Genre: Point-and-Click Adventure
Date: January-March 2009
Hardware: PC
Language: C# with XNA Game Studio v1.0
IDE: Visual Studio 2005/2008
Team: Justin Haimes, James McBride, Deborah Nethery
Pitch:
As the storm rages outside the empty mansion, our heroine awakes. She has no idea who she is, no idea where she is. With only your wits you must help her explore her surroundings, interpret her dreams and find the truth to her life. Step inside and discover the truth… found inside Dreams!
Story:
You play as Krystal, a girl who awakes in an attic of an old Victorian-style mansion without her memory and no way out. In order to recover her lost memories and escape, she must search for find items not only in reality, but within her subconscious dreams as well.
Main Features:
- Simple point-and-click interface
- Engaging mystery story
- Simple but fun puzzles
After-Thoughts...
Seeing as this was our first venture out into XNA, I'm still mildly impressed with what we could accomplish in less than 8 weeks. This was also our first of many small group development classes, but from it I found the strengths and weaknesses from being in a group. This was a big learning experience and a test our skill and patience.
There are many things we could improve upon with this game. From the small time period, we couldn't get text to work so we ended up using static images for each text box. This took up a lot of time and memory to do and since then I've learned to display text. We also would have done a better job in coding standards with inheritance. The way we designed each level could be improved greatly knowing what we know now, as well as the manager for the main game.
There are also things that I want to take away from this game for future development. One being how we pre-loaded images and used them. This technique worked great for pre-loaded images and it's good to have it on hand for later. I have to thank Deb and Prof. Sushil for that!
Deb and I look forward to improving upon this game after graduation, so stay tuned for updates!
Our official Wiki for it: http://suburbanbandit.pbworks.com/
Screen Shots:
Tag: Title Screen
Tag: Password Puzzle
Tag: Drag/Scramble Puzzle
Videos:
Coming soon
