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Point & Click Adventure Thread 2017 - Pixels Walk With Me
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Yeap. We reviewed the English version, jumped the entire game to GMS2.0 and added controller support.
Thanks for the response. I definitely check if there's an iPad version of every new adventure I hear about since it's my ideal way to play so any development along those lines I would support. Good luck with your game, it looks great.
Thanks. The game looked great on the iPad Pro because we were not stretching the image but rendering at native. Sniff... sniff..
Resonance is good, I didn't like the ending much but it is a solid Adventure game with nice use of character switching in order to progress or solve some puzzles.
I did, bought it on GOG a while ago.
The story is rather nice, and I like how you had to use the multiple characters together to solve puzzles, like someone distracts somebody, while another character does something else meanwhile. Perhaps it's a bit too open-ended in the middle of it, it's easy to feel a bit lost. Though I like when adventure games give you enough freedom for that to happen.
The only weakness I'd say is the last push to the end. It felt too linear and the puzzles weren't great.
The plot is fairly good sci-fi, a few surprises here and there too. I'd agree with Tizoc that the ending felt a bit lacklustre.
Definitely a good game, though.
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need recommendations on PC, Want more adultish games, I haven't game on PC for 2+ years, I love still life 1/2, syberia, to the moon, Dreamfall (all) ,Blackwell legacy games(my fav P&C games), Firewatch, recent telltale games, ect, less kings quest remake type games, back to the future telltale games. My new laptop, needs some P&C games.
Aight finally figured out how to get Monkey Island 1 Talkie running
http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey2.html
Time to get Monkey Island 2 Talkie set up.
http://gratissaugen.de/ultimatetalkies/monkey2.html
Time to get Monkey Island 2 Talkie set up.
I wouldn't be surprised if they intentionally opted to stay clear of Unavowed.
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Been away from Point and Clicks for a few months now, but with Unavowed soon and Lamplight City in September that's back to back solid releases. Now let's hope for Gibbous in October in time for Halloween and finish off the year with Strangeland and Guard Duty and that will make the rest of the year stacked!
Does this genre get OTs? I looked at the list of claims and didn't see one for Unavowed...
EDIT: I think I need this:
Has anyone played the creator's previous game (Four Last Things)? Is it worth checking out?
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LOL. I did not. But now that you mention it, it would have been a funny nod to get the bar to change management in-between games.
Go ahead and make an OT for it. We got one for the 2nd Detecive Case and Bot game.
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Sometimes. Back on gaf I noticed at the last minute no one had done one for THIMBLEWEED PARK of all games so I had to put something together at the last minute lol. Go for it!
Unavowed in, what, a week? Omg omgomg. Things I know about it:
640x480
Same world as the Blackwell series
Less linear than the Blackwell games
Er, multiple protagonists?
THAT'S IT
So excited.
640x480
Same world as the Blackwell series
Less linear than the Blackwell games
Er, multiple protagonists?
THAT'S IT
So excited.
You know, its funny. I built this PC last week, powerful enough to play Doom at 200 FPS... but the first game I'll probably complete is a 640x480 game
Four Last Things was a nice quick game with a lot of charm and humor and a cool concept. I would definitely play another game of his
Thanks for the encouragement both of you. I'm a bit new posting here, so I'm not 100% sure I'll do it justice, but I'll give it my best. If there's a place to preview OTs maybe I post a link here for feedback?
Heh, that's pretty much my situation as well. Upgraded CPU + RAM at the end of June and aside from a couple hours of casual Overwatch I think Unavowed is going to be the first new thing I seriously sit down to play. Well, if I ignore that I'm probably going to dedicate some time this week to finishing Chuchel before Unavowed since I want to play some Adventure games this month...
Yeah i like the sequel more would gladly harangue anyone who thinks otherwise ;p
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Feel free to post the whole OT in here for feedback if you want. That's what I did last time.
Will do. For now I'm going to try working out of the Tips & Tricks thread to get started and will post something here when I have a draft I'm ready to share.
EDIT: A big help would be if anyone knows of any recent preview articles I could link in the OT for Unavowed. So far all I've got is RPS and Adventure Gamers. Can't find anything of substance on the other sites I tend to check :(
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Alright here you go. There's a couple open questions mostly regarding the team working on this game which I've sent off to Wadjet Eye's PR email address. Not sure if I'll hear back before I post the OT. They're all questions that can be answered quickly by looking at the credits screen anyways, so it's not a huge problem.
Would like to get this posted late Monday or early Tuesday. Feedback welcome!
EDIT: IT LIVES!
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Anyone play HiveSwap and any thoughts on it? Got it for free from a friend but dunno if I want to dedicate myself to a playthrough of it...
I mean, I'm gonna try it, but be interesting to see what experienced adventure goers opinions are.
I mean, I'm gonna try it, but be interesting to see what experienced adventure goers opinions are.
I quite liked it - it has a fairly good sense of humour, some decent puzzles and some quite good writing, although it's hard to judge the overall story from one episode.
I wouldn't say it needs knowledge of the source comic either.
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Looks great. Only suggestion I have is maybe expand on who Dave Gilbert is a bit more, that he was one of the very few making great P&C games when the genre was all but deemed dead by the industry.
Hey all -
Apologies if this is too much self-promotion, but I'm just really proud and exhausted and overwhelmed.
My brother and I have been working on our own game since 2012. It's a point & click adventure game that's inspired by the old Sierra and Lucasarts adventures. It's called, "Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars". It's finally out.
Why the hell did we do this? Well, I had an idea for a short story many years ago, but I didn't really know how to really tell it. It gnawed at me for a really, really long time. I'd think about. Sit behind the computer with Word open. Smash my face against the screen and then put it on ice again. Fast forward to 2012. I had just bought an old Roland MT-32 and Sound Canvas on eBay and started re-playing a whole bunch of old Sierra/Lucasarts adventure games the way I always dreamed of playing them as a kid (because I'm a turbo nerd) when it finally clicked. I knew how to tell the story in this context. I called my brother and asked if he'd want to do this with me and he was like, "Aw yiss." We spent months building up this massive mythology and fine tuning the primary story arc. We have also expanded into doing a tabletop game that will go into kickstarter mode this fall (more info on that at a later date).
The only problem was I had no idea what I was doing. I've been in the games industry for 18 years, but I'm an audio director and sound designer. I didn't know how to build a model or make a visual effect or create a cinematic or design a puzzle...so I just hunkered down and learned stuff (and broke a lot of stuff in the process..and yelled a lot). Plus, Adventure Creator was a godsend.
Over the course of development, our dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He passed in 2014. There are a lot of underlying themes in Arkhangel that circle around dealing with terminal illness, loss, depression, anxiety, addiction, etc...The last time I saw my dad, we did a little VO recording session because I had put him in the game (he, my mom, and my oldest brother are the proprietors of the local saloon in town). We didn't end up using the VO files (the game is all text...no voice over), but it's something that I will cherish always.
Anyway. I don't want to take up more of your time, but I wanted to send you some links if you are interested:
Here's the launch trailer -
Here's the Steam bundle that contains the game with the soundtrack. Chad Seiter is the composer for this. He's worked on stuff like ReCore, FRINGE, LOST, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, etc... He's one of my oldest/best friends and my god, do I love the score that he did for this. I might be a little biased, but I think it's his best work. - https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/7391/Arkhangel_The_House_of_the_Seven_Stars__Game__Soundtrack/
Here's the core game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/868580/Arkhangel_The_House_of_the_Seven_Stars/
So. Yeah. It's been a crazy couple of weeks for us. Is it a perfect game? Of course not. I only see the flaws right now. There's a lot of stuff I wish I could go back and change. I wish we had more money/resources (and people...doing this with only two people was insane) and I still have a lot of learning to do but…it's time to let it go and move on to something new. I'm pretty damn proud of this little thing. Check it out if you dig this sort of game. Would love to hear your thoughts.
-Zack
Apologies if this is too much self-promotion, but I'm just really proud and exhausted and overwhelmed.
My brother and I have been working on our own game since 2012. It's a point & click adventure game that's inspired by the old Sierra and Lucasarts adventures. It's called, "Arkhangel: The House of the Seven Stars". It's finally out.
Why the hell did we do this? Well, I had an idea for a short story many years ago, but I didn't really know how to really tell it. It gnawed at me for a really, really long time. I'd think about. Sit behind the computer with Word open. Smash my face against the screen and then put it on ice again. Fast forward to 2012. I had just bought an old Roland MT-32 and Sound Canvas on eBay and started re-playing a whole bunch of old Sierra/Lucasarts adventure games the way I always dreamed of playing them as a kid (because I'm a turbo nerd) when it finally clicked. I knew how to tell the story in this context. I called my brother and asked if he'd want to do this with me and he was like, "Aw yiss." We spent months building up this massive mythology and fine tuning the primary story arc. We have also expanded into doing a tabletop game that will go into kickstarter mode this fall (more info on that at a later date).
The only problem was I had no idea what I was doing. I've been in the games industry for 18 years, but I'm an audio director and sound designer. I didn't know how to build a model or make a visual effect or create a cinematic or design a puzzle...so I just hunkered down and learned stuff (and broke a lot of stuff in the process..and yelled a lot). Plus, Adventure Creator was a godsend.
Over the course of development, our dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer. He passed in 2014. There are a lot of underlying themes in Arkhangel that circle around dealing with terminal illness, loss, depression, anxiety, addiction, etc...The last time I saw my dad, we did a little VO recording session because I had put him in the game (he, my mom, and my oldest brother are the proprietors of the local saloon in town). We didn't end up using the VO files (the game is all text...no voice over), but it's something that I will cherish always.
Anyway. I don't want to take up more of your time, but I wanted to send you some links if you are interested:
Here's the launch trailer -
Here's the Steam bundle that contains the game with the soundtrack. Chad Seiter is the composer for this. He's worked on stuff like ReCore, FRINGE, LOST, The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, etc... He's one of my oldest/best friends and my god, do I love the score that he did for this. I might be a little biased, but I think it's his best work. - https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/7391/Arkhangel_The_House_of_the_Seven_Stars__Game__Soundtrack/
Here's the core game - https://store.steampowered.com/app/868580/Arkhangel_The_House_of_the_Seven_Stars/
So. Yeah. It's been a crazy couple of weeks for us. Is it a perfect game? Of course not. I only see the flaws right now. There's a lot of stuff I wish I could go back and change. I wish we had more money/resources (and people...doing this with only two people was insane) and I still have a lot of learning to do but…it's time to let it go and move on to something new. I'm pretty damn proud of this little thing. Check it out if you dig this sort of game. Would love to hear your thoughts.
-Zack
I played the game. If I have to describe it in one word is "ridiculous".
Ridiculous because you can literally press all the items in the games an get a joke. I am not kidding. The most time I was reading what the character had to say for the items than playing the game itself.
Also I was never was a fan of the following or knew anything about it. I was fine following the plot of the game.
If Josh Mandel wasn't involved in the production of that game I'd be very surprised. That's like his thing.
shoptroll had his early draft for the OT just a few posts above you, since last Sunday, he made the thread for it earlier today.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/unavowed-ot-demonic-possession-is-nine-tenths-of-the-law.60427/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/08/wot-i-think-unavowed/ By John Walker
I am 100% sold on this now.
I am 100% sold on this now.
I will wait for more reviews to come before I buy. It is in my "MUST" files sometime now.
But I didn't expect a reviewer say it can compete even BioWare's RPG's.
Oh my I didn't know about this game. I've wishlisted it and will get it in the near future :D
Gibbous: A Cthulhu Adventure has now a steam page.
Plus a new trailer that looks phenomenal and the announcement of Doug Cockle (Geralt, The Witcher series) as a guest.
The super nice people of Stuck In Attic could use some help with the steam wishlist thing. :)
Oh boy, I can't wait for this game to come out!
Plus a new trailer that looks phenomenal and the announcement of Doug Cockle (Geralt, The Witcher series) as a guest.
The super nice people of Stuck In Attic could use some help with the steam wishlist thing. :)
Oh boy, I can't wait for this game to come out!