The Legacy of Taft (Webpage info and more!)

deadsuperhero · Sat 11/12/2004 20:22:57

Okay, this is a really weird game I'm making. It's about William Howard Taft's family is abducted by aliens. The aliens threaten to eat Taft's family for dinner, and Taft says he doesn't care. The aliens are impressed, and send TAft into the future instead of eating him. This game has voices, sprites everything...except right now all I made was a short preview. Here's the link:
http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/TaftDemov0.2.zip
Some screenshots:

the picture above is a crappy UFO

This picture is just a really long road used in the demo.
Tell me what you think!
NewsFlash: You can also post what you think in the games section. Just search for Taft, and post your idea of it.
UPDATE!!! Added better text box and Alec's voice. New text, and translations

Problem · Sun 12/12/2004 18:54:53

The story is weird, but might work. To be honest, I didn't like what I saw. The screenshots are too blurry, you can only guess what they show. And the demo actually didn't have anything to show, except of that horrible speech (Oh, how I love reading text compared to this). By the way, did you draw the character close-up yourself? It looks very good, but doesn't match the style of your backgriound at all, so I hardly believe this is your work. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, good luck with your game. I hope you will be able to improve your graphics and make up an interesting story.

deadsuperhero · Sun 12/12/2004 20:03:32

Quote from: Problem on Sun 12/12/2004 18:54:53
The story is weird, but might work. To be honest, I didn't like what I saw. The screenshots are too blurry, you can only guess what they show. And the demo actually didn't have anything to show, except of that horrible speech (Oh, how I love reading text compared to this). By the way, did you draw the character close-up yourself? It looks very good, but doesn't match the style of your backgriound at all, so I hardly believe this is your work. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyway, good luck with your game. I hope you will be able to improve your graphics and make up an interesting story.

It really is my work. I suck at drawing backgrounds, so I just used some concepts until I get a bg artist. You didn't think the speech was funny? Okay, Taft's voice is supposed to be stupid on purpose, but it was a pretty funny preview. Don't worry, I'll modify it a bit.

Blackthorne · Mon 13/12/2004 03:37:04

I thought it was funny. I laughed.

The backgrounds aren't GREAT, but it seems funny enough. Besides, you got tons of time to work on it.

Bt

Problem · Mon 13/12/2004 06:16:01

Quote from: Webspider on Sun 12/12/2004 20:03:32
It really is my work. I suck at drawing backgrounds, so I just used some concepts until I get a bg artist. You didn't think the speech was funny? Okay, Taft's voice is supposed to be stupid on purpose, but it was a pretty funny preview. Don't worry, I'll modify it a bit.

No need to modify it, if you like it the way it is. This was just my opinion. The demo didn't give me an impression of what the game will be like, so it may work very well in the end. If you make a funny game with good puzzles and story, noone will mind the graphics. And if I don't like the speech, I can just turn it off, so that wouldn't be a problem

It's strange that you have problems with your backgrounds, because that character really looks good.

Moneo · Mon 13/12/2004 10:34:44

well i've seen a lot worse, and speech is hardly ever included so kudos to you for putting it in.

keep it up!

fg2hk · Thu 16/12/2004 02:09:22

Great Job! ;)Ã,Â Ã,Â That was hilarious.Ã,Â I can't wait for this game to come out.Ã,Â It sounds really cool.

deadsuperhero · Fri 17/12/2004 21:34:01

Well, I've been working on it. The text box is better, the narrorator sounds alot better (thanks to Alec Whitechurch) and there are two translations. German...and Blablian (a language that just repeats "Blah blah blah" a whole bunch of times)
I'll post a link to it soon.

[Cameron] · Sat 18/12/2004 03:27:41

Wooh! Go team me!

Anyway, I'll be happy to do any more voices you need. Looks like a pretty cool game.
Regards,

Alec

deadsuperhero · Sun 19/12/2004 00:45:17

Anytime, Alec. You're voice was great for the narrorator. Quite funny.

Gamer · Sun 19/12/2004 00:52:05

Dude! Sweet game! I like the update. How'd you make that talking sprite?

deadsuperhero · Sun 19/12/2004 00:53:54

Quote from: Gamer on Sun 19/12/2004 00:52:05
Dude! Sweet game! I like the update. How'd you make that talking sprite?

I looked on google for a pic of Taft in B&W, chose one that I liked, then touched it up in Photoshop using a low opacity brush. I then animated it by drawing his mouth movements BY HAND. After a few hours, it was done, and I was happy with it.

Developer · Sun 19/12/2004 15:26:54

Looking good. You might want to put more details into your backgrounds.

deadsuperhero · Sun 19/12/2004 18:51:02

Quote from: Developer on Sun 19/12/2004 15:26:54
Looking good. You might want to put more details into your backgrounds.

Well, I'm not very good at bgs, but if you want to be an artist for the game, all you have to do is ask.

Problem · Wed 22/12/2004 17:54:44

Who did the german translation? Sorry to say that, but it's horrible. Most of it doesn't make any sense.

deadsuperhero · Wed 22/12/2004 20:59:05

Quote from: Problem on Wed 22/12/2004 17:54:44
Who did the german translation? Sorry to say that, but it's horrible. Most of it doesn't make any sense.

Sorry. I tried using a translation service, but obviously it didn't work. Didn't notice that, seeing as I speak very little German.
The Blahblian is better, except for the fact that it changes back to English in the second room. I'm going to work on that. (As well as the actual game)

DemoKRAT · Wed 22/12/2004 22:05:54

Dude, I think your game is horrible. The voices suck, the humor sucks, everything sucks.
I think you're a retard, your game is so stupid.

deadsuperhero · Wed 22/12/2004 22:08:16

Quote from: DemoKRAT on Wed 22/12/2004 22:05:54
Dude, I think your game is horrible. The voices suck, the humor sucks, everything sucks.
I think you're a retard, your game is so stupid.

That's not very nice. I can understand if the translation pack is bad, maybe even the backgrounds aren't so great. But the WHOLE GAME??? It looks like someone *COUGH*DemoKRAT*COUGH* didn't read the rules.

Gamer · Wed 22/12/2004 22:09:56

DemoKRAT, you need t olearn to respect other people. I liked the game personally. First off: Why do you think it sucks?

DemoKRAT · Wed 22/12/2004 22:16:46

Well...I didn't think it was funny, I didn't like the graphics, and I hated the sound. It wasn't even funny with the Mentos song.

The Legacy of Taft (Webpage info and more!)

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