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Fenton Film Games Presents
Darren and James: The Fast Food Chase

Darren and James is a game about two teenagers who live a normal life, in a normal house, in a normal town. And a brand new cafe called "Daddy Over There Cafe" (don't ask how we came up with that name), has been opened by Mr Grovebury, an ape (it's true) with a Jamaican accent who cooks fantastic food for anybody at anytime. Until today that is. His cafe later that night, had been robbed by two evil creatures, one called Boglin (a purple sloppy thing) and Ictornas (a dinosaur that survived the asteroid) robbing the cafe of all of Mr Grovebury's food and possesions. Boglin and Ictornas are the two villains of the game. After the cafe is robbed, Mr Grovebury disappeared, He was a great friend to Darren and James and he made great food. So it's up to Darren and James to save the day, find Mr Grovebury, catch Boglin and Ictornas, re-open the cafe and save the world. But that isn't all, the story has only just begun here! Literally!

This adventure will take these two teenagers deep into the caribbean, into the entire country of spain and 100 foot into a dungeon. So in Spring 2007, enjoy the craziest, funniest and biggest adventure game of all time. With the two funniest characters of course.


Darren and James in their house getting ready to begin the adventure!


Darren and James looking around the mountains of spain (rough image)


Image of the opening credits sequence.


Latest and most time consuming image made by me.

More up to date images coming soon.

Features of the Game:
.Two playable characters
.Original story, music, characters and hi-res cartoon graphics
.Full voice acting
.Logical and illogical puzzles
.Five parts, some longer and harder than others
.Fully animated cutscenes

Progress Report (PART ONE ONLY)
Graphics: 0%
Music: 8%
Story: 100%
Scripting: 60%
Programming: 0%

Part One will be released as a demo so that you can see what the game is like.

In around Summer 2007, expect to see this game on the Long Game category on this site and mine.
www.fentonfilms.co.uk
I'm currently working on a new site though, entirely devoted to Darren and James. It'll be great. I want to eventually turn this into the best game ever!

See you around.
fentonfilms

btw, sorry about my HP games, I stopped working on them a while ago. But I might return to them one day, after everything else. I probably won't though.

Anyway, see you around again.
fentonfilms

The Apprentice games!  They were fantastic. Btw, the third game is in pre production for anyone who wants to know. I checked their site.

Da New Guys was also great. I'm so excited about the sequel! 

That's a brilliant picture! This game looks awesome! Is that Ice Colds kid up there or something? 

I LOVED the original Da New Guys and this one looks evan better! A few questions for you:

It's pretty close to Summer 2006, so is the game near completion? Perhaps a progress report will be good!

Have you started on these incredibly cool cutscenes yet?

Can I be a voice actor in this game if you haven't cast some of the actors that weren't in the 1st game yet? (I have a british accent but I can put on a US accent if you want.

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Does Mrs Pencilwood still sound like a man? 

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Will Smiley Joe be back in this game?

And that's about it. Good luck with the game, the demo is brilliant!

Here's professor snapes front and back views. I've just started work on his talk animations. I'll post those shortly.



I know it's not perfect, and if somebody wants to make edits on these drawings, that would be great. For now, this is as well as I can draw snape.

Okay, I looked at pictures of the actor, carefully looked at the graphic style of Full Throttle and spent a while on this drawing of Dumbledore. The resolution is slightly lower, but the game will still be made at 640 x 480 (at least for now).



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Please comment on it. I am happy with this new art style and It looks soooooooo much better than what my first characters looked like. 

Sorry. I completely forgot to mention who he is! Ã,  Ã, :

That's professor quirrel when Harry first meets him. In the real first book, Harry meets professor quirrel in the leaky cauldron pub and he introduces himself there. But in this version he:

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...is standing in Diagon Alley and he asks Harry to run him an errand and buy him a bezour stone (a stone which protects people from poisens) from the potions shop. harry then gets given 10 silver sickles (That's wizard money to people who haven't read the books), Ã, he is given money because he can't get access his Gringotts bank account. I don't want to tell you why though. It'll give too much away.

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Anyway, thanks for the comments. I'll update his character soon. And those are multiple colours on him, but I suppose I'll need to show that a little more.

Anyway, I'd better go now, I'm going to watch HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE!!!! Ã, 8) Ã, 8)

UPDATE: Ace Gamer, you were close. 

Do you remember this old, tiny, undetailed character?


Well, I redrew him from scratch in this style. Tell me what you think of it.


Incase you're wondering, he's leaning up against a wall. Please comment on it.

I think that perspective is pretty good.    Though the side wall stretches down to the bottom of the screen if you know what I mean. If you brink that side wall up a little it would look better.

Sorry, I couldn't think of any better ways of saying this. 

Thanks rincewind. I like your version of Harry better than mine. Perhaps would you like to try that with all the characters to give me more ideas?

As for everyone else who was against my template idea, I'll try drawing each person seperatley, especially Dumbledore and see if they look good or not.

That's good! Great Artwork! 

Only one thing though, you should pick up the legs as he steps forward, like SBsLoVeNiA said.

I have made a new art style for my H:P (Harry Potter) Game, and I have drawn characters in that style. Here they are. Remember these are not final.

Harry:


Ron:


Hermione:


Draco:


Dumbledore:


These were drawn from one body template that I created, so that all characters are the right size and look similar. For the child characters, I have made the neck to feet 16 pixels shorter than the template is. For each new game, the characters will grow 4 pixels taller. The head remains the same in the whole series though.

Darth Mandarb has already pointed out that I have missed the scarves and house colours from the uniform, so I'll be sure to remember to draw them later, but here they are for now. Please comment on them.

Okay, it's been a long time since I last updated this thread, and I've got big news for you. I've been trying to get an art style that looks good in the game, and I think I've got it now. My old characters looked more like Game Boy color characters, I myself think that this style looks good and I have spent a long time on it. Here's some characters for you:

Harry:


Ron:


Hermione:


Draco:


Dumbledore:


These were drawn from one body template that I created, so that all characters are the right size and look similar. For the child characters, I have made the neck to feet 16 pixels shorter than the template is. For each new game, the characters will grow 4 pixels taller. The head remains the same in the whole series though.

The demo (which has been delayed slightly) will still feature my current art style though. Please comment on this new style.

Those graphics are great.

Thanks!Ã, 

You asked in your forum if you should be using voices?

Well, voices aren't completely waste of time. Ensure your server will handle extra upload.

Depending how big is your game with voices, some members here cannot handle those big files. You might want provide two download links, one without voices and one with.

That's a good idea. I don't know how big the game will be yet. But i've started to work it out.

The game begins in Diagon Alley by the way, you can choose to watch the intro movie or skip it if you want to. If my calculations are right, and if you play the whole Diagon Alley part through without any stops or easter eggs, you should spend the first 10-15 minutes of the game in Diagon Alley. The rest of the game is spent at Hogwarts. The game should be between the medium and long game category. I'll make the talkie game first and then I'll remove the speech file after I've uploaded the talkie and upload the non voice one. Just a thought.

The current voices are:
Harry: Me
Ron: Me
Hermione: Azure from this forum.
Draco Malfoy: Me?
Snape: Me?
Professor Quirrel: Me
Gunman of the Guns n' Bullets shop: Me for now.
Hagrid: Me
Dumbledore: Me
Neville: My cousin, (Darren from my movie "Darren and James".)
Extra characters: I don't know. Anybody wanna audition?

These are the only voices I have planned for the moment. The game's going great!

Here's some 360 degree spins of Harry and Ron, please comment on them!


A small update on progress:

- graphics 10%
- puzzles 20% (I've drawn out a puzzle tree for the Diagon Alley level)
- scripting 25%
- music/sound 15%
- overall 18%
The game is still set for a mid 2006 release.

I have three new screenshots, all from the demo.




I've worked long and hard on this picture by the way.



I've also made a new inventory bar too.

Oh, thanks! 

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Fluffy the three headed dog is still in the game, or at least, he is now. Imagine Harry gets caught out of bed at night by Snape and he has to say something to distract him. One of the choices you can make him say is: Look, a three headed dog! (If you've played Monkey Island you'll understand the joke a little more.)

HARRY: Look, a three headed dog!!!
SNAPE: Oh please Potter, I'm not falling for that old trick!
(Fluffys heads appears from around the corner)
HARRY: Look a three headed dog!!!
SNAPE: You amuse me Pot...
(Fluffy bites Snapes head!)
HARRY: Told you.

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Here's my drawing of Dumbledore in the closeups. I drew this while looking at a picture of the actor. Tell me what you think.



Oh, and just incase you were wondering or are interested. The game is being made at 640x480.

The demo of the first game which is coming soon, will feature the current sprites and backgrounds I have already made. They are not necisserily how they are going to appear in the actual game. They will be improved.

By the way, If any story desigers could give me some cool ideas from movies, or alternate ways to solve the puzzles from the original books, that would be great!

Since some of you have been saying that my artwork is too simple, I have decided to try out a few styles and see which one works best.

Here's Harry in a cartoony MI3 kind of style.

Okay, the demo is being completed as you read this post. I just thought I'd let you see this poster for the first game.


By the way: did I mention that each game has it's own original title? These titles aren't confirmed yet. So if anyone can think of any better ones, thank you.

Philosophers Stone = H:P and the Quest for the Diamond
Chamber of Secrets = H:P and the Cave of Doom
Prisoner of Azkaban = H:P and the Great Escape
Goblet of Fire = H:P and the Forces of Darkness