Lots of boring coding going on in the background. Had to turn to some more cool creature artwork to uncross my eyes! (click to see it a little bigger!)

-s

Are there jawas about?

My apologies folks, it seems Kanye West managed to take over the site last night.  But never fear, I’ve driven him off with my can of extra strength Jackass Repellant!

Getting back to business, here’s another screenshot from a certain, rural trading post at the edge of the dune sea. (click to enlarge)

Just completed the primary Mos Eisley exterior screen, and let me tell ya, it is HUGE. HU-GE. Wow. I can’t wait to find ways to fill all these nooks and crannies with exciting stuff to do.

I’ve also hit on a really neat way to do another Tattooine city in a unique fashion, so it feels stylistically removed from Mos Eisley and you don’t get the feeling all these towns are running together. Not changing the city so much as the viewpoint. Should be a lot of fun to design.

-s

The game is now fully playable through the first major section, which encompasses a small hand full of screens, characters and puzzles, and comprises about the first 20% of the complete story for this first episode. All it needs is a little more graphics work and finishing touches. In the meantime, I’m onto section 2!

-s

I recently did an interview with Blog ‘Em Up.  However, it’s all in Swedish, so I’ve posted the English version below.  Thanks to the guys at Blog ‘Em Up for the interview!

How, when and why did you spawn the idea of making a star wars game using the scumm interface?

I think I was about 16 when I got into graphical adventures.  I was already a fan of Infocom text adventures from my days on the TI-994A and Commodore 64, but I’ll never forget the day my friend Gil introduced me to Space Quest IV on his PC.  I had just bought my first PC, a 286 with VGA graphics, and I quickly got Space Quest III and IV and King’s Quest V, and I was in a whole new world.  I remember seeing The Secret of Monkey Island on a screen at Babbage’s, and I couldn’t wait to get it, too.  Soon, I also had Monkey Island 2, Day of the Tentacle, Fate of Atlantis, the Kyrandia trilogy, Police Quest 3, King’s Quest VI, Quest for Glory III and IV, Conquest of Camelot, Dragonsphere, Rex Nebular, The Dig, Full Throttle, I had to get a job at Software, Etc. to keep up with my “habbit.”  But very early on, before Fate of Atlantis even came out, I remember thinking “gee, I wish they would make one of these in the Star Wars universe!”  I began designing my idea on paper, and in fact, the earliest sketches show Han standing next to docking bay 94 with an obviously Sierra style interface.  It wasn’t until MI and DOTT that I realized the flaw in my logic there.  After Fate of Atlantis came out, I think I whipped up a revised sketch with the SCUMM interface. Continue reading…

Lots of progress going on behind the scenes, just wanted to post another image for you guys!

Lots of walk animations today.  Really loving the way Han’s turning out though.  Some cool new stuff developing too, more on that soon…

Someone suggested I add a forum.  Never say I don’t listen to my peeps!

http://www.hansoloadventures.com/forum

Today, hansoloadventures.com jumped from around 1,300 visits to over 13,000!  Many thanks to Luke Plunkett at kotaku.com, his Han Solo post is up to nearly 30,000 views!

Also heard from Ron Gilbert, designer of Maniac Mansion and Monkey Island (quite an honor!), and he said something that just summed it all up for me:

I too would love to see the return of these games.  3D is fun and all, but sometimes it’s just 1D too many.

 

Ron

OK guys, I’m off to have some dinner and watch Empire Strikes Back (seriously!)

~Stacy Davidson