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Help wanted and offered / Help needed with puzzle design
« on: March 16, 2005, 12:59:02 PM »
Hi everyone,
I'm in need of help with puzzle design. Two colleagues of mine and I have been designing the story and feel of our game for the past 6 months, and have recently come to a point where we're all happy with the quality of the plot. Still, it would be very nice to have some fresh blood, especially now that it's all about creatively weaving interesting puzzles into the storyline.
Please PM me or email me at admin@dreamagination.org .
- STORY -
The project's name is 'Curse and Effect'. It's set in the 1930s and deals with a thief named Scott who gave up his profession in exchange for an ordinary job ever since his sister died and he was the only one left to care for his 8 year old niece Maxie. Still, the legend of his master thievery lives on. As a mysterious client approaches him to steal specific artifacts from a Mayan exhibition in a museum, Scott denies it numerous times... but since he is the only one qualified enough to break into this specific museum (he's done it before, after all), the client forces him to take the job by kidnapping his niece.
In shock and afraid to risk Maxie's life through his own rescue attempts, Scott actually complies and plans to break into the museum.
After avoiding numerous obstacles, he finds the required artifacts. But when one of them, a golden disc with a handle and ancient inscriptions, touches an electrical alarm cable by accident, it suddenly starts to glow and float in the air.
As Scott stares in wonder at what happens, someone beats him down from behind. The last thing Scott sees before he loses consciousness is the blurred image of a dark-haired woman who grabs the artifacts and then splits.
After Scott escapes from the museum and meets with his client, he is even more pressured to retrieve the artifacts. As he is beaten down again, he sees Maxie being shoved into a limousine where an elder man is waiting... seemingly the man who is behind the whole job.
So now Scott's job is to find the mysterious woman, retrieve the artifacts, find out about their origin and have his niece back in safety.
These are the first 2 of 10 chapters which will take the player to New York City, Spain, the Caribbean, South America and Hollywood.
There is a more complete project description available at http://www.dreamagination.org/index_eng.html.
Here are some concept sketches for the characters:
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_02.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/kelani_02.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/kelani_03.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/maxie01.png
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/yaeger_01.jpg
And 3D renderings of the main character:
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_wireframe.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_beard_toon.jpg
I'm in need of help with puzzle design. Two colleagues of mine and I have been designing the story and feel of our game for the past 6 months, and have recently come to a point where we're all happy with the quality of the plot. Still, it would be very nice to have some fresh blood, especially now that it's all about creatively weaving interesting puzzles into the storyline.
Please PM me or email me at admin@dreamagination.org .
- STORY -
The project's name is 'Curse and Effect'. It's set in the 1930s and deals with a thief named Scott who gave up his profession in exchange for an ordinary job ever since his sister died and he was the only one left to care for his 8 year old niece Maxie. Still, the legend of his master thievery lives on. As a mysterious client approaches him to steal specific artifacts from a Mayan exhibition in a museum, Scott denies it numerous times... but since he is the only one qualified enough to break into this specific museum (he's done it before, after all), the client forces him to take the job by kidnapping his niece.
In shock and afraid to risk Maxie's life through his own rescue attempts, Scott actually complies and plans to break into the museum.
After avoiding numerous obstacles, he finds the required artifacts. But when one of them, a golden disc with a handle and ancient inscriptions, touches an electrical alarm cable by accident, it suddenly starts to glow and float in the air.
As Scott stares in wonder at what happens, someone beats him down from behind. The last thing Scott sees before he loses consciousness is the blurred image of a dark-haired woman who grabs the artifacts and then splits.
After Scott escapes from the museum and meets with his client, he is even more pressured to retrieve the artifacts. As he is beaten down again, he sees Maxie being shoved into a limousine where an elder man is waiting... seemingly the man who is behind the whole job.
So now Scott's job is to find the mysterious woman, retrieve the artifacts, find out about their origin and have his niece back in safety.
These are the first 2 of 10 chapters which will take the player to New York City, Spain, the Caribbean, South America and Hollywood.
There is a more complete project description available at http://www.dreamagination.org/index_eng.html.
Here are some concept sketches for the characters:
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_02.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/kelani_02.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/kelani_03.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/maxie01.png
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/yaeger_01.jpg
And 3D renderings of the main character:
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_wireframe.jpg
http://www.dreamagination.org/img/concepts/scott_beard_toon.jpg