Adventure Game Studio

General info:
- 320x200 resolution
- 32-bit colour
- Medium to fullish length
- Completion goal: sometime in 2010


Team:
- Story, art, scripting: MashPotato
- Miscellaneous consultation: Lemmy & Binky

- AGS: Chris Jones
- AGS resources used (so far): SCUMM verbcoin GUI template (Electroshokker); GUI Portrait module (SSH)




Some of you might possibly recall I announced a project of the same name a couple of years back... is this the same project?  Yes and no ;)  This a complete revamp of the original--so much so that I consider it pretty much entirely new--and, I think, definitely for the better!  Hopefully second time's the charm ;)

If you're interested, updates will be more frequent in my development blog (http://crabshackgallery.com) :)

You know what, Mash?

This looks SO damn pretty! OMG! Wonderful! Excellent! Lovely! Thank you! Looking forward to the release! :)

Love, love, love it!  :D

If you don't mind my saying so, it's much more charming in low-res than hi-res.

This is *gorgeous* hon!  Magnifique!  I can't wait to play it!

Slimenia, hee.

Will the style be close to old LucasArts titles (both the GUI and the graphics seem similar)?

Stunning artwork ;D

Oh wow. Sublime artwork.

Exquisite!

This appears a little too femine for my tastes but it look awesome and I'd love to play.

I loved the first screenshots and I love the new screenshots.

In fact, I love every single thing you have ever drawn.

The cutest game in the whole entire world, and I am excited to hear you are still working on it :D

DANG!  This looks fantastic!  We'll have to wait until 2010, but it'll be worth it.

Nice. Very nice. Sprites are a bit 'cutesey' for my tastes, but then again I always had a taste for blood.

This is looking lovely ;D.

Thanks for all the kind words, guys!  I really appreciate it :)

Quote from: Cyrus on Sun 25/01/2009 08:31:38
Will the style be close to old LucasArts titles (both the GUI and the graphics seem similar)?

It's a bit of a blend, but more Lucas than Sierra.  Gameplay is more similar to LucasArts (eg. no dying, uses verbcoin), but the portrait conversational style is more Sierra.

Quote from: TheJBurger on Sun 25/01/2009 06:30:19
If you don't mind my saying so, it's much more charming in low-res than hi-res.

And as an added bonus, it's more practical too! ;)  Hehe, thanks

I wish to help beta test! :)

That's what I call great  Background graphic at 320x200!!

And your palette is perfect for an adventure game : Everything blends well. And it will avoid pixel hunting.

I'm definitively looking foward this game.

I don't know what happened to the older version but this looks even better. So cute and charming! It's amazing!

The original version has been lost to the sands of time (ie server and harddrive changes ;) ).  It's probably for the best.

Quote from: Strange Visitor on Sun 25/01/2009 14:43:35
I wish to help beta test! :)

Hehe, that is so far off I can't even imagine it yet ;)

Sounds and looks wonderful!

Looks wonderful so far! I like the strange but captivating style you got there, should be a lot of fun :)

A blast from the past- I remember the first announcement of that game! And now that I see the revamp, I am all the more eager to build that time machine... and jump right to 2010!

This game Looks really nice (a word I don't usually like but I think is appropriate here)  Plus I like the fact that the central character seems to be played Jebediah Springfield's silver tongue...

Ahahaha.  :D

Holy crap! Nice!
Love the way it looks and sounds.
I don't have much time to play nowadays, but goddammit I MUST try this one out when it's ready!

Impressive :o ! Looks fantastic.

Quote from: uncle-mum on Mon 26/01/2009 17:12:46
This game Looks really nice (a word I don't usually like but I think is appropriate here)  Plus I like the fact that the central character seems to be played Jebediah Springfield's silver tongue...

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest squidget ;D

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone!

Oh, Mashy! You make the best graphics! Wanna do graphics for me?

I love the characters. Just the little bit you've given on the story is keeping me interested enough to keep watch.

Keep up the good work,
Looking forward to this one :)

Oh, I remember this game! You were working on it before Cure for the Common Cold. Great to see that it's back in development!  ;D Go Mash!

I vaguelly recall seeing one of those slug things in the critics forum and wondering what on earth an adventure featuring one of them would be like. And now I know. It will look incredibly cutesy.

Part of me is somewhat disappointed to see there is no disgusting slime trail left behind when they slither, but perhaps that's because I'm somewhat disturbed like that.

Other than that, a stunning looking game.

Nice! I'll be looking forward to 2010! This game looks sweet.

What a thing of beauty!! When I saw those graphics I was like WOW  :o :o

Great work Mash.

I'm thrilled this is back, and it looks even better than last time. The backgrounds look pixel perfect and the characters are so cute!

The backgrounds have a nice amount of detail but not so much that they overshadow the sprites, which is a good thing.  I particularly like how the backgrounds you've shown don't look like empty throw-away rooms.  The library alone looks like it will be interesting to make hotspots for ^_^.

Very beautigul game, great backgrounds and cute and interesting characters. Luck with the plot and the puzzles!

A game to look forward!

Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone! :)

Quote from: ProgZmax on Fri 30/01/2009 11:47:57
I particularly like how the backgrounds you've shown don't look like empty throw-away rooms.

Hehe, believe me, I'm too lazy to make backgrounds for rooms that don't do anything! ;)  I've made a conscious effort to make things as tight as possible, as I personally prefer a smaller number of packed rooms over numerous empty rooms, as well as being a believer in reusing inventory items.

Speaking of backgrounds, I'm nearly finished another one, which means almost all the locations for the first half of the game are done.  Not entirely done, mind you--hotspots and objects and things like that haven't been mapped yet... not to mention character animations and interactions... but it's sloooowly getting there :)

Wow you've made a lot of progress! I love the addition of antennae, very cute!
The ss are lovely, backgrounds, characters, everything looks amazing!
I really look forward to playing this; good luck with completion!

They looks so cute :) I want mooore :P

Sweet look. I hope it will be longer than your previous games.

Thanks guys!  And yes, the game will be medium to fullish length (depends on your definition of full-length ;) )

I'm really looking forward to this one.
The graphics are polished and cute.

I hope this project won't die again.

I love the visuals... BGs don't have a lot of details, if you think of it, no gradients, not much aa, most of the objects have two colours, one bright, one darker for the shadow, or one colour per side of the object... But you can really tell they are so "simple" untill you examine them closely... I' d like to be able to do that.  :)

Awww, I just want to run into those screenshots and hug everything.

I love it. Look forward to this one :)

The cuteness is infectious! I can't wait for the finished game.

What cutscenes?

edit: never mind

 Those screenshots look fantastic. I'll be looking forward to playing this game.

Thanks very much everyone, the support is really appreciated :D

Btw, for anyone who wants to follow the development a little more closely, the devblog address has changed to a more friendly http://crabshackgallery.com :)

This looks great :)

I forgot this was the GiP section and was looking for a download link :-[

Hehe cant wait to play it. :D

I visited your blog and found out you're quite talented and charming as well.

Theres a lot of skill and attention to detail in this project. Look forward to more updates.