Hidden Treasure

Invalid · Tue 16/06/2009 18:24:22

My first AGS website game is ready. It's called Hidden Treasure: Ryan's Fortune.
The Graphics are bad, but oh well, go search for it on the games page and play it please! Comment what you think (no haters)

sorry.... heares the link
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/games.php?action=detail&id=1169

neon · Wed 17/06/2009 07:02:30

I tried it, but I'm stuck. I think it's a bug.

Spoiler

Took the picture with the upside down forest, but I can't take it from the inventory. The middle butten with the arrow has no function.

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Leon · Wed 17/06/2009 08:35:06

It's not a bug but the hotspot of the inventory object is not 0,0 so you have to try a bit...

Invalid · Wed 17/06/2009 16:35:11

Quote from: Leon on Wed 17/06/2009 08:35:06
It's not a bug but the hotspot of the inventory object is not 0,0 so you have to try a bit...

yeah, that was something I never got around to fixing, you just have to click the upper left-hand corner of the object, it is the same with some after it so you have to mess around with where you click

Paoul · Thu 18/06/2009 00:07:44

Quote from: xXSasukexXXxUchihaXx on Wed 17/06/2009 16:35:11
Quote from: Leon on Wed 17/06/2009 08:35:06
It's not a bug but the hotspot of the inventory object is not 0,0 so you have to try a bit...

yeah, that was something I never got around to fixing, you just have to click the upper left-hand corner of the object, it is the same with some after it so you have to mess around with where you click

I noticed that quite a bit, quite frustrating because you were never sure if it would work or not. Has a good plot though! Hopefully you can make a new game thats longer.

MoodyBlues · Thu 18/06/2009 17:39:10

I'm having some trouble getting through the maze. I don't have a number pad, and my arrow keys don't do anything!

Leon · Thu 18/06/2009 17:56:59

Use pressure (tap multiple times to move forward, do not keep pressed). ... I found the keys to react very slowly as well. But finally made it there.

GuyAwesome · Thu 18/06/2009 18:06:02

This wasn't bad for a 'first game' game, but I think it could've been a lot better with just a little extra work. As has been said, selecting inventory items was a bit of a pain. This could've been solved by using the same size icons for all items and adjusting the InvWindow's ItemHeight/Width properties as needed. And since you can now have different graphics for the items in the InvWindow and as cursor, you could still keep the current graphics for interacting with the scene. On which note, I had a bit of trouble knowing where on the Item cursor the hotspot was, which made using some of the items tricky (once I was actually able to select them, that is

). That's easily solved, though, by drawing the hotspot onto the graphic yourself, or having AGS do it for you. Also, it'd be nice if there was some indication of where/when you can exist scenes other than doorways (e.g. left out of the kitchen) - including side walls with doors would help here, or use hotspot labels, animating mouse cursors, etc. And finally, make it a little longer! I mostly enjoyed the mix of gameplay elements, but it seemed very short - which I guess is understandable from a first attempt game, really - and the puzzles where pretty simple (again, understandable).

I won't comment on the graphics - you've already said they're not the best (but maybe not as bad as you think!), they're not my forte, and they'll hopefully improve with time and practice anyway - except to say that, again, a little extra effort in adding details would probably make a major difference. (I'm thinking more about the amount of things in the scene - currently they're a bit empty - than the 'quality' of the art...)

My, that felt like a long post, but you DID ask for comments.

splat44 · Fri 19/06/2009 21:37:29

Quote from: xXSasukexXXxUchihaXx on Tue 16/06/2009 18:24:22
My first AGS website game is ready. It's called Hidden Treasure: Ryan's Fortune.
The Graphics are bad, but oh well, go search for it on the games page and play it please! Comment what you think (no haters)

Ok, since this thread is in the "Complete game announcemnt", then
where's the game dowload link?

Before, the mod lock this, I suggest adding link to your original post.

Regards

GuyAwesome · Fri 19/06/2009 21:48:25

I just figured "go search for it on the games page" was the first puzzle. Kind of appropriate for a game called 'Hidden Treasure', no?

It's also - now, wasn't when I dl'd it - linked to in xXSasukexXXxUchihaXx's profile. Direct link would be nice but I don't think a locking is in order without it. Oddly, 'link to the game' doesn't seem to be one of the requirements for a post in this forum :

, just that there BE a completed game...