Hello AGSers,
I'm a university student in my 4th year, Interactive Media major. I'm doing my Final year project, which I have decided to be an adventure game. I originally wanted to do everything by myself, then I realize I'm a complete noob in programming and learning how to use AGS isn't as simple as I'd thought. And I just found out recently that outside help is allowed, so that's why I want to seek help from you awesome people!
So far, what I and my supervisor have been working on is the basic storyline/structure of the game and a few character/background drafts. Here are some artworks I've created for the game:
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Main character Pico.
Video of her walk cycle. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSkqgFI0Ak8)
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Pico in another style
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Pico's bunny sidekick, who will turn bad near the end
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Pico's best friend, Tea
The game will be about a schizophrenic 8-year-old girl learning to live with her illness, as well as her friends and family's journey of understanding her. The game should consist of 3 main quests, and should be played in about 10-30 minutes. If you're interested, I can give you the 2-page long synopsis that I and my supervisor came up with.
This project really means a lot to me, so I would be so so grateful if anyone could help me with it. I can't promise you lots of benefit, except for a chance of creating an awesome game that will be shown in public and played by many.
What you will have to do: I would say pretty basic AGS programming, creating room scripts and stuff. I will provide all the art and writing, sprites and dialogues and such, then you can help me put everything together.
Here are few things that I think would be great for the games, so please see if you can achieve these: have an NPC that follows the main character around and the main character can interact with; player can examine an inventory item and look at multiple close-up images of it (the front and back of a photo for example) - would be great if I can somehow put in a 3D rotatable object; a Help/Guide system when the player is stuck, that's basically a voice telling the player to do this and that; Halfway through the game, the backgrounds of the previously visited rooms will change (I want them to be the same places but with a darker, gloomier look); random speeches happening in the background; a crafting system to combine several objects at once.
The deadline will be at the end of April 2014. If you decide to help, I really hope that you can stay committed until the end because I would be screwed if the project is not finished on time :~(.
The game is non-commercial for now, but who knows what we can do with it if it turns out to be a big hit? :-D Of course I would not hesitate to share the profit if there's any 8-).
Thanks a lot guys! :-*
Hey, maybe I could collab with you with puzzle ideas.
And again, if you need a proofreader, I'm willing to do so.