ralf
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Post by ralf on Feb 27, 2019 22:51:21 GMT
Hello people. I'm Rafal Miazga form Poland, some of you may know me from World of Spectrum or Spectrum Computing websites.
I decided to join this compo. Actually I had an unfinished game on my hard drive, gathering dust for a few years and the compo gave me motivation to finish it.
I wasn't sure till the last moment if I make it and if I make it on time. So I wasn't posting any previews here. But I did it. I was writing the last lines of code today 
It may have a few bugs that I'll deal with later but is generally playable from start to finish, I believe.
So have a look on Zx Larry. It's an adventure game and a remake of the famous Sierra game "Leisure Suit Larry":
And to fit it into compo rules let's call this a remake of this obcure Portugese remake of original Larry 
And yes, it's an adult game  I believe it's not against the rules here. But it's rather mild, you won't see explicit nudity there.
Get the game here:
Screenshot:
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You play with cursor. You select different options from menu and click directly on objects in location. It's a very classic interface, used in many games before.
You may use Caps Shift to move your cursor slower if required. Use fire+CapsShift to abort an action. Keyboard keys are QAOPM.
That's all. I'll try to write a proper instruction later. Now I just wanted to meet the deadline.
Have fun.
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Post by andrelunaleao on Feb 27, 2019 23:12:39 GMT
Brasilian, not portuguese... |
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Post by Admin on Feb 27, 2019 23:21:52 GMT
You made it on time! Super nice, Ralf! I see you even put music ingame! I think this is going to be a very inteteresting experience in the Spectrum |
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Post by cgonzalez on Feb 28, 2019 0:06:58 GMT
Nice Game! Very loyal to original !
A nice surprise...
Congrats
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Post by Supamax on Feb 28, 2019 0:47:59 GMT
A very nice game!
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Post by Supamax on Feb 28, 2019 0:54:11 GMT
A possible improvement:
implementing a slower starting cursor speed, with an accelerating movement as long as you keep the direction key pressed (similar to Windows mouse 'acceleration', selectable in the Control Panel).
As it is now, it's a little uncomfortable to press the Caps Shift key while operating a joystick.
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Post by jordi on Feb 28, 2019 9:40:10 GMT
OMG, impressive.
also I have to say that pressing caps doesn't let to do actions, so you have to release it.
But... would you release the engine? it might become something like AGD + ScumVM
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Post by abusimbel on Feb 28, 2019 10:24:30 GMT
Outstanding work Rafal! Verey clean interface and graphics! Congrats!
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Post by Beyker on Feb 28, 2019 11:59:35 GMT
La musica es una preciosidad!!! me encanta!!  ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The music is awesome! I love it!! |
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Post by Quickie on Feb 28, 2019 16:31:55 GMT
Thanks for creating such remake! I love it!
And as Beyker says: the music is amazing!
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ralf
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Post by ralf on Feb 28, 2019 22:09:51 GMT
Thanks for nice words people! Gracias por las buenas palabras gente! Music is not mine. It's some Russian tune from the 90, actually this one: zxart.ee/eng/authors/p/phantom-lord/i-b-s1/qid:153460/I don't have talent to make music. So when I write my game I browse old AY archives to find something proper. Actually it takes me even a few hours to dig through lots of unimpressive, generic tunes to find something nice. |
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Post by andrelunaleao on Feb 28, 2019 22:57:21 GMT
Hum... Must be doing something wrong, cannot get the pills... I guess it´s a bug, I´ve got the rope and the apple, but everytime I choose the rope, it selects the apple...
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Post by alessandro on Mar 2, 2019 19:12:49 GMT
Hi Ralf, I find the cursor to be too fast: it is difficult to interact with items/characters and especially to choose from the menu - I have to try 4-5 times to "land" with the cursor upon the correct option and this makes playing a chore. Slowing the cursor down would be a welcome change. Tried with keyboard and at least three different emulators.
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ralf
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Post by ralf on Mar 3, 2019 11:03:21 GMT
Hi Alessandro!
You can hold Caps Shift (it will be some Shift or Ctrl on PC keyboard if you use emulation) to slow down the cursor.
I got the feedback however that other people don't like that working with cursor too. So I'll probably make it slower and remove Caps Shift at all in later versions of the game.
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Post by Supamax on Mar 4, 2019 10:41:16 GMT
Yes, it could be an improvement :-).
As I suggested, you could implement a starting slow cursor speed, wich then increases/accelerates as long as you keep the direction key pressed (similar to Windows mouse 'acceleration', selectable in the Control Panel of the Microsoft operating systems).
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Post by kmuland on Mar 6, 2019 19:57:57 GMT
Fantastic game!!! Im used to interactive fiction games but this one is the next step!!! A GRAPHICAL ADVENTURE FOR THE SPECTRUM!!! Thanks a lot for it!!! Im enjoying the game a lot. More welcome!!!! Indiana Jones, monkey island, day of tentacle... which one will be next? About the cursor movement.. for me it is perfect if you use the mouse with an emulator like unrealspeccy |
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Post by gabrieleamore on Mar 28, 2019 12:45:29 GMT
the game is too fast on spectaculator or Fuse...is there a way to slow down the movement of the target? i am having trouble selecting the options-..
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Post by abusimbel on Mar 29, 2019 14:11:32 GMT
Hi Gabriele, as Ralf said, you must press Shift or Ctrl while moving to slow down the cursor, hope this helps!
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I believe it's not against the rules here. But it's rather mild, you won't see explicit nudity there.
