The Youth Pastor Rescue

royals10 · Wed 10/05/2006 03:47:39

Hi, as you can tell by my number of posts, I'm new to ags, but I'm learning fast. Here is the demo of my first game. All the graphics were done by myself and most everything was done in paintshop.

I havn't totally developed the storyline yet (which might be a bad thing) but the general idea is that you were on a youth activity with your church youth pastor when he was suddenly kidnapped. Now it's up to you to rescue him. I'm actually just making this as a joke to my friends and youth pastor, but i wanted to get some feedback before i get into it much more.

Just to show you how new I am to this, I'll ask this question. How do I create an EXE file so that I can post the demo?Ã,Â

Gilbert · Wed 10/05/2006 05:01:01

Quote from: royals10 on Wed 10/05/2006 03:47:39
Just to show you how new I am to this, I'll ask this question. How do I create an EXE file so that I can post the demo?Ã,Â

Whenever you save the game in the editor, the compiled game EXE file is in the Compiled folder insider the game's folder.

royals10 · Wed 10/05/2006 13:10:36

Thanks for the response. Here is my demo link.

Right Click Save Target As

Tell me what you think about the puzzles, gameplay, dialogs etc. I'm open to suggestions on how to improve. Remember, this is my 1st game.

Ubel · Wed 10/05/2006 19:56:12

I just played the demo and I really want to see the rest now. This is a good start, nice job for your first game. As a bit of advice, I would say some kind of intro in the beginning of the game would be nice.

Good luck with this!

royals10 · Wed 10/05/2006 20:37:21

Yeah I'll be working on one. I've just got to brainstorm a little....

Was the first puzzle to easy or obscure? I tried not to make it hard.

royals10 · Thu 11/05/2006 13:47:27

I've added an intro with a short cutscene so that things will make sense now. I've also changes the game slightly so that the first puzzle makes more sense.Ã,Â

Go ahead, give it a try. Tell me what you think.

Download is 3 posts up.

EDIT

I'm modifying this post because I have a drawing request. If you want to help then GO HERE

Saberteeth · Sat 13/05/2006 14:52:51

if you need help on a graphic, you'd better post in the Critics Lounge.

royals10 · Sat 13/05/2006 16:22:21

Ok thank-you I'll do that. Here are some more screenshots. Once I get an answer to my drawing request I can piece the rest of this game together.

ace monkey · Sun 14/05/2006 15:18:56

it's good. i like it. But i have a suggestion: work on the graphics a little, (maybe get yourself a graphics tablet so you can handdraw things) it's not so much the graphics its how stuff is drawn. an example:

You draw a background like this:

an improvement would be:

because the river is thinner at the 'top' it looks as if its dissapearing into the distance. the bridge what you would draw looks wrong, it wouldn't be seen like that. correct these litlle minor things and you've got a great game.

royals10 · Sun 14/05/2006 19:12:08

Hmmm...you may have just inspired me to totally redo all 25+ of my rooms. What do you think of this?

[img=http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/8017/better3va.th.gif]

The only setback wil be to deal with scaling though...I've never even experimented with it.

ace monkey · Sun 14/05/2006 20:05:36

Thats A LOT better. (small tip: a horizon can go up 3 quarters of the page, as you've done in the new version, but remember the further up the page, the further in the distance it is)

Quote from: royals10 on Sun 14/05/2006 19:12:08
The only setback wil be to deal with scaling though...I've never even experimented with it.

don't worry i haven't eitherÃ,Â

seaduck · Mon 15/05/2006 12:14:18

What's better in the new version: you removed the black outlines
What's worse: you use tools that are better left aside

Forget about spray tools, gradient tools and other fancy effects. They don't make good backgrounds, they just make them look flat and ugly.

What matters is correct perspective, composition, careful selection of colours and putting the details just in the right place (and omitting them elsewhere).

Steel Drummer · Thu 18/05/2006 17:17:05

a word of advice (although I'm not good with backgrounds myself): don't use dark out lines in your backgrounds. Using the line tool with a small width would be okay, but a large, black outline looks bad. Unless you're trying to make the game look that way.

Darth Mandarb · Thu 18/05/2006 19:41:22

No more talk about the graphics ... if you want/need advice on them, take it into the Critics Lounge please.