Our Darkest Hour: a Call of Cthulhu Adventure, UPDATED DEMO available

The_Creep · Wed 26/04/2006 09:21:39

Thanks to everyone for the positive feedback, I've fixed some bugs and added some things, this is for all intents and purposes the final demo before the final game, although I will continue to post screenshots of Our Darkest Hours progress

http://www.stateofdecay.net/odh/Odh.rar

Our Darkest Hour tells the story of Derek, a reporter investigating the suicide of his brother and the occult occurences linked with it. you will learn spells, run the risk of becoming insane, and meet and greet several monsters out of HP Lovecrafts books. and of course, no Cthulhu story is complete without an evil cult in the background

- Story 100%
- graphics 35%
- puzzles 10%
- scripting 40%
- music/sound 50%

Hope you enjoy it

Darth Mandarb · Wed 26/04/2006 22:38:43

I have unlocked this ... please update the post with the proper information.

Candle · Wed 26/04/2006 23:00:17

Your welcome to use these.
Great game BTW

Secret Fawful · Thu 27/04/2006 00:15:17

Awesome game. I really love it.

Does he get to go outside the house in the full game?

The_Creep · Thu 27/04/2006 00:58:10

Yup, the entire game takes place on a small island so you'll get to explore a variety of locations, the ones currently in production are: a graveyard, a forest, ruins of a stone temple, and planned are an asylum, a church a library and more

Candle · Thu 27/04/2006 01:00:03

Really nice, can wait till it is done.

Ghormak · Thu 27/04/2006 01:31:34

I like how the major puzzle in this demo (opening the safe) is identical (well, slightly inferior even) to a puzzle by those "idiots" who made Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.

Also, when does this demo end? Am I supposed to get a "game over" message? Because I seem to have run out of things to do and nothing happens...

The_Creep · Thu 27/04/2006 01:34:48

Yeah, I did'nt put in an Completed the Demo screen, if you obtained the book, then you've pretty much done everything thats to be done (did you check the sofa?)

Hammerite · Thu 27/04/2006 07:49:50

i heard somewhere that the new call of cthulhu game was more of a fps-rpg (like deus ex or thief) with quite a few adventure bits, have you finished it?

The_Creep · Thu 27/04/2006 09:03:42

To be honest I have not, and yes Dark corners of the earth does have adventure "elements", but make no mistake, they seriosly botched on the genre, while creating the world and story far better than I ever could, they've made it a "console" game, this generally means, that the interest lies in shooting dodging and killing things, and while that is a relevent aspect of call of cthulhu it is NOT the central one, for me at least it is about investigation and forbidden knowledge, and trying to cope with that knowledge in a fragile state of mind. Dark Corners has a lot too recomend it, dont get me wrong, but it has a few things that bring it down as well.

Ubel · Thu 27/04/2006 09:26:40

Wow... This all seems very promising! I like the demo very much. Keep up the good work!

.Sklate. · Thu 27/04/2006 09:54:12

Just downloaded the demo.

For someone who hasn't played or heard of Call of Cthulhu nor the Darkest Hour, I'm rather intrigued with this game's storyline. The demo serves its purpose of drawing one to the story and game, and I do hope that the final game would really be able to tell the tale.

I must ask though, if you're basing this game off another, are the graphics ripped or something? And if they aren't, wouldn't there be some copyright issues especially if you're using trademark characters and stories from a knowned game? Not trying to be discouraging, but I've seen enough potentially great games all reduced to nothing or closed down due to copyright issues. :'(

Now on to the bugs

Spoiler

1. When in the studio in the basement, before I had even chipped off the wall, just looking at it made the character say " I have chipped away the wall and found a book under it " . You might want to fix that.

2. Reading the journal entry on the computer 5 times ALSO generated 5 entries into my notebook.

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Hope to see more!

Greyarea · Thu 27/04/2006 12:25:09

@.Sklate I think that Cthulhu is a creation of HP Lovecraft (1890-1937) and that there is some confusion (?) about who really ownes the copyrights to his work or if some of it is copyrighted.

The_Creep · Thu 27/04/2006 13:18:08

The story, characters and art are all mine

Call of Cthulhu is a roleplaying game, meaning they give you a rough universe, in which to set your games, the monsters, spells and General Lore belong to Chaosium Inc.

The world is based on the stories of HP Lovecraft, who I think either had no copyright to his work or its expired, because what Chaosium does'nt own, seems to be pubilcly available on the web.

.Sklate. · Thu 27/04/2006 13:54:17

If that's the case, then I must commend you for the excellent work you've done on the graphics and interface

The_Creep · Thu 27/04/2006 20:14:55

thank you

it does'nt hurt that I'm a graphic designer/3d animator by trade, but on the flip side you should see my scripting, it's abysmal

Mordalles · Thu 27/04/2006 20:55:55

3d animator by trade? really?

anyway, nice looking game. i like the gui.

buloght · Thu 27/04/2006 21:33:47

Looks swell! Plays lekka.

Afflict · Thu 27/04/2006 23:46:18

Hey there keep it up it really looks good thus far I am on the short list to play...

Kaelem Gaen · Fri 28/04/2006 00:47:09

Just played... The game looks nice... I love the graphics. Also what is the title of the book, I didn't get a chance to read the title.