been working on it since Feburary, and others joined in about a month ago, and we all hope it will be entertaining to both EJ fans and AGS fans.

As for the music, we're keeping it to about 75-76 and before, though we snuck a few musical anachronisms in as well, admittedly.

~~Bernie

[BerserkerTails]

Hahaha, this sounds awesome. Good luck with finding someone to help with coding, I hope it's a quick search, as I'd love to see this game completed!

[Gord10]

Hey, looks cool. Maybe I can help you with the AGS scripting.

[BernieLaraemie]

This is a bump, and a thank you to CoolBlue-Gord10 for helping with the GUI

Also, pushed forward the demo release date, and updated the progress.

~~Bernie

[BernieLaraemie]

The demo is nearly finished--most the art is done, and so it's just a matter of scripting a lot of it.

I have to drop the project a few days due to surgery, but I will get back to it as soon as I'm able

~~Bernie

[PsychicHeart]

 [ off topic ]Imagine Elton John stumbling upon this thread! [/off topic]
haha, man that is a good storyline.
as soon as that demo comes out, i will be the first one to download it......possibly.

[Krazy]

Haha, this game sounds great!

[ off topic ]Imagine Elton John stumbling upon this thread! [/off topic]

You don't have to imagine it, everyone knows he visits these forums regulary

[BernieLaraemie]

Ha!  That's great.  I love that little piccy, Krazy.

~~Bernie

[What a loser.]

Will you be making fun or ripping off Elton at any point in this game?

[BernieLaraemie]

Oh, we'll be poking gentle fun at him, certianly.  Ripping him off?  Like, how?  We are using his music.  As great as original music can be, it just didn't seem right to make an Elton John game and not have Elton John music.

I respect the man greatly, and I would never insult him.  And my game is made with this idea.  Mind you, like I said, gentle poking is indeed in order.

~~Bernie

[What a loser.]

Ah okay, because I respect and love Elton Johns' work deeply too and I'd hate to see a game badly teasing him or anything like that. 

[BernieLaraemie]

I'm glad I could ease your mind   Elton will be dutifully respected

~~Bernie

[ZFGokuSSJ1]

Hey Bernie, it's ZF. 

You better put Talking Old Soldiers or Indian Sunset in there! 

[BernieLaraemie]

Well, short of inserting his entire 70's catalogue, I can't be pleasing everyone.

I'm pretty sure Talking Old Soliders is there.  Not sure about Indian Sunset.

~~Bernie

[What a loser.]

His new song, ''electricity'' is lovely too. Most of his songs are great.

[BernieLaraemie]

Haven't heard "Electricity" personally, but it's causing a stir in the Elton fan community.

As for the game, I've been doing mostly drawing for it.  The demo is nearly finished, completed save for a few character sprites and two arrangements.  Pity this "Electricity"is too new to use.



Oh, and Alias, would you be interested in beta testing the demo?

~~Bernie

[Blackthorne]

Hey, this game concept is great.  I love Elton's early work.  "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is my favorite album, and "Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding" is one of my favorite tracks.   My band used to cover it.


I look forward to such an interesting title.


Bt

[What a loser.]

I'd be honored as long as the game is not 24 hours long.