Messages

I am actually a big fan of the brush strokes on the tree.  the colors look great.  I also am a big fan of thick outlines. I use a lot of thick outlines, I find sometimes a good thing to do is not to make them all black.  maybe use a dark brown for the tree base and a dark green for leave outlines etc... it really makes the design pop without looking like a coloring book.  I also don't think it is a bad idea to work on several backgrounds at the same time, you can get a better overall feel of where you wanna go without spending too much time on a single piece, and then go in for more detail later. keep up the good work.

how bout' that beehive hair cut?

If you could come up with icons for save, restore, and exit, rather than just text, that would be very nice.

I think maybe your right I just wanted to avoid using the little disks with the arrows. I need something representative save, exit and restore that someone won't look at and be like, what the heck does that mean?

as for the animations I would add as much as you can because it really boosts the quality of games.
Good luck

I think what I may do is release a version with minimal animation and then go back and add some more inbetween frames to cycles and cut scenes after the whole game is worked out and not  so buggy.  considering I am doing the whole thing by myself  and I want to focus more on what I can do than how frilly I can make it. I will keep you all posted on my final decisions.

Make sure you import a font, as the default one jars with your artwork. But otherwise, it looks cool (as I said on your blog )

I know I have been experimenting with some but haven't found the right one yet. thanks

[story:]

This is my first game using AGS, it is actually my first game ever. My motivation was really to learn more about scripting.  I really wanted to draw something that was really pop cartoon like.  It may sound weird by my game is based off of a picture I drew that I liked.  My inspiration is 1950's and 60's cartoon backgrounds.  I started the game way before I had a plot so I am kinda making it up as I go along.  But here is what I got so far.

story:
There is a little village atop a mountain that has been plagued with a horrible wind storm during planting season.  There seed carts have been blown away. And they have no seed to plant for the harvest.  A little girl who for now I call flower is sent down to the valley to retrieve some seed from an ancient storehouse in a cave.  When she gets there she finds the cave not as accessible as she had hoped. Of coarse she meets all sorts of creatures that can help her if she can help them. I have been working on it for less than a month and I am hoping to have it done in less than 2 more months.  I am also struggling with how much animation I should put into it. 






so here is the new text I am playing around compare with the above image.  I am not sure this will be the final but I think it looks neat.

this is my new character I just added yesterday. (notice my new save icon, it is supposed to be a life preserver but I am not sure how well it comes out or makes sense. I plan to post the whole bar in critics lounge when I figure out what the heck to do with the restore icon.)

update on music 4/10/08: I think I figured out what to do for music my sisters husband has some good instrumental pieces that I hopefully can use.  I just need his permission, which I am pretty sure he will give me.

My hope is to get some old comic book artist friends of mine to make characters for the game to promote themselves, and to use as promo at cons. getting their art is also slowing me up. because I don't even know what they are going to draw and I need to work em' into the story. 


update9/14/08:  well I took break for a while. and recently came back to finish my beta version of flower girl.  I expect to have the beta up soon to play and hopefully get some feedback and maybe some pointers. considering this is my first game I am pretty happy. so I guess this update is to say expect it sooooooon! 


Progress

Story: 100%
Puzzles: 85%
Dialogue: 40%
Game Screens: 99.9%
Music:100%
Sound Effects: 80%
Animation: not too sure how much I want maybe 40%
Scripting: 60%