The Hatmaker's Tale

MashPotato · Mon 05/06/2006 22:28:58

The Hatmaker's Tale

Story: Tom Cliffton lives a peaceful, yet rather dull, life as a shy apprentice hatmaker in the tiny kingdom of Slymia.Ã,Â One day, however, he is sent to the castle to make a special hat delivery, and what happens there will change his lifeâ€"and quite possibly the fate of Slymiaâ€"foreverâ€¦

Screenshots:

Progress:
Story: 60%
Scripting: 2%
Backgrounds: 10%
Characters/Animation: 7%

Additional Notes
-640x480, 32-bit colour
-planned to be a medium-length game
-Strange Visitor will be helping me with scripting

buloght · Mon 05/06/2006 22:54:44

That looks lovely! Brilliant! :o

Kweepa · Mon 05/06/2006 22:58:42

Looks superb!
Good luck to you!

ManicMatt · Mon 05/06/2006 23:38:09

From seeing the green concept blob in critics lounge I certainly wasn't expecting to see something as bright and imaginative as this!

I tried very hard to think of any suggestions and all i could think of was pointing out the non-reflective mirror.. and I must have played tons of AGS games with faulty mirrors and never thought about it! So in other words.. I'd have to be real picky to complain about how this game looks!

marlamoe · Mon 05/06/2006 23:38:45

I will be watching for this one. Looks fun and original. Good luck.

Barbarian · Mon 05/06/2006 23:45:08

Wow, lookin' really spiffy so far!
Love the colors and the overall art. Good imagination. I knew you were VERY artistic (especially after seeing your website)!

The main character, to me, is a bit, errr, "odd looking", but hey, it makes it quite unique and adds to the charm of your game.

Best wishes with your project. I look forwards to playing the completed game.

MashPotato · Tue 06/06/2006 00:55:53

Thanks everyone! I will certainly need the luck and well wishes, especially when it comes to scripting (my computer programming skills end at Turing... yes, Turing), but I hope to pull it out ^_^

And that mirror is rather dirty, isn't it...Ã,Â

i k a r i · Tue 06/06/2006 02:45:19

I honestly think the game would be much more better with normal characters..
But it's just my opinion..

You have some amazing graphics, good luck!

pslim · Tue 06/06/2006 03:45:48

When I saw the title of this game in the subject line I knew it was going to be cool. Tom and Mr. Hatsby are adorable, the bgs look great, and I'm jonesing for a demo.

Sinister · Tue 06/06/2006 05:11:05

Very nice.

Im not the kinda guy who plays games liek this, but it seems very pro-looking, the art style is very refreshing and unique. Characters are also unique..

I wish you best of luck, and hope to see this game in later stages.

fovmester · Tue 06/06/2006 10:26:27

These graphics are so COOL! I love the style! Simple yet stunning! And so clever to make the characters have stick arms and no legs. So much easier and faster it will be to make complex animations. SWEET!

dsg_charly · Tue 06/06/2006 11:15:29

Very very nice. Keep up the good work.

MYKAYEL · Tue 06/06/2006 14:13:02

Nice indeed. One question: will the game have Monkey Island humor?

MashPotato · Tue 06/06/2006 14:44:22

Thanks for the encouragement, everyone ^_^.Ã,Â Now to address some issues brought up:

The humour: I would say I'm going for more of a light-hearted rather than straight comedic feel... I guess if I had to make a comparison, it would be more King's Quest than Monkey Island (but don't worry, you won't be able to die

)

The characters: I must admit, what fovmester said is part of the reason I chose to have such unusual characters, but I also wanted them to look different, set the light tone for the game, as well as make it immediately clear that this game takes place in a fantasy world.Ã,Â Did this game have to be populated by blobs?Ã,Â Well no... but now that it is populated by blobs, that fact will be used in gameplay.Ã,Â For example, you will be able to stretch and make yourself taller, and this will be used in solving puzzles.Ã,Â I realize the character designs will not appeal to everyone, but I hope people will give it a chance anyway ^_^

A demo: unfortunately, not for a loooooooong time... all you can do in the game so far is walk around and look at a picture.Ã,Â Somehow, I don't think it wouldn't be a partiularly fun demo ^_^

Thanks for commenting, everyone ^_^

EDIT: took out reference to a deleted post

Nikolas · Tue 06/06/2006 14:54:04

I am struggling for around a day not to post here.

But can't take it anymore.

It is great!

It looks great and your art is brilliant.

And I knew you were a girl!!!!!!!!!!! !!1!!111!!!!!111!!!

Keep it up otherwise I'll have Barbarian come down there with his whip and make you keep on working harder

Other than that...

nothing else.

Thank you for being here in this community and for doing this for us!

lo_res_man · Tue 06/06/2006 19:47:13

The hat maker kind of reminds me of Conin O'Brian
(and is it true Finland has this big thing about him?)

Bai Karl · Tue 06/06/2006 19:51:16

Good stuff. Is there a demo lnik?

MashPotato · Tue 06/06/2006 21:41:50

*haha* is it the hair?

And no demo at the moment... and there won't be one for quite a while. As you can see from the progress report, I've not gotten very far yet ^_^

Bai Karl · Tue 06/06/2006 22:04:50

"*haha* is it the hair? "
- I don't get that

MashPotato · Tue 06/06/2006 22:07:43

I was responding to lo_res' comment about Conan O'Brian--I guess I should have used a quote to make it more clear ^_^