FAR NOWHERE ( a western/fantastic/S.F interactive short story)

[naamlock]

HI, my name is NAAMLOCK and I''m french.

(sorry for my poor english ^^)

I have used  ADVENTURE GAME STUDIO to make a game ... in fact, it's not a real game but an interactive short story (in black & white).

The story tell the trip of NELLY (a lonely cow-boy) in the NOWHERE (A sort of nothingness).

The nowhere is populated with shadows.

In this "game" Certain places and sequences can shock the youngest.

So, if you are under 21 years old , DON'T DOWNLOAD IT!!!

ENGLISH VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE :

http://dl.free.fr/o1qrsYmXE/FARNOWHERE-DeluxeEdition-.rar

English translation : BROKENBUTTERFLY

Have a nice metaphysical experience ....



resolution: 800x600

[Nlogax]

Your English is just fine (especially compared to that guy in the previous thread...)  but you're going to need an English version of your game if you want to get a lot of attention. My French is basic, to say the least!

[Ozzie]

Yeah. Since it is less a game and more an interactive story it isn't very interesting for non-french speakers.
But the graphics and animations are very nice!

[naamlock]

ok, I'll work on an ENGLISH version

[Candall]

You don't really have to make a whole new version, just export a translation source.  Then you can translate your script to English and have it selectable from the game's setup.  If you're unsure about your English, I'd be willing to go over your translation and fix any errors.

[The Ivy]

Hey Naamlock, I played the game in French and found it very enjoyable, although sometimes the text went by a little quickly for a non-native speaker like me. I found myself having to look at objects more than once to get the meaning, and occasionally you lost me during the cutscenes. However, the story was very cool. The main character reminded me of V from "V for Vendetta." I'm curious as to what inspired this story, or if it was based on anything. Very neat game, especially for a first game.

[naamlock]

Hey Naamlock, I played the game in French and found it very enjoyable, although sometimes the text went by a little quickly for a non-native speaker like me. I found myself having to look at objects more than once to get the meaning, and occasionally you lost me during the cutscenes. However, the story was very cool. The main character reminded me of V from "V for Vendetta." I'm curious as to what inspired this story, or if it was based on anything. Very neat game, especially for a first game.

1000 thanx

[naamlock]

ENGLISH VERSION IS NOW AVAILABLE HERE :

http://dl.free.fr/o1qrsYmXE/FARNOWHERE-DeluxeEdition-.rar


English translation : BROKENBUTTERFLY

Have a nice metaphysical experience ....

[brokenbutterfly]

Congrats on your first release eh  I hope everything was okay with my translation! J'ai dit que je pouvais remanier si tu voulais, mais tu ne m'as rien dit donc je suppose que tout te convenait!

I liked the game, of course, I don't translate stuff I dislike (seriously). By the way, where did you get the idea of eating a lizard's tail? Is it from a video game, perhaps?

P.S: "Le Nowhere" / "The Nowhere" ---> je n'ai pas mis "the", j'ai juste traduit par exemple "how did you end up nowhere" (un peu comme un jeu de mots "comment t'as atteri nulle part") c'est bon??

[naamlock]

c'est parfait et pour ta question , bien sur que tu peux mettre dans ton profil que tu as fait la traduction du jeu, plutot 2 fois qu'une même   

pour la queue du lezard ça m'est venue pendant que je realisais la bd (qui se trouve dans les bonus) ... avec le recul il me semble que je jouait a SHADOW OF THE COLOSSUS a cette époque, il y avait des petits lezards dans le jeu ( je crois d'ailleur que tu peux les chasser et les manger, mais je ne l'ai jamais fait alors je raconte peut être une bétise ) mais les plus grosses inspirations pour ce jeu sont des films étranges avec une certaine atmosphere : CUBE (de Vincenzo NATALI ... la sortie toute blanche ma inspiré ce lieu  et j'aime bcp le fait de ne pas savoir ou l'on ce trouve ainsi le joueur peut ce poser des tas de questions par la suite et y trouver ses propres reponses ), GOZU (de Takashi MIIKE ... la séquence finale de l'accouchement m'a inspiré la sortie du NOWHERE) et LE TESTAMENT D'ORPHEE (de Jean COCTEAU ... les hommes-chevaux du film m'ont inspiré TERENCE NOBODY (hommage également au film  "mon nom est personne" et son acteur Terence HILL) qui se revele etre tout de même bien plus farfelu de caractère ^^)

[brokenbutterfly]

Tu devrais ecrire en anglais, sinon les autres vont croire qu'on parle qu'entre nous, les modos vont dire que ca part en vrille et d'utiliser les MP.. Et en francais c'est dommage pour ceux qui comprennent pas, c'est vachement interessant tes sources d'inspiration!

As for the video game --> yes! I was alluding to Shadow of the Colossus! You can kill them and eat their tails, and it would add up to your HP. But a smarter way to deal with lizards was to shoot an arrow and pin them down by their tail. They would then struggle, and eventually run away, and leave their tail behind! I say it's smarter because the lizards would regrow their tails, meaning more HP for you. And in your game, Nelly eats the tails to regenerate, so I thought it was a reference to the game. (Je t'avais dit je suis une joueuse~)

Cube was an insane movie that I loved!! And Gozu is soooo crazy! I liked the part where all the yakuza skins are hanging in the warehouse 

Terence is my favorite character in the game! Except when he talks! Which means... all the time 

[naamlock]

sorry, I can't translate my last message because my English is to bad for that ... ^^

[naamlock]

 I'm very happy  because this game is translated in ENGLISH, it's  a second life for it ... I hope you'll play with it and post a feedback.
I know it's strange, too short & not perfect  but I made it sincerely

[Storygamer]

Just found this game--I'm very glad to learn you made an English translation, which I am downloading right now!  I already love the basic concept and the screenshot looks very promising.  Looking forward to playing something different and unique here...and possibly (dare I say it?) artsy?

[naamlock]

I hope you'll enjoy this  game