★★★ Heartless Robot: Adventure Similar To Grisly Manor ★★★

UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Started work on an adventure game in a similar mech to Joe's Grisly Manor.



I must say i never knew how complex these things were to make (hats off to Joe!) but i planned it well and I'm only using 1 actor for all the items and 1 actor for all the puzzles 1 actor for all the text...you get the idea :P

My girlfriend is a big fan of these types of games and has all the latest adventure games from bigfish so she's helping with some bits and bobs :P

Features:

Intelligent Inventory: slots will fill up from the left.

Multi item puzzles..collect screw, place screw, use wrench to screw down etc.

No load times when in the same area.

Lots of things to do like interactive puzzles (hidden object scenes or slider puzzle etc), text and text box, loads more scenes etc etc but it's certainly coming along great.

Darren.

Comments

  • creativeappscreativeapps Member Posts: 1,770
    wow amazing darren. when will you launch?
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Probably take at least 3 months...we want it to have a lot of replay value and be a pretty big game offering a good few hours game time.

    What your seeing there is only one unfinished scene and a days work.

    Darren.
  • PhoticsPhotics Member Posts: 4,172
    That's a very professional looking game.

    I don't think the templates are a good idea. Here's why...

    Out of the 2600 active members here, what if you got $20 from each of them?

    That's $52,000 — Nice money!

    Yet, it doesn't compare to the $70,000 Joe made with his game. It doesn't compare to the millions of dollars that a game like Angry Birds, Tiny Wings, Fruit Ninja or Cut the Rope can make.
  • SparkyidrSparkyidr Member Posts: 2,033
    Looking nice so far.
    Be interesting to see how you progress with this over the months

    good work fella.
  • butterbeanbutterbean Member Posts: 4,315
    Wow great work Darren, looks superb!
  • GamersRejoiceGamersRejoice Member Posts: 817
    Looking very nice! I can't wait to play this one.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    TheMoonwalls said:
    Also, as I said before, it is totally bad idea (for adventure games fans) to sell this great project as a template.

    Is this not true of *any* template?

    QS

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    quantumsheep said:
    Is this not true of *any* template?

    QS

    It could be, but I told that as a huge fan of point&click adventure games, and I saw what happend with other great templates - many people just submited them to AppStore with just a small changes, and I wouldn't like to see my favorite genre to be destroyed, by people wanting easy money.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    TheMoonwalls said:
    It could be, but I told that as a huge fan of point&click adventure games, and I saw what happend with other great templates - many people just submited them to AppStore with just a small changes, and I wouldn't like to see my favorite genre to be destroyed, by people wanting easy money.

    Oh I completely agree.

    Imagine if you loved ALL games ;)

    QS

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • IsabelleKIsabelleK Member, Sous Chef Posts: 2,807
    quantumsheep said:
    Oh I completely agree.

    Imagine if you loved ALL games ;)

    QS

    I don't even try to imagine that :)
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Well, let's concentrate on the positive.

    This game looks awesome! Already, in just one scene, it's looking like a lot of fun!

    Good luck with it Darren!

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • JeffreyShimaneJeffreyShimane Member Posts: 372
    Looks awesome! I had one question though...

    When you put the foot on the robot, it looked like you clicked on the robot's chest. Does the player not need to click on the specific area of the robot they want to attach something to?
  • LuckyLurcherLuckyLurcher Member Posts: 343
    Looks great! For some reason I'm reminded of 'Beneath a Steel Sky'.
  • InLikeFlynnInLikeFlynn Member Posts: 171
    That looks fantastic. I really like the art style.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    LuckyLurcher said:
    Looks great! For some reason I'm reminded of 'Beneath a Steel Sky'.

    For some reason I'm reminded of Bioshock! :O

    QS :D

    Dr. Sam Beckett never returned home...
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/Quantum_Sheep
    Web: https://quantumsheep.itch.io

  • JGary321JGary321 Member Posts: 1,246
    quantumsheep said:
    For some reason I'm reminded of Bioshock! :O

    QS :D

    Ditto!
  • cyplaycyplay Member Posts: 35
    Awesome beginning. Can't wait to see the finish product!
  • AppsRacKAppsRacK Member Posts: 346
    That is a really cool game. Cant wait to see it in action when its done. Good luck.
  • ozboybrianozboybrian PRO Posts: 2,102
    Looks fantastic mate, can't wait to see it on the App Store!

    I agree, don't make this one a Template dude you make so many good ones that should be games, as much as I love taking advantage of your Graphics I think it'd be better for the community you didn't release Templates with Graphics. But that's your call : )

    Awesome looking Game, GREAT Graphics.
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    jshimane said:
    Looks awesome! I had one question though...

    When you put the foot on the robot, it looked like you clicked on the robot's chest. Does the player not need to click on the specific area of the robot they want to attach something to?

    The robot is in 2 parts, head and body, you can select anywhere on the body then the pieces OR pieces then body to attach arms legs etc.

    Thanks for the feedback guys and I'm not sure about a template for this because it's a pretty complex beast and new users would struggle understanding it i think.

    Darren.
  • AppsRacKAppsRacK Member Posts: 346
    Actually i think most of the members here are already trying to reverse engineer it while watching the video. Kinda like figuring out how it ticks.

    This just shows that gamesalad can produce complex games. Now i just hope they fix some memory issues and GC capability.

    I'm actually wondering why GS cant free up memory when you destroy objects while in xcode it took only one word "release".
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    Worked on the save load today...there's alot to think about but...

    It will now save your game automatically (if you collect an item if you complete a puzzle etc).

    You will also restart from the room you were last in (not just the scene but the room on the scene) when you reboot your device.

    You can also carry items over to a new scene now.

    Getting the logic in has been a challenge but I'm enjoying it.

    Darren.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Looking quality mate, love the look of this :)
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  • crapscraps Member Posts: 353
    Darren - another great looking game.
    Can you share some insight into how you got such an awesome video made?
  • UtopianGamesUtopianGames Member Posts: 5,692
    The video was recorded with iShowU HD.

    Darren.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Hey Darren!

    Sorry, just saw this! It looks fantastic!

    And thanks for the props! Yeah, the game logic was difficult to plan out, but as with all these types of games, the most difficult thing is actually finishing them..

    They require so much artwork and time to build them, that I find it tough to stay motivated.

    Really looking forward to playing this one!!!
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