Welcome to Dark Lake - DEMO available

[Milo87]

The game will definitely have music. I already have three offers, including the great m0ds (which was a real honour when you look at his previous projects).

[Milo87]

Just thought I'd share a new room I've just finished.


  The Red Light District

I'm particularly pleased with this background.

DEVELOPMENT:
>Another puzzle planned, and overall storyline for chapter 1 finished in semi-rough form.
>More character animations (specifically Rachel and Deckard's missing walkcycles, as well as the barman from the Hill)

[Das Plans]

Hello there!

I played your demo and I have to say: Wow! Great job. You really created a nice atmosphere there. I'm really looking forward to the completed game. Thumbs up! 

And this new background looks really good, too. You have a pleasant and consistent style! Love it ...

Good luck with the game!

[Peder 🚀]

Just played and finished the demo!

Nice work!

One thing I would like to point out is in the elevator.
When you go into it from the lobby and choose to go to the lobby it plays the moving animation, you should remove this when you chose to go back into a room that you just came from.
At least I think so .


Looking forward to the full game!!


Peder Johnsen.

[Milo87]

I tried to make it do that, but I couldn't figure out how to. If you have any ideas, then I'd gladly listen to them

Thanks for the feedback!

[osaris]

Played the demo last night. Really enjoyed it. The drawings are really impressive. Looking forward to the completed game. Good luck with it Milo. 

[nulluser]

Aargh! I downloaded the demo, and it opens OK, but it won't let me start a new game!! :@

[Milo87]

Aargh! I downloaded the demo, and it opens OK, but it won't let me start a new game!! :@

For now, you have to right click on the menu items. That's a bug that's been fixed now

Aargh! I downloaded the demo, and it opens OK, but it won't let me start a new game!! :@

Thanks a lot It shouldn't be too long coming now!

[Milo87]

Ok, here's what's happening.
Production will be on hold for a week, because I'm going on a college trip to Venice, Florence and Rome. I was hoping to have the game finished and ready for beta-testing before I left, but that's not going to happen, I'm afraid.

I've updated the production diary and the percentages, to give you some idea of the progress so far.

See y'all later, folks

[Snarky]

Rachel and Deckard's missing walkcycles

Are you sure you want to go with such a blatant Blade Runner reference for the names? Could be a bit distracting...

[Milo87]

Are you sure you want to go with such a blatant Blade Runner reference for the names? Could be a bit distracting...

Up until this point, I'd forgot that Rachel was also a Blade Runner character, oops. Deckard's name is supposed to be Decker, sorry. It's supposed to be a reference, not a complete rip-off, heheh.

[Milo87]

Just to stop this thread from dropping off the edge of the world, I thought I'd drop by and say that Dark Lake is still in production, just at a much slower pace than before.

There's not really a lot left to go, but what with college work and such I haven't had the time to work on it much.

Anyway, I've updated the production diary once again.

Thanks for reading

- Milo87

[Gord10]

I have played the demo. The game looks really promising Good luck!
*Does the demo ends when...

Spoiler

...we enter the elevator? I couldn't find anything else to do after getting inside the elevator. A "This is the end of the demo" message would be good (in case you hadn't already put it and I couldn't walk through there).

[close]

*You really don't have to include your "Documents and Settings/ Robin Westbrook.ROBIN/ Desktop " folders inside the package files   (I think you put them by mistake?)

[Milo87]

Nope, you have to find a way to get to other places in the elevator

And yeah, I'll fix the whole folders thing when I release the full game. I keep forgetting it does that XD

Thanks for the feedback!

[Vel]

Hey, I played the demo, and I must say it looks quite promising indeed. Here are some of the points I made:

- Decent graphics, with nice animation. You definitely need some more animations, though/walkcycles in particular/
- Gripping plot/thus far/
- It's somehow too quiet, some music would enhance the atmosphere of the game immeasurably, and the introduction sequence in particular[Edit: I see you've answered that already, go m0ds!]
- If you can make talking portraits sierra-style, that would also add a lot to the gaming experience.
- Simple and effective interface, keep it like that

I wish you luck with the game and hope you'll take those crits/and praises/ into consideration.

[Milo87]

Thanks for the feedback

I've got a friend making the music for WtDL, now. It's all mp3 quality, too!
Talking portraits is an interesting idea, actually... I contemplated it right back at the start, but decided against it. Knowing it would be appreciated I might return to the idea
The BASS interface has always been one of my favourites; I'm glad you think it's good, too

[Gord10]

Nope, you have to find a way to get to other places in the elevator

Oh, it is my bad... I have finally managed to finish the demo. Really nice work; now this is one of the games I'm looking forward to get completed

[ShadeJackrabbit]

Wow. Good game so far! Can't wait to see where it goes!

One thing, it wasn't apparent that the main character left his driver's license in the car. It could be helpful to the player to have some sort of indication of this.

[Fleshstalker]

Yes, this game is full of promise. Demo was great and really looking forward to it.

[coldwater221]

I just played the demo and I have to say that its so far a good game. Funny way to end it too. Can't wait for it!

BTW how long is it going to be? Medium or Full length? or short?