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Added two new screenshots to the first post!

I have a problem that I've been trying to figure out, but I'm finding it hard to solve, probably because I'm such a bad programmer

I'm using a "thought bubble gui" for the "Say" and "Think" commands in my game. I also have characters that talk seemingly random nonsense in the background. I have used the SayBackground commmand for this, since I don't want it to block the gameplay. Is it possible to assign the same "thought bubble gui" for the SayBackground command? Alternatively, is it possible to use "unblocked" "Say" and "Think" commands for this?

Looks like a lot of work has gone into this SeamanNaranja! Great job with the graphics, the objects and characters fit in very nicely. Pretty website too, that banner image ties it together nicely. I wish you the best with your release!

Thanks a lot for the kind words You'll soon be able to play it.

Bumping this because of a update in the opening post.

That's great. I love Tintin, and all of the ligne claire style artists (I also like Tintin's spiritual brother, Freddy Lombard by Yves Chaland).

I've just looked over the Skumring website, and am excited to follow the progress of this one.

Wow, I think you are the first one who has seen the website, so thank you for the attention!

Btw, I just love the style of your avatar. Where did you get it? It has a certain The Last Express combined with, well, Herge, feel.

Tried the demo just now and I love the visual style! Diagonal walk cycle = respect

That looks pretty fantastic! A high-stakes thriller with a Hergé style. Is Chutney a detective? I'll definitely be playing this one.

Thanks! It's definitely inspired by the great Herge, his comic books occupies a whole shelf in the prettiest shelf in my apartment :-) Some of the characters, like the guard from my profile picture, ended up looking suspiciously much like a bad guy from the Tintin series!

Cooper is a detective, or at least he tries to be. He hasn't had much luck with the career path though, since he's far too kind and naive for that kind of job.

The trailer is out!

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Better quality available here!
Black and white version here!

Best graphics ever? I love the pixel graphics, especially the shots of the town! The plot is interesting as well, me being a schoolteacher and all

The visual style looks great! I love the Larryesque walkcycle Going to try the demo room later tonight!

I have updated the first post with plenty of new screenshots and some information! I'll be working on the first trailer this weekend so that you'll get to see the game in action as well.

I like the style. This looks worth keeping an eye on.

To me Skumring sounds like the mark left around the inside of the bathtub, haha.

In norwegian it could also mean "foam ring", so I can understand that.

Also, thanks for kind words!

Ah, so it'd be like "twilight", then? I think that's the word in English.

Also, in the comic, the spelling ought to be "conscious" - I like the idea though, this game looks interesting!

Yeah, I guess that's right! But there's no vampires in it!

Thanks for commenting and thanks for pointing out the spelling error too. I need some help with those! 

Sunset is our word for it.

Anywho looking good.

Thanks

I think that "skumring" is not meant to be the sunset itself. 

It's a term for the special light at that time (when all cats are looking gray). In german we call it “Zwielicht” and of course there is a related term about people who are/act like this (“zwielichtige Gestalten”) and that fits precisely to the story. 

Yes, this was excactly what I meant, you just explained it alot better! There is something nearly magical about that time.

... and thanx for the cute animations 
You are on the right track.
Go on like this and we will have soooo much fun playing that game

Thanks I'll add more stuff soon!

"Skumring" has a cool sound to it. What does it mean? Apart from that I second Tabby's praise, sure looks like a cool concept, and the artwork's pretty neat!

Skumring (in norwegian) means the time after the sun has gone down before it gets entirely dark. The entire story of the game takes place during one night, so that's why that became the title! Oh, and thank you so much for showing an interest.

Nice grafic style! Looking very good!   

I'll take a closer look to the posters of the working penguin oil and The Red Cherry nightclub for sure.
Even if the lady seems to be dressed very chastely - actually for this time period

I'd like to see an animation of one of the characters, too 

Please keep us updated!

Thanks for posting

I know that poster probably is a little raunchy for the time, but keep in mind that this is a really bad neighborhood in a really bad city!

I have added some character animations, but that is the biggest part of the work I have left, so they aren't the most impressive! I also added a screenshot of the style of the cutscenes in the game.

[THE GAME HAS BEEN RELEASED!]

>> THE GAME HAS BEEN RELEASED! <<
(click the link above to visit the Completed Games thread to download)

Eight Bit Skyline presents


The Official Website:
Skumring.eightbitskyline.com

The Story:
Port Horizon 1951. A city on the verge of collapse. Moral collapse. Crime. Corruption. Greed... Money. Private eye Cooper Chutney thought he was the exception. When a beautiful dame in distress enters his office he is ready to show that someone still cares about something in this wretched town. But as he soon will learn everything can change during a cold Port Horizon night...

SKUMRING features 30+ locations, 15+ fully voiced characters and 40+ inventory items. It will also feature a varied soundtrack, consisting of traditional jazz and original interpretations of classical music.

The Latest News:

• 24.04 - Release date set to 28.04.13.
• 18.03 - Because of a minor hiccup with the soundtrack and the very confusing copyright rules surrounding music in general, I have changed the soundtrack drastically. This means the game will be pushed back one or two weeks. Based on this I have set the release date to some time in april. I'm VERY much ready to get this thing released, but there are still a few big fixes before it can be done.
• 15.02 - Integrated over 2000 lines of dialogue/monologue in the game. The last session will take place next week. Besides that there's fixing bugs from the beta testers. The game is weeks away from a launch.
• 31.01 - Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been working steadily with fixing bugs and leading the voice recording. Yes, I have decided that the game will be fully voiced and we're already gotten a good way. There are over 1500 lines of dialogue/monologue in the game, so it will take a couple more sessions for it to be completely finished.
• 2.11 - Betatesting is moving steadily forward. Over a 100 small nibbles have been reported and sorted out. New beta for testers soon. We've also planned some voice recording this weekend. Voices will be optional in the game, since not every one find pleasure amateur voice acting. If anyones interested send me a message.
• 16.10 - Added a demo of the beta version! Download at the top of this post.
• 1.10 - Quick update just to say that the game has gone into the final testing stages! Ambient music is the only thing missing right now, besides the odd bug. Hopefully the testing phase will fix the latter, while I venture into Logic Pro to do the first.
• 27.09 - Been doing a lot of fixing lately and the game is (seemingly) nearly finished! The big area of work left is the audio department. Even though the recorded tracks for the game are ready, I'm still working on ambient music. Most of the sound effects are in, but there's still some to go there as well. Other than that the remaining parts are the following: A complete main menu, some gui fixes, final scripting (after feedback from the beta), end credits and an issue with the SayBackground code.
• 19.09 - So the game has finally gone into beta testing! Some good friends have started the process, but if anyone is interested just send me a message! I'll be adding a trailer later this week (hopefully) so that you'll be able to see the game in action.

The Trailer:

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Better quality available here!
Black and white version here!

The Screenshots: (Click on them for full size)







Some animations:



Progress:
Story: 100%
Scripting: 100%
Graphics: 100%
Sound: 100%
Music: 100%
Voices: 90%

Expected release: April 2013

[long]

Just finished it. This is the best adventure game I've played in a long time. Now I'm slightly ashamed I got it cheap in an indie bundle 

Wow. The pixelated graphics are stunning!

However, if you're not overriding the built-in inventory handling, then I would say that it has something to do with how the engine processes the default handling of clicking a GUIControl in eModeUseInv. You may need to script the inventory interactions yourself.

Sorry for the late reply, was away for holiday in internet barren land (who knew it existed these days). It doesn't seem to help that I override the built-in inventory handling either. So I might have to script the inventory interactions myself. How would I go about doing that?

That's the code for InvUp, could you post the InvDown code, too?
Are you using any modules or templates?
And please post your on_mouse_click.

Here is both codes:

Code: ags

function btnInvUp_Click(GUICONTROL *control, Mousebutton button) {
   InvCustomInv.ScrollUp();
}

function btnInvDown_Click(GUICONTROL *control, Mousebutton button) {
   InvCustomInv.ScrollDown();
}

And here is the on_mouse_click:

Code: ags

function on_mouse_click(MouseButton button) {
  if (IsGamePaused() == 1) {
  }
  else if (button == eMouseLeft) {
  }
  else if ((button == eMouseRight) && (player.ActiveInventory == null)) {
    gInventory.Visible = !gInventory.Visible;
  }
  else if (button == eMouseMiddle) { 
    ProcessClick(mouse.x, mouse.y, eModeWalkto); 
  }
  else if (button == eMouseWheelNorth) { 
    if (mouse.Mode>0) mouse.Mode=mouse.Mode-1; 
    { 
      if (player.ActiveInventory!=null) 
      {
      }
      else 
      {
        mouse.Mode=eModeTalkto; 
      }
    }
  }
}

As for modules or templates nothing directly related to the inventory, well perhaps Verbcoin (by monkey_05_06). I also use Tween and GuiPortrait (SSH) in my game.

I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I have the Override built-in inventory window click handling set to False.