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Man, I'm sold!!! Really nice design!

News from the Rakkathua! 11-02-2017

The game making has sadly been down for almost one year now, not on purpose, but it is on the move again! The process has not quite been down over this time, I have been working on the script and dialogue, and it's starting to feel really good.
I can happily announce that my friend, Johan has started working on the music, especially for this game. I Do not know exactly what it will sound like, but we've been talking about something that is in between music and backgrounds sound, it will be very exciting.

Right now I'm working on this, the map over the island.

[imgzoom]http://www.seiland.se/martin/files/gimgs/22_313map_v2.gif[/imgzoom]
[imgzoom]http://www.seiland.se/martin/files/gimgs/22_map.jpg[/imgzoom]

it's a bit rough now but it will get more detailed.

Thanks, thats nice to here, it warms!

When i started I had clear vision that the scenery was important.
A nice colorful scenery with few colors and the classic pixel art style without antialiasing.
Programing, animation, or struktur a advance game play is not my strongest side.
But... I will try to keep the quality there as well!

Promise there will be more design and development sketches and things to wait for.

By the way, concerning the boat!

Spoiler

The model for the boat is Belafonte in The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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Wow... those comics are realy nice!

Man... when i see and read all stuff in here i get so stressed, how the ... do you guys organizes everything? For me it's a masterpiece already.

Thanks salmiak!

Yep, you're right, really unhealthy dude!

Hey there, here are some NEWS from Rakkathua!

First a new screen I been working on.

[imgzoom]http://www.seiland.se/martin/files/gimgs/22_rocksmal.gif[/imgzoom]

The location is near the top of the mountain on the island.
This is only half of the new screen, original it's 640x200

This week I also added a "coin menu" as in CoMI and FT, with three choices, talk, look and use.
Before I had only one click for all choices, but I was not happy with that. Wanted more choices and combinations.

[imgzoom]http://www.seiland.se/martin/files/gimgs/22_point.gif[/imgzoom]

Finally... Its feels really really good to animate and give life to a character or a landscape, even if it's not so smooth looking :-)
This is my new friend Micke:

[imgzoom]http://www.seiland.se/martin/files/gimgs/22_shipsmanani.gif[/imgzoom]

O yes... almost forget! A swedish demo is coming in April.

Hey, my name is Martin Arvidsson and have worked with computer art since 1997.

Since 2012 i have work with some projekt here att AGS, and for different employer here in sweden, mostly as a freelancer.
Now i study at Art Academy and want to do some more grafik beside my education.

I want do to:
- Background Art, mostly pixel but also vector.
- Character Art
- Gui Art
- Redesigning old grafik or game.

Here is my latest project.
The Mystery Of Rakkathua

Send a pm if you are interested, or email: martin.arvidsson@hotmail.com

Thanks,

- Martin

[Thank you all!]

Thank you all!

MiteWiseacreLives!: it's ok, My plan is to hire someone to the help me with that later on.
AnasAbdin: Nice conclusion, Thanks !
SilverSpook: Wow, a big Humble thanks to you! Maybe I must pm you later on !
Giraffadon: Thanks, if you like this then you must see the adder locations.
shaun9991: Tanks Of course there will be a demo, do not haw a date for that right now!

Hope you all get a really nice christmas!

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Finally I have change the name to... The Mystery Of Rakkathua.
Rakkathua is the local and the oldest name of the island.

So for all, an early Christmas present from the Rakkathua.
Its a sneak preview of one of 10 location from the island.


This is the tent camp, with views over the island's highest peak.


My first sketch of the camp, made in 2014.

Sorry for the confusing mess!

I should have been more distinkt when the problem was solved att the reply 3 and 7!
I miss them att first! And then clerd out that the first question was not the real problem here:

Is it possible to change "hotspot[0]" in to a string name?

More like this:

I can not pass my string from the room in to the Global Script.

Yesterday i was at the school and could only write shortly, not as you guys, i'm impressed!
You are amazing here att AGS!

here is a description:

One click att a hotspot, A GUI windows poppups, in that window ther is a few moment and choises to do, and when the GUI is close, it go back and  run the rest of the script in that hotspot.

The problem was that ther was no myHotspot to run myHotspot.RunInteraction with.
with help of Vincent tip of Global variabels and AGS manuals i get it to work.

Now it locks lik this and myHotspot goes over Global variabels:

Code: ags

hotspot[myHotspot].RunInteraction(eModeInteract);

It work perfect and I certainly think it can be solved in other ways too! :-)

Has difficult to explain in English from the beginning, so i'm definitely not gonna try again!
What can I say, sorry!

Sorry if you feel that way Snarky!
I was trying to explain, but its not easy when I miss something from the the beginning!

Vincent, true! I read the manual all the time but sometimes, I don't know really where the problem lies,
especially when iam not so skilled.

Wow, take it easy!

Vince post fixt it, however I missed it at first, sorry!

I think that the method you are using is just fine.
If you need to pass your String from a room in to the Global script you can easily create a Global String from the editor panel (Global variables) and add a new variable String that you can access everywhere

First problem was Global variables.
And the second is Game.GetLocationName/Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY.
Have tried both String and Int. But the "Game.GetLocationName" works fine.
But i cant figure out why i cant get something out of Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY??

Thanks anyway!

Okay, nice! Thanks Vincent, thats was helping a bit !

I realast now that i also misunderstand the Location Name thing!
I thought that it was like this "hotspot[0]"

Code: ags

myHotspot = Game.GetLocationName(mouse.x, mouse.y);

This works almost the way i want.

Code: ags

myHotspot = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);

This get error, can not convert hotspot* to int or string!

Everything works, except that I can not pass my string from the room in to the Global Script.
In the string i have the hotspot that's the mouse was over when i clict the hotspots in the room!
can i do that in a different way maybe?

yes it works, but i must be right over the hotspot!
When i click the hotspot i have a gui that's popup and there's
mHotspot.RunInteraction(eModeLookat);
when i click here am i not over that hotspot!

crap, I know it was a hook!

I want to pass the hotspot name or number, from the rom over to globalscript and back again to the rom!?
Right now i pick up the name like this in a string!

Is the solution to use import and export?

Code: ags

location = Game.GetLocationName(mouse.x, mouse.y);

Hey!

Is it possible to change "hotspot[0]" in to a string name?

Code: ags

hotspot[0].RunInteraction(eModeLookat);

to

Code: ags

stringname.RunInteraction(eModeLookat);

can't get it to work!

Yes that's why i will change it to something more unique later on!
If you guys would like to discuss more about tha name or Spellcheck dont do it her! PM or something!

b2t:

* Have begin on the first background on the island! 
* I'M working on a last pieces at the demo.
* Has made two new portraits, shows one above!

Kumpel: Thanks! Glad you saw it! Is actually four easter egg in that room "four different games"
Will certainly place more easteregg in the game!

concerning the name: I have no idea! I write That in a hurry after the swedish name on the game!
Hummm.... In Swedish The name is Mickelsön after Mickelsmässan on 29 September.
so in english thats is Michaelmas, and than it shud be Michael Island instead??
but the name will be change, as I wrote! After all of the Easter Island's not actually Easter Island! its Rapa Nui!?