I'm working on a new game, titled Sniper and Spotter serving the motherland!
This game is a sequel to my previous game,Sniper and Spotter being Patriotic (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/site/games/game/2050/), but it is a standalone story and my intention is that players shall be able to understand the story even if they haven't played the previous game.
The plot is rather straightforward.
The great patriotic war is raging and Olga, a sniper loyal to the motherland, and Ivan, her trusted spotter, have received an order to use the scorched earth tactic on a small soviet village before it falls into the hands of the axis. Their mission will be to destroy all resources and burn the village before the enemy gets a chance to destroy all resources and burn the village...
(http://i.imgur.com/tLZMmns.gif)
Gameplay-wise, this game will focus on exploring the village and sabotaging and destroying various parts of it while the battle between the Axis forces and the Red Army draws closer.
28 Oct 2016, 20:12 Screenshots so far:
(http://i.imgur.com/SZiLCjp.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/F9l7vSs.jpg)
Oh... I so want to play this game NOW!! (nod)
It's looking great and I just know it'll be a treat to play these two again. :-D
Thank you thank you thank you!
I can't describe how happy to see more games from you AND about my favourite AGS characters (laugh)
the graphics are improving!
Awesome! Looking forward to this :)
Thank you for your kind words all of you, it's great to se people interested in my game! ;-D
I haven't come very far yet, but I'm working on the graphics, as well as animations for the characters.
So far, a new animation of the commissar being woken up by something:
(http://i.imgur.com/e4gJdO0.gif)
I think your art style is beautiful, but please revisit that smoke effect.. not up to your standards (looks like my standards (laugh))
Awesome, great to see the sequel finally announced. :-D
And that animation looks great. Like Anas said, the graphics are improving. (nod)
Ivan and Olga are back? Aw yeah, not that's some great news right here. :D Definitely putting this one on my "can't wait to try it" list. :)
QuoteTheir mission will be to destroy all resources and burn the village before the enemy gets a chance to destroy all resources and burn the village...
That's actually a very realistic goal, considering the WWII times and the USSR general methods and tactics. ;) For the Motherland!
Quote from: MiteWiseacreLives! on Sat 29/10/2016 07:30:22
I think your art style is beautiful, but please revisit that smoke effect.. not up to your standards (looks like my standards (laugh))
I was trying to evoke the look of old low-budget eastern-European cartoons, but don't worry, it will look different in-game!
Quote from: Danvzare on Sat 29/10/2016 16:49:07
Awesome, great to see the sequel finally announced. :-D
And that animation looks great. Like Anas said, the graphics are improving. (nod)
Thank you, I'm happy to hear this!
Quote from: CrashPL on Mon 31/10/2016 08:13:12
Ivan and Olga are back? Aw yeah, not that's some great news right here. :D Definitely putting this one on my "can't wait to try it" list. :)
QuoteTheir mission will be to destroy all resources and burn the village before the enemy gets a chance to destroy all resources and burn the village...
That's actually a very realistic goal, considering the WWII times and the USSR general methods and tactics. ;) For the Motherland!
Great to see you excited for my game!
I did take a lot of inspiration from real warfare, but a lot of fictional heroes also tend to leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Olga and Ivan simply have to destroy all the things in their surroundings deliberately rather than incidentally.
Anyway, here is a new screenshot:
(http://i.imgur.com/dYj8Jf0.jpg)
I love the ground so much! But I was kinda anticipating a speech line from the characters, always fun to listen to their conversations (laugh)
Looking real spiffy man! Hope to see more of this soon.
Quote from: AnasAbdin on Mon 07/11/2016 03:59:52
I love the ground so much! But I was kinda anticipating a speech line from the characters, always fun to listen to their conversations (laugh)
Quote from: SilverSpook on Mon 07/11/2016 21:53:46
Looking real spiffy man! Hope to see more of this soon.
Thank you both!
I haven't really given this project the time I wanted to this month, since I've been busy working on a MAGS game,
Fallen soldier,
link: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=54211.0
(some of the characters do show up in Sniper and spotter though! ;) )
Since that game is finished, I have taken up work on this game again, and made some new animations.
Here is a new animation I made of the commissar where I really wanted to show just really how much he cares for the well-being of his men:
(http://i.imgur.com/fwyQX4l.gif)
Quote from: Blondbraid on Wed 30/11/2016 23:57:05
I haven't really given this project the time I wanted to this month
Please do give it much time now! ;-D
I shall call the commissar Mr. 0fg ;)
Excellent! And don't worry, MAGS takes a lot out of ya.
Aaaaaah... we all know how boring it is to be an officer in the middle of a war zone... (laugh) Oh wait... how boring it is when you can't pull your phone up and check something on the internet or play a game... (laugh)
- "yes... yes... go kill some Germans and leave me alone... I'm studying the inside of my eyebrows..." (laugh)
Quote from: AnasAbdin on Sun 04/12/2016 08:14:10
I shall call the commissar Mr. 0fg ;)
Why 0fg?
Quote from: SilverSpook on Sun 04/12/2016 08:45:17
Excellent! And don't worry, MAGS takes a lot out of ya.
Thanks!
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Sun 04/12/2016 08:46:43
Aaaaaah... we all know how boring it is to be an officer in the middle of a war zone... (laugh) Oh wait... how boring it is when you can't pull your phone up and check something on the internet or play a game... (laugh)
- "yes... yes... go kill some Germans and leave me alone... I'm studying the inside of my eyebrows..." (laugh)
(laugh) That line is hilarious, mind if I use it in the game? (laugh)
Sure, use it all you want. (nod)
Keep in mind though, that the last bit is actually a line I borrowed from Babylon 5. ;)
I've done some more work on animations and programming since my last update, and here is a new screenshot
where Ivan spots a certain someone stealing most valuable resources from the red army:
(http://i.imgur.com/kP5uef5.jpg)
yes, a valuable potato! (laugh)
Hello and merry Christmas!
While I've been occupied the last few days, I'm now about to begin working on the game again. I estimate that about a third of the backgrounds for the game are completed,
but much work still remain on the graphics as well as the puzzles. I will add more screenshots in the next update.
I'd add a Christmas card or something, but the protagonists and subject matter of my game doesn't lend itself well to such themes...
(http://i.imgur.com/7bEnr9g.png)
How did I miss that hand stealing potatoes stuff! (laugh)
I have a proposition for you 8-) .. why don't you create short in-game sketches and upload them for us to watch? They don't need to be in the actual game. I'm saying that because I am getting teased by seeing the backgrounds and trying to imagine the situations and voices :~( (laugh)
I've seen many AGS projects based on cartoons and stuff, but your "Sniper and Spotter" characters are so alive and I never get tired of watching. I LOVE THEIR DIALOGS ;-D
Quote from: AnasAbdin on Tue 27/12/2016 03:57:49
How did I miss that hand stealing potatoes stuff! (laugh)
I have a proposition for you 8-) .. why don't you create short in-game sketches and upload them for us to watch? They don't need to be in the actual game. I'm saying that because I am getting teased by seeing the backgrounds and trying to imagine the situations and voices :~( (laugh)
I've seen many AGS projects based on cartoons and stuff, but your "Sniper and Spotter" characters are so alive and I never get tired of watching. I LOVE THEIR DIALOGS ;-D
It's Great to see your enthusiasm for this game, and while I haven't got any sketches just yet, here is an image of the Olga confronting the potato-thief in the previous screenshot:
Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/xla6Pzz.jpg)
The nature of this thief's apparent pregnancy will be revealed in the finished game. ;)
WoooooWoooooW :-D
Spoiler
Maria! (laugh)
Quote from: Cassiebsg on Thu 29/12/2016 21:13:16
WoooooWoooooW :-D
Spoiler
Maria! (laugh)
This character is probably the one I've spent the most time animating, and it's no small task for such a jittery character,
but the hardest part was probably getting this song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-VRyQprlu8) out of my head afterwards. :)
Pregnant thief! Sounds like a fascinating character. Can't say I've come across one before.
A pregnant thief? Hey, that's neat - but now your game definitely needs a morality system! :D
> Give her a small sack of potatoes (paragon +10)
> Just let her go (paragon +1)
> Arrest her (renegade +1)
> Shoot her on the spot (renegade +10)
Quote from: SilverSpook on Mon 02/01/2017 06:10:26
Pregnant thief! Sounds like a fascinating character. Can't say I've come across one before.
Quote from: CrashPL on Tue 03/01/2017 10:59:44
A pregnant thief? Hey, that's neat - but now your game definitely needs a morality system! :D
> Give her a small sack of potatoes (paragon +10)
> Just let her go (paragon +1)
> Arrest her (renegade +1)
> Shoot her on the spot (renegade +10)
Glad to have piqued your interest! ;-D
While the outcome of the encounter will be pretty limited (it has to be something both the protagonists can agree on after all), the player will have some choice on how threatening they want to be.
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to respond, but I have been a bit busy lately, part of that time has gone into working on a hidden-object type of mini-game for this game, which frankly, is kind of garbage. Sadly I could not see that it was a bug-ridden failure on a design, game play and artistic level until I've already built it. You know it's bad when even the one designing the game thinks a puzzle feels weird and out of place, so I decided to cut it.
But I do have some progress to show, and two new screenshots. Here you can see a little shed:
(http://i.imgur.com/wa0bwGF.jpg)
And here you can see the same little shed after Olga and Ivan has visited:
Spoiler
(http://i.imgur.com/WtgoAtc.jpg)
looks great. :D
Well, sometimes it's best to cut something if it's not working. Don't beat your self, knowing when to throw something in the trash bin, even after you spent so long to make it work, it's a good thing, not a bad one. ;)
Spoiler
ROFL!!!!! (laugh)(laugh)(laugh)(laugh)(laugh)
I love Olga and Ivan but I just don't want them to visit me anytime! 8-0
The background is very well made (nod)
love the gray sky!
Cutting things is always a good idea. It shows you're polishing the game.
And that shed. (laugh)
They went a little overboard trying to get in I think.
Thanks for the kind words everyone, and while I won't add any mini-games I do hope the puzzles will be enough gameplay for the game,
like I wrote in an earlier update, rather than have separate areas with different puzzles, this game will all take place in one village
where all tasks ties into one big task, hopefully without feeling underwhelming in comparison. I suppose I'm going for a structure similar to this fairytale (http://www.authorama.com/english-fairy-tales-6.html).
Seeing as it's Valentine's day, I thought it would be a good time to announce that in Sniper and spotter serving the motherland,
romantic sub-plots, flirtatious dialogue options and romantic side-quests...
...will not show up in the game.
Something I have spent time on implementing into the game however, is the ability for the player to seek clues from the commissar regarding the use of different inventory items,
my vision being that if the player needs a clue on how to use a certain item in the inventory, they can give it to the commissar and each item will lead to an unique answer.
At one point Ivan will even be able to ask the commissar to give him an item he needs to complete a puzzle, as seen in this screenshot below:
(http://i.imgur.com/kYtVhmI.jpg)
Happy Valentines day everyone!
LOL! The muscle soldier in the poster seems to have some wood (laugh)
Happy Valentines day Blondie <3
Quote from: Blondbraid on Tue 14/02/2017 22:50:08
Seeing as it's Valentine's day, I thought it would be a good time to announce that in Sniper and spotter serving the motherland,
romantic sub-plots, flirtatious dialogue options and romantic side-quests...
...will not show up in the game.
I don't know, the dialog in that picture sounded flirtatious to me. ;)
I recently spent some time writing scripts and drawing new sprites,
and here I present the latest character to show up in the game:
(http://i.imgur.com/F9o3Z5n.gif)
Whether this creature or the commissar will provide the most
help for Olga and Ivan to solve their task is still a matter of debate.
QuoteWhether this creature or the commissar will provide the most
help for Olga and Ivan to solve their task is still a matter of debate.
Cool. The only fictional goats I can think of are pests.
Looking good! Can't way to ask it for directions and help! (laugh)
This hungry goat better stay away from my gamedev log binder!
I like how smooth your animations are, how the back of the body slightly moves while the goat leans down and then back up.
Does 'this creature' have a name? (laugh)
Glad to see that you liked the goat!
Believe it or not, but the goat was animated with only 7 frames of animation:
(http://i.imgur.com/V5mKSBV.png)(http://i.imgur.com/7ZzrANV.png)(http://i.imgur.com/nem5G6X.png)(http://i.imgur.com/MdcFsDn.png)(http://i.imgur.com/toPcAE8.png)(http://i.imgur.com/bpwVQ8T.png)(http://i.imgur.com/oejf8Wa.png)
I've also taken the time to animate a most exciting scene where Olga and Ivan makes a bridge explode...
(http://i.imgur.com/3dPq9tl.gif)...as seen from the perspective of a man being nowhere near it.
LOL Gotta love card castles. (laugh)(laugh)
I wonder how long it took him to build that card castle... Guess he won't be very happy about it. ;)
And yes, gotta love the goat, such a cute animation. :D
Awesome animation! That must've took some time to put together!
Quote from: SilverSpook on Sat 25/02/2017 19:25:34
Awesome animation! That must've took some time to put together!
Yes, it took me around two hours to draw and animate the commissar and his toppling card castle.
I do feel that I'm making progress however, most puzzle pieces are in place, the only things I haven't begun
working on yet are the ending scene and one other character of which I've been unable to decide between two
different concepts for said character. But otherwise, things are beginning to take shape!
Looking good, Blondbraid! I can't wait to play it! ;-D
I've spent the weekend adding a new character and implementing him in puzzles and dialogues.
I wanted Olga and Ivan to interact with a member of the resistance, so this person wouldn't be a real soldier
but instead an unlikely person whom happened to take up arms against the Nazis.
I had a hard time deciding on who this character should be, but this is what I came up with;
(http://i.imgur.com/YInauHm.jpg)
A young boy who's parents were killed by the Nazis because they thought his parents might make people join the resistance.
Seeing his parents killed by Nazis made the boy join the resistance.
And does this young boy with the sad story have a name? :~(
Away from all sadness, I don't know why I cracked up at the lurking Jeep in the background (laugh)
Quote from: AnasAbdin on Mon 06/03/2017 05:56:18
And does this young boy with the sad story have a name? :~(
Away from all sadness, I don't know why I cracked up at the lurking Jeep in the background (laugh)
I haven't decided a name for him yet, but if it's any consolation, he now lives with his aunt,
and he does manage to spend time in school in between fighting the Nazis.
As for the jeep, it's backstory is that it was built by an up and coming young american lass with a boyfriend serving in the navy,
and later on it was shipped along with other military vehicles and supplies to Russia as part of USA's alliance with the soviet union,
and issued to a red army infantry captain but after a few drunken shenanigans it somehow ended up in the hands of Olga and Ivan's Commissar.
(http://i.imgur.com/x3GoKQo.png)
I haven't come up with a good way of actually including this backstory in the game itself though... (roll)
I have also started a devlog on Game Jolt (http://gamejolt.com/games/sniper-and-spotter-serving-the-motherland/239699) in the hope of reaching a wider audience.
Quote from: Blondbraid on Mon 06/03/2017 21:38:52
As for the jeep, it's backstory is that it was built by an up and coming young american lass with a boyfriend serving in the navy,
and later on it was shipped along with other military vehicles and supplies to Russia as part of USA's alliance with the soviet union,
and issued to a red army infantry captain but after a few drunken shenanigans it somehow ended up in the hands of Olga and Ivan's Commissar.
Do you come up with backstories for all of your inanimate objects, or just the ones people point out? (laugh)
Quote from: Danvzare on Tue 07/03/2017 13:01:27
Do you come up with backstories for all of your inanimate objects, or just the ones people point out? (laugh)
I'll admit I just made that one up on a whim, but I have tried to make the most of the things you
can see in the background of the screenshots have some reason of being there, either to set the mood or
factor into a puzzle.
But the backstory for the jeep wasn't that big of a leap in imagination since I did use a photo of an american
army jeep for a reference, it's much easier to find good pictures of american items and vehicles than soviet ones.
Here's the image I used as reference:
(http://i.imgur.com/zZuOmV5.png)
Good news everyone!
The game is now playable from start to finish and all core elements are there!
However, it's not quite ready to be released yet as it still needs a few more animations and music.
And polishing. Lots of polishing.
(https://i.gjcdn.net/data/fireside/posts/3/106/235606/media/polish+rifle-ymncxmm6.gif)
Sounds awesome! Well done and I'll be looking forward to chapter 2 in this twos life. (nod)
Yay! Can't wait (laugh)
Careful polishing! I see my favorite-AGS-character-ever near that shotgun >:(
Great news! It looks like Olga's already started on the polishing... (laugh)
Haha, so, Olga is preparing for some more shooting action, eh? :D Good luck with the polishing process!
Polish that thing baby, polish! I know how that goes, let me tell you!
Love the jeep, and good luck on getting to the release finish line! (I think I will beat you, hehehe... ;) )
Good news! Can't wait for this to be released!
(http://s1.directupload.net/images/user/140717/olayh3md.gif)
If you want the Russian WW2 version of a jeep you should go with GAZ-67 (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod)
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Gaz-67.jpg/800px-Gaz-67.jpg)
The similarity to the American Willys MB is not a coincident :)
Thank you for your kind words everyone!
Quote from: Grok on Fri 17/03/2017 17:39:56
If you want the Russian WW2 version of a jeep you should go with GAZ-67 (Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod)
The similarity to the American Willys MB is not a coincident :)
Nice, I'll have to remember that jeep model!
I have made a few new animations since my last update, including two new animations for the commissar. It was a bit of work to animate his arms due to the stars on his sleeves. Why did the soviets have to sew them onto their sleeves? :(
Here is one of the new animations:
(http://i.imgur.com/Xc7SfOW.gif)
Since the game isn't as linear as the first one, you can visit all rooms from the start and go back and forth between them, rather than just relying on regular checkpoints
Ivan and Olga can ask the commissar to make a note of their progress as a diegetic way of saving the game.
Quote from: Blondbraid on Sat 18/03/2017 23:25:38
Ivan and Olga can ask the commissar to make a note of their progress as a diegetic way of saving the game.
I love this! ;-D
That will certainly be an interesting way to save the game. :)
Yup, that's a pretty clever save point. :) Oh, and I love how the commissar is so used to his job, he doesn't even look at the notes while writing them down. :D
I have made some new animations since my last update in this thread, but due to being spoiler-y
there won't be any screenshots. I've also added a few more interactions, so that Olga will say something
different and relevant in each room of the game, as well as say different things about the various inventory items
(there is twelve of them used in the game so far).
I've added a new screenshot as well as a new devlog at Game Jolt (http://gamejolt.com/games/sniper-and-spotter-serving-the-motherland/239699).
This game is finally done enough for me to set a release date!
I'm aiming to have everything completed and ready for download by the end of this month.
Pretty much all music and sound effects are there, the only big things remaining are making a few more animations
as well as some optional interactions in the environment to flesh out the game world and the characters in it.
Also, here is a new screenshot:
(http://i.imgur.com/I6hX3dl.jpg)
Ssshhh! The goat is listening! (laugh)
Glad to know the release is soon!
Great news! I'm looking forward to release day! :D
I've made a trailer for the game!
Well, more of a teaser really, butt I took time trying to make some good animations and showing off the premise of the game.
This is the first trailer I've ever made, so I'm excited to hear your opinions!
Watch it here! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY_O6pJ1wBE)
You wanna hear my opinion?
I will tell you my opinion.
I'm gonna.. tell you.. wait what was I going to say? Oh the video (laugh)
I love it! I agree it's a teeeeaaaser!
I don't know if it was intended but Ivan unable to decide which way to turn around made me in tears (laugh)
Quote from: Blondbraid on Mon 17/04/2017 14:37:06
This is the first trailer I've ever made, so I'm excited to hear your opinions!
I felt the love you as the creator have for your characters, and also felt a strong wish to check back in with them and see how they are doing... Also a strong urge to replay the original game!
Awesome! (nod)
Love it, looking forward to the 1st! :-D
Wow, thank you for your kind words everyone!
There are just a few details I want to complete now,
everything is so close!
At last, the game is released!!! ;-D
(https://i.gjcdn.net/data/fireside/posts/3/248/249998/media/sniper+&+spotter+2+gif-iikfrpkh.gif)
You can head here (https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=54771.0) to play the Sniper and spotter serving the motherland!
(http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/140717/an3bb7ne.gif)
Great news!
Congrats for the release!
Bye! Got to play that game now! :grin:
Wow, big congratulations on releasing! :-D
Quote from: Tabata on Mon 01/05/2017 10:40:06
(http://s14.directupload.net/images/user/140717/an3bb7ne.gif)
Great news!
Congrats for the release!
Bye! Got to play that game now! :grin:
Quote from: Danvzare on Mon 01/05/2017 16:04:47
Wow, big congratulations on releasing! :-D
Thank you both, how nice of you!
I'll miss seeing this in the GiP!
Congrats on the release!