Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum. And this is the first game I've ever made with AGS. It's a fan remake of Harry Potters adventures at Hogwarts. The game is based on Chris Ushkos M:I-2: LeChucks Revenge (made in Klick and play), which can be found here (http://www.freewebs.com/mi2complete/)
These games are alternate versions of JK Rowlings novels: Harry Potter. The same story, but a brand new twist. Join Harry as he picks up his gun, sunglasses, snazzy jacket and help of his two best freinds, Ron and Hermione. as they battle the forces of evil together.
The game will probably be rated PG for mild language and violence. Just thought I'd let you know.
- graphics 7%
- puzzles 15%
- scripting 20%
- music/sound 10%
- overall 13%
The first of these games is set for a mid 2006 release.
Screenshots:
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/8274/17122622986mk.png)
(http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/97/happy5cw.png)
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2196/divination4yh.png)
As I said, this is the first game I ever made with AGS. So it probably won't be perfect. And if you don't like these images, tell me why.
If you like, you can register at my forum to talk about my game and some of my other projects (movies mainly) that I'm making.
The link is: http://fentonfilms.proboards78.com/
You're original that much is obivious. Whether or not that is down to genius or madness is yet to be seen ;D
Interesting concept that may work, very risky though. As a Harry Potter fan myself I doubt I'll be interested in the game simple because it's HP based. It's doesn't sound similar enough for me to like it on the basis of it being HP. That isn't neccessarily a bad thing it allows for you to create a new side to each character. I'm interested to see how the game develops.
Artwise I'm not so sure. The characters are too simple and the backgrounds lacking. Spend some more time on them and see if you can improve them. They lack depth in my opinion.
Harry Potter buying firearms? Sounds fun... and surprisingly similar to many commercial games based on movie licenses.
I don't get why you would use JK Rowling's characters if all you're gonna do is change them. Using guns?
If you want a gamein which kids use guns, make your own characters. If you want to make a Harry Potter game, try to stick to the spirit of the books.
Quote from: JimmyShelter on Sun 22/01/2006 14:31:37
I don't get why you would use JK Rowling's characters if all you're gonna do is change them. Using guns?
If you want a gamein which kids use guns, make your own characters. If you want to make a Harry Potter game, try to stick to the spirit of the books.
I'm using some of my own original stuff in the game too. But the story is about 70% the same as the book. There'll be extra puzzles here and there. I love Harry Potter, and that's why I'm making these games.
I'd say drop the guns. Keep close to the original story. Brighten up and cartoonify/magicize the graphics and most importantly really work on the character models. If there's anything graphics wise that you simply must not cut corners with it's the character models. After all I as a player would be stareing at them for longer than anything else. Try getting photos or sketches of Harry Potter (Actor or Comic) and then drawing a base model from that. Your current sprites look flat and lifeless. Kind of like a 2D bit of paper thats been chucked on a nice background.
Good luck with it, I look forward to playing :)
Yay!
M:I-2 - LeChuck's Revenge just kicked arse!
And if this game half as good an M:I-2, I'll love it!
The art is quite descent, I've seen way worse!
Quote from: Sean on Sun 22/01/2006 16:42:14
I'd say drop the guns. Keep close to the original story.
No way, man!
The fun is to take a unspoiled story and put in all the needless Hollywood-stuff!
That's how it was in M:I-2 - LeChuck's Revenge!
I'll be using references to M:I-2 in the game. As well as references to many other movies and games.
Muhahaha. Nice. Except for the names, I don't see anything else related to H.P. But I understaand. Because these idiots from hogwarts don't allow harry to use magic when he's not at school, hary choose the non-magic way: to buy some guns! Lot's of them. Yeah, how original mheheh... I wonder who will be the first victim. Maybe his brother dudley? Draco? Yeah, I already imagine slow motion quidditch scenes, where harry chases his victim by shooting at him with his guns aehaehe... whatever.
Disregard what everyone has said! Keep up what you are doing!
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
Thank you all who said good things about the game. And I just thought I'd say: A demo is coming soon! In the next week or couple of weeks maybe.
As I get further into the game, I might be using voices in it, I'll be doing some voices, but I might have some difficulty with others. Like Hermione for instance, so I'll need some voice actors to help me soon. I'll search the forum and see if I can find some.
For the voice actors, there are a lot of varies of actors but it's hard to find female voices, you can take it from me since I'm also looking for voices for my game Caribbean Mysteries. There is one good voice actress, Azure. Just PM a request to her and she might help out.
Azure said that she will play the part, I'll send her the script when I'm ready.
Okay, the demo is being completed as you read this post. I just thought I'd let you see this poster for the first game.
(http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2707/poster11gx.jpg)
By the way: did I mention that each game has it's own original title? These titles aren't confirmed yet. So if anyone can think of any better ones, thank you.
Philosophers Stone = H:P and the Quest for the Diamond
Chamber of Secrets = H:P and the Cave of Doom
Prisoner of Azkaban = H:P and the Great Escape
Goblet of Fire = H:P and the Forces of Darkness
Since some of you have been saying that my artwork is too simple, I have decided to try out a few styles and see which one works best.
Here's Harry in a cartoony MI3 kind of style.
(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/5019/harrycolour9kx.png)
Actually I must say I like your former art style way more! :) That new Harry looks a bit too much like Neo from The Matrix in my opinion. Or is that intentional? :=
Good luck with the game though, it looks fun! :D
The demo of the first game which is coming soon, will feature the current sprites and backgrounds I have already made. They are not necisserily how they are going to appear in the actual game. They will be improved.
By the way, If any story desigers could give me some cool ideas from movies, or alternate ways to solve the puzzles from the original books, that would be great!
Quote from: fentonfilms on Wed 08/02/2006 18:30:18
By the way, If any story desigers could give me some cool ideas from movies, or alternate ways to solve the puzzles from the original books, that would be great!
You should right down each 'Puzzle' from the book that you want to make. Then look over them and just 'play' until you have something. I'd say having the original puzzles written out is a must.
I dont get it... Thats just me.
* A multi milllion if not billion dollar industry! That cannot produce a half decent computer game...
* And then a user that takes it a step further?
I dont get it?
But thats just me...
Here's my drawing of Dumbledore in the closeups. I drew this while looking at a picture of the actor. Tell me what you think.
(http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/962/dumbledore9ok.png)
Oh, and just incase you were wondering or are interested. The game is being made at 640x480.
Heheheh..
My, my, my. This is very amusing, you're a HP fan, and you also want to include whatever you feel like in this game, i commend you for that. It's good to remember that sometimes it's quite fine to make a game just for the fun of it and because it makes you have a good time doing it.
Your art is.. "original" and the concept makes me think it will be funny. Your determination is something that we dont see so often around here.
good luck, and have fun.
-Sinister
* Have you tried making Hagrid's threeheaded dog into some kind of three-headed cannon yet? ;) (I'm not kidding, this could be an option :P)
* How about giving Snape some sunglasses?
* If they can use magic, why not make an enchanted gun?
These are suggestions, but you can decide which to include, of course.
Spoiler
Fluffy the three headed dog is still in the game, or at least, he is now. Imagine Harry gets caught out of bed at night by Snape and he has to say something to distract him. One of the choices you can make him say is: Look, a three headed dog! (If you've played Monkey Island you'll understand the joke a little more.)
HARRY: Look, a three headed dog!!!
SNAPE: Oh please Potter, I'm not falling for that old trick!
(Fluffys heads appears from around the corner)
HARRY: Look a three headed dog!!!
SNAPE: You amuse me Pot...
(Fluffy bites Snapes head!)
HARRY: Told you.
By the way, you can hide spoilers using the [hide] and [/hide] tags. ;)
Oh, thanks! ;D
Quote from: fentonfilms on Sun 12/02/2006 16:08:58
Here's my drawing of Dumbledore in the closeups. I drew this while looking at a picture of the actor. Tell me what you think.
Hey, that's a really cool drawing!
Go on like that!
Dumbeldore is good, but I like the dialog lines better ;D ;D ;D!
That's really good!
I have three new screenshots, all from the demo.
(http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/3800/scrnshot17st.png)
(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/6063/scrnshot21zo.png)
I've worked long and hard on this picture by the way.
(http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/5152/scrnshot38bu.png)
I've also made a new inventory bar too.
fentonfilms,
Those graphics are great.
You asked in your forum if you should be using voices?
Well, voices aren't completely waste of time. Ensure your server will handle extra upload.
Depending how big is your game with voices, some members here cannot handle those big files. You might want provide two download links, one without voices and one with.
Quote from: splat44 on Tue 21/02/2006 08:21:32
Those graphics are great.
Thanks!Ã, ;D
Quote from: splat44 on Tue 21/02/2006 08:21:32You asked in your forum if you should be using voices?
Well, voices aren't completely waste of time. Ensure your server will handle extra upload.
Depending how big is your game with voices, some members here cannot handle those big files. You might want provide two download links, one without voices and one with.
That's a good idea. I don't know how big the game will be yet. But i've started to work it out.
The game begins in Diagon Alley by the way, you can choose to watch the intro movie or skip it if you want to. If my calculations are right, and if you play the whole Diagon Alley part through without any stops or easter eggs, you should spend the first 10-15 minutes of the game in Diagon Alley. The rest of the game is spent at Hogwarts. The game should be between the medium and long game category. I'll make the talkie game first and then I'll remove the speech file after I've uploaded the talkie and upload the non voice one. Just a thought.
The current voices are:
Harry: Me
Ron: Me
Hermione: Azure from this forum.
Draco Malfoy: Me?
Snape: Me?
Professor Quirrel: Me
Gunman of the Guns n' Bullets shop: Me for now.
Hagrid: Me
Dumbledore: Me
Neville: My cousin, (Darren from my movie "Darren and James".)
Extra characters: I don't know. Anybody wanna audition?
These are the only voices I have planned for the moment. The game's going great!
Here's some 360 degree spins of Harry and Ron, please comment on them!
(http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/5627/harry3607sl.gif) (http://img439.imageshack.us/img439/8013/ron3602dc.gif)
A small update on progress:
- graphics 10%
- puzzles 20% (I've drawn out a puzzle tree for the Diagon Alley level)
- scripting 25%
- music/sound 15%
- overall 18%
The game is still set for a mid 2006 release.
Okay, it's been a long time since I last updated this thread, and I've got big news for you. I've been trying to get an art style that looks good in the game, and I think I've got it now. My old characters looked more like Game Boy color characters, I myself think that this style looks good and I have spent a long time on it. Here's some characters for you:
Harry:
(http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2425/harry3gh.png)
Ron:
(http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/1016/ron5qp.png)
Hermione:
(http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/699/hermione3ch.png)
Draco:
(http://img501.imageshack.us/img501/8695/draco3bu.png)
Dumbledore:
(http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9780/dumbledore2vq.png)
These were drawn from one body template that I created, so that all characters are the right size and look similar. For the child characters, I have made the neck to feet 16 pixels shorter than the template is. For each new game, the characters will grow 4 pixels taller. The head remains the same in the whole series though.
The demo (which has been delayed slightly) will still feature my current art style though. Please comment on this new style.
Where are their scarves for the house colors :)
If you want suggestions for what to do with the characters, please post in the Critics Lounge.
Please guys and gals, keep the C&C out of this thread! (send a PM if you must comment)
Good to know you're still working on this.