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[Chaluul's Curse (Remake)]

Chaluul's Curse (Remake)

Available for: Windows, Linux & Mac

BIG THANX to Nahuel for testing and providing the mac image
And THANX to Eric Matyas for his awesome music tracks



Story:
Howard Carter, archaeologist and hobby detective, is asked for help by his friend and museum director
Dr. Horatio Neuenblad. It's about the secret of an ancient Knight Templar sword, which is said to have
a fatal curse on it. It's up to Howard Carter to try and solve the mystery of the cursed Templar sword.



Keys:

left-click	perform selected action (look, interact, use, talk)
right-click	cycle through available action mouse cursors
+ or = or Page Up	music volume up
- or Page Down	music volume down
F1	help screen
F2	text shadow on/off
F3	switch font
F5	save game
F7	load game
Escape	back to the game
CTRL-V	show version info
CTRL-Q	quit game

(this was just a small interim project, work on Mortville Manor still continues)

[Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest]

Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest



Download: Windows 3.5mb | Linux 6.5mb

Changelog:

• Note: savegames from previous versions should be compatible with v1.0.2.
• v1.0.2 changed: redraw hotspot area for magazines, making them easier to find
  (in the original game this 'hotspot' was quite small, so I improved it as I noticed several people were having a hard time finding it)
• v1.0.1 fixed: final score not correctly displayed in endscene

Story:
Grandad, who is rather old, has a habit of placing things in strange places and then forget where he has put them. One morning he wakes up and discovers
that there is a bit of a nip in the air. He decides that he'll need to put on his string vest but he can't remember where it is. You have to help grandad find it.
Guide grandad around his house, gather items, talk to people, solve puzzles and unlock doors while also trying to avoid certain deadly situations...



About:
Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest  was originally released in 1992, only for the Atari ST.
This remake is freeware and available for Windows and Linux.



Differences from the original:

• Point 'n Click mouse system instead of the original game's keyboard-only system
• Graphical inventory items instead of the original game's text-only list
• No more dead-ends (the original Atari ST game had a few)
• Extra animations and many extra responses
• No time limit anymore because grandads wheelchair's battery now can't run empty anymore (in the original game the player had to find and use a spare battery before the wheelchair's battery ran empty, otherwise it was game-over)

A HUGE thank you to the testers: Nahuel & Wiggy, they did an essential and amazing job! 

[Flashlight]

Officially a 'portable battery powered handheld electric lamp' is referred to as a Flashlight in the US while English-speaking countries seem to refer to it as a Torch.
This is odd, because I as a European living close to the UK location-wise (The Netherlands) refer to this as a flashlight. To me a torch is a burning stick.

I'm working on a game that has a 'portable battery powered handheld electric lamp' as item.
Question: what would be the best naming to use as players can be from any country: a flashlight or a torch?

[testers]

Looking for testers for the adventure game Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest.

Story:
Grandad and The Quest for The Holey Vest remake is an adventure game written in Adventure Game Studio. Grandad, who is rather old, has a habit of placing things in strange places and then forget where he has put them. One morning he wakes up and discovers that there is a bit of a nip in the air. He decides that he'll need to put on his string vest but he can't remember where it is. You have to help grandad find it. Guide grandad around his house, gather items, talk to people, solve puzzles and unlock doors.

Originally released in 1992 only for the Atari ST, this freeware remake is made for Windows and Linux.

Drop me a PM if interested.

[Mortville Manor remake]

Mortville Manor remake

This is a remake of the 1st-person-perspective adventure game from Lankhor (1987/1988).
Mortville Manor is the predecessor of the probably better known Maupiti Island (1990).


In this game you play a private investigator who's on a case in and around Mortville Manor.
You're there to investigate the death Julia Defranck, a childhood friend.


You conduct a detective investigation by wander through the manor, search around for clues and items,
have conversations with family members who live at the manor, and try to solve the case.


Some differences and similarities compared to the original version:

• dropdown action-menus in top of screen plus questioning system are changed into a modern style point 'n click system.
• no time limit, so no huries while playing
• original text-only player inventory accessible via action-menu is now an always visible graphical inventory
• play the game in Atari-ST, Amiga or DOS (EGA Mode) palette and switch between these 3 anytime during gameplay.
• player moves via always visible 'where to go' list' instead of via dropdown action-menu on top of screen
• persons present list is now graphical instead of textual
• better and much, much more textual responses when clicking on stuff
• original Amiga sound-fx included
• while the original had none, this remake features background music for almost every area, all created by Eric Matyas

Question family members:


The list of voice actors/actresses:

game character  |	voice actor/actress
Leo	Mandle
Julia	Canadian VA
Murielle	Leonie
Max	Dkobylarz
Guy	Durq
Luc	heltenjon
Bob	CaptainD
Pat	CaptainD
Ida	Deborah 'Dythlind' S.
Eva	Brenda

The game's 8 NPC's:



Attic scene in the 3 palettes:
Amiga:

Atari-ST:

Dos (EGA):

Don't know if this is done before and don't know
if someone like this but I think it's worth a try...
:

"Guess the movie title by the screenshot".
The first one who post the right title should post
a screenshot of another movie by choice.

This one is too easy: