This one was just for fun. I'm putting together about four or five short AGS game demos I've made and plan on having people vote on their favorite ones in order to give myself a little direction. But enough about that, I decided it'd be fun to include a few "tongue-in-cheek" type of games, and I'm actually quite proud of this one. I'd just like to see some general impressions, and just kind of keep this around to show how my artwork has been progressing.
Title: I Dream For Neckbeards (Might revise to "I Dream Of Neckbeards" or even "I Dream For a Neckbeard"; I can't decide which one is linguistically better). A neckbeard is a term referring to a basement-dweller, usually one that programs for Free Software projects like GNU/Linux or something like that. They receive very little sunlight, and due to low-levels of social interaction, don't worry about things such as hygiene, specifically shaving.
Premise: Just some goofy little tongue-in-cheek commentary on the Free Software movement, with an incredibly disjointed perspective of a Microsoft-run Orwellian-style society. Basically like a really comically bad version of Neuromancer. The Protagonist gets the fated Blue Screen of Death, goes to the store to buy a new copy of Windows, and promptly runs into a crowd of Free-Software Anarchists that are brutally beaten by the Software Police. A dying man presses a disc into the proganist's arms, and some stupid magical quest begins, with Big Brother following him close behind.
Anyways, pedantic ramblings aside. The title screen. I wanted to go for something that clearly mocked the old Tandy, IBM, and Amiga error in hardware. Those gross beige-boxes, essentially.
(http://i.imgur.com/k5PqV.png)
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(http://i.imgur.com/k5PqV.png)
I like the idea and the title screen.
"I dream OF neckbeards" seems grammatical to me, however I think it might be a mistake to use a word in the title that needs a detailed explanation or very specific knowledge.
I wasn't aware of Calaveras until I played Grim Fandango. If the title of the game had included the word Calavera it would have meant nothing to me, and would have been far less attractive.
Hmm... I probably should have applied that logic to 'Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!'
It reminds me of one of those computer screens from Ultima (before you get taken to Lord Britishland). I would agree with Ali that you might want to change it from 'for' to 'of'. Aside from that, I like it.
Quote from: ProgZmax on Mon 03/01/2011 04:06:04
It reminds me of one of those computer screens from Ultima (before you get taken to Lord Britishland).
Definitely. Let's just hope the intro sequence is less cheesy, though :-)
I like it over-all ... but I would suggest spending some more time on the keyboard. It doesn't really look like any keyboard that I've seen. Maybe if you just remove some keys in some areas and make others "longer" (enter, backspace, shift, spacebar,etc) it would really improve the image I think.
Looks like a Mad fold-in!
Hmm, Dam Nerds?
Quote from: Darth Mandarb on Tue 04/01/2011 14:48:40
I like it over-all ... but I would suggest spending some more time on the keyboard. It doesn't really look like any keyboard that I've seen. Maybe if you just remove some keys in some areas and make others "longer" (enter, backspace, shift, spacebar,etc) it would really improve the image I think.
I figured I'd get called out on that. I'll do what I can to fix it, I kind of just said "EHHH, screw it.", mainly due to frustration.
I guess while I'm at it, I'll model it after this lovely piece of tech.
(http://i.imgur.com/LKOyR.jpg)
Mmm, the Model M.
You should probably put the disk slot in the base rather than the monitor :) And make it bigger.
Definitely "I dream OF neckbeards."