Hey, just a small update.
I uh....I'm bad about doing updates. After the feedback I got on the SCUMM interface in the demo not working well due to the way I implemented it, I decided to try something a little different.
I changed it to an ICON-BASED interface, similar to one Brian Moriarty wanted to implement into the Dig. You click on an icon, the cursor changes to the icon, and then you can click on anything in the environment. Unlike, say, Sam and Max Hit the Road, there is still a description bar to tell you what you're clicking on, and this applies to the icons as well. It still needs some tweaks- the inventory still doesn't work quite right, but it's much better than it was, and much more streamlined. Also, there is a new icon- a Walkie Talkie - which serves as a New Kid icon, that will let you select a new scout- after a certain point in the story- from a list of portraits. The look of the interface is still subject to change, as I'm not happy with how the Walkie Talkie looks- and I may change how the Walkie Talkie works, but this should be the final thing, so get your howls of disappointment out of the way now, because I don't plan to go back to verbs.
Happy January!
Oh, and as far as the game itself, it's going, although I'm having trouble with puzzle design. Which is weird, because I have no shortage of creepy and weird ideas and concepts, my brain just struggles with putting them together into a solvable puzzle. So, who knows how that will go, but I'm going to keep going regardless.
