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just twittered:

http://www.sebelinteractive.com/MountMonkey/MountMonkey_Demo.zip

windows version, 1+ chapters playable (demo version), german only

production status: freezed.

Hello everybody,

we're still alive and nearly completing the story!! What an odyssey, it's getting complex and amazing! Be prepared for a few surprises..

We have a new background artist who is nearly complete with all the backgrounds for chapter 2..

But we're still searching talented people who will help us with character-animations..

Stay tuned...

thanks, I forgot a "/"Ã, 

Our website has moved to: http://www.mountmonkey.com
and we started programming on chapter 2...

Hi,

good question, but there's a simple answer... It's not in the now outdated demo but we added a few lines where he explaines that he changed the recipe in that way, that the mugs won't get broken by the acid in the grog. That's it. All other ingredients from the Grog are still the same.. So Simon may handle it.

Anyway thanks for the question and keep your eyes open for any other mistakes, logical errors or something else.

We also added some new screenshots on our website a few days ago. Work is still in progress. Stay tuned...

Yes, that's a good suggestion and we thought about that some months ago.
But we will release the game with all four chapters included in one game.

Anyway, we will split the final game into seperate archives (I don't know how big the game will be in size). The lowband-users may download a few 10-MB sized (or smaller)archives while the DSL or broadband users may download one file.
We think that is a good solution for everybody.

Yeah, but it's only the first chapter.
The final game with all four chapters (incl. cutscenes) will have about 260 rooms...

Maybe it's interesting for some of you guys:
We finished about 25% of the game today (61 rooms atm), chapter 1 is done

All new info on our website.

We are searching talented people who will join our team:
- background-animators
- character-animators
- a second background-designer/illustrator

Stay tuned...

Hello guys,

we have a background artist, and we do not want a new look. We want a little bit a differerent look in comparison to the original games, because our game takes place 40 years after the events on Monkey Island.

Our backgrounds have changed and are mostly overworked and partially new. Have an intense look at our demo and see what's new, it's not just a rip. The story is completely new, many things have changed when having the Monkey Island games in mind.

And yes, it is very hard to make an english version of the demo, because we played the original LucasArts/Simon The Sorcerer games in its german language version and do not know how the jokes in the dialogues work in english. We know only the german jokes of the game. We want to make a quality game, so we want to a guy who can translate the dialogues into english with the correct "Monkey Island" jokes we have in this game.

The full version will have several language-PlugIns for english, german, frensh, spanish, etc...

It's all for quality matters with dialogues and text, and we do not want to release cheap stuff.
Backgrounds and animation belong to the original games, and we have a lot of new stuff.
Have a look on our website to inform in what direction we want with our game.

We first used a SCUMM-Template, but changed it for our issues. Soon we will completely have a 1:1 adapted SCUMM-Interface...

Anyway thanks for critics and suggestions, we are working hard on it and we have a lot of fun to create it with all our team members. Thanks for your support.

It's only a demo for you guys at the moment...

Stay tuned for updates on our game....

Hello friends,

we are proud to announce that we have released a new playable demo version of the first chapter from MOUNT MONKEY. (Have a look on our website, see top-post).

It's in german language only, but it's worth a look to everyone!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

yeah I know about the hair-problem with Simon for a while and the old demo.

The old demo (from 1998) was written with an own engine called ASD-SCUMM, but we never finished the engine, because it crashed.That's why the project was frozen over the years, but now work is going on.

A new tech-demo (done with AGS of course) will be released soon, keep your eyes on our website..

We will overwork Simon soon, too. Thanks for suggestion.

Ok, sorry guys.

We've added english-language sites now on our homepage, so you may understand now, what's going on with the game.

 8)

We take the original sprites but we change them.
The story takes place 40 years after Monkey Island, so we have an older Simon The Sorcerer with a long beard.
Other Classic-Characters have grey hair.

Nah, nice try,
but your sprite looks a bit "fat" and uglyÃ,  8)

You are right, we took the elaine-sprite, but we recoloured her hair.
So she looks most like her mother (and can be defined as a woman..)

Anyway, it seems you have talent for pixeling characters. Can you animate them, too?Ã,  8)

Yeah, I know where you see the problems.
That's why we are very careful with story-writing and choosing the right locations.
But I promise, you'll love it! We do not throw all different styles together (for example the graphics from DOTT does not work with gfx from Monkey 1...)
And we do not combine gfx from Indy with Monkey Island. We have our own system, so that every player who knows about the old classic adventures will have the old feeling again. That's what we want.
We keep the right things together! And now we have a very talented background artist, who does a very excellent job.
It is right that you are a bit sceptic, but if you see the game and know what's all about, it will be very cool.

so folks,
I've added some new screenshots at the top of this thread.
And we are searching a character-animator and dialogue-writer...

It is planned that MOUNT MONKEY will have four chapters. In each chapter Lorraine will visit another "classic"-adventure location, so it will be a full feature game.

Currently we have 61 Screens (backround gfx all finished for chapter 1 and intro-sequence), we are now designing and redrawing characters for chapter 1.
The other chapters will have 30-40 rooms plus cut-scenes.

The game idea exists since 1997 and now we are finally working hard on the realization. A new demo will be released in december this year showing many elements of the first chapter.
Don't start counting your chickens yet, but if everything will work fine we will release the game at the end of 2005.

[added: nov,22nd 2004:]

TSOMM-Team is proud to announce that our adventure game

is currently in production.

The story takes place about 40 years after the events on Monkey Island.
Lorraine Threepwood, the daughter of Guybrush Threepwood & Elaine Marley,
gets a message from Simon the Sorcerer who needs her help.
Simon, who is now a very old wizard, has seen that something evil will happen to the earth...
He wants Lorraine to collect some things he needs to protect the earth.
So she has to travel to Monkey Island, visiting her father who is now the owner of the SCUMM-Bar, she meets her old lover Indiana Jones who is in retirement and she gets to the
Maniac Mansion...

The game is an adventure-mix of the classic-LucasArts and adventure-soft games, combining
all characters and some locations in ONE story.
We combine and redesign original graphics for our story.

The game is actually produced in german language, but we will add english- and other
languages as soon as possible.

There are two demo-versions on our website available:
- An "old" demo-version (non playable, released in 1998, programmed with our own engine ASD-SCUMM, old intro-sequence)
- an AGS-demoÃ,  (playable, released 2004, some bugs in there, but shows in what direction we want to go)

added: nov,22nd 2004:
Some new screenshots here!
Currently we need a character animator and a dialogue-writer to optimize production time.

added: dec,24th 2004:
We have a limited version of our first chapter as a demo released! no sound, no save/load possible, german only. Have a look, it's worth a try!!! Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year to everyone!

added: feb,18th 2005:
Intro-Sequence complete, chapter 1 of 4 complete (finished 25% of the game)

We are searching talented people who want to join our team:
- background-animators
- character-animators
- a second background-designer/illustrator

added: jun,20th 2011:
just twittered:
http://www.sebelinteractive.com/MountMonkey/MountMonkey_Demo.zip
windows version, 1+ chapters playable (demo version), german only
production status: freezed.