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

Been seeing tons of posts all over the internet. Very exciting! Which reminds me, welcome German gamers! There are a whole lot of you. Wow.

Just to answer a few quick things I’ve seen here and there on the net:

Q: Are you going to finish this thing?

A: Yes! I am making progress fast, this is one of the most enjoyable endeavors I’ve ever take on, and I will most definitely finish it.

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Better watch your step, this place is a wretched hive of SCUMM™ and villainy!

Last week, I unveiled the first peek at my Han Solo adventure game as a clip for Star Wars Uncut, a fan project which featured the entire movie chopped up into 15-second segments and invited people to create their own unique clips, which will presumably culminate into a complete, unique version of the original Star Wars that changes completely every 15 seconds.  (I would love to watch this at the Alamo Draft House with a bucket of beer, but I digress)… Continue reading…