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[Intruder]

Hello AGS'ers,

I and friends of mine have been working on an adventure game. It's in control beta right now, we'd like to hear your opinions about the controls.

Intruder is a thriller/adventure about a woman stuck in her 2-story house with an intruder. She will hide from the intruder and find a way to escape from the house.
You can keep only two inventory items at a time. The intruder will keep walking inside the house in the completed game, you must not get caught by him!

In this beta, we want players to test if the game's controls are understandable. The puzzles are easy and short for now. We will keep working on development according to your feedbacks. We are waiting for them!

Download/Play link:
https://aslangames.itch.io/intruder (Windows and WebGL)

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Team
Emre Can Ölmez designs the game. I do the programming. 3D models and assets are mostly bought from Asset Store, Cemre Naz Uyanık models the original ones.

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We'd like to hear any kind of feedbacks and questions!

Hello AGS'ers,

I'd like to share a web comics (a short story, in fact) I really enjoyed reading: Disregarded. It's created by my two friends for WebToon's short story contest. The main reason I'm sharing this is we (friends of the creators) got strong adventure game vibes with the comics.



"Diana wakes up in a hotel room, not remembering anything about herself. But that's the least of her problems because there is a decaying body in the bathroom."

I don't want to spoil what happens next, but the chapters made me wonder what will happen next.

Babar came to Turkey recently with his friend. They were mostly in other cities, but they had a chance to visit Ankara (the capital city, also where I live in) yesterday. I brought them to the city center, places where Turkish food are served best, and a random cafe where they could drink Turkish coffee. I was planning to show them a street which is more like European and drink the coffee there, but we had to take their train tickets and it was too adventurous, so I took them to a cafe close to the place where we bought the tickets.

It was such a fun day. I hope I can meet other AGS'ers in the future, too.

Hello dear AGS lovers,

I am going to give a presentation about publishing games on Steam, the event is called Game Talks Ankara. A topic I'd like to include is Universality vs Localness. In other words, "Should we make games for world or only our country?".

I have got some thoughts, but I want to hear your opinions. As far as I see, when we make a game for universal audience, it is actually the West culture we are talking about. USA, to be exact. Because we assume that a non-American person would expect American culture when s/he buys a game made in another country. Personally, I make games based on West culture, it seems like it works to make my games known in the world.

Another point is, East Asia has its own culture, it's really hard to make a game target both West and East unless the content is quite minimal (like only a bird, or geometrical shapes).

What are your opinions?

["How I scare people (Personal tips for creating horror games)"]

Hello everyone!

I've written an article titled "How I scare people (Personal tips for creating horror games)", in which I talked about horror techniques I used in games like Self, Lost in the Nightmare. Some of the headlines are design factors (like "Unknown is the scariest", "Ultimate Evil", "Ending of the story"), which might interest story writers.

http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/AhmetKamilKeles/20170710/300978/How_I_scare_people_Personal_tips_for_creating_horror_games.php

[Stories]

You might remember The Doll, my interactive horror story that I mentioned here before. I continued developing interactive horror stories under the name -prepare yourself- Interactive Horror Stories! They are in the style of Choose Your Own Adventure; you make choices, they change the plotline and bring you different endings. You encounter various evil entities in this stories (humans are entity, too).

There are 6 stories right now, which can be played in mobile devices (iOS, Windows Phone 8.1/10, Android) and computers (Windows, macOS, Linux).

Stories
The Doll is a story that begins as a classical possessed doll story, but ends differently.

After Funeral is a modern gothic story. You receive messages those claim to be sent by your deceased son, who died three days ago.

In Crystal Skull, you are a king, whose daughter is ill and about to die. You hear about a miraculous crystal skull and have it brought to your palace in order to cure your ill daughter. But your man warns you that the skull might be cursed.

Evil Beneath the Ground is about discovering an unimaginable horror that lurks beneath the ground.

You are billionaire in Crystal Skull II this time. You buy the mysterious crystal skull and it talks to you. It says that it will bring you joys no mortal can ever reach, but it demands something first.

Madness in Infinite Loop is a story about a man who is doomed to wake up to the same morning, no matter what he does. You want to die, but you wake up in your bed each time you die. When nothing you do matters, can you keep your sanity and morals?

Links
You can play the computer versions at GameJolt or itch.io. Links for mobile versions are at Aslan Game Studio page.

I also want to reach much more people at Steam, I'd really appreciate your help on my Greenlight campaign: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=861752386

[Story]

Lost Answers is a horror/thriller adventure game. It is inspired by David Lynch films (especially Lost Highway), but has an original story.

Story
"There was a dead guy lying in my apartment. He was shot with one bullet to the head. And my memory was all blank. Was I his murderer?

The police was after me, that made things much worse. While running from the police, I met a mysterious man. He told me that he will help me to find the answers. But he asked me to do something, first.

He wanted me to kill a harlequin called Hal. I'd find him in an abandoned manor at the desert.

I had to find that harlequin called Hal. I didn't want to murder anyone, but I didn't know what our confront would lead us. Maybe I was a cold-blooded killer and I didn't know yet?"

In the manor, you will confront some mysterious characters and your past with a sadist woman, Femme Fatale.

Development Story
This is actually the third chapter of an unfinished indie collaboration project. You don't need to play the previous games in order to enjoy Lost Answers. The first one is Where is He?, the second one is not released yet.











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[Story]

I made a small game for #AsylumJam2016, using models I bought from Unity Asset Store. It is kind of like a David Lynch film.

Story
You wake up in a dirty bathroom, you have no memory about who you are and where this place is.









Download
http://gamejolt.com/games/a-short-nightmare/208432

Yeah, not an adventure game, but I thought some people could like it.



Graveyard Shift is a FPS with unique game mechanics and a mise-en-scène that mixes both toonish and horror elements together! Yes, we did it. It's made with Galavalomka Games.

You are fighting against restless ghosts and liches. They revolt, because too many graves are dug in the graveyard, whose keeper is you. Your purpose is to re-kill the undead! Your only friends are mushrooms, those you use to make mushroom bombs.

Your ammo is elemental mushrooms, there are 5 different elements of mushrooms those you collect from the ground. You create bombs with those elemental mushrooms (2 Fire, 1 Water, for example) using number keys 1 to 5. Your enemies also have elements; enemy's element and the elements of your mushroom-bomb determine the damage you deal. For example, you deal more damage to a Fire ghost if you prepare a bomb with Water mushrooms.





You can buy it from Steam.

[The Doll]

I made a new game! A short horror story, called The Doll.







I hope it can be considered as an adventure, it is more in the style of Choose Your Own Adventure.

You are a single mother. Your daughter, Lisa, is an intelligent girl who doesn't have any friends. You buy her a rag doll. Soon, Lisa will claim that the doll can talk. And this is just the beginning of your nightmare.

The Doll is a story that looks like a possessed doll story, but it has a significant difference in its plot that I don't want to spoil.

It is a Choose Your Own Adventure game where you make choices, say things those lead you to different experiences. There are two endings.

Download (Windows, Mac, Linux)

I am curious about something, I wanted to ask it to my foreigner friends (you).

When a terrorist attack happens in Turkey, Facebook and Twitter get either blocked or too slow. Not because of technical failures, it is done by government. Pro-government people claim that this also happens in modern Europe countries, too. Is that right?

Terrorist attacks happen so frequently here, I am really worried about myself and the people I love.

I get a "The file (/home/ags/html/includes/gamesrss.xml) is not writable." error when I try to add a new game

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Utopia of a Tyrant is a short political/thriller game/mod made in 2013 during Gezi Park protests.

Game takes place in an imaginary country in which people revolts against a totalitarian state. You are a police officer who is about to interrogate a protester girl. It's a harsh game with graphic violence, you are warned.



What I wanted to focus on is the police brutality and totalitarianism we suffer in Turkey. Atrocities those would be considered as war crimes are committed by Turkish police, against the very Turkish people, while most of us did nothing worse than protesting the government. We deal with a matter as serious as life and death. Utopia of a Tyrant is the artistic expression of my fear and anger.



Why I call this game also a "mod" is because I used models and textures for Half-Life 2 and Left 4 Dead series for renders.

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GameJolt
itch.io

Spoiler

I got the rope and I am at the hole. How can I get into the hole? Tieing it to the chair is not a good idea, it seems.

[close]

Spoiler

I am trying to wake the guy up. I am told that I need water for it, but I couldn't find any water.

[close]

You might remember my AGS game, Triangle Head's Adventure, which was made for Ludum Dare. For Adventure Jam 2016, we re-made the game. Now with graphics from an actual artist and the whole game is ported to Unity.





"I have got a curse. A curse that shows itself every full moon. My head turns into a triangle!
I have got a date with a pretty girl. She is about to come to my place. I must do something before she arrives! I have got only two minutes!"

You are given 120 seconds to fix your head before your date arrives.

Browser version: http://gamejolt.com/games/triangle-head-s-adventure-1-5/149890 or https://aslangames.itch.io/triangle-heads-adventure-15
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AslanGameStudio.TriangleHeadsAdventure

If you participate the jam, too, any votes are appreciated http://jams.gamejolt.io/adventurejam2016/games/triangle-head-s-adventure-1-5/149890

I will also port it to Windows Phone and iOS, too.

ALSO, if someone wishes to see, I can send the Unity source code of the game!

I am planning to re-make Triangle Head's Adventure with Unity (it will be also released for mobile platforms non-commercially). I also want the game not look crappy with my Paint drawings.

Art style is cartoonish. It doesn't matter if vectored or pixel-art, I only need them to be completed in 2 weeks. https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbblhhg0e1towlh/THA_Visuals.zip?dl=0 is the things that needs to be drawn.

[Story]

This is a game I made in three days for Ludum Dare. It lasts about 3 minutes.





Story
"I have got a curse. A curse that shows itself every full moon. My head turns into a triangle!
I have got a date with a pretty girl. She is about to come to my place. I must do something before she arrives! I have got only two minutes!"

You are given 120 seconds to fix your head before your date arrives.







Source code is included in the downloaded package.
DOWNLOAD (27 MB)
Ludum Dare page (votes are appreciated)

[Lost Answers]

Hello fellow AGSers,

I am working on a short game for a collaboration project (that we are keeping as a secret till it's finished). It's a thriller/horror called Lost Answers and I have been working on it for three weeks. It is the 4th chapter of the big collaboration project.

Story
I don't want to spoil the story of the collaboration project. So just let me say that in this chapter you are seeking for some answers. You must kill a harlequin called Hal, who lurks in an abandoned mansion.

In-game screenshots














Cutscenes









Technical details
Graphics are made with Unity and Marmoset Skyshop shaders. Most of the assets are bought from Unity Asset Store, characters are made by Targo Sirol and made with MakeHuman.

I use AGS 3.4.0.6, because it allows 1280x720 resolution.

Progress and release date
I can say that %95 of the graphics and scripts are complete. Though, the game will be released with the big project, we estimate about on May 2016.

You can follow Aslan Game Studio on Facebook and Twitter to be informed about Lost Answers and our other games.

[Clown House]

Hello fellow AGSers!

I'd like to announce that I released a new horror game, called Clown House. It's freeware for computers (Windows, Mac, Linux) and mobile devices (iOS, Android, Windows Phone 8).







A horror game you've never experienced before! Step inside the grotesque house of lunatic clowns.

You are trapped in a darkened house with lunatic clowns, due to a meaningless reason. You need to find the key to escape the house. Hidden in a random spot. Some of the clowns are evil and they want to kill you. You don't know which. You have a pistol in your hand, use it to defend yourself.

Key's location and the innocence of clowns change each time you start a new game.

Game download link:
http://aslangamestudio.com/en/clown-house/

Steam Greenlight link:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=473041147