Astranded - MAGS OCTOBER ENTRY -

PureGhostGR · Tue 21/10/2003 15:00:30

Greetings,

I am finally done working on this. It still needs work in various areas, but I am happy enough to release this version.

-a screenshot-

Geocities Download:
850KB astranded.zip
(right click & Save Target As)

AGS Download:
850KB astranded.zip
(right click & Save Target As)

Do tell me what you think, especially about the dialogues since I worked on fixing them over and over.
Remember, this is a first for me, so if some animations don't look top-notch, I promise to improve with time.

Also if you spot a flaw (heh.. like thats hard to happen) point it out for me to fix.

Much kudos to Chris Jones for the engine.

Have Fun.

foz · Tue 21/10/2003 16:52:20

Excellent....at last another entry for this month.....

The screenie looks good...

Can`t get d/load to work ....even save as target don`t work..

Laters..

fOz

Minimi · Tue 21/10/2003 16:54:53

Yupz, the screenie does look good, but you it seems that the file brings up too much data for geocities, so I suggest you to find another host.

big brother · Tue 21/10/2003 17:16:57

Dude, you got busted by Geocities. Just thought you might want to know.

Hobbes · Tue 21/10/2003 17:18:05

Not on my side.... I just downloaded it perfectly.

Only got to play it for 5 minutes... but it looks & plays great!! I'll tell you more later once I've got a chance to fully explore this beauty.

Timosity · Tue 21/10/2003 17:26:10

Wow PureGhostGR, that is a stunning game, very impressive

The art is fantastic, and I love the animated inventory opening, very slick

It is quite short, and the puzzles are fairly easy, but that doesn't really take much away from the game, but this is a mags game.

I look very much forward to seeing something you can spend more than a few weeks on, And I hope you make this game longer after the competition is over.

Keep up the top work,

~Tim

PureGhostGR · Tue 21/10/2003 17:42:20

Thanks for the replies

Ok, I have moved the file to "FortuneCity".

This will hopefully fix any downloading problems.

Nostradamus · Tue 21/10/2003 18:00:58

File not available - it's a broken link because Fortuecity doesn't allow direct linking. Even when I cut & pasted the address to my address field it didn't work.

foz · Tue 21/10/2003 18:16:33

Just d/loaded........great game graphics ,interface and music all great.

I liked very much....(excellent first attempt)..

Who was the forum member as i was`nt sure....

At last another game has been entered as it looked as though it was going to be a bit thin on the ground this month...

GOOD LUCK in the Mags comp.......

fOz

PureGhostGR · Tue 21/10/2003 18:37:36

Thanks for pointing that out Nostradamus.

-Ahem- the members are TK & Snake.. *grin*

point is they don't know it yet *second grin*

soo.. anyway.

Thanks for the replies..

Good luck to you too foz.

Ishmael · Tue 21/10/2003 19:16:55

Man..... That.... It.... I..... Wha..... I just don't know what to say... execpt that the graphics were great, the musics fit the atmospere, the plot is good, puzzles, allthough not difficult, still fun... I think I ain't making things much bigger than they are when I say that this is the best game I've played in a while!

Now I feel my game has no chance this month... But I won't give up! I shall finish my game in time and attend the MAGS with it, be it worst entry this month or not, I shall! Thou shall see me rise some day!

Hey, Ghost, you wanna draw graphics for my upcoming big project?

DoorKnobHandle · Tue 21/10/2003 19:31:42

nice one!

I personally don't like the look of that main character girlie, but... hey.

Dave Gilbert · Tue 21/10/2003 22:14:57

Holy fluffernutters on toast.

That was gorgeous.

This game's got atmosphere in spades, dude. You've got talent. Are you going to write another game with that woman and Hologram Gen?

Kweepa · Tue 21/10/2003 22:58:13

Have to agree with everyone else - very nice indeed!
"I'll get my stuff." - LOL!

Steve

remixor · Wed 22/10/2003 00:54:21

Quote from: big brother on Tue 21/10/2003 17:16:57
Dude, you got busted by Geocities. Just thought you might want to know.

Bwahhahahahahahahahahhaha

PureGhostGR · Wed 22/10/2003 12:17:28

I am glad you all liked it, thanks for the generous comments.

mamarulez: Truth be said, she is nothing like the one I had in mind of doing.. time restrictions though had a toll..

Dave Gilbert: I don't think I am motivated enough to continue working with this. Originally I was going to make it 2 rooms bigger, with a nicer plot twist, but I figured I wouldn't make it to the deadline so I watered it down a bit. (thanks for the very inspiring reply man).

TK: I am sure that with your expertise in scripting you can conjure a little gem-game in no time. As for the graphics. I am not that good (or fast

). There are people in these forums that are 100% times better.

Btw, whats the plot about?

SteveMcCrea: Glad you like it.. (I was worried about the dialogues sounding corny or simple or.. ) thanks again.

-As for the Download Links-

Heh, this has been a big mess. I've uploaded a backgroundmp3-less version on AGS that should work for everyone. Huge apology.

remixor · Wed 22/10/2003 12:43:36

I'm really interested in trying out this game, but I'm still unable to download it. What did the rest of you guys do?

AGA · Wed 22/10/2003 13:42:57

Geocities re-enables suspended accounts every hour (he keeps hitting his hourly bandwidth limit, so his account gets suspended until the next hour begins). You'll just have to wait, and keep trying.

Ishmael · Wed 22/10/2003 14:37:45

I had no prob at all D/Lling it... from Geocities, DAP drew it in like 40 seconds.... :

Paranoia · Wed 22/10/2003 15:07:57

great game PureGhostGR

, for a first game its fantastic, your main character .... well she's cool! love the gui panel and the animation, i hope it inspires you to do more

Dave Gilbert · Wed 22/10/2003 15:22:01

Consider yourself mirrored:

http://www.davelgil.com/ags/astranded.zip

tootsie69 · Wed 22/10/2003 22:29:04

I thought the game was great, even though it was short (toooooooooo short) I finished in about 10 minutes. Good graphics and story line, when is the sequel coming- make it longer though.
Keep up the GOOD WORK.

remixor · Thu 23/10/2003 03:03:26

Well, I finally got it (and it downloaded in like 4 seconds :

), so I'll play it asap.

remixor · Thu 23/10/2003 03:17:34

Wow--your backgrounds and sprites are gorgeous. I agree that it was rather short, even for a MAGS game, but I assume that you spent a lot more time on the graphics than most people do. Good work!

AGA · Thu 23/10/2003 09:36:18

w00t. 300Kb/s download speed. I'm impressed. I'll play the game later and get back to you with comments.

PureGhostGR · Thu 23/10/2003 13:09:03

Wow.. Dave that is very cool of you. Thank you.

Czar · Thu 23/10/2003 16:39:51

i must say that, indeed, it was a pretty fast download...
i'll try it right away and then edit the post..

I must be dumb or something, i cant finish it.
I have everything i only have to recharge the y-know-what on the y-know-what, but she says that cant be done, why?(pixel h?)

remixor · Fri 24/10/2003 00:51:36

Quote from: Czar on Thu 23/10/2003 16:39:51
i must say that, indeed, it was a pretty fast download...
i'll try it right away and then edit the post..

I must be dumb or something, i cant finish it.
I have everything i only have to recharge the y-know-what on the y-know-what, but she says that cant be done, why?(pixel h?)

Spoiler

You'll have to translate the text written on the mysterious rock.

[close]

big brother · Fri 24/10/2003 03:19:34

Excellent game, great atmosphere! Reminiscent of the DIG with a retro GUI (retro = good in this case).

The only thing I didn't really like was the background outside the big building. The building itself was pretty simplistic and used some weird dithering patterns. Other than that, great game!

(I was half thinking that Snake would be that red alien thing from the Instagame art. That or Roz from Monsters, Inc. "Surprise!")

Czar · Sat 25/10/2003 09:27:27

Thanks remixor, guess i asked for help too soon.

Igor · Sat 25/10/2003 13:53:26

Fantastic!
The atmosphere is perfect (kinda The Dig-like), i like puzzles and graphics are gorgeous!

dagooh · Tue 28/10/2003 14:42:39

Love it, the dialogues are great (and funny) and I love that you never show the snake thing, I really wish it was longer but it was sweet, I want to see astranded 2! you hear me? and now with over 5 min of gameplay

foz · Tue 28/10/2003 21:44:53

Well done............out of the blue this one............

Entered in the eleventh hour..........

Good luck mate and keep on with the good work............

I hate losing but your game was a worthy winner.....

Ps For the rules this month make it have a severed hand as a required item for me..................Please..............

jason · Fri 31/10/2003 20:16:05

Cool game, PureGhost! The art and animation are great. The puzzles are quite easy but are definitely fun to go through.

I can't wait for a longer game from you!

Edit:
Oops, forgot to mention: the GUI is excellent!

Jeyc · Fri 07/11/2003 20:41:31

I take it you're a trekki?

BTW, absolutely LOVED the game! Twas tuly awasome!

Was too short my only complaint. But seeing as this is a MAGS game, conceivable.

evilspacefart · Fri 07/11/2003 23:11:46

It was a kickass game. Nice background art.
Can't wait for a longer one!

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