Announcing "Han Solo Adventures"

Stacy Davidson · Thu 27/08/2009 10:24:27

Story:
When a gun run goes bad, Han Solo finds himself stranded on a strange planet somewhere along the outer rim. Now, he must use his wits to ingratiate himself with the local crime lords and establish himself as an invaluable resource if he is to survive. To find a way off this rock, Han will need his trusty blaster, a little money, and lot of luck.

Development Progress:
Story: 100%
Screens: 25%
Characters: 20%
Puzzles: 15%
Sound Effects: 0%
Music: 25%

Development Diary:

Aug 27, 2009
Game starts at the beginning and is playable through the first couple of puzzles. Lots of various screens have been made, but I've recently begun working at the game's assets in a more linear fashion. Next milestone is to get through the first "chapter" of the gameplay and introduce the first main NPC.

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Hey guys, just wanted to announce my new pet project. Well, I say new, but this was actually a game I started designing on paper about 20 years ago, and only now find myself drawn back to it with the ever advancing AGS editor being so easy to get into and use. Densming's awesome video tutorial also really got me kick-started.

The game is standard 320x200, and the style is intended to mimmic the FOA SCUMM interface fairly closely, as if it had been developed along side it and released six months later, essentially. Although the backgrounds are a little more realistic in most places.

It all began as a way to learn the basics of the engine, and I was scanning in all my old sketches just to get something up and running. I guess seeing this design I drew up, way back when I was a teenager, actually moving around now and working onscreen, it just ignited a fire under me to drag out all my old notebooks, fire up Photoshop, and do it right!

I actually used the in-game graphics to create a clip for the StarWarsUncut.com project last week, and it's already gotten some awesome response on Vimeo: http://www.vimeo.com/6174830. Maybe some new blood will come check out AGS.

Here's the Han Solo Adventures dev site:
http://www.hansoloadventures.com

Thanks guys, and I will surely chime in with new screenshots and stuff as the project progresses!
~s

EDIT: Thanks for the reminder! Two screens up... plus a video

Lucid · Thu 27/08/2009 10:36:07

Looks great, IÂ´m looking forward for this.

NsMn · Thu 27/08/2009 10:36:59

Haha! That's awesome! I'm really looking forward to this. A great idea using the FOA style.

But, I'm probably too young to know... who did Harrison Ford play? Han Solo or Luke Skywalker? I'm not sure.

Calin Leafshade · Thu 27/08/2009 10:59:36

Ahhh, im waiting for some star wars fan to heavily scold you for not knowing who Ford played.

He was Han Solo, Mark Hammil was luke skywalker.

Stacy Davidson · Thu 27/08/2009 11:09:32

Go easy on him, these poor kids are having their brains warped with battledroids and Gungans. It's never too late to learn about the "real" Star Wars.

Notice how cool Han looks in the top graphic on my website. Hayden Christensen could never... ever... look that cool. A Harrison Ford only comes along once every few decades. That's why he had to pull double duty as Han Solo *and* Indiana Jones. The only other dude cool enough to pull it off was too old by that time, and all warn out from schoolin' the James Bond series (no worries though, he eventually got to play Indy's dad)...

Chicky · Thu 27/08/2009 11:58:28

StacyDavidson i love you. This game looks freakin' awesome, i love the uncut clip.

Quote from: StacyDavidson on Thu 27/08/2009 11:09:32A Harrison Ford only comes along once every few decades. That's why he had to pull double duty as Han Solo *and* Indiana Jones.

Gold!

Technocrat · Thu 27/08/2009 12:04:18

That video looked *awesome*! Is it a coincidence Harrison Ford makes such a good character to play as?

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Thu 27/08/2009 22:08:48

Holy shit, it's Han Solo! I like the sound of this, Stacy!

Igor Hardy · Thu 27/08/2009 22:53:24

I love the fact that Han looks like Indy from Fate of Atlantis. I'm almost nostalgic about that bunch of pixels - that was my first adventure game ever.

mouthuvmine · Fri 28/08/2009 03:39:52

Holy crap, this is what I've been waiting for. Seriously, been hoping for a star wars game.

Oh, and not knowing who's who in the original trilogy is okay, as long as you fix it, by watching them all, right away.

Joseph DiPerla · Fri 28/08/2009 05:42:12

Sweet! Another Star Wars Game. Complete this please!

Helme · Fri 28/08/2009 07:49:35

Damn, my jabba impersonation doesn't work in a forum...

Looks promising!

But I wonder if 9 verbs are really necessary. I always hated it, when I couldn't solve a puzzle because I did try to 'use' something but not to 'pull' or 'push'.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 28/08/2009 20:24:47

I watched the video you did for that Star Wars project and I thought it was brilliant, it's just a shame that you can't possibly get enough voice acting material from the movies to offer interesting dialog exchanges in the game (like nice faux-mohawk). I suppose having spoken dialog at key scenes wouldn't hurt, though, and many games in the past have done it (the 'We Walk From Here!' line used heavily in the arcade version of Temple of Doom comes to mind).

Indosity · Mon 31/08/2009 03:07:26

That looks awsome. I like the combination of real and drawn. I saw the video and thought it was cool. Can't wait for it to be released!

Dusk · Mon 31/08/2009 15:54:32

Looks like we have some company!

Good luck with your project

D.

Igor Hardy · Mon 31/08/2009 16:27:23

With all the coverage around the net the game got this now has to become the best Harrison Ford lookalike game since Fate of Atlantis.

Jimbob · Mon 31/08/2009 16:59:38

Haha, yeah just saw this on Rock, Paper, Shotgun...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/08/31/the-slowest-ship-han-solo-adventures

Stacy Davidson · Wed 02/09/2009 00:50:11

Thanks guys! My counter just broke 40,000 over the first weekend. Freakin' a. Guess that's the power of Star Wars for ya.

I've also put up a BB, and I'll be sure to add an AGS forum for shop talk.

Wesray · Wed 02/09/2009 01:03:45

Looks very nice. As a Star Wars fan I will definitely check this one out. Oh, and I always like seeing the good old FoA-GUI in a game.

Igor Hardy · Wed 02/09/2009 01:51:39

It's great that you are not including any Jedi stuff in there. I always wanted to see a Star Wars game like that.