Check it out: http://pc.mmgn.com/Articles/Han-Solo-Adventures-was-conceptualised-2

So here’s the deal, I started this thing around the fall of 2009. Then 2010 kinda went down the toilet for me in every conceivable way. 2011 was a huge breath of fresh air, but also my busiest year EVER. Lots of movie stuff, produced a flick, visual effects work, bla bla bla boring stuff, etc.

Meanwhile, we’ve seen amazing things in retro/adventure games over the last few months, with Tim Schafer scoring HUGE with Double Fine on Kickstarter, Al Lowe on his way to funding another Leisure Suit Larry game, Jane Jensen creating a whole new funding model for Pinkerton Road, not to mention other awesome designers coming out of the woodworks with projects like Wasteland 2 and the new Sherlock Holmes FMV mystery games. Seriously, if Activision gives Mark Crowe and Scott Murphy a break on licensing and they’re able to do another Space Quest, I think my head will explode.

So now, 2 and 1/2 years after starting this project, it’s time to put a bow on it and get this baby out there to Star Wars and PnC adventure fans who have been thirsting for the chance to play a Star Wars themed SCUMM-style game since the early 90′s just as I have!

I’ve done a LOT of work on game logic lately, working to tie all the various areas of the game together. After watching the way VinceTwelve works, I decided to power through and get the game completely playable from start to finish, then later go through and add detail in the the conversations and puzzles, and put in any necessary new graphics. The new plan is going great so far!

I’ll post another update soon, in the meantime be sure to follow my all new Twitter just for Han Solo Adventures: @hansadventures! I’ll be posting regular updates, screenshots, and eventually free download codes! (Just kidding. It’s a freeware game, silly!)

Also, bookmark my new YouTube channel just for HSA, with a spiffy new video showing our favorite smuggler tromping around in the Dune Sea! Whoopeeee!

See ya on the chronostream time jo… I mean, er, see ya around!

~Stacy D.

Hi Stacy,
been following your progress on the game for a while now and i must say, you’re doing an amazing job, i’m looking forward to see this little gem of a game completed and wanted to wish you all the best with it, anyway all good things come to those who wait, not all of us can complete the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs, lol, keep up the good work.
much respect
-Yak

So here’s my question to those of you who’ve read the new books: would you prefer my adventure game stick to Crispin’s canon like glue, or would you rather see a new take on Han’s formative years?  Just so you know, I have no intention of depicting anything that actually occurred in the novels.  I’m not making “The Paradise Snare: The Game.”  That would violate my definition of “fan fiction,” and cross more into some sort of “remake” category.  The game storyline will be original, the only question is should the story fit snugly into the Crispin novels, or does it really matter to anyone?

The reason I ask is, although it’s easy enough to accommodate the Corporate Sector history of the Brian Daley novels and details about Nar Shada from Dark Empire, the Crispin novels basically carpet his entire life and cover all the fun stuff so completely that it’s difficult to write around them.  Normally I’m sympathetic to the canon, but when we’re talking about a world where no one can seem to agree on whether this bounty hunter was killed inside the Pit of Carkoon, or that bounty hunter shot first, I figure what’s “canon” is up for debate.

I’m just sayin’.

Check it out on NewTeeVee!

They got a few things wrong, so here’s a quick errata: 1) I am using the AGS engine, not the actual SCUMM engine. Also, I’m a dude.

But other than that… thanks Play Magazine! You guys rock!