The Simpsons Game Template-- 5/9/08-- Template almost done, need HELP!!!!

[Eggie]

I can't play this until I get onto my parents comp.
Bloody Hi-colour. >:-(

[Timosity]

Is there anything to do in the demo, how do you get to the kwikemart.
there is no gui, there is nothing much to interact with, if you talk to marge you get the same message as when you touch the fridge.

I know it's just a demo, but it really seems just like screen shots to me.

I can only get to lounge room, kitchen and the other lounge room, hey there's two lounge rooms, one with the tv one with a piano and fire place. and the same lounge is in both rooms, I don't remember that in their house.

[Joseph DiPerla]

The way it was setup was the way it was in my virtual Springfield and on an online house tour, so thats what I based it on. Besides its just a game If their are any fixes to make everyone could always let me know.

Yes, the rooms are practically Screenshots taken. This was just an early development Demo. Like I said in my posts and the readme files, This is not how the game will be, it will be better and it will play better and have better animations etc...

I have already made some adjustments to the game. I didn't want to add much interaction, cause I would have to re-edit the code afterwards for the actuall game. This is just to give you an idea of what it might be.

Here are some things you can do:

Press F9 to change player character. You can be Homer, Marge with Maggie, and Lisa who is at the Kwik E Mart (I know, Lisa doesn't look to great, their will be adjustments)

Press F12 to save a screenshot
Press F5 to save, F7 to load
Press CTRL-Q to quit.

Right Click to change interactions

You can look at the refrigerator and if you interact with homer, he does something. Also If you live the PC idle, Maggie will start doing something. Give it about 30 seconds or so.

About Hi Color problems... I am sorry Eggie. The graphics were ripped in Hi Color and when I tried to convert it to 256, it didn't look good at all.
Sorry.

WHATS NEW:

*I just purchased Virtual Springfield and The Cartoon Studio, so I can now rip more graphics for the game.
* I added some Simpsons Fonts to the game. Needs some improvement though
*Added Following Characters: Bart, Mr. Burns, Smithers, Principal Skinner.
*I added some new cursors to the game
*I added a Dialog between Homer and Marge, Homer and Bart, And Bart and Marge.
* I have scripted the entire introduction, but only about 15%-20% has been programmed in, give or take.
*I added the Springfield Map interface Button, so now who ever you are, you can travel around springfield, if the location is available.
*I added these rooms to the game: Dining room, Backyard, Marge and Homers Bathroom, Barts room, Lisa's Room, Maggies Room, Marge and Homers room, In front of the stairs in the house, The Backyard, The front of the house, the front of Flanders house, and Barts Treehouse, In front of Moes Tavern.
* I made one of the interfaces for homer already, but in the meantime, it will be what everyone will use for now until it is ready.
* I also added some inventory items.

This is the progress so far. Also, can anyone point me to an excellent Image grabbing utility, or screen capturer that can capture Virtual Springfield screenshots? Everyone I use gets the colors distrorted. And is there anyway to make the VS screen appear in window mode?

Joey

[Timosity]

Sorry Joey, I didn't mean to seem rude, I just wanted to know if there were any puzzles in the demo.

This looks like a great game to work on, everyone loves the simpsons, and the brief story discription sounds original, which is hard to do with the simpsons, they've done eveything.
Reminds me of a South Park episode I saw the other day, Everything on the show was based on something the Simpsons did and they even converted the Southpark Characters into Simpsons style, it was a great tribute to them.

I'm sure it will be a great game, keep up the good work

Merry Xmas

Tim

[JoeyDiPerla]

DOnt worry, I didn't think you were rude , I hope I didn't come off as being mad or upset with your comment. I was just trying to reply.

Believe me, I didn't think you were being rude. Criticism and suggestions are always accepted by me.

Thats the problem with typing on a forum, you can never tell anyones emotions, hooy!

New updates to the game as of yesterday:

The inside of Moes tavern was input into the game and I also put in Moe as a character in the game. Some bar guys are their too.

It took me two hours to finally rip and edit the inside of the tavern so that I can put it into the game. Sheesh.

Joey

[Joseph DiPerla]

Okay all, Just to let you know, I am still working on this game. I have added More characters, and stuff. I am just curious, is anyone interested in this game?

BTW: Out of the rooms I have done, I am creating a mini-simpsons game, And I will upload it. I just want to release something full for once...

But dont worry, I will still make the Simpsons Springfield Woes Grand adventure.

Joey

[Scummbuddy]

I am, I am.  

Did you get Dan C., Hank Azaria, and all the other voices for your game?  Just say you are from Fox Interactive..blah, blah, blah...

[Joseph DiPerla]

LOL... No, but if anyone can immitate the Simpsons characters just as well as them, your in!

Joey

[Timosity]

Yeah, I'm interested, keep working on it

[Joseph DiPerla]

Well, I just wanted to inform you on this game. I have added a new user Interface for Homer. It will be a sort of Verb coin style, just different than the CMI or other ones. I have also created a GUI for bart and Lisa and Marge in the same style.

I have added a Load/Save Game screen which also includes "About", "Resume Game", "Restart Game", and a "Quit Game" Buttons.

I have added Nelson in the game as a new character. He doesn't do much. I also worked on adding a some small details to each room (Hotspots and places to interact with).

I also added a see through Label GUI at the middle top of the screen so that you can see all the characters, objects and hotspots that the mouse goes over.

I added more Dialog into the game as well.

I want to wait till the next release of AGS before I do some more stuff, becouse if some of the bugs and features (minor ones) that we are waiting for come out, then it would be worth it to add to it and release another Demo of this game.

I have also been making a Simpsons Small Game. I realized that the house is so HUGE!!!! In fact, I am making that game to be like Maniac Mansion or DOTT becouse it is so big. It will have Bart locking Lisa in his room and he is torturing her. Now as Marge and Homer And even Maggie, you have to get Lisa out of Barts room using things around the house. Then you have to find Bart and punish him or strangle him. That will be a mini game. Since the graphics and walkables are all done for every room in the house. (It wont be a super spectacular game like Springfield Woes or Maniac Mansion, but it will be decent)

If anyone is interested in helping me with Graphics or anything, please let me know here. Thanks

Joey

[Scummbuddy]

Does the verb coin interface for Homer resemble a large donut with sprinkles?

[Joseph DiPerla]

Hmm... No, its a really nice little circular border around Homer. But you may have given me a good idea. Thanks Scummbuddy.

I will see if my graphics capabilities will allow me to do this.

Joey

[TheSponge]

It's nicely done.

[danny*]

looking GREAT Joey,
downloading now!!!!!!

[Ozwalled]

Can't wait for this one to be released! Looks great!

[Joseph DiPerla]

Thanks! As you may have noticed though, my site might be down. Darn whoever is hosting!

I am trying to find somewhere else to upload this game. Please be patient with that.

Joey

[earwigz]

i cant get any of the links to work...  

[Jamie]

I can't download the game because of the links don't work.
Please fix this or give me an alternitive to downlaod it.

[Joseph DiPerla]

Yeah, sorry. Its becouse free web hosts dont work very well. I have updated the game a lot more as you have noticed from previous posts, but still no plot has been programmed in.

What I might do is release the next demo with the current features updates, and then I might create a small Simpsons Mini game ala style of Maniac Mansion, where you have to solve puzzles within the house. Then in 2004 (hopefully) I will release the full game.

Thanks for your patience and your interest in this game.

Development will be slower than usual becouse I am also helping with the Demo Quest II project, so it might be a few weeks before I release the new demo, then a few months before I release the Mini game.

Joey

[Synthetique]

all your links are broken...