Author: scanix

New Game Project: Unesroga

I have started a new game project (well, actually it has started at least a month ago…) called “Unesroga” (which might or might not have a hidden meaning).
The game is completely developed in Java.

This was inspired by the tabletop exit games and adventure games by Kosmos. And also by real escape rooms.

The gameplay is very much like in a normal adventure game including an inventory, but focused more on obscure puzzles and mechanics.

The very first idea was to add a notebook to it where you could write down your thoughts, draw something and also cut holes in it. This could then be used to cover parts of other scenes with the image in the notebook while matching it against stuff visible through those holes.
It should also be possible to take screenshots of parts of scenes to edit them in the notebook.

This feature is implemented and took a large portion of development time. It now contains a set of tools to write text and draw in different colors, an eraser, a scraping tool to create “holes” on the foil based pages (this way I could explain unconnected parts staying in place) and some tools to scale, rotate and move the page on screen.

Currently there are two rooms in the game where the first one has a locked door and the second one has a secret exit. Currently you wake up with the key in your pocket as the hiding place/puzzle for it is not yet designed. But the puzzle in the second room is complete and utilizes the notebook and several hints.

I am looking forward to the devastating feedback of the first beta testers… 😀

PS: The graphics are very rudimentary at the moment, but I am proud that I was able to focus on the important stuff instead of drawing nice stuff for hours. I also start to grow to like the “coder’s art”. ^-^

Reunion

You were a nobody, an urchin living in back alleys, struggling each day to get enough money to eat. So, when this stranger offered you 20 bucks just for a few hours of work on the graveyard, you immediately said yes.

You did not understand what you were doing, placing weird stuff on the ground, drawing circles, lighting candles. But then he sat down next to you and explained.

“Tonight”, he said with a mad grin on his face, “I will return my wife to life. We will finally be reunited again.”

When you saw the movement behind him, you ran as fast as you could. You did not turn around when the screaming began… or ended.

Only on the next day, in broad daylight, you returned to pick up his money and pocket watch. You also picked up an old tattered book. You could not read, but recognized some of the symbols you had drawn onto the ground.

Maybe someone else was interested in this? For a few bucks you would even help them set it up…

Caution: Low temperatures! Drool with care!

Hundreds of children are getting stuck in the woods at this time of year. Be cautious!

Just another silly idea. 🙂

And a test for AI models as most of them had lots of problems with this. This was the first image that remotely captured the idea behind it, that the child got stuck in a frozen puddle of its own drool.

The fact that the prompt says “comical man” is completely ignored as this model has a strong female tendency as most models have.

Here is another model trying its best, creating a cute image nonetheless. ^-^

Blow & Wash

Somehow an inflatable pink washing machine came up in chat at work and someone requested an AI image of it, so… here it is! 🙂

It was a bit tricky to get it to make the washing mashine look “rubbery” and inflatable and he would not give me a mouth piece like on a balloon, but otherwise it was one of the easier stuff to create. I’ve used my current favorite “Artsy Dream”.

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