Official Thread, Little Laura : The Mystery
RUPAS
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Please comment, I want to do a perfect game, thanks
RUPAS
Member Posts: 823
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Makes a change to most of the point and click adventures that tend to use photo manipulation.
Looks good
I love your graphics (mainly because, I use hand-drawn graphics as well in my adventure games: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/the-moonwalls/id403228646 )
And that's great that you changed the title (now I like you even more - not just because, you liked my title idea, but because you deleted "The secret of (...)").
I wish you all the best with the game and future projects!
Second: @RKS, room escape is NOT a point&click adventure game, and point&click adventure game is NOT a room escape. It's like comparing Hidden Object game and point&click adventure game.
In room escape, you have just one or two rooms, so you need more backgrounds (in other way, the game will be too short and too simple), you can achive this by making a virtual room with 3D effect (see Stormy's template), and let player see every wall in this room.
Classic point&click adventure games doesn't need this, because it all depends on the way, the developer chose (see Monkey Island, 1112, The Secret of Grisly Manor, Machinarium etc.)
The interface is similar but I think every game point and clicks the interface are similar
I would bet that even Grisly Manor sales will increase because a player likes Little Laura.
IMITATION IS THE SINCEREST FORM OF FLATTERY.
To imitate someone is to pay the person a genuine compliment — often an unintended compliment.
All GS users - continue to make good games / apps and we and GS will be rewarded.
Don't totally rip someone off on purpose - that's just not playing nice!
1. http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=29419
2. http://gamesalad.com/forums/topic.php?id=30393
Do you think any normal user, would notice or even care?
Everyone's just on high alert cause of that other guy.
Also, don't worry about changing the layout. It's sensible, and easy to navigate, not a ripoff. To say you can't do that would be like telling someone not to put the coin slot at the top of a piggy bank because it's stealing the idea.
Keep making this game, and once it's done, release it, and reap in the rewards.
Asymptoteell
1. The Secret of Grisly Manor (Joe (FMG), made something unique - he managed to make a casual point&click adventure game (adventure games used to be a niche, hardcore games. And Joe changed it - he made an adventure for everyone) - and sold about paid 80000 copies.)
2. Shadow Doll/Lechuza/Escape from LaVille - three nice adventure games (but more hardcore than Joe's game) - as far as I know (from forums, devs, and ranks), they weren't a big success for their developers, and devs were disappointed with sales.
3. The Secret of Father Simons - cheap rip off of Grisly Manor, with many one star reviews - but it had nice sales for about a week (according to the developer - Arsen/Cardinal/SoftGamers), and then sales dropped (according to ranks).
4. The Train episode 01 and 02 (my games :P) - not casual at all, not simillar to any game, mentioned above - it's some kind of experiment. I didn't expect great sales, big money etc. - I'm happy with my "day job" (investor and broker), and it's just a hobby for me, so I'm happy with every sold game, and every nice review (on the forum/Facebook/AppStore). But my sales are much lower than Grisly Manor's. I think that I can compare sales of my game, to sales of Shadow Doll/Lechuza/Escape from LaVille.