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[LSL4 playable intro]

Thank you.

The download link is offline

Can you re-upload it somewhere ?
Maybe share a google drive link ?

I will appreciate seeing the demo :-)

Hi all,

1 year after the release of my first game (Decisions of the Elders - a Space Quest prequel) I have started working on a new project.
Leisure Suit Larry 4! Yeah, someone gotta close the gap...
Once again retro stylish (320x200, 16 colors) but this time with more dithering effects (SCI-like). And again icon-controlled.

While I have figured out the puzzles of part 1 of the game  I simply didn't find much time for the development. That's why I have decided to take smaller steps.
Today I have finished a short playable intro (with quite a pile of puzzles) which can be downloaded here LSL4 playable intro

Not in the mood of playing?
Here's a few pics (form the intro and the yet to be developed part 1):





Sound familiar? That's because I started this thread months ago. Since too much time passed I started a new one.

Yours Harry (Boston McShew)

I wish you would have released the game earlier by 3 months, that way Karen S would have enjoyed seeing this game released.


I know she was part of the graphic design of the game for some time, may her soul rest in peace.



Anyway, I am very happy for the game, and really expect playing it...



Thank you.

I am so sorry to be the bearer of these sad news.

I think this is the best thread to write them though.

Karen S, had some health complications which she didn't come out from, may her soul rest in peace.



Karen was a very gifted artist and a close (though virtual) friend of mine and her passing is a big loss to me personally as it is a big loss to the community.


Karen contributed to several projects dedicating her time and talent without regard to herself.



Her greatest contribution to date is her remake to King's Quest IV the perils of Rosella as you can see from this thread.

I myself "met" her at this very thread, and when I saw her graphics I was so blasted away so I instantly offered her to create a team which will create the game using her graphics.

We created the "Unicorn Tales" team and started a site dedicated to this remake.


Karen gave her life essence to this game.
You are welcome to check the site and her art, as well as the progress of the game @ UnicornTales


The latest post talking about Karen's sudden departure can be found here


Farewell my friend,,

Thanks,

Mine is just much simpler, if you don't want to tweak all of the settings, and have no need for cropping etc then use mine.

If you need the advanced features GFrontEnd offers then by all means go for it.


I have created my version because I wanted something simple but with the full power of the commandline, so I am embedding all functionality behind the scenes.

I believe that any video editing (like cropping etc) shouldn't be done on the converter but it should be done using your favorite advanced video editor, my tool should only convert powerfully.


But if you configure GFrontend in the right way you will get the same exact results as you will get in my tool...


Chaiavi.

@chaiavi:

Nice job 

I've been using this frontend for ffmpeg2theora for a while now: GFrontend (ffmpeg2theora) v2007.2 Final.
Does your frontend/GUI has any advantages over GFrontend?

Thanks guys.

I have released now version 2.0 which adds a lot to it.


I know it is just a wrapper, but still there is no reason it should be crappy  :-)



Chaiavi

Hi Everyone,

I am a team member of the King's Quest IV remake group (Karen's Group).
Anyway, we wanted to use video in our AGS game, so looking at the AGS documentation we found out that the best video format one should use in the AGS engine is called Theora which has the foolowing file extension: .OGV

After checking many encoders all around I found out that the best encoder for this task is called: ffmpeg2theora.

It encoded out 81mb AVI file to a mere 300kb file without losing any quality!


the problem with this tool is that it is a command line based and that it has many arguments one should use in order to use it.



So I looked into it, then built a super easy GUI - windows application around it which simplifies it a lot!


I am here to contribute back to the AGS community - After using this small (no adware / spyware etc included!) utility I am releasing it as a free tool for use for anyone.


Just download it, add video file/s to the list, (optional) change quality [1-10] and click "convert" - can't be simpler.

Download Video to Theora Converter



If you find any bug, or have any feature request then please send me an email / PM.


Thanks,
Chaiavi.