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You've already had some great responses and I can't add much to those.  However what I will do is ask you a question - what are you good at writing?  (Or at least, what type of fiction do you enjoy writing most, which often although not always amounts to the same thing.)  Maybe you have an old set of stories that could be brought to lief / a character you've written about before who is maybe ready for a new adventure.

One thing I'm a little concerned about from your point of view is that most people who end up making point and click adventure games tend to be people who have loved playing them over the years.  I may be wrong, but it looks more like this was maybe a commercial decision for you.  That's not to say that (if I'm right with that assumption) you won't be able to make good or even great adventure games of course.  If you really can't think of an idea you're enthusiastic about enough to develop (and let's face it, making an adventure game really is a labour of love), maybe you can start with a book / film that you particularly love, and go at a tangent from there, then develop your own characters. 

I'm also not entirely sure what your "short but sweet" approach will mean in real terms - short adventure games?  Short episodic adventure games as part of a season that has its own storyline?

@Stee - I didn't notice any others after that, so I think they must have been largely anomalous.

Anyway - great game guys, I look forward to playing episode 2!  I'm very interested to see what you do with the storyline (and whether you have any Bill and Ted references along the way  ).

I don't know. Last Ninja?

Nah, that game had a top-down isometric view on the Speccy (not sure about other systems). 

Right, new screenie... I don't think this one's been done before (and sorry, I'm not about to check back 47 pages worth to make sure!)...

I remember this one from the Atari ST.

ST Screenshot:

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DOS screenshot:

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Saboteur 2? 

Miguel, I think we may be playing out own retro guessing game here...

Saboteur.

[Taipan]

Miguel has it!  It was indeed Taipan by the awesome Ocean Software (not to be confused with the game of the same name that came out for the Apple II).

Fun fact for post-8-bit gamers:  on the Speccy tape deck, this game took a full 5 minutes to load!


You're up Miguel!

I thought "ZX Spectrum!" even before I read accompanying text.

Did the colour clash give it away! 

Yay, I finally got one!!  (I did know Zak but someone else got there first.)

Anyway, here's a new one... not really sure how easy / difficult it will be.  I'm going back to a game I really loved back on the ZX Spectrum many years ago... not an adventure game. 

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This has the look of a Cinemaware title... Kings of Chicago?

Purely because the portrait reminds me of Gil Gerrard, I'm going to say Buck Rogers!

Just a quick production update:

Our Act III backgrounds will be done by none other than ThreeOhFour, and we also have LocutusOfBored doing some great animations for us now. 

More news / videos (I hope) soon!

[Graphics, music, interface, plot and characters - big thumbs up!]

Hey Miguel and team!

I've had a chance to play it a bit, lovely game and some pretty tough (but not unreasonable) puzzles - I was in that hotel lobby quite a while trying to figure it out. 

I'm not sure about the rest of the game but it looks like the English proofreading still needs a little work though - in the scene immediately after you go up in the hotel elevator, I came across "payed" and "surtainly", which should have been "paid" and "certainly".  I don't want to be nit-picky - I've certainly enjoyed the game so far - but it's something you should be aware of.

Graphics, music, interface, plot and characters - big thumbs up! 

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This looks terrific Miguel! 

Sacred?

The Secret of MS Paint Land?

Lure of the Temptress?

For 1 I would say LIFE, though the reference to "them" infers that it could be a plural?

I saw the trailer for this recently and was intrigued but reviews online were not that great, around 5/10 on the average. Is it really that good?

Well I don't know yet - I'm only a short way into it (I mean, I should be spending the time developing my own games but sometimes you just need a break, right?!).  I can only say that I'm really enjoying it so far - will let you know when I do a full review!

Thanks for pointing this game out - I'd not heard of it and it looks wonderfully moody!

They've got the noir mood down very well so far.  The main character's voice is good and I've already come across a bar owner who reminds me of Lauren Bacall and a character who's reminiscent of Joe Cairo!

Anyone else playing this?  REALLY enjoying it so far (despite a couple of continuity issues) - love the noir atmosphere, music, voicing, puzzles aren't amazing but reasonable (and I'm only near the start), good interface, some neat features like lock-picking, combining clues to create new ones, etc.  Beautiful graphics and art direction.  If it continues to be this good it is going to be an excellent game.