AGS Room Escape: The Garage!

DrewCCU · Tue 25/05/2010 16:33:49

You've probably all played at least one of the hundreds of room escape games out there. You know the simple point and click game where you get to be MacGyver and use your surroundings to escape an area (usually a room).

Well i've always liked most of these games so i wanted to give it a shot. So i've started work on AGS Escape Room: The Garage ... here are a FEW screen shots to give you an idea of the feel. I promise ... this will be unlike most room escape games you've played - but at the same time it will have all you love about those games.

arj0n · Tue 25/05/2010 18:07:13

*curious*

Snake · Tue 25/05/2010 23:52:39

Drew, where is the cursor and/or GUI? These need to be IN-GAME screenshots.

DrewCCU · Wed 26/05/2010 01:46:01

Quote from: Snake on Tue 25/05/2010 23:52:39
Drew, where is the cursor and/or GUI? These need to be IN-GAME screenshots.

well the only thing thats really missing is the cursor -which i havent designed yet (but its a cursor ... who doesn't know what that looks like?) ... the gui is hidden until mouseover. and i havent designed it yet hence why i don't have it shown ... this is a progress ... the game is not finished ... everythings not in place ... i just thoughtyou might would like to see what I do have ... if you want to see everything the game will have to offer then you should play the game ... once its released ... but if that were the case then this post would be in the AGS Completed Games thread.

also note - there are no characters to speak of - it is a first person style game ... so what u see is basically what u get in the game (minus the cursor as mentioned earlier).

Chicky · Wed 26/05/2010 12:35:39

Why the photo mashup? This would like nice if it was 3d $:-\$ Panorama module etc.

It is a very clean art style, i'll give you that. Is there any actual story?

cat · Wed 26/05/2010 13:07:12

Has noone of you ever played an escape the room game? Usually there is no story except "You have to escape the room". And there is no Gui (just an on screen inventory maybe) and you navigate in first person perspective around the room.

It looks very promising!

m0ds · Wed 26/05/2010 14:19:19

Looks good, Drew! I expect to tear my hair out over the solution...

Chicky · Wed 26/05/2010 18:15:43

Quote from: cat on Wed 26/05/2010 13:07:12
Has noone of you ever played an escape the room game? Usually there is no story except "You have to escape the room". And there is no Gui (just an on screen inventory maybe) and you navigate in first person perspective around the room.

It looks very promising!

Why follow the trend?

Fair play though, i like the textures you've got going drew.

DrewCCU · Thu 27/05/2010 01:19:26

Quote from: Chicky on Wed 26/05/2010 12:35:39
Why the photo mashup? This would like nice if it was 3d $:-\$ Panorama module etc.

It is a very clean art style, i'll give you that. Is there any actual story?

Quote from: Chicky on Wed 26/05/2010 18:15:43
Why follow the trend?

Fair play though, i like the textures you've got going drew.

It probably would look nice if it was 3d. But i currently don't do 3d work (however i'm planning on getting into it more in the future) so I did what i'm good at and what i wanted the game graphical style to look like.

WHy follow the trend? Why do people make Indiana Jones remakes, HG2G remakes, King's Quest remakes, Space Quest remakes, etc etc the list goes on. Remakes are a big part of entertainment whether it's video games, movies, tv shows, songs, you name it.

Now this isn't exactly a remake - but it's a game style. A popular online flash game style in particular (at least I thought it was pretty popular). But it's a style of games ... like RPGs, FPS, Action, Point-and-Click, etc ... this is a point and click style escape the room game.

I'm trying to make a point here but it's not coming across just right - lol. I guess what I'm trying to say is that if no one ever "followed the trend" then there would only be about 20-30 crappy games in the world for us to "enjoy".

The simple answer to your question is ... I like escape room games and i just wanted to make one of my own.

Is there a story? Kind of, but not an in-depth one ... it's basically (like cat said) you are stuck in a room and you have to use the things around you to figure out how to get out of that room. I'm going to try and give my game a bit of a horror feel too it ... the idea here is a crazy maniac has captured you and locked you in this garage where he plans to eventually return and kill you.

P.S. Thanks for your comment on the textures. I like the too

Quote from: Mods on Wed 26/05/2010 14:19:19
Looks good, Drew! I expect to tear my hair out over the solution...

I hope it's going to be entertaining and fun to play. That's my goal anyway - lol.

Bulbapuck · Fri 28/05/2010 02:34:51

I love these kinds of games, and this one looks awesome

Best of luck with it!

AGS Room Escape: The Garage!

m0ds