Skytower Rescue (Demo update)

[Alynn]

n00bs, the scourge of the internet. Wherever there is an amateur game making community, these little blighters come out of the woodwork. To some they are just a minor annoyance, to others mild amusement, but to moderators, they are THE ENEMY.

Join our hero Alynn the Yellow Eyed, the resident n00b nazi of Skytower Games and help him rid the skytower of the evil n00bs that have taken it over, and perhaps help him gain the respect (and some other things as well) of LadyKiki

Some may easily recognize the graphics from RM2K's RTP. This is completely intentional as most of the graphics ARE from RM2K rtp. The reason is that back when this game was origionally envisioned (back in 2004) Skytower Games was a primarily RM2K site. When the game was lost, and later found again, even though skytower has gone away from being a primarily rm2k site, I decided to keep the graphics as is instead of starting over from scratch.

There has been some changes from the origional intro I posted way back when, mostly with the use of modules instead of plugins.

It will have some strange quirky things to it, I'm trying to be reminicient of the old NES style RPG's and the like, hence the small character sizes and limited colors on them.
There will be adult language used, the main character (which is based on my internet personality) has some foul language, and the fireball guy uses it more often then not, not to be vulger but that is just it's personality.

Storyline is based off my moderation prowess on an RM2K(3) website YaBB board... You could also title this game "Alynn vs. the n00bs" as all the bad guys are the n00bs that have taken over the Skytower (The website is SkytowerGames), if you notice the flame guy above, thats Flame n00b (thus the bad language).

All the rest of the staff are captured, and it's up to Alynn to free them from the clutches of the n00b. Although Alynn's main motivation seems to be getting into the only female staff member's pants (LadyKiKi), of whom the Knig n00b wants to make his queen.

Basicly, it will have lots of bad puns followed by rimshots. Sexual inuendos, toilet humor, satire, and all that other goofy bs that I find funny.

Screenshots (click for larger view)



There is currently a demo available playable though to the end of chapter one. I'm pretty sure I worked out all the bugs (2 days of playtesting and I havent found another one), but if you find one please let me know.

NOTE: There is cartoonish violence and deaths in this game, also there is tons of curse words, so this is your warning. Also, it's a 320X240 game but it's best viewed running at 640X480 due to the TTF fonts I use.

Anyway the demo download page can be found here.

FYI I've had a couple of issues with the upload, some things got messed up, so I'm in the process of fixing them so if for some reason the game text looks messed up, double check the setup and make sure it's running in 640X480...

[Gord10]

Looks really interesting The story really amused me.

[thewalrus]

     I just downloaded the demo and began to play it. I think the game looks pretty cool. Good luck with the rest of the project. Can't wait to play the complete game.

[Alynn]

Thanks for that, I'm taking a slight break now since I have a test coming up shortly, so let me know how it goes with the demo.

[sthomannch]

Hi Alynn!
I'm playing through your demo. Unfortunately, the game crashed when I

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put the banana on the red spot after grinding the royalty. Message : in Room 21, script line 94, Error: MoveCharacter: character not in current room

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Of course, I had to try it out :-)

[Alynn]

Oops, sorry about that, it's fixed now and I'm uploading it again. I guess you just can't think of everything, can you. Also, fixed anotehr but if you use other inventory items in the same area.

Anyway Thanks New version that fixes that bug is on the server.

I hope you are enjoying it so far.

[Mac]

Basicly, it will have lots of bad puns followed by rimshots. Sexual inuendos, toilet humor, satire, and all that other goofy bs that I find funny.

Sounds awesome.

[sthomannch]

Thank you, Alynn!

Probably you should also check what happens when you reading the note while in the Barn. I think my system locked up, could read the note in other rooms, though.

Does the demo show when it is completed? My problem is that

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I have built the unicycle, and when I try to attach something else, I see a message that it is complete. However, Roman does not take it. When I try to give it to him, he ignores me.

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[Alynn]

Oops yeah, sorry, I had that block commented out. Also, I locked down the lockup problem with the overlay, basically it was trying to run an interaction after you click to remove the overlay, if the mouse was over a hotspot when you clicked to remove the overlay, and that hotspot interaction involved a blocking function.  I've put in  extra checks now, so that should never happen again, the checks also keep you from clicking on any hotspots while the inventory is open, which has the potential to do the same thing.

Gah, I must rememember to get a beta testing staff before I release a full version.

Anyway new version up, that should let you go all the way to the end of the demo, which it does tell you when you finished it.

Thanks for playing.

[sthomannch]

Was my pleasure, thank you! And I am waiting for the full version :-)

[Alynn]

Ok I put a new demo up, it takes care of a bit of scripting bugs and debug code that I accidently left in there while I was testing. Also, fixed some spelling errors.

I'd like to thank everyone that sent me bug reports (people here, and people over at skytower).

[Alynn]

Ok... I put up the final demo... I fixed the walking death problem, and increased the upstairs and downstairs hotspots to make them a bit more obvious on how to move upstairs and downstairs inside Alynn's house. I've also done some art upgrades on a few things, and added a bit of code here and there...

Anyway this seems to have fixed anything and everything anyone has found so far, so anyway, there it is, your update...

As far as the further chapters, things at school are winding down for the holidays, so I should have more time to work on the game. However, this year I'll get to see my son again (who I haven't seen in 2 years) so I will most likely be spending time with him than working on my game...

Backgrounds are the slowest part of my development cycle, so once I get all those designed and drawn things will start moving much quicking on the second chapter, and then will slow down again for the 3rd...

Anyway I hope everyone that has played enjoys the game.

And for those that thing why should we play a game based on some forum we've never heard of... Honestly, knowledge of the website isn't needed, there are no inside jokes, it just so happens the skytower can be visioned as a real place, and it seemed to make sense with the context of the story, so don't let the fact that its from another website throw you off .

Thanks.