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[Flop]

Where did you get all the pictures? I'm thinking of both the characters and the background. Did you find them on the internet or did you take them yourself?

[Stroggy]

As I said, some were stock images, others were taken by me.
I took pictures from inside the Hilton in Antwerp, The Rock (a keep in Antwerp near the river) and a lot of street shots of little streets in Antwerp, my goal was to put all these little streets together into a fictional little town situated near the German-Belgian border.
I'll see if I can find a picture of one of the streets.

The characters were quite difficult to obtain, most were carefully extracted from free stock pictures, for others I had to visit costume websites and hope they had some good examples (I think I got the priest from there) I don't think that is all too legal, but it was just a small free game I was designing, and if other free adventuregames could use sounds from Half Life (7days a skeptic) I figured I wasn't really doing any harm.

[Flop]

I have to say that I'm very impressed with those pictures, and in fact I think I might try to do a similar project, once I have some free time. I've always wanted to try to make a game, but have been discouraged by severy severe limitations on my drawing skills.

Also, that style of adventure game appeals immensely to me, as I'm of the opinion that many of the best adventure games ever were made by Legend, who used a similar style in most of their games (although mostly drawings instead of photos).

I have a friend who's a professional photographer. If I could convince him to help me out, I might be able to pull off a decent game. I already have a few basic plot ideas that I've toyed with in my head for years, but never really tried to seriously develop.

Thanks for that bit of encouragement. Hopefully something decent will come of it. :bye:

[Stroggy]

I always thought my style resembled that of Gabriel Knight II.
But I'm glad I convinced you to try your luck at it.



This is a retouch of a photo I took myself, it's of a famous street in Antwerp called the Cogels-Osylei, it is known for its spectacular jugendstil houses.

[Flop]

Yeah, I thought of GK2 as well, when I saw your pictures, but I'm assuming your game didn't include FMV.

Actually the houses on that street look a bit like the house my grandparents lived in, and they were from Antwerp. They died long ago, though, so my memory is a little hazy.

[Stroggy]

I was going to include small cinematics at the introduction of a new area later in the production... but I never got that far.