Qfg Remake

[Construed]

As a lifelong fan of qfg, I'm thinking about making a remake of it, i have a few questions as to what the majority think of my plans.

1. Should i make a game which is a mixture of all the best parts of Qfg.

2. Should i make 1 long game which brings you from qfq1-4 all in one game.

3. If idea  #2 is used should i use the best gui made from the sieries for all the games?

4.Do You think its a good idea at all to use the assets from the series.

Ps i heard from multiple sources that sierra literally threw the source,images and everything associated into a dumpster then sold the company to activision which never had the source or assets. and that ken williams or anyone affiliated with sierra doesnt even have the source themselves which has caused them to lose all copyright info.

Please give me your facts and opinions..

Thanks- Jar

[Blackthorne]

I say go for it on all counts! You can do it!

Yes, the source material is lost, save for some artwork that still floats around out there.  I saw it being sold on Ebay once.

Activision still retains the copyright for Quest For Glory, however.


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[snoopy]

Yes go for it but if do make 1 long game don't forget QFG 5 ? And will you be doing voices for the characters?

But i wouldn't mind just a remake for QFG 3 because the thief character needed more to do. And have the fighter and Paladin more different.
And maybe even a demake of QFG 5 with more like an adventure rpg mix like the other 4 games and less action.

[Lambonius]

Definitely make one long game!

You should add lots of extended backstory and additional plot elements--maybe there could be one overarching villain that controls every other villain behind the scenes.  I've always wanted to play a QFG1-5+ remake!  Awesome!

[Construed]

Thanks all for the replies.
This is the plan so far.

1.Use the gui and characters from qfg3.
2.Make 1 long game out of qfg 1-4.
3.Modify the characters clothing so that Fighter wears the normal green,Wizzard wears white and Thief wears black.
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On the maby side of things.
3.Enhance some of the less focused quests, i.e thief quest in 3.
4.Change the name of the game to Grim Quest to avoid copyright issues.
5.Increase the amount of character choises to 3 male and 3 female.
6.A suprise feature that will blow your minds!
Thanks for all your replies and looking forward to more!

[Moresco]

Eh...honestly, is it just you working on this?  I'd say work on a simpler game first before jumping into something crazy like 4 games in one or whatever.  Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see a reboot or even a brand new game like QFG, but I know first-hand how much effort is required of one person just to handle the art of a single game, and it's dizzying. 

Actually I also attempted a new QFG-style game, but I kind of lapsed into my own personal development-hell trying to come up with something great.  Oh well....anyway, good luck if you actually attempt to make a game.

And please dear god, use original artwork if you do anything and a fresh interface.  Carry on.

[MusicallyInspired]

It took AGDI years to complete just QFG2. Don't bother doing all four in one. It will never happen. Not unless you had a much much larger team.

[Construed]

Well, for one I'm not using original art, I'm reproducing the qfg series as-is for nostalgia purposes, and i have already made a remake of qfg in another engine...

The hard part is replicating the code but with ags its ntb, the games bg's and chars would be done much faster than the actual quests etc..

So for quite some time you would simply be able to walk around the lands of qfg while i work on the more advanced scripting.

But i know its possible and will probley take me an estimated 4-5 monthes.

Ps i have already produced around 15 games, 1 being an ags game: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/yabb/index.php?topic=42705.0

The only thing that would prevent me from making this game is if someone had legible evidence that the original makers or activision might come back on me and shut it down.

I greatly apprecieate the positive and negative crit.

Thanks, Jar

[Khris]

Wee, it's „fuk a struct“!

Good thing you've chosen to do a less ambitious project this time.
Btw, while you're at it, why not include Space Quest and Kings Quest? Imagine you could switch to Roger or Graham at any point during the game? That would be so cool!

Also, what's this doing in the CL? This apparently hasn't even reached the planning stage yet.

[Construed]

Aha, its the infamous Troll good to see you old friend,
Here to complain about everything i do and mislead me in any way you can, then if that isnt enough, test my game and whine on my personal page about all the bugs in it you caused by trying to introduce me to a new way of programming you knew would screw up my current setup?

Are you just jealous that someone like me with less programming skills than you can do things that you cant?

ffs lol


PS. I often find myself using outdated,messy scripts over yours . even though yours are perfect, simply because i dislike you.

[cat]

Wee, it's „fuk a struct“!

Hahaha, I just say jkshjgfkldsfg, or maybe jkldfgdger 

[Snarky]

When people erase their message history, I'm going to assume the worst. So in my mind, GrimReapYou's posts in that thread were a mix of racist epithets, child pornography and "Big Bang Theory" jokes. For shame!

Edit: Oh wait, with the latest edit, this turned out to be surprisingly accurate.

[Construed]

Wee, it's „fuk a struct“!

Hahaha, I just say jkshjgfkldsfg, or maybe jkldfgdger  

go back and read it now, its quite more informative   :o

Wanna play troll chris, im all down with the trolling!

[Construed]

You know i try to let things go, let bigons be bigons, etc... but if people cant do so themselves we can have a war, i dont mind at all.

[Khris]

Are you just jealous that someone like me with less programming skills than you can do things that you cant?

Damn, you got me. To this day, I still occasionally have nightmares about sitting in front of the computer and half my coding skills are gone but suddenly I can do all those things I couldn't do before, like spreading out one line of code over eleven that cease to work for bigger numbers, but then I wake up and it's all gone and I'm starting to cry and bite my pillow because I'm so jealous of your mad Visual Basic skills.

PS: If you actually think I tried to mislead you, you are simply crazy. But I guess that's how people like you manage to get through the day. Why cope with the truth when delusions are so much more comforting? Fits right in with your avatar text.

[Construed]

Listen you little antichrist demon, I'm not intrested in anything you or anyone else who worships satan has to say "no matter how good you may be at coding".
And when i said misleading me, i didnt mean providing incorrect information, I simply meant you had me replace my local variables with global cariables knowing i did not know how to connect them in the script only to go on my game page afterwards and give it a test run knowing it was incomplete in those ways to make a spectical of the bugs that you caused me to have.

If you want to play games other than ags games then please do it in some other persons topic, and please dont post in any of mine ever again.

And that goes for any of you who worship satan!

Now lets get back on topic here please.

Thanks- Jar

[Calin Leafshade]

PRAISE BE TO THE DARK LORD!

[Disco]

[Construed]

What can you not understand about no devil worshippers and no off topic posts.


Your really getting under my skin and if you dont leave me alone immediatley i will be forced to take actions i do not want to take.

[Ghost]

Your're not really giving us much motivation NOT to go off-topic, are you? Starting a "war" with a long-time forum member witch a good reputation is already silly, blaming HIM for YOUR not being able to understand something is just silly, and turning a thread into a 5-page swearword rant is idiotic, to say the least.

BTW I worship these. Do they count?