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Dame Elizabeth Connelly-Dempshire, Wagnerian soprano

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The host loved Italian opera. Maybe Dame Elizabeth could be a suspect?...

I've just finished the demo. It's great!

I'm sure that "Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth" you'll be an awesome game - and I'm anxious for the full version of it!

Congratulations, Screen 7 team!

Happy 2011!!!

(One of my New-Year's resolutions is to post more frequently. )

[Mad]

It's a pity you didn't participate, wonkyth! But I'm sure you'll be in the next ones!

Well, I really enjoyed all entries - they're great! However, I unfortunately have to choose only one...

The Sprite Jam prize goes to... Mad!

Congratulations! \o/

Hello, everybody!

Today is the final day of this Sprite Jam, but I'll announce the winner only tomorrow - more or less by this time. So, you still have one day if you want to participate.

(wonkyth, I'm waiting for your sprite, eh? )

[Theme:]

Sprite Jam (October 15th to 22nd): Cast Auditions

Helloooo, folks!

We had a great Sprite Jam about inventory items; now it's time for characters.

Theme: Cast Auditions

What happens after a game finishes? It's a question that some of us probably ask when the closing credits appear.
Many characters, specially the not-so-important ones, can't take for granted their participation in the sequels. So, they have also to apply for other games...

The idea is: imagine which game that character you chose would apply for.
Examples: M. Trottier as a pirate for LeChuck's crew or Malcolm Corley as a ghost for a new Blackwell game.

Just one rule
The sprite must show the original character in his/her "new" costume; in other words: if you choose the first example I gave, we have to see that it's M. Trottier dressed like a pirate.

I hope it's everything clear - sometimes I feel my written English going down the drain... But if it isn't, there's no problem: I'll answer all yours questions (about the Sprite Jam, of course. ).

Thank you very much, Evil! I really enjoyed this Sprite Jam.
I'll soon open the topic for a new competition.

Crimson Wizard,

I don't know if it also happens in other countries, but the few barrel organists we still see around here always have a parrot, a parakeet or a cockatiel that works as a "fortune teller": it gets a little piece of paper in which is written a "prophecy" and lucky numbers for lottery - as in fortune cookies.

I had an idea and used five items instead of two/three - I hope there's no problem.

Cage - found in a trap in the jungle


LP - found in Cap'n Seenutt's house


Parrot - found in the jungle
(you can take him after giving him some crackers)


Phonograph - found in the trading store


Stool - found in Sol Bar

You have to combine all them in order to get...


... a barrel organ!

Use that to distract the guard (who will start crying after remembering his childhood) and enter the fortress.

The real size of the sprites:

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Bonus: the barrel organ theme.
http://www.freewebs.com/lanesville/MIDIs/Realejo.MID

A new version of "Masters of Sound"? Yeeeees! \o/

I remember I enjoyed this game, but for some reason (which I don't know anymore) I couldn't finish it... So it'll be a good opportunity to start all over again.

Thank you, Le Woltaire!

Akatosh,

Thanks for your comments. I really appreciate them!

You're right: this story takes place in modern times, in a fictional kingdom called Royaume de Lanes. I could say it's my "literary project", because the most part of my writings are set there.

Klamsoun is a town in Terre de Sainte-Sophia (which is in the middle of Indian Ocean), a huge country ruled by a city-state called Lanesville (the capital of the kingdom), located more or less 50 miles to the south of Marseille.

Maybe it sounds a bit "strange", but there's a whole story - or better, a history - to explain everything.

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Jour de congé *

   â€" Dieu! A holiday! This one will be very busy… I should start working now, or else I won’t be able to finish everything in time.

   Mme. Ronty, née Darmignac, was just in front of her hotel, Chalet Ronty. It was a foggy morning of July, and at that time there still weren’t many people in the streets.

   Avenue Georges d’Astrand, where the hotel is located, is one of the main avenues of Klamsoun, a famous ski-resort. It starts at Place de l’Académie, right besides the Gare Principale, through which many trains pass everyday. Then, the avenue crosses almost all Downtown, goes up on a hill, passes in front of Chalet Ronty and finishes some blocks after it, on another square â€" Place de la Reine.

   That lazy winter morning was a special one: since it was the queen’s birthday, the whole kingdom would celebrate it, and Klamsoun was chosen to be one of the main celebration points in the south. Even Léopold Glimounsy, the old marquee, would help in the festivities.

   Some hotel employees had already arrived when Mme. Ronty opened the front door. She said “Bonjour” to them, crossed the long lounge and reached her office. As a matter of fact, that office was more a place to relax, because she really enjoyed working with the concierge and talking to the guests. It was not only a pleasure to her, but also a way to know many places in the world â€" since she herself couldn’t travel very often, due to her work.

   Although called “chalet”, Chalet Ronty is a huge hotel, the most important of Klamsoun. Founded in 1827 by Évariste Ronty (an ancestor of Jean-Jacques, the dead husband of Mme. Ronty), it was totally reformed fifty years ago, and now it’s five times bigger than the original building.

   Mme. Ronty let the purse in the office, took her badge (in which was written “Mme. Hariclée Ronty. Puis-je vous aider?” **), went to the main reception and, after saying a jolly “Bonjour” to the concierge, started checking all the reservations to the day. She stopped at one of them, because she could hardly believe that such person would be arriving so soon.

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I hope there aren't many mistakes!

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* French: "Holiday"
** French: "Mrs. Hariclée Ronty. May/Can I help you?"

That's interesting: the picture of this coloring ball also inspired me something related to flames.
So I present you a burning palace:

I think there's a project for translating "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" into Portuguese - I'll try to check it -, and I'm also sure that "Apprentice I" is already translated - I myself started making a translation, but I stopped it when I found out it was already done...

I liked your idea very much, Rui, and I'll look for other games in Portuguese too.

Saudações brasileiras.

Oh, boy! Oh, boy! I'm really excited about it!

That's a question I was going to ask: will Dominic Armato be Guybrush also in the TellTale game? I like very much his voice and interpretation!

(Is it just an impression or TellTale seems be "the next LucasArts" in terms of adventure games?)

That's an excellent result!

I really don't have any drawing skills and got very interesting in this process.
Jens, do you think it's possible even for those (like me) who don't have a tablet yet? Or should I give up this tecnique and try another one(s)?

It's an interesting game! I started playing it some time ago.

Nergal, if you send me the text file of "Quiero Morir", I can try to translate it to English.

Vertigoaddict,

Yes, I'm a baritone - or a baritone-wannabe...
That's really nice to find another lyric singer here.

After Paolo's translation (which, by the way, is very good!), I tried to write something. From the second part I got the two first verses ("Campi verdi e cielo azzurro intorno a me, / Ma so che niente sarà  paragonabile al paradiso") and reduced to a four-verse stanza, trying to keep the same idea:

Campi verdi e azzurro ciel
Sono sempre a me d'intorno,
So però che niente è bel
Come in paradiso un giorno.

["Green fields and blue sky
Are always around me,
But I know that nothing is beautiful
As a day in paradise."]

(As a matter of fact, I didn't like very much the last verse, "Come in paradiso un giorno", but it was the only solution I got since yesterday.)

I also made a very simple song for these verses, imitating the Bel Canto style. I know the harmony I used isn't very good (I hope the forum composers don't kill me!...), but it's just a suggestion of how it could sound.

The score:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/6094/campiverdize8.png

The MIDI file:

http://www.freewebs.com/lanesville/MIDIs/campiverdi.MID

vertigoaddict,

The theme is very good! Although Italian isn't my native language either, I sing opera and research about operatic libretto - so I think I can help a bit.

If you're trying to imitate operas until early 20th century, you have to be aware of the poetic syllables, which are a bit different from normal ones. They make the work easier ("less difficult", I'd say) even for the composer.

You have also to think about rhymes. In arias (cabalettas, duets, trios etc.) there were some rhyme patterns, such as ABAB-CDCD and so on. An example (from Giuseppe Verdi's Il Trovatore, written by Salvatore Cammarano):

Tu vedrai che amore in terra     A
Mai del mio non fu più forte:     B
Vinse il fato in aspra guerra,     A
Vincerà  la stessa morte.           B
O col prezzo di mia vita             C
La tua vita salverò,                   D
O con te per sempre unita        C
Nella tomba scenderò!              D

[You will see that on earth
There wasn't a stronger love than mine:
It defeated the destiny in awful war,
It will defeat even the death.
Or I will save your life
With the price of mine,
Or always together with you
I will enter a tomb!]

(Sorry for the quick translation!)

I love opera and languages, so I'll be glad if I can be of any help!

An operatic afterlife would be like heaven to me!

The theme is very interesting, and I'm finishing a background for this topic - although I don't have much skill. Soon I'll post it here.



Editing (08/04):

That's my entry. (I know it's lame, but I told you I have no skill... )



Walk until you reach that cross over there, Lavern. Then, look at the other side of the hill, and you'll see a huge white City, a place you could never imagine before. That's the place you'll live from now on.

Here's my entry:


320x144, 2629 colors

Palais Jaune was built in 1857 by Ferdinand de Sourmency, Duke ok Ackæ. When the last duke died, in 1923, it became a public building attached to the City Hall.
In the 50's, strange things started happening. Some people wanted to put the building down, but, as a historical place, nothing could be done. So, Mayor Jacques Anvillain decided to close it totally and let time make its part.