The Second Man

[Tramponline]

Brilliant news! Really glad to hear you're back on it, cianty.

Your art style is still... ...nostalgorgeousatisfactofantastic!

[cianty]

Thanks a lot for the encouragement, everyone!

I'd love to put up more screenshots here but I am afraid it would spoil some of the surprises and excitement. I'll try to think of "safe" ways to tease more content...

[StillInThe90s]

Never mind the screenshots. Just finish the game!
Seriously, I think a lot of people are thrilled about this project being alive again. Including myself.

[cianty]

So, yeah, I'm still working on it. Currently I'm doing a lot of testing and clean-up and putting the finishing touches on Part 2. A lot of loose scenes and bits that need to be connected and then it'll be a huge milestone. So don't give up on me.

[Stupot]

Glad things are still ticking along, mate. Keep up the hard work :-)

[Cerno]

I just saw this for the first time.
Wow, the backdrops are gorgeous.
The brick wall man! I'm super jealous here.

[Gedeon]

Good to know! You keep up the good work, that you have a good amount o people waiting anxiously for this promising game. Cheers

[cianty]

So this Christmas my girl-friend gave to me...

an iOS port of the Second Man! Thanks to all the wonderful previous work of JJS and Janet Gilbert she set me up so I can deploy and run the game on my iPad 3 and her iPad Pro.

I spent the last couple of days working on the interface and improving the touch experience (larger hotspots on touch devices, changing some puzzles, etc). This is done now and I continue working on the content of the game.

If you are interested in how this looks, check out the following video where I play the first three minutes of the game on the iPad Pro:
https://t.co/bZbIprbjAu

[Rocchinator]

Man,  I cant wait to play this game. Looks awesome.

[cianty]

Thank you! The fact that I can playlets it on my iPad now is a huge motivation boost so am cracking on now.

[shaun9991]

This game looks awesome, cool to see you are still working on it

[Takyon]

Been looking forward to this game for ages. Good luck Cianty, hope you can get it finished.

[AnasAbdin]

I just found out that I haven't told you my opinion about this game. Maybe because the thread is older than my AGS years. Anywho.. here goes:

FINISH IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE I CAN'T WAIT TO TRY IT.

[cianty]

Thank you all so much for the nice comments. I am working on it!

[SilverSpook]

Looks really awesome.  I'm pre-ordering comrade!

[cianty]

A sign of life after years of silence (the protagonist is a silent killer after all)...

I have resumed work on the game after a long pause. Recent changes have been on the technical side at first as I upgraded the game to version 3.4.0 of AGS. I'd love to go with one of the even more current versions but that is not compatible with the iOS build. Since I am mostly play(test)ing in my iPad having the game run on there is important so I will stick with 3.4.0 for now. Some of the things I have been doing lately:

• Auto-load: When you start the game it automatically loads the last savegame. Especially on mobile this makes for an appropriately smooth experience.
• On mobile, double-tapping triggers the right-click action of the 9-verb interface, i.e. it triggers the suggested action (e.g. open door)
• The verb icons are not animated while selected. This brings more life to the UI and helps distinguish the currently selected action (which is animating) from the suggested right-click action when over a hotspot/object.
• Lots and lots of small imperfections were fixed and the one or other extra-mile was added to the first part of the game.

I am now maintaining a Trello board for all the ideas, todos, bugs and improvements. It helps keep a good overview and focus.
Most importantly, I now a plan how to finish the last bits of Part 2. Once that is done, I will have reached a major milestone because afterwards, there is a sort of "cut" in the game. This means, Prelude, Part 1 and most of Part 2 are nearly finished. I guess once that is completed I could also invite some external testers and seek their opinions.

So much for now. I won't be posting screenshots as I don't want to give away too much.

Lastly, here is a snapshot of the current game statistics. It doesn't say that much about actual gameplay length but it's an indicator nevertheless (why doesn't it include rooms?).

[Haggis]

Good luck to you, really happy to see this is still progressing as it looks and sounds fantastic - I speak from experience when I say keep going, it will be worth it in the end!

[Stupot]

Nice to see this thing is still alive. Keep the updates coming, yo.

[sawyer]

nice game. thx