HALLOWE3N
My entry to the 3-Color Jam (#3CJam), where you had to create a "spooky" game that used no more than 3 colours (and yes, Black is a colour!). It is an attempt to make a short adventure game, based heavily on the movie "Halloween" by John Carpenter.
I created it for the PICO-8 virtual console, using my SCUMM-8 point & click adventure game engine.
For best results: turn the lights down and the sound up! :D
CONTROLS:
- Mouse is recommended
- (Arrows / Z / X - will also work)
Point & Click Primer:
- If never played a "Point+Click" adventure game before...
- Simply use the cursor and (left) click where you want the player to Walk To.
- To interact with objects, click on the Verb you wish to perform, then click on the object.
- For example, to Pick-up the Knife... simply click "PICK-UP" and then click on the "Knife" object in the scene.
- When hovering the cursor over objects, their default verb/action (if applicable) will be highlighted. In this case, you can simply Right-click on the object for the default verb/action to be performed.
CREDITS:
- Code, Art & Music (cover): Paul Nicholas (@Liquidream)
- Additional design by Hilda Nicholas.
- Original "Halloween" Music, Concept & Credit: John Carpenter
RELEASE HISTORY:
- v1.1:
- FIX: Issues with wardrobe doors
- FIX: Replaying intro when re-entering first room
- FIX: Display issue if user clicks after ending
- CHG: Now only offers hint once you've looked at a certain object.
- v1.0: Initial version
Download
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Halloween-mac.zip 1 MB
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Halloween-win.zip 866 kB
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Halloween-linux.zip 482 kB
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Development log
- Bugfixes and BINARIES! :DNov 02, 2017
Comments
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Oh! This was so lovely and engaging. Love, love the cut scenes and jump scare music.
Thank you very much for the kind words, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
This game is cool. The epic plot twist was the best part.
>Sees dead body in the street
"Oh what a shame but ok"
>Sees another body in the house
"OMG DED PPL!!!"
Not too bad of a game, bit clunky, but hey, not bad.
The twist was more funny to me than anything but whatever, did what you could.
Really fun! I was gonna say, hey you used that guy's cool SCUMM demo and then I remembered you were "that guy". :D :P
Great job on the scary cutscenes and music!
LOL! :D
Good to know you were prepared to fight my corner! ;-P
Well, you might wanna know that some a$$hat, called Liquidream, used said engine AGAIN to make another Point+Click adventure game that spanned TWO carts... the cheek of it, really! ;-P
https://gamejolt.com/games/code-8/340837
I really liked this. I wish I had found this back in October!
Hey, thanks a lot! :D
Glad you liked it (and its silly ending) ;o)
it was awsome
Oooh, spooky! :)
Thanks a lot! :D
Here's the video of this awesome game
OMG dude, this is awesome!
Without a doubt, the best (and funniest) videos anyone's ever made of one of my games.
Thank you for taking the time to put this together - you just made my day! :D
from,
A SAVAGE DUDE ;o)
THANKS AND I DID A VIDEO ON YOUR GAME BALLZ ARE LAVA
Fun, easy, and builds a bit of atmosphere. A nice and simple game for halloween. I enjoyed it quite a bit, I gotta say!
Thanks a lot for the nice feedback! :D
Heh, cool spooky stuff! Nice twist at the end.
Thanks a lot! :D
I did a video on it but Its a Halloween special and I'm still recording Horror games
Thanks a lot - look forward to seeing your video! :D
THX
This game was creepy
This was the spookiest game ! VERY well done :)
Thanks a lot Sean - really appreciate that! :D
Woah, the intro is amazing! I love the music and effects! The game looks and feels amazing! How did you implement those lower case letters? Using sprites?
Thanks for the kind words! :D
No, I'm using PICO-8's "secret" lowercase font.
Felice created a handy function to convert text to it here on the BBS ;-)
Huh, I knew about it, but did not know, how to use it, thanks :)