The Hatmaker's Tale

[MashPotato]

The Hatmaker's Tale

Tom Clifton is a just a shy squidget living in the peaceful kingdom of Slimenia, toiling in his uncle’s boring bookstore while dreaming of a more exciting life… but little does he know a special book delivery to the royal castle will start an adventure he never imagined!

Follow the development blog! http://crabshackgallery.com/

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)

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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 :)

[Nikolas]

You know what, Mash?

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

[TheJBurger]

Love, love, love it! 

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

[Play_Pretend]

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

Slimenia, hee.

[Cyrus]

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

[Revonx]

Stunning artwork

[Galen]

Oh wow. Sublime artwork.

[bicilotti]

Exquisite!

[Dualnames]

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

[ThreeOhFour]

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

[MoodyBlues]

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

[Layabout]

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

[Peder 🚀]

This is looking lovely .

[MashPotato]

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

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.

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

[Play_Pretend]

I wish to help beta test!

[LUniqueDan]

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.

[Buckethead]

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

[MashPotato]

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

I wish to help beta test! :)

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

[buloght]

Sounds and looks wonderful!

[m0ds]

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