Rise of the Hidden Sun - Beginning work on Act II!

chapter11studios · Mon 07/06/2004 21:20:49

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Vel · Mon 07/06/2004 21:29:52

Josh, that looks freaking amazing. Great. Stunning. I think you get the idea.
I am immensely looking forward to this project, as is everybody, I think. I am pretty sure that you will finish it, since you are hard-working and you have serious and talented people on your team. Again good luck, and can't wait to play this game.

Barbarian · Mon 07/06/2004 21:41:19

Looks amazing so far. You've got some wonderful talent there.

Best wishes with your project,
Looking forwards to the finished product.

Pet Terry · Mon 07/06/2004 21:52:17

Yes, absolutely amazing and interesting game. Graphics are topnotch, theme interesting and music really atmospheric and cinematic. Looking forward to it, really much!

Queen Kara · Tue 08/06/2004 01:11:26

I usually hate western themed stuff but this is looking great.
( Freddy Pharkas is a pretty fun / funny western themed game too if anybody here hasn't checked it out ... )

MoodyBlues · Tue 08/06/2004 03:04:31

Holy cow, that screenshot is beautiful! I'm looking forward to this.

Rincewind · Wed 09/06/2004 12:24:55

Dude... I've gotta say that I'm really, really looking forward to this...
It looks like "Outlaws", but with CMI/BS-styled graphics... Amazing!

Good luck with it!
(And don't hesitate to show us more art! ;)Ã,Â )

jetxl · Wed 09/06/2004 12:39:18

Great stuff. Start scripting already.

Lazy Z · Wed 09/06/2004 14:37:05

That screenshot is simply breathtaking! And the music theme is really good too. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying making this game, since more often than not, that means that the game will be enjoyable to play. ^_^

Just a note, if I remember correctly you need Winamp 5 in order to play .ogg files, or a plugin if you're using an earlier version. This was brought up in another thread, I think the Shadowplay one, and people were having problems with the .ogg format.

Migs · Wed 09/06/2004 14:55:32

Winamp 2 and 3 can be OGG files.

Ghormak · Wed 09/06/2004 14:56:43

Looks lovely. I only have a minor complaint.

The music is ok. I like it on its own, but in comparison to the vivid and gorgeous graphics it sounds very flat and computerized. This is one title that would benefit from live music. Too much to ask, I know, but one can always dream...

chapter11studios · Wed 09/06/2004 17:57:57

Quote from: Ghormak on Wed 09/06/2004 14:56:43
In comparison to the vivid and gorgeous graphics, the music sounds very flat and computerized. This is one title that would benefit from live music. Too much to ask, I know, but one can always dream.

Thanks for the feedback. By live music I assume you mean recording real people playing real instruments? I wish I could assemble John Williams and the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra for it, but short of that I really like what Vlad is putting together synthetically. Wait till you hear some of the background musical tracks for in-game sequences. My favorite is for a haunted underground gold mine area.... very creepy and atmospheric. I'll post that in the news and updates section of the chapter11 website when it's finally mastered and ready. I think you'll all salivate over it as much as I did.

Czar · Wed 09/06/2004 19:13:33

Wow, this is really really some good stuff. Since I've seen the first BG i thought that this will turn out pretty darn well.
But just to confirm, this wont be for sale?

And you should definetly get an avatar so people can have fantasies about how good you are.

viktor · Wed 09/06/2004 19:15:09

That's AWSOME!! :o :o
hope we see more pics soon.

chapter11studios · Wed 09/06/2004 19:31:41

Quote from: Czar on Wed 09/06/2004 19:13:33But just to confirm, this wont be for sale?

That's right. 100% free, 'cuz we love adventure games that much. And we want everyone to play.

Svetac · Thu 10/06/2004 15:47:08

Wow this really looks professional! I wonder what resolution will you use for this game, because that screenshot looks really detailed. Also, is there a chance that your artists can write some sort of tutorial for background creation? And I really enjoyed reading your designers diary. It was very interesting, informative and enlightening read.

Keep up the great work!

chapter11studios · Thu 10/06/2004 18:02:37

It will be 800x600, 32-bit color. We ran a lot of tests to see how this would do, and it seems to run OK. Plus, by the time thing is released, we should be onto the next generation of machines. I think everyone will have caught up to those tech specs by then.

Thanks for the kind words. We are thinking of doing some tutorials for the website at some point, but right now all our work is concentrated on the game itself.

auhsor · Mon 14/06/2004 10:23:37

Very nice indeed. Its good to see that this project is progressing nicely. I'll be looking forward to more releases, and especially the final game.

Azure · Tue 15/06/2004 18:47:00

Wow this is looking simply awesome, I'm looking fowards to playing it!
Out of interest will the game feature voices?

evilspacefart · Wed 16/06/2004 09:26:31

I've seen this game in progress before and now that the story is complete I can hardly wait. holy moly crap my pants!