New Experimental Game

An article by Aaron Reed (Author of Creating Interactive Fiction with Inform 7) wrote a cool game called Almost Goodbye. http://aaronareed.net/almost-goodbye/ Go pllay it.  Right now.  I'll wait.

<<Insert music here>>

Did you play the game?  It uses an interesting mechanic for creating content based on variables.

Anyway, it inspired me to start creating a game that uses a similar story framework (More things to do than there is time for.)  The project is currently named "Ghost Day".  You are an eight to ten year old that thinks they saw a  ghost in their room.  You go through the day investigating it.  Was the ghost real? Or just your imagination?

My son has created four variations of a piece of music for it.  I made a bunch of 3D rooms and FotoSketched them.

Can I get it out before January 31 to qualify for OneGameAMonth????

Susan

More Playing with Images

Look at me playing with Vue and Animated Gifs.

Characters from Manga Clip Art

Playing with Vue Pioneer!

Having announced that I am going to work on Kitten Crusade, I immediately start playing around with a new game.
And what goes better with a new game than new software!
I just found the free version of Vue 11:Pioneer http://www.cornucopia3d.com/products/vue/vue_11_pioneer/ and after a slow start I am making some pretty spiffy things:

And then the first thing I do with my lovely renders is to put them through a filter to make them look more painterly.

I like the 3D renders, but the painted ones blend better with the other art assets I have.

The sprites are courtesy of ComiPo!

Susan

Expressions are like potato chips...

You can never have just one!  I keep thinking of different mouths and eyes to add...

This is Tina, the Main character from Camp Renard.

Made using this tutorial in deviant art: http://careko.deviantart.com/art/Facial-expression-condensed-158053744

Made in Easy Paint Tool Sai with the compiling done in Gimp.

I even found a script to export each layer as it's own png: http://registry.gimp.org/node/25394 Now I can mix and max programically in Ren'py!

Susan