EDIT: removed original proposal, new version below


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and I say collabs... no wait... WIPs.

So it will be something like the Zork games ???

Cool

HEY THAT IS EXCEL:ENT>

You might have something there......

EDIT: Removed images since no longer applicable :D


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I agree - It's clear and works really well    

Great work Jalonso. I believe you just may have pwned the interwebs.

Please look at the old vector image and tell me what you think of wall style. It's rough but it's supposed to me stone held in by wood banding.

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WTF this isn't your collab. 

Edit: oh oops sorry. I didn't know that.  I feel so stupid now.

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Wait, I love what teej did. Its consice and well laid-out. We should totally take that into account. Thanks teej <3

EDIT: pO, meet me in the pool


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- throw baby






like the way these are turning out. i love games like this. you could say there is some freedom in the limits of these games, if you know what  i mean

Does it have a story already? 

I like teej's interface, especially the inventory system is like I would have done it. Thanks for your input, though there will be no mouse support, I believe - it also adds to the nostalgic feel ^^

Very very neat, excellent color choice :P

It is looking very nice so far. 

@jal: Right, I am already considering these border offsets from the very beginning, but thanks ^^

Now... a demo... why not, I think we could think about releasing one if the first few pics and parts of the storyline are set.

I can't say when this will be done, though, it's not my part =P

Awsome Cant Wait xD

I'm doing so now converting the thing to CAD so i can detail the story

 

+1
this is first rough for jailcell they are North,South,East, West and West (view closer) views.


those hanging things are shackels :/



thats a window with moon view :S







That's supposed to be the key in the eye socket XD

These are rough/oekaki and do not represent final art only composition.


EDIT: @alkaline, I feel the pain but Verdana is on most systems and will keep the game small in size.




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yeah, jal, this work really looks sweet =)

Shark.. I might have good news for you.

This is the first official demo of the game:

http://highwaydog.funpic.de/Claimed.zip

Too bad it's written in GM, so MAC users (like jal...) won't have a chance, I think... Anyway, for now it covers the first room - and it's likely that changes are being made; this is just to show the engine as well as a part of the story together with those great graphics. Enjoy.

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i suppose you can't use the key yet?

Guyz will add hallway one visuals sometime over the weekend. These will be re-usable views.

This is looking fantastic, well done guys, keep at it.

@Spriggan: You said it took up 1/4 of the 1024x768 screen - To this I'd like to say that I made it change your screen resolution for the game to 640x480, so that a window of 400x300 (which is the actual game window size) doesn't appear too small. Still, as the quarter of 640x480 is actually covered by a 320x240 field, it is indeed just a bit more than the quarter of the screen.

I agree with you that it appears quite tiny, still we need to look for a solution that also doesn't make the graphic artist (jalonso here) draw too much.. If you look at the map suggestion before, I guess you know that it is already now much work - as it is only one person drawing the screens.

I would have set the screen res to 800x600 and then scaling the game up to its double width and height, still GM decides then to interpolate the colors between each pixel - and I doubt that you as pixel artists would like to see that. Even I do not quite like this look as it appears less nostalgic... let's see if we have another choice.

Still, I don't see a problem with the window option. I guess I will just add new commands like "OPTION WINDOW" to change, but then I think I have to disable the screen res change. I will not implement it, so in the next release you'll have that.

Did anyone already find the easter egg? (=

EDIT: ok, I just programmed that window part now (no, you can't play yet ^^), I've made it to use full scaling when in full screen mode, and use the original size of 400x300 in windowed mode.

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