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Thank you!   Oh yeah, I'm a fanatic about classic gothic horror.   It is what I relish the most.   Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, Sherlock Holmes(the best),  Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Bram Stoker's Dracula.   It is that mood...that atmoshere that I want to create.   You know, I'll take a horror movie based on atmosphere and chill factor over a gore-fest any day.   A synopsis-   Jake Blackwell (black fedora, trenchcoat, and bandit scarf) rides into town on horseback soon to discover that the townspeople have a  serious problem...that dark mansion tucked away in that deep dark forest.   "Jake Blackwell and the House of Fear".  A vampire has taken possession of the house removing the former Lord of the manor and is, of course, depopulating the town.   He has his minions(zombies, a werewolf, giant spider...) and has been kind enough to lay traps about his new home (such as a swinging pendulum room where your arrow keys will give you more precise movement).  --
I am about a third of the way through this one.   My rooms look great...I only wish I knew how to place graphics in my posts.   I hope I can add another delightful horror-adventure to the community.   I know people have been asking about the genre.   Oh yeah, and some puzzles (problem solving) what have you.   I'm trying not to create one those "walking deads" that I've read about in the forums.

Yes, sedriss I agree with you.   I like your idea. :

hmm...

Cool.  heheh.  Much easier to do.   My animations aren't too shabby I've discovered.    It can be a pain in the ass to draw a million frames but, for the effect it's well worth the time.  

Which method would you actually prefer as a gamer?

I like your idea!  Up til know the zombie count last time I checked was ...1.   To make the scene a little more dramatic  when this guy does his transformation, freakin zombies come out of the woodwork.

Alright, I have a room I am working on soon that holds a nasty werewolf who attacks the player.   I could have an interaction whereas the player simply clicks the weapon icon on the werewolf before it reaches him (providing some cool animation of the double barrell shotgun laying waste to the beast).   Alternatively,  when the weapon is selected the scene changes to first-person perspective where the player is fixed at that spot until the battle is over.   Added to this scene would be a health meter for the lycanthrope (3 hits he's a goner).   Simplicity or the the latter?    

 Hey, sorry for replying so late and thanks for clearing this matter up for me.  
    See, I originally had the idea that I was going to sell my first game (after months of working on a project it seems a pretty tempting idea).  I believe, now, that  the best thing to do is to put one out there and see how folks respond to it.  Also, to contribute something to the community and to Chris Jones who cannot receive enough praise for this amazing bit of work.

I have been working on a horror adventure for six months now.   I have been giving quite alot of attention to creating atmosphere.   It's a INDY meets Ravenloft kind of thing.  So, hopefully I'll have it ready before the year is over.

 "Jake Blackwell and the House of Fear"

I have investigated copyright laws on the internet and I think i know what the answer is on this one, but i am not quite sure.   Anyways, in my game 90% of the graphics I,ve drawn are from scratch.   Although, I have used (as tools) other peoples .gif's to get an idea how to animate certain things.   Okay, I'll get to the point.   One of my rooms has a number of creepy paintings on the wall.  The images that I used for the paintings are actually Rembrant painints of old men I've pushed the pixels on them and have manipulated them quite a bit.   I read something about...blah..blah...before 1923...it becomes public domain material.   I don't know anything about laws applying to famous works of art.  Am I doing something illegal here if so I'll put a stop to it immediately.   Any help would be appreciated.