Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw's new game! (1213 - first part now available)

mozza · Wed 28/12/2005 03:34:43

Yahtzee has been working his hands off at AGS and has produced a demo of his next game!
http://www.fullyramblomatic.com
It is on the home page.

What do you think of it?
IMO it is great idea and any game of Yahtzee's is worth a try.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Wed 28/12/2005 06:26:40

"Apparently, yes. And it was easier than I thought, so I quickly rustled up an engine. When I was happy with it, I started making a game. The game is entitled 1213, pronounced Twelve Thirteen, and it tells the story of an amnesiac who escapes from the cell in which he has remained for as long as he can remember to quest for the answers he seeks."

Hmmm...

esper · Wed 28/12/2005 07:49:19

Did you also catch the bit about CJ sucking many buttocks just previous to it? Apparently, our friendly neighborhood Yahtzee wanted to work on a game on Christmas day...

Gregjazz · Wed 28/12/2005 08:10:32

Now that was an awesome game. 8)

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Wed 28/12/2005 08:39:13

B...But he doesn't come to this neighborhood anymore.

Vince Twelve · Wed 28/12/2005 09:33:50

He named it after me and me + 1

Darth Mandarb · Wed 28/12/2005 11:15:43

Great stuff!

I have been playing a lot of Prince of Persia lately (downloaded a SNES emulator - the SNES version was awesome!) and was wondering if something like that'd be possible in AGS.

The keyboard responses were a little slow ... like crouching when the camera points at you. I found myself pushing the button in time, but the delay caused me to miss and the door would close.

Also, an option to run/sneak (like Prince of Persia) would be cool. I do like how you can't fall off ledges ... that was always stupid to me (in PoP).

Looking forward to the full game!

DoorKnobHandle · Wed 28/12/2005 11:30:38

Awesome, once again. I am sure this is gonna be just another amazing game coming from his hands.

I absolutely loved the details, the controls, everything.

Can't wait to play this one through in a day-and-night session with a friend like I did with 5 and 7 days and galaxy of fantabolous wonderment.

Ubel · Wed 28/12/2005 12:30:57

Yeah, I enjoyed Prince of Persia and this one had a very similiar feel in it. The animations were awesome and the music very atmospheric. I simply love it.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Wed 28/12/2005 14:32:32

Just wait, Darth...I promise an oldskool platform extravaganza (when/if CJ implements more loops)!

Darth Mandarb · Wed 28/12/2005 18:53:26

Quote from: ProgZmax on Wed 28/12/2005 14:32:32Just wait, Darth...I promise an oldskool platform extravaganza (when/if CJ implements more loops)!

I tingle with anticipation!!

Tom S. Fox · Wed 28/12/2005 19:59:15

Great stuff!
Reminds me in "Another World".
Okay, I never played "Another World", but I read about it.

...whatever, I'm looking forward for the full version!Ã,Â :o

magintz · Thu 29/12/2005 11:06:59

ProgZmax - I thought it had a very similar story to another recent AGS game ^_^

It looks like it has the potential to be a good game, i'd think it would work better if it had more free flow to it, rather than having to stop to jump etc... if you could just press space while moving and he does a running jum or something, i think that would work better than standing still, then press space.

edmundito · Thu 29/12/2005 18:50:19

Great stuff?

The game was very mechanical and stiff, starting with a boring tutorial, mimicking the scene from ProgZMax's Mind's Eye intro. Not to mention that it's pretty much a photocopy of Prince of Persia...

Ubel · Thu 29/12/2005 19:04:39

Quote from: Edmundo on Thu 29/12/2005 18:50:19
Not to mention that it's pretty much a photocopy of Prince of Persia...

Well, isn't that a reason enough for it to be great? For an AGS game that is...

m0ds · Thu 29/12/2005 23:40:55

Just wanted you to know that Yahtzee has just informed me that EPISODE 1 is now available!! Awesome!! Get playing

http://www.fullyramblomatic.com/1213/

PS - thanks for making me aware of the demo, I had a little go and it was great! So onto better things now, like episode 1

Tom S. Fox · Fri 30/12/2005 19:06:14

Quote from: Edmundo on Thu 29/12/2005 18:50:19
Great stuff? The game was very mechanical and stiff, starting with a boring tutorial, mimicking the scene from ProgZMax's Mind's Eye intro. Not to mention that it's pretty much a photocopy of Prince of Persia...

Oh, you're just jealously!

Huw Dawson · Sat 31/12/2005 09:22:45

This game is typical Yahtzee. Disturbed people, an unknown enemy and LOTS of blood mark out a pretty darn tense game. This game echoes Yahtzee's 5 day's series, and capitalises on it. Think 5-days added to Prince of Persia and then blitzed in a food blender.

I'd like to comment on the plot, but...

Spoiler

I'm up to the bit when your in the gymnasium and picking up the item... I "freaked out" as my brother put it when the guy's head appears on the tv and shut off the game... I'm a wimp... I'm convinced that the mutated guy is going to jump out from behind the sofa at ANY minute!

[close]

Meh
- Huw

esper · Sun 01/01/2006 06:30:49

KAAAAAHHHHHHNNNNN!!!!!

Um...

I mean....

YAHTZEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

I have been wanting to make a game like Out of This World (why do people keep calling it "another world?") for years, but I could never find an engine that could do it up right. Now Yahtzee takes and uses AGS to do it, of all things! Curse you and your glory, Yahtz, and you aren't even on these forums anymore! So I can't send you a PM that says

*Esper kicks you OMGLOLROFL!!11!!!1

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Sun 01/01/2006 08:58:08

Another World was the European release title. Yahtzee's rendition isn't very true to the gameplay in Flashback or OotW, really (if you press a key in the demo you can see he's relying almost entirely on regions for everything and the jumping is fiddly and unnatural). Go code it yourself, Esper. It's not that difficult in AGS to make a basic platformer.

Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw's new game! (1213 - first part now available)

m0ds