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Here I am! XD

Hey! just tried out the demo! Very cool! you are onto something great here! I look forward to seeing you on the server.

You call this artwork?



Looks ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!

I must say, this is most certainly the project I am looking forward to the most!

(besides Duke Nukem Forever on May 3rd...if that counts..)

Haha, yes. I had to make sure I had Avalon in there somewhere.   :  

And starting out, I knew I wanted a Max Payne type feel to it. The cutscenes are heavily derived from that



But, they are also like this for another reason.

Tom is an artist, and so he sees things in a different perspective. The world around him appears painted, but he sees his artwork (paintings/drawings) as actual photos.

That is his life after all.

And thanks guys!

I'm surpised none of you picked up on the phantasmagoria II cameo.

One of the smaller characters goes by the name of Tom Revelle.

That's where the references stop though...

Its my own creation from here out.

Yes! A part of the cutscene takes place on the INTERSTATE!

AND you can visit the Avalon even! Ground Breaking stuff here!

NOIR is a dark tale of young Tom Revelle(Played by Joshua Willey). On the surface, Tom seems like he is a perfectly normal 21 year old male, but as with anything good, he has a dark secret hidden deep within his past.

At the tender age of 5, a terrible event concerning his family left young Tom psychologically scarred. So much so, that he was driven into madness, and at just 9 years old, brutally tore apart the family dog with nothing more than his teeth and a butterknife.

Needless to say, Tom was institutionalized soon after. There he stayed untill they deemed him as sane once again at the age of 17.

Not wanting to look back on his dark past, Tom sought after a new life. He is detirmined to be normal.

He now has a great job as an artist, close friends, and a steady girlfriend, Maria (Played by Courtney Cutrufello).

Everything has been going according to plan...untill she is found torn open the morning after celebrating their third anniversery.All fingers soon start to point at Tom, and even his fingerprints are found at the scene...but there is one problem:

He didn't do it.

Naturally, this is not good for his psychological state. He slowly starts to slip into total insanity once more.

You must figure out what really happened, and prove your innocence before it's too late.

Every day that passes, the world dynamically changes according to how Tom sees it in his current mental state.

Don't let the dark envelope you...

save yourself!
screenshots






Please note that ALL screenshots are ALPHA stages.

They are just temp images at the moment.

Expect the final version to look better!


Progress/Status Report

- Graphics: 20-ish%  (All backgrounds/charactor images will be replaced as the actors become availble to film
- puzzles 60%
- scripting 40%
- music/sound 20%


Please, critisize and comment!

Hello, long time no post.

I have recently attempted to pick back up Adventure Game development, and by following Densming's GREAT Youtube tutorials, I can say I have come A LONG WAYS!  Thanks Densming!

You're a hero!

I am however running across some issues with my mouse cursor.

ok, so here is the setup.

I have it so the game uses the following cursors.

Lookat

Talkto

InteractWith

This game is in the style of gabriel Knight 2 and Phantasmagoria 2, so the actual player charactor is invisible, and an object portraying the charactor image is instead placed upon the screen.

the Player Charactor is on the screen however, but using a single blank frame in any one of it's assigned veiws.

So essentially, no "Walkto" cursor is needed.

In addition to the three listed above, I also have the following special cursors:

UP

UPRIGHT

RIGHT

DOWNRIGHT

DOWN

DOWNLEFT

LEFT

and...

LEFTUP

These are to be used when the player hovers the mouse over a hotspot, and indicates they can go in that direction.

To test this feature, I made a test where the player is given the choice to go to the right side of the screen, or up the stairs.

The mouse moves over the hotspot, and the cursor changes to the desired graphic.

This change is by ChangeGraphicMode or something like that.

Then I have the SaveCursorUntilLeaves feature set.

When the mouse leaves area, the graphic stays the same.

(I.E.: It doesn't change back to the desired image for the three regular mouse cursors.)

Any ideas?

THANK YOU!

hello!

i was very hesitant at doing this myself, so i opened up MS-Paint and made my character by referencing the movements of the default character packaged with AGS. (Roger)

It soon became old hat.

Yes, everything is linked. I guess that problem is fixed. But I am having a problem defining a pointer "video". *FACEPALM*

well.. you're obviously doing something wrong..   
so.... have fun trying to figure it out! lol

nooo! REALLY?!?!?!?  I love u.

 

Hello once again...



Is there an obvious reason my video doesn't play?  I've honestly looked through this for like 3 hours and it's flying right by my amatuer head.

Appreciate your input everybody!

// room script file
Theora* video;
Hotspot *mouseOverHotspot;
float rot = 0.0;


function TVstand_AnyClick()
{
  if(video)
  {
  video.DrawEx(DsBackground, 160.0, 120.0, 0.5, 0.5, 0.0, RtScreen);
  if(System.HardwareAcceleration) video.DrawEx(DsScene, 260.0, 120.0, 0.25, 0.25, rot, RtScreen);
  TVstand.Enabled = false;
  video = Theora.Open("josh.theora.ogg");
  SetGameSpeed(30); // you don't need to use the same fps as the video like this, but it's easiest this way
  cjosh.Walk(213, 160, eBlock, eWalkableAreas);
  bool loop;        // enable/disable automatic looping
  SetTimer(1, 160);
  video.loop = false; 
  video.NextFrame();
  rot += 0.2;
  }
}
function room_AfterFadeIn()
{
  {
  PlaySound(1);
  PlayMusic(1);
  }
}
function room_RepExec()
{
// repeatedly_execute
mouseOverHotspot = Hotspot.GetAtScreenXY(mouse.x, mouse.y);
if (mouseOverHotspot == hotspot[2]) {
  Display("Mouse over the door");
    if (IsTimerExpired(1)){
    TVstand.Enabled = true;
    player.ChangeRoom(2);
}}}
function TVstand_MouseMove()
{
if (mouseOverHotspot == TVstand) {
mouse.SaveCursorUntilItLeaves();
mouse.Mode = eModeWait;}
}
function room_Load() {
  video = Theora.Open("theora.ogg");
  video.loop = true; 
  SetGameSpeed(24); // you don't need to use the same fps as the video like this, but it's easiest this way
}

Ok, will do. I apologize for the inconvenience.

YES!!!!

Thank you! But as I'm guessing will be VERY common in game design, I have a NEW problem.  

EDIT: BUT I think I may be able to address the issue with a pointer.

 

No insult taken bud. lol

I understand that concept now, however, I am STILL unable to change rooms!! lol

This is gonna bug me.

If you want to take a look, here is my ORIGINAL script before your revisions.

// room script file
Theora* video;
float rot = 0.0;

function repeatedly_execute_always() {
    if(video) {
      video.DrawEx(DsBackground, 160.0, 120.0, 2.0, 1.0, 4.0, RtScreen);
      if(System.HardwareAcceleration) video.DrawEx(DsScene, 260.0, 120.0, 0.25, 0.25, rot, RtScreen);
      video.NextFrame();
      rot += 0.2;
    }
}

function room_Load() {
  Display("Welcome to Joshua's Interactive movie test!");
}
function TVstand_AnyClick()
{
  TVstand.Enabled = false;
  video = Theora.Open("josh.theora.ogg");
  video.loop = false; 
  SetGameSpeed(24); // you don't need to use the same fps as the video like this, but it's easiest this wa
  cjosh.Walk(213, 160, eBlock, eWalkableAreas);
  bool loop;        // enable/disable automatic looping
  SetTimer(1, 160);

}


function room_AfterFadeIn()
{
  {
  PlaySound(1);
  PlayMusic(1);
 
  }
}
function repeatedly_execute()
{
  if (IsTimerExpired(1)){
  TVstand.Enabled = true;}
  player.ChangeRoom(2);
}

Thank you VERY much! Works like a charm!

=D

Wow! 

I appreciate your input.

I do have a question though, should I rename (VIDEO.ended) to my file name?

Here you go:

Code: ags

int FMVX; // x co-ordinate of video
int FMVY; // y co-ordinate of video
int VideoCut; // tells AGS when the video needs to be played

function repeatedly_execute_always()
{
     if (VideoCut == 1) { // Play FMV
	if (video) {
		if (!video.ended) {
			video.Draw(DsOverlay, FMVX, FMVY, RtScreenPixels);
			video.NextFrame ();
		}
              else {
                 VideoCut = 0;
         }

     }
}

function item_interact()
{
     SetGameSpeed (24);
		Wait (10);
	       VideoCut = 1;
		FMVX = 70;
		FMVY = 130;
		video = Theora.Open("assets/vid.ogv");
		video.loop = false;
						
		while (VideoCut != 2) Wait (1);
		video = null;
		Wait (10);
		SetGameSpeed (40);

All this code is the room, nowhere else.

  You just made my day! Thank you so much! 


How's your game going?

DUH! sorry I just did a brain dump.

*FACEPALM*


And I tried Player.ChangeRoop(2); yet, to no avail.

I tried putting a display command in, and it turns out the code isnt being read? What now?

I want a hotspot to trigger a movie repeatedly using the OGG plugin, BUT I dont want it to be clickable during the movie.

So, basically, I want to know how write a script that is outlined like the following

HOTSPOT

player clicks HOTSPOT

HOTSPOT dissapears

MOVIE plays

MOVIE Finishes

HOTSPOT reapears.

Anybody? I'm lost. haha

Thanks!

Thanks to the both of you, HOWEVER, an issue remains.

It stays on Room 1. Does not make the switch @ all.