Standard "Introduce Yourself" Thread

[Da_Duke2000]

Duke here.

Well this little project is my brain child. I've seen many attempts at a LOOM sequel come and go over the years, some more polished than others. While I cannot guarantee a complete game with hours of entertainment, my immediate goal is to give the public a fresh LOOM experience that will take you back to the Age of the Great Guilds.

I hope a few of my artists and programmers may drop a line here in the next few days if they're interested, and we can get to know each other there.

There are no immediate time lines in place, nor is there a current playable demo ready for release. But, I promise that anything relevant will be posted on the board as a teaser, or as an official production release.

Contact: If you wish to contact me you can do so in the following ways.
1) Create a topic with your question. others may have the same question.
2) Message me on the board here, nice easy way to track communication.
3) Email, send me a direct email at [e-mail].
4) MSN, same addy as above .

On a personal note, I'm 25, and live in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. I keep thinking I'm the only Canadian into the adventure scene, not that I mind people from overseas at all .

[abisso]

Abisso, from Italy. Pleased to be here.

After a few adventure games developed by myself, a lot of unfinished projects and, most important, about three years of game-making inactivity, I decided to get back into business.

Duke was in need of help with a game of his (didn't know it was The Forge), and I offered.

I can code and help with the plot and the puzzle creation. We haven't yet decided which of these things I'll actually do in the game-making team.

There's not much more to say: I'm 25, and I study Computer Science at Pisa, Italy, just 20 minutes from Livorno, where I live.

[dracothuban]

Well I am Dracothuban. I am 27. I am in the army and I am from California, USA . I was first turned on to adventure games by Monkey Island. I saw a walkthrough in a Gamepro or something back in the day and I thought the insult swordfighting was hilarious. At that time I didn't have a computer so I had to wait until Monkey Island 4 to be able to play and I loved it. Since then my adventure game list includes all monkey islands, Loom (of course), the dig, all of the Mysts, runaway, Return to Mysterious Island, Keepsake, Secret Files: Tunguska, and Riddle of the sphinx. Those are all that i can remember . I love games in general and hope i can contribute something that seems like a great project thus far.

Oh btw i was tapped for this project because of a Let's Play series for loom on youtube. It can be found at www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=5F94D3B7FABF0361

[Da_Duke2000]

Welcome aboard. I hope you, along with the others, will be able to assist us with some nice contributions to the game.

[kaio]

I'm kaio, from Germany. I'm an adventure fan since I'm a kid. I'm currently the character designer for the Indiana Jones project "Crown of Solomon" and did some various other stuff in the past. I'm also coding a LOOM template for AGS, but I'm quite new to coding. I could help with graphics for characters, animations and backgrounds. LOOM always was my favourite adventure. I dreamed about being the director of a possible LOOM-movie all my life, but developing the sequel is better than this . Hello everyone, I'm excited to get it going!

[spellbreaker]

Hi there!

My Name is Nico, I'm living in Hamburg/Germany. I want to wish you the best for your Project. We are working on our own Loom-FanGame too, but completely different, we are continuing the Story of Bobbin instead of going the (original) way of Rusty Nailbender.

I like the retro-style of your project, mabye You'll come up with "fold" too?

I am doing the part of coding and scripting, we are using the Wintermute Engine for our Game, which is 1280x800 hires.


Sincerly,

Spellbreaker
www.apeironstudios.com

[darkhorse286]

I'm David from Scotland. I've liked adventure games for several years now (mainly LucasArts games.)
I'm looking forward to seeing how this project turns out (by the looks of it so far, I'd say it looks to be good)

[Da_Duke2000]

Welcome aboard everyone. And yes indeed, if the demo is recieved well within the community, and demand is there. We will complete a full FORGE game, and definately continue on and make FOLD.

[sag]

SAG aka Shonen-Ai Guy.
I'm a total adventure game junkie that's been playing since he was like 8.
I'm in all probability going to be doing some background art for this game.
Add me on
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
to discuss anything.

or look me up as Shonen-Ai Guy on the AGS forums.
I'm new to LOOM but in love with it (thx duke).
Pleased to meet all.

[matt0]

Hey folks,

I'm Matt from England, I'm 29 and I'll be working on some backgrounds for the game.

I played a lot of the old Lucasarts games starting with Zak McKrakin and then moving onto Monkey Island 1+2, Fate Of Atlantis, Sam and Max etc.- never managed to finish any of them without guides though. Only played through Loom last year (and yeah, I had to use a guide at one point...). At the moment I'm stuck on the Dig, but haven't folded and looked at a guide yet...!

[abisso]

Welcome aboard Matt... I'm pleased to have you in the team, since I looked at some of your art at Pixeljoint: really really nice.

[patrikspacek]

My name is Patrik Spacek and I am in games developing since my 15. I am 31 now and I work for High Voltage Software / Illinois as 3D artist. I also made Monkey Island 1 remake couple years ago and I do voice overs as well. Latest games I was working on were The Conduit, Astroboy and Ironman 2 (in developing). I also make my own game for Mac and Iphone... you can check my website: patrikspacek.blogspot.com/

[viruswitch]

Hello!
I am Angelina 28 from Greece. I have been a great fan of Loom since I first played it back in the 90ies on an amiga 500 plus and was mostly impressed by its story. I also admire its author for it! If you need people to work on the texts I might be able to contribute.

I am actually a ballet teacher and I know Swan Lake almost by heart... I could recommend some scores to be used in the new game. That is, I hope you will use some original Tschaikovsky melodies!

[abisso]

Hi Angelina, and welcome to the boards. Enthusiasts and kind people are always welcome and since the music is a part of your life, I'd like to hear your suggestions! You can post everything that comes to your mind in the Random Ideas topic.

Γειά

[Da_Duke2000]

Yes! Welcome to both Patrik and Angelina. please contact any of the team members or Admins for questions, or if you feel you could contribute to the project.

[Daji]

Hello!
I am Daji, from France, long time great fan of the Lucasfilm games and the big pixel style, still seeking for a long time for a fan projet to continue the adventure of Bobbin. I find you with the forum of Indiana Jones FOY (great guys by the way)

Here my site, for doing some pixels on my time coeur.pour.choeur.free.fr/

[abisso]

Hi Daji! I'm glad that fan projects work also as a way to share interests and knowledge about other fan games! And I'm glad you found us! Pixel artists and Loom fans are always welcome here. I'm sure everyone will appreciate your contribution.

The only thing I must underline is that we're not following the adventures of Bobbin... we're following the story of Rusty and his struggle to banish Chaos from The Forge (TM)

Thanks, we'll contact you soon! In the meantime, feel free to take a tour of the boards, and ask about everything that comes to your mind. Bye

[Da_Duke2000]

Welcome Daji. Much of your art is impressive. I hope you find yourself at home here. If you would like to know more about the details of the project, please contact me directly and I'd be happy to share details of the storyline with you.

On a side note, I'll contact you independantly to see if there could be any contributions you could make to the project and the team. You'll hear from me soon.

Welcome!

[fnord]

Hey there, my name is César and I'm from Argentina.

Ijust wanted to say that I love the idea of a Loom sequel, and I hope you guys keep it up ^_^

I read on some other part of the board that you were looking for help, I'm not experienced at pixel art, but I can do decent digital art in general.

Here's a couple of Loom pics I did, I hope you like them:

[Da_Duke2000]

Welcome to the board! Those are two very nice pictures for sure. They've been saved onto my hard drive immediately. I would love to see your deviant art page if you have one, or other art you might have in general. I know for sure we could take advantage of your skills in some method if you would be willing to offer them.

Please send me a direct email at [e-mail], or add me to MSN at the same address. I'd love to hear from you directly.