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AGS Games => Completed Game Announcements => Topic started by: Axemsir on Sun 10/06/2012 19:32:03

Title: Shifter
Post by: Axemsir on Sun 10/06/2012 19:32:03
(http://axemsir.com/images/banners/Shifter.png)

As some of you might have already noticed, I've finaly decided to upload my game "Shifter"
It's a short adventure game that I made as a graduation project a while back.

(http://axemsir.com/screenshots/screen3.jpg)

Impersonate the townsfolk to get things done in this game, but first you have to learn everything about them...

Shifter is an escape the town point and click adventure with a twist!

It's on the ags site,  so download Shifter here! (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/Games.aspx/Detail/1575/Shifter)
Don't forget to rate because I'm extremely curious to find out what you think!

The beautiful background in this game was created by Jermilex, check out his work at http://www.jermilex.com
The rest of the game was made by me!
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: WHAM on Sun 10/06/2012 21:29:13
Ooh, sounds interesting.
Will have to try and find some time to play!
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: Shadow1000 on Wed 13/06/2012 19:03:21
I played the game and completed it.

Very delightful short game. Beautiful graphics (no animation) and cute puzzles. I really enjoyed it.

Thank you for the game!

SHADOW
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: HammerBlade on Sun 17/06/2012 21:10:37
That really made my day.  Congrats on graduation!
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: Axemsir on Mon 18/06/2012 08:22:04
Thanks for playing, I'm glad you enjoyed it! :D
I'm actually toying with the idea of making a sequel, one that will be a lot lengthier and is more polished in terms of animation and sounds effects. The original game was made in such a short time that it was impossible to add :<
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: sthomannch on Mon 18/06/2012 10:00:49
A nice game with fresh ideas and good puzzles! Well done.
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: straydogstrut on Sat 23/06/2012 17:38:43
This is Pick of the Month and mentioned on the BlueCupTools Podcast (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=46193.0)! Hooray!

I thoroughly enjoyed the game, what a clever idea! Being able to learn about the other characters besides just talking to them was a nice touch with a lot of room for ideas. I got into a few situations where characters saw me as me rather than the character I was copying but overall it was really well put together. I loved the character portraits and talking animations, though it would've been nice to have a little music.

I definitely think this has the potential to be implemented as a larger game, you could have a lot of fun with that :smiley:
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: 9cupsoftea on Thu 13/09/2012 13:51:18
Just played this game and really liked it. I think the mechanics are brilliant, the concept of being able to copy someone after knowing them well enough is great, and I liked the idea of changing between night and day instead of just walking around areas (and also as a way of seeing people's other sides). There's a real smartness in the mechanics that's so subtle it's easy to miss.

I would say though that I didn't like the music at all, it was so soft and sleepy that the game felt like a picture book. Something a bit edgier would have helped the atmosphere a lot more. Also the artwork was nice but again a bit soft (but that's just personal taste). I think the writing was good enough though.

Anyway, I really hope you make a longer, more ambitious sequel (or just alternative story) with these mechanics, cause I reckon they have so much potential, and it seems to me like you got talent enough to do something great with them.
Title: Re: Shifter
Post by: Nikolas on Fri 14/09/2012 06:31:27
I also just played the game and it took me around 20 minutes to finish. So it must've been easy, since I'm not exactly good at adventure games and get a bit bored reading the dialogues some times! ;D In this time this didn't happen!

Cool ideas and the idea of day\night was also very nice touch.

Well done overall, and a sequel could work quite well.