Ward 9 - In production.

amuse · Sat 10/04/2010 00:45:22

Hi all,

I've been a member for a few months now and working on my first game for the last 3 months. Now with the progress going good I decided to start my own : game in production... thread to get a bit of feedback.

I am a one man army working on graphic, story and coding most of the game, but also I received guidance from the forum and help from SteveMcCrea, GarageGothic and LadyGhost.

The Story : You're a Nurse in a large Hospital, when one night a Doctor disapears, you are asked to take the night shift in Ward 9, the psychiatric ward of the hosptial.

Style/type - This game is an Investigation game. ( not horror. )

The game is 800x600 and uses the Panorama Module for about ten of the rooms so far.
Here a sample.

The game also offers navigation through corridors to different areas of the Hospital.

During the game, the player gathers discovers the dark history of the hospital, solves puzzles, gather items, combine clues and reads multiple types of documents.

The Game UI offers a permenate inventory display and the access to a notebook. The bottom black window displays the general game texts.

My progress so far.

- Story 85%
- graphics 60%
- puzzles 40%
- scripting 50%
- music/sound 1% ( I will surely look for a composer )
- Charaters - 0% ( I will probably try to get help here )

I've seperated the game in three Chapters and the progress is going nicely.
I plan to finish the first complet draft of everything in June.

amuse

Pixelton · Sat 10/04/2010 00:57:35

lovely 3D graphics - be great to see how the characters will look unless your going for a more bleak lifeless world like Myst

Ali · Sat 10/04/2010 01:20:30

That looks really nice, and I'm very pleased you describe it as an investigation game.

It's great to see a creepy hospital that isn't covered in spooky bloodstains!

LimpingFish · Sat 10/04/2010 01:25:52

Another Panorama Module user at last! Hooray! \o/

Graphics look really sharp, too.

Good luck with this.

Kweepa · Sat 10/04/2010 02:12:40

Yes, hooray!

xenogia · Sat 10/04/2010 02:24:58

This looks absolutely fantastic, I can't wait to see when this game is finished.

NOTE: On a side not I would be happy to write the music for your game if you want.

Dualnames · Sat 10/04/2010 10:45:44

Quote from: LimpingFish on Sat 10/04/2010 01:25:52
Another Panorama Module user at last! Hooray! \o/

Graphics look really sharp, too.

Good luck with this.

To be honest, when I saw it I thought this was you...

Anyway, looks really nice, and I'm intrigued!!

CaptainD · Sat 10/04/2010 11:48:42

The graphics look amazing and I really like the story idea (personally I think horror's been a bit done to death!).

Looking forward to this one!

Chicky · Sat 10/04/2010 11:54:37

I too thought this was LimpingFish!

Lovely atmosphere in those screenshots, looks like you've got a nice render engine there

+2

for using the panorama module in your first game.

auriond · Sun 11/04/2010 02:29:01

Incredibly professional-looking graphics, and I'm quite pleased that it's not horror.

Investigation looks intriguing. This goes right on my list of games to look forward to!

qptain Nemo · Mon 12/04/2010 04:00:57

I'm not a fan of panoramic view games, rather an anti-fan, but regardless, your screens look very atmopheric and pleasant. And investigation gameplay you promise is an absolutely desired thing. So I'll be looking forward to playing your game and wish you the best with making it.

KTaco2008 · Mon 12/04/2010 15:44:00

Awesome 3D rendering! What did you use for the rendering?

amuse · Mon 12/04/2010 16:42:59

Thanks. I've been using Softimage XSI 7.01 and mental ray's final gathering feature, then I process the renders ( color, contrast, brightness in a script to get this imagery.