The Secret of Grisly Manor - sneak peek of my new game!

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  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @POLYGAMe: you can set the Max Speed attribute in the Actor.

    @Mike: Thanks! I'll give you a promo code. Your money's no good!
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    @firemaplegames I tried that... it seemed to just ruin the jumping.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    right... I forgot about that.

    Do you know how to use min/max in the expression editor?
    Using that will fix it for you.

    If not, start a new thread and I will post there.
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    No... no idea... I also toyed with using move behaviours with three for jump. One straight up, one up and left, one up and right. That could work too but a lot of mucking about...
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    When do you expect to have it done, Joe?

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

  • eaguirreeaguirre Member Posts: 89
    I like the ambience the graphics are projecting. Good luck! I made all my graphics with inkscape I may try photoshop ;)
  • beaudoin_nbeaudoin_n Member Posts: 184
    Vaguely remembers 7th guest... drueling... hoping this will be some remake ... or ....sh**t i just gave tons of developpers a good idea ;)
  • nulonulo Member Posts: 315
    remembered me 11th hour! that game was scary! 15 years ago... dang.
    there are some videos on youtube, check them out. its a great source of inspiration for your game.

    http://www.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/11thhour/images.html?tag=tabs;images
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @QS: I'm not sure.. A few more weeks? A month? Right now I'm plugging away at it. Inspiration / motivation always comes and goes. There's no pressure to get it done, so I'm going to make it as good as I can.

    @eaguirre: Thanks! If you can't afford Photoshop, I highly recommend Pixelmator. It can pretty much do anything that Photoshop can do for game graphics, and it's 1/10th the price.

    @beaudoin_n and nulo: Yes, I certainly remember the 7th Guest and its sequel, the 11th hour! Classics! The gameplay will be sort of similar. No video ghosts though!
  • izamizam Member, PRO Posts: 503
    Oh my goodness! That looks so good! Can't wait for the game to be released!
  • danayeldanayel Member Posts: 25
    This looks extremely sexy fmg. I can't wait to try it out.
  • JCFordJCFord Member Posts: 785
    @ firemaple - very nice, look forward to seeing it finished!
  • A3MGA3MG Member Posts: 152
    Nice work Joe!!!
  • mandancemandance Member Posts: 87
    My god, this looks great!
  • goku9001goku9001 Member Posts: 33
    Very impressive... well done! Very curious to see it on my iphone!
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    firemaplegames said:
    @QS: I'm not sure.. A few more weeks? A month? Right now I'm plugging away at it. Inspiration / motivation always comes and goes. There's no pressure to get it done, so I'm going to make it as good as I can.

    oh, I'm just asking so I don't release anything at the same time - would hate to have one of my games overshadowed by your masterpiece! :D

    And having no pressure to get something done is great, isn't it? ;)

    QS :D

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

  • VincenthVincenth Member Posts: 14
    Your little ass,
    Ive seen your picture on Google Pictures today. Also did you know something named Copyright law?

    You edited it an bit, but you lied in another post that it was with green grass and so on...
    Link to original picture: http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2004_12/haunted_house/haunted_house_big.jpg

    Thats so low, if i want i can report to them and problary get your game pulled.
  • quantumsheepquantumsheep Member Posts: 8,188
    Vincenth said:
    Your little ass,
    Ive seen your picture on Google Pictures today. Also did you know something named Copyright law?

    You edited it an bit, but you lied in another post that it was with green grass and so on...
    Link to original picture: http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2004_12/haunted_house/haunted_house_big.jpg

    Thats so low, if i want i can report to them and problary get your game pulled.

    I try and like most people.

    I really don't like you.

    FMG has already said that the house is based off a particular one.

    He's also provided a pic of said house. Fully owned up to it and said it's used a lot because it looks so damn spooky.

    Now, yes the source material may be the same. But you can see that there are differences (mainly in the angle that the house is featured at - also in the tree types).

    Please just stop.

    QS

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

  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    quantumsheep said:
    I try and like most people.

    I really don't like you.

    FMG has already said that the house is based off a particular one.

    He's also provided a pic of said house. Fully owned up to it and said it's used a lot because it looks so damn spooky.

    Now, yes the source material may be the same. But you can see that there are differences (mainly in the angle that the house is featured at - also in the tree types).

    Please just stop.

    QS

    AND HE'S USING ROYALTY FREE PHOTOS, FFS!!!!

    THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE MEANT FOR!!!!!!

    Sheesh.

    Go FMG! I wanna play it!! NOOOOOW!

    ;)
  • EastboundEastbound Member, BASIC Posts: 1,074
    Vincenth said:
    Your little ass,
    Ive seen your picture on Google Pictures today. Also did you know something named Copyright law?

    You edited it an bit, but you lied in another post that it was with green grass and so on...
    Link to original picture: http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2004_12/haunted_house/haunted_house_big.jpg

    Thats so low, if i want i can report to them and problary get your game pulled.

    Well that probably wasn't the best way to bring it up, but that is kinda weird.

    Is it common for that house to be shown with the front light on? (This is a serious question).

    Apparently this house is pretty common in point to click mystery junk right? I've only played one game in the genre, and that was ages ago.
  • JamesZeppelinJamesZeppelin Member Posts: 1,927
    Vincenth said:
    Your little ass,
    Ive seen your picture on Google Pictures today. Also did you know something named Copyright law?

    You edited it an bit, but you lied in another post that it was with green grass and so on...
    Link to original picture: http://features.cgsociety.org/stories/2004_12/haunted_house/haunted_house_big.jpg

    Thats so low, if i want i can report to them and problary get your game pulled.

    I know you are trying to be clever, I get it.

    But, from what i can tell you have two very similarly trained professional photoshop artists basing a PS painting off the same picture. The is an art to PS retouching and a lot of the skills are similar so of course two people touching up a picture would look the same.

    At first glance they do look similar but if you look the sky , trees, and all the surroundings are not the same. The style is the same but that's it.
    As far as the light on. It was probably just on in the picture they both used. I cant say though.

    FAIL
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    @Vincenth: yes, I am very aware of that image. It is from a haunted house digital painting tutorial here:

    http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=2634

    It is from 6 years ago. I followed that tutorial back then because I thought the final image was just fantastic. I love all of his work. I still use a lot of his techniques in my own work.

    That original picture I linked to IS the original photo I used. I wasn't trying to pull a fast one on you.

    It is just that the Carter mansion is SO perfect for haunted houses. It has almost become a cliche.

    It is used here in this game as well:
    http://img212.imageshack.us/i/r1aj8.jpg/

    A very popular game that has sold millions of copies...

    But I agree, it does look too similar. You have inspired me to remake it.
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    I have rebuilt the main menu graphic using a new house.
    The image is updated at the beginning of the thread.

    I'll probably rebuild it again at some point!

    Just so there's no confusion, it is based off of this photo here:
    http://www.istockphoto.com/stock-photo-98938-classic-american-home-victorian-mansion.php

    The original house I used is actually the Carson mansion, not Carter mansion. Apparently it is the most photographed Victorian house in America. Which is why you see it everywhere.

    This one will do the trick just as well though!
  • AfterBurnettAfterBurnett Member Posts: 3,474
    Nah, stick with the original! It looks awesome!
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Already rebuilt...
    I like the new house better anyway!
  • KamazarKamazar Member Posts: 287
    What everyone else said that included "omg", "wow", "I wanna play", "sexy", "send, "me", "completed", "file", "so", "that", "I", "might", " 'test' ", "it", "for", "you".
  • IntelligentDesignerIntelligentDesigner Member Posts: 517
    @FMG

    Just wondering, when will the "Grisly Manor" app be ready. This is the type of game I enjoy.
  • ShpintShpint Member Posts: 404
    I don't really care what type of game it is.
    EVERY GAMEs BY FIREMAPLEGAMES IS AWESOME!!!!!

    Prove me wrong :P
  • firemaplegamesfiremaplegames Member Posts: 3,211
    Thanks guys!

    i'm slogging away at the game...
    It's really a blast to work on!
    I'm hoping to have it done in a few weeks...

    There's a ton of content! I have about 200 sound effects and hundreds of images, so it's taking a little longer than expected. Plus I got married a few weeks ago, etc...!

    Here is a quick video of the title screen to whet your appetite!

    (there's an HD version of the video on YouTube if your connection can handle it. Just click the video.)

    Joe

  • synthesissynthesis Member Posts: 1,693
    Nice transitions FMG!!!
    Game Logo looks really good too!
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