Hero of Infamous Kingdoms

[Klytos]

We are VERY pleased to announce that Codename Entertainment, Hero6, Infamous Adventures, Project Katrina, and Solar Crescent Studios have merged to form Silver Sphinx Studios, a team that is dedicated to create the next generation of oldskool adventures. We've had to keep this in the utmost secrecy over the last few months and are very happy to be able to at last share this exciting news with you, the fans of adventure gaming!

Not only have we merged our project teams, we have also merged our projects and have created a game for you to enjoy! YES, we've already created an entire game, ready for download!

Presenting,

Hero of Infamous Kingdoms
www.silversphinxstudios.com

[Gilbert]

Hmmm, can't get to the site, was the address spelt correctly? (Well I see that at least a 'l' is missed from silver, but still no dice)

Was the game made with AGS?

[Radiant]

Yep, it's AGS. It's not entirely accessible because of the slashdot effect.
It combines the effort, art and music from a number of highly expected indie games, that have decided to team up to stand a better chance.

[Swift]

We apologise if you are unable to view the website.

Sorry, my datacenter seems to be experiencing difficulties (yes, datacenter, not server) so the main site is down.

The techs are working on the issue and the site should be up anytime now. I haven't slept and it's dawn so I'm sleeping now that I know the techs are working on it.

Keep checking the url above too because the site is really pretty!

Mirrors are here:

Full game, 10 MB
Full Game 2
Full Game 3

Full game, no speech pack, 3 MB
Full Game No Speech 2
Full Game No Speech 3

Separate speech pack download, 7 MB
Speech Pack 2
Speech Pack 3

[Huw Dawson]

Hmmm...

Sorry to sound picky here, but I have a couple of questions.

1) What exactly IS this game?

2) Why can't you compress it? (Not WinZip, WinRar. Seriously, it get's files twice as small as .zip )

[Radiant]

1) What exactly IS this game?

Check the website. A number of indie games were struggling to get enough art/music/coding done so decided to team up.

2) Why can't you compress it? (Not WinZip, WinRar. Seriously, it get's files twice as small as .zip )

Nah, ARJ rul3s! Seriously though, MP3s don't compress well in any algorithm, and many AGS internal things are already compressed.

[splat44]

Hi,

I know that I entering text for each 5 riddles to get an apple from lady (if I all them correctly).

Where can I get those answers in game?

[Radiant]

*spoilerish hint*








There's a useful object somewhere in the game that might be able to give you hints if you talk to it.

[edit] Oh shit. This is Swift, trying to reply but wound up replying under Radiant's name instead of replying as a guest. For some reason this forum thinks I'm logged in as him! What on earth is going on?

[Potch]

Can't get to the website.  Can you post some screenshots?

[Dave Gilbert]

The link left out the "L" in "silversphinxstudios".   Insert the "L" in "Silver" and you'll get to the site just fine.

[Swift]

Screenshots were taken from http://www.silversphinxstudios.com/screenshots.php

[Potch]

Thanks for the screenshots.  Your game is terrific!

[DCillusion]

I got to the website & it looked fine.  Some things confuse me, though.  This Heroes game seems to be the only project in the can.  Did you just abandon King's Quest 3?  Was it a smokescreen until you "ironed-out" the merger?

What's the story?

[Blackthorne]

Quest For Infamy has been merged with Hero of Infamous Kingdoms - We did use one screen BASED On a KQ3 screen - but we hopefully plan to finish KQ3VGA sometime in the future - though it may be released as a SSS game, not an IA game.

Bt

[Lucifiel]

We hope that you will enjoy the game, just as everyone who was involved, enjoyed working on it. It may not be much but if you like it, please tell us by posting your feedback in here.



Lucifiel

[edmundito]

This is a really interesting venture. I'm guessing when the name changes at the top bar it means that that was the project it was meant to be for, right?

[BerserkerTails]

Spoiler

April Fools?

[close]

[sunshinegold]

Great game.  Got stuck on Riddle # 3 but enjoyed the game. Hope there is a sequel.

[Ozzie]

Spoiler

Yeah, thought the same, I guess it's a april fool, though I didn't really fall for it, heh.

[close]

[Redwall]

Spoiler

April Fools?

[close]

That was my immediate thought as well.

[Ozzie]

The game is kinda funny.
I like the voice of the old man, oh and just the simplicity and pure sillyness, still, I don't know exactly what to think of it. I expected more seeing that you put all the projects together, doesn't look like you did much in that time before, it's a bit disappointing, I mean, how eager were we for the release of that games, looked at this pretty screenshots, thought of the times back than when the real Sierra, before Chainsaw Whateverday, was still alive and hoped for some pretty good adventures.
So it's kind of a letdown, you have to understand, it's not that what we expected, and I think it was a terrible mistake to stop the projects! I mean, all give up just to put it together to an above-average game? Is this really how it was meant to be? Is this really all?
Was really everyone for this idea? I can't imagine that all members of the teams liked that plan? Did just the project leaders voices count or what? It's a bit unfair when you think of it that the work you spended your many countless hours on in your spare time after work is wasted on something different you wanted it for....
It's hard to understand what you did all the time when I see this...
Especially the Hero6 project, I mean, all the years?     :
I think you will get many whining mails because of this decision from disappointed adventure fans... 


Oh, by the way, I found a bug! Would you fix it? 

[Disco]

I don't think you have much to worry about Ozzie

[Radiant]

Well, Ozzie, now that we've proven that we can work together like this, you can certainly expect more games from triple-S. In fact, a sequel is already in the works.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Bug:  If you return to the town

Spoiler

talking to the elk knight there creates a major crash

[close]

I really like the backgrounds you guys pooled together.  If I had some of those people working with me, well..

[Bigryan]

I contributed a sprite or two to this game, but wasn't really involved.  But I finally got a chance to play it and it was awesome.  I went from start to finish without a single crash.  I'm not just saying this game is awesome because I was part of it (I really wasn't involved).

Very cool art (of course mine was the coolest, look at the king sprite,).  Funny, interesting story line.

My favourite though was the voice acting.  I played a star control II remake that had voice acting and I found myself just reading the text and clicking through because the voice acting wasn't captivating.   This one wasn't like that at all, it was so good. 
The old man was so funny with the accent, the ogress also cracked me up. The female voices were very cute and well done.  I found myself listening to all the vocals rather than just clicking the mouse to skip through.

To all those who want to try a fun lil game.  Download this one.

[Potch]

I liked the game alot.  My only complaint was that it was too short!!!  I'm ready for more!!!

[Queen Kara]

Haha , this is fun!
I hope the next project(s) is/are more serious though.
And another one like this every great once in a while.
I am very excited about the merge.
Bravo!

[Jhumjhum]

I'm playing it now! Very nice atmosphere in the game. The Indian old man with turban was hillarious, (to me especially since I'm indian) where did u get the idea & the voice/accent ?

2 things:

When the hero walks around the gate after the knight has come, the game crashes with msg "plz say what u were doing & report to chris"

The debug mode is still on, so u can get all inventory items when u press ctrl+s  and see the walkable areas when u press ctrl+A

anyway, I'm loving it! I loove fantasy adventures like these! Make more!

[Swift]

Did anybody read our latest press release from SSS?

SSS Press Release 4-3-2005

[sergiocornaga]

Regardless of that, the game is still the game with the most votes for GOTW over at www.create-games.com ...How odd that a game made in AGS would be able to enter in that competition.

[Bromios]

The admin is a huge fan of adventure games and he allows all types of games to be entered into TDC. An AGS game won last week aswell, Five Magical Amulets.

[AGA]

5 Magical Amulets was made using Wintermute. But your point still stands.

[Iv4n]

IMO, Silver Sphinx Studios is a stupid name.
About the game: I don't understand why there isn't a volume control? I have some problems with the midi music. Some of the speech sometime isn't at it's best quality.
The interface isn't bright too.

[FrogMarch]

Wow, way to go with the constructive criticism.

Maybe you should change your speaker settings, and adjust your monitor's brightness?

As for the name thing, what the hell kinda name is Iv4n?

[sergiocornaga]

It's like "Ivan", I think. But much 1337er. 

[FrogMarch]

Ah, the 1337. Like chavs, but on the internet.

I think we should dub them e-chavs 

[Chicky]

Chavs are dumb, L33Ts are hackers. Chavs wear burberry, L33Ts wear nothing.

I fail to see the resemblance. Also, i shall download the game tomorrow.

[Rui 'Trovatore' Pires]

Heh. Now THIS is truly a "Joke game", a category which has lately come to mean, quite unfairly, "Joke of a game". Might I suggest you move this to the "joke game" category, so as to show what a joke game really is? Just like Snail Quest and Ben Jordan - Paranormal Warrior Within.

Or don't.

[Swift]

I'm playing it now! Very nice atmosphere in the game. The Indian old man with turban was hillarious, (to me especially since I'm indian) where did you get the idea & the voice/accent ?

Glad you liked the game, Zoomer. Blackthorne came up with the idea of having the old man read the introduction and provided the art for it. Striker voiced that character. He's not Indian, by the way, and is flattered that you like his character.


Anyway, this is my version of how Hero of Infamous Kingdoms was born.

[Pene]

I really loved the music, are those songs in the original projects? Wich ones will be in KQ3VGA? im curious about what kind of music this game is gonna have.

[Swift]

Thanks for the compliment, Pene. If I'm not mistaken, music was contributed by Hero6, Code Name Entertainment and Project Katrina, and they will be in the original projects. Not all the projects could contribute music as we needed midi rather than mp3 for HoIK, and those other projects only had mp3.

[Blackthorne]

I really loved the music, are those songs in the original projects? Wich ones will be in KQ3VGA? I'm curious about what kind of music this game is gonna have.

All of King's Quest III VGA's music is digitally composed in .ogg format by SoupAngel.  We'll have a preview of some of his amazing compositions and adaptations over at www.infamous-adventures.com .  Keep checking there.


Bt

[splat44]

Hi,

I know that I entering text for each 5 riddles to get an apple from lady (if I all them correctly).

Where can I get those answers in game?

*spoilerish hint*



There's a useful object somewhere in the game that might be able to give you hints if you talk to it.

[edit] Oh shit. This is Swift, trying to reply but wound up replying under Radiant's name instead of replying as a guest. For some reason this forum thinks I'm logged in as him! What on earth is going on?

It seems that I need taking with rubber chichen.
The only reply from it was "I love riddles"

How can that help me?
I simply don't want starting guessing.

[Swift]

Yeah, I pointed that error out during bug testing but it wasn't corrected. The chicken only gives proper hints for the other four riddles. As for the first riddle, here's my hint.

*spoilerish hint*





You see this in the sky at night.

[deadsuperhero]

A good game, but I can't figure out the 5th riddle! Gr....
What's the answer?

[Joyce]

Answer was over in hints and tips

Spoiler

answer is love

[close]