[recent news]
February
27th, 2003
Old
news but still interesting - "That Night Before" was
given the TDC
Gold Mine Award a while back. TDC (The Daily Click) award
this to TNB as one of the best games in the archives! So if
you still haven't played Scurvyliver Entertainment's classic
'point n click' adventure go download it
now!!!
January 28th , 2004
Let's Make an adventure...
This is kind of random news, but currently in the Scurvyliver
Forums you can take part in our online adventure!
Simply contribute one line to the building story - and be as
creative as you like! Hopefully this can involve as many members
possible - and churn out something funny! So go POST
now!
The second page of "Scurvyliver
Behind the Scenes" has been released. Here you
can get a glimpse of concept art, deleted scenes and other ideas
concieved during the planning of Scurvyliver Entertainment's
previous games. If you haven't seen Page
One is up, and now you can view Page
Two!
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January 13th , 2004:
The second page of "Scurvyliver
Behind the Scenes" has been released. Here you
can get a glimpse of concept art, deleted scenes and other ideas
concieved during the planning of Scurvyliver Entertainment's
previous games. If you haven't seen Page
One is up, and now you can view Page
Two!
January
6th , 2004: New update
Well here is the first major update of the new year. For your
viewing pleasure, a new section called "Scurvyliver
Behind the Scenes" has been launched. Here you
can get a glimpse of concept art, deleted scenes and other ideas
concieved during the planning of Scurvyliver Entertainment's
previous games. Page One is now up, and more will follow next
week, so check
it out!
November 23rd , 2003
Yet Another slow news week. Though, expect some more official
news over the next couple of months on what's happening at Scurvyliver
Entertainment. Since the release of TNB - it's been a bit quiet
around here, but hopefully you will hear some news soon that
will change all that. Patience is the key... hehe
November 12th ,
2003
Good news, a new forum (no adds, more
functional!) has now been setup for this site. These forums should make
life a lot easier so go check them out now! If you
registered in the old forums, you will need to re-register, but trust
me, its very much worth it! Cheers to Broomie for his great work!
November 4th
, 2003
Well they
may not be regular, but at 'least you can count on monthly updates
around here! And yes, this update actually contains some
substance!
The latest article by the mysterious 'Mr X' has now been
posted. So if you are a fan of his unique and random ramblings check it
out now. And if you have never read an article by him before.... be
warned, but enjoy :) Mr X's Views on Fan Fiction.
The latest
Ask Scurvy Question is also now up. Check it out in the Scurvy Tutes section.
October 10,
2003
Hey all. Sorry for the lack of updates lately. Though not
much has been happening around Scurvyliver Entertainment, I have a few
updates that will be surfacing over the next couple of weeks. So no, We
are not dead just yet! :)
Until then, keep posting in the
forums!
August 23th ,
2003
A new feature of Scurvyliver Entertainment is now 'Ask
Scurvy'. If you have a question (game making, our games or anything)
send us a email here - and the questions will be answered
on the site for all to view.
[Ask
Scurvy]
The latest (and first) question submitted
for 'Ask Scurvy' was by Eddite N.
Q:Are you guys
going to make anymore games and what about game x did stop making or
what?
A: At the moment we have several ideas
in development. However time is the crucial thing that is stopping us
from developing them further at the moment. I can assure you,
Scurvyliver Entertainment will continue delivering free, quality games.
Game X is another tricky one. Progress has been temporarily put on hold,
but the game has not been terminated. Expect to see more towards the end
of the year.
August 13th ,
2003
Geeze it's been another slow month around Scurvyliver
Entertainment. Slow in relation to 'news' though there has been a strong
influx of of new people to the site. For those of you who are new, feel
free to have a look through the site - and importantly check out the
popular 'That Night Before' adventure! Be sure to drop into the forums
here as we love to hear from new
members!
For those of you who want to develop a game of your own,
be sure to check out the tutorial section for all your gaming-making
hints and tools. A new feature of Scurvyliver Entertainment is now 'Ask
Scurvy'. If you have a question (game making, our games or anything)
send us a email here - and the questions will be answered
on the site for all to view.
July 19th
, 2003
Just in case
you hadn't noticed, all the downloads have been back online for a couple
of weeks now. So if you haven't played TNB go download now! And if you
need help, the walkthroughs can also be downloaded under help!
Speaking of TNB, I stumbled across
this really neat /kind review of the game over at "The Review Zone". To
check it out(and you should), click here.
April 15th ,
2003
Scurvyliver Entertainment is proud to annouce it claimed
two of the "2003 TNC Game Awards" for last years release
of 'That Night Before'.
The two awards were
in the catergories of 'Best Story' and the highly competitive field of
'Best Puzzles'. You can check out the awards for TNB and the other
winners here.
ALSO, make sure you check out Mr
X's third and latest article. It's titled 'The Final Ascendance - now in 3D' and you
could find it very insightful....or disturbing...whatever makes you
happy!
April 1st ,
2003
A guy named Fernando emailed me recently about a new game
he's released based around the old Lucasart classics. It's called
'MANIAC JACKSON AND THE MOONWALKING MINDBENDERS' and has a striking
resemblance to the classic "Maniac Mansion" game.
"It
features dozens of gags about Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken, and it's
about Michael Jackson's life!!"
If you're a fan of the
'ye-old' classics you should check it out here. Or download it directly from here!
A NEW and yet again
puzzlingly-random article has been submitted by the mysterious author Mr
X. This one is about mobile phones and should give you a bit of a
chuckle. Check it out here! If you too want to submit an article, email me today!
March 16th,
2003
A NEW and yet again puzzlingly-random article has been
submitted by the mysterious author Mr X. This one is about mobile phones
and should give you a bit of a chuckle. Check it out here! If you too want to submit an article, email me today!
January 26th,
2003
A new tutorial has been added to the "Scurvy tutes"
section. For those who are interested in making your own game and need
some information on a save/load system - check it out here!
For users of this site,
Scurvyliver Entertainment is now offering you a chance to 'voice' your
opinions! If you have anything you want to get off your chest related to
amateur gaming/adventure games/how to make games or whatever - we can
publish your article right here for the world to see! Just email me here.
The Scurvyliver Entertainment Tutorial section is also available for
questions about game making. So if you have a specific question that you
need solving, email me here and I can answer you as soon as
possible.
If you haven't checked out the *new* Scurvyliver
Entertainment forum, I suggest you go join up! It's free, easy to use
and a bit more organised then the previous one. So now's a good time to
go post!
January
19 th, 2003
For users of this
site, Scurvyliver Entertainment is now offering you a chance to 'voice'
your opinions! If you have anything you want to get off your chest
related to amateur gaming/adventure games/how to make games or whatever
- we can publish your article right here for the world to see! Just
email me here.
The Scurvyliver Entertainment Tutorial section is also available for
questions about game making. So if you have a specific question that you
need solving, email me here and I can answer you as soon as
possible.
If you haven't checked out the *new* Scurvyliver
Entertainment forum, I suggest you go join up! It's free, easy to use
and a bit more organised then the previous one. So now's a good time to
go post!
January 13
th, 2003
Wow it's
already 2003 and it almost feels like a year has passed since the last
update! *Note: It's actually only been about a
month...
If you haven't checked out the *new* Scurvyliver
Entertainment forum, I suggest you go join up! It's free, easy to use
and a bit more organised then the previous one. So now's a good time to
go post!
December 8th,
2002
TNB Act 4
has been released for just over a month now and so far feedback has been
great! In fact Act 4 won The Daily Click Game of the
week a few weeks back. Thanks to those who voted for it.
You can
download the game right [ HERE ] and be sure to send me your feedback
:) A walkthrough is now also available under the help section.
October 26th
, 2002 - ACT 4 IS HERE!
Today is
the day! Scurvyliver Entertainment is proud to release "That Night
Before - Act 4". After nearly a year after act 3 was released, the final
chapter of this game is now available for download!
Act 4 is the
biggest of all chapters and should provide a good couple of hours of
game play(Note: It took me 1 and a half hours last night playing the
game straight through.)
So if you're in the mood for a good
old-fashioned graphic adventure with humour, a twisty-story and
'explosive' ending, then this is for you! Oh, and make sure you sit
through the end credits for the added bonus scenes...
Download
the game right [ HERE ] and be sure to send me your feedback
so I know if you loved or hated it! :) This is the first release, so if
the game has any bugs, please report them immediately to scurvyliver@hotmail.com, Thanks!
October 17th
, 2002
I may rue
the day on this news post, but this time I'm announcing the final TNB
release date. Yes due to several circumstances (work mainly, yes I don't
make games for a living) Act 4 has been pushed back to next week. This
should be a definite! Infact TNB has been finished for a couple of weeks
now, it's just lacking some music which has been causing such a
delay.
So hang on to your hats, as next week is final*(music or
no music!!!). *Note: PLEASE DO NOT KILL ME INCASE SOME UNFORSEEN
INCCIDENT HAPPENS...
OH, and if you can compose music(midi) tunes
very quickly, please email me now and you will be rewarded
greatly.
October 6th ,
2002
As the
pending release of TNB grows closer, Scurvyliver Entertainment would
like to introduce some of the 'behind the scenes' people who are working
on it. And to tell the truth, there are very few of them!
As you
may be aware, the music in the first few acts of TNB was a
collabatoration of various music pieces by several different artists.
This time around, Act 4 will feature a more original soundtrack composed
by the very talented Mark Lovegrove.
If you're familiar with Screen7 Entertainment, you will know what I'm
talking about. Not only is he behind the production of several upcoming
games, he has also produced a collection of very good music scores. So
special thanks goes out to him!
September
29th , 2002
As this
month comes to a close there is some good and bad news. The bad, I went
away for a week and now the release of TNB has been pushed back to early october. The
good? TNB is nearly finished and from all reports by
the testers, the game needs very little changes. So expect the game
within the first two weeks of October. Now's the time to sign-up to the
'Scurvyliver mailing list' to be informed first hand of its
release.
If you can't wait that long, a new screenshot was
released a few weeks ago here. And here's a few
snaps of my week away for anyone at all interested in 'my
world'.
This is the south
west of Western Australia. If for some reason you want to see more
full-sized images email me.
September 4th
, 2002
It's now
September and the good news is that the last installment of TNB is
nearing competition. Infact the majority of the gameplay is now complete
with the ending scenes now taking priority.
An early version of
the game will soon be left in the hands of the 'testers' and hopefully
the game should be available by the end of the month. Of course, to make
it available sooner is the main objective. If you can't wait that long,
a new screenshot was released last week here.
August 20th ,
2002
Progress is
slowly continuing on the latest(and last) act of 'That Night Before'. If
all goes to plan, the game should hopefully be released before the end
of September. In the meantime, a new screenshot has now been released
for those that can't wait. Though if you want to keep the 'mystery' of
the game in tact, don't CLICK HERE to view it. Yes, I took the liberty
of not revealing the image on the main page to prevent spoilers.
August 2nd ,
2002
In the last
news post you may of noticed mention of a possible guest star for Act 4
of 'That Night Before'. Well that guest star was intended to be that of
Dominic Armato (voice talent of Monkey Island's Guybrush Threepwood).
Unfortunately though, this plan will not be going
ahead.
Scurvyliver Entertainment did contact Dominic however, but
due to union contract issues he was forced to decline. "I appreciate the
offer, and I'd love to" he commented, "Union rules prevent me from
working on any job that isn't a union contract."
The fact that
the game was freeware didn't help the cause either. "if we're talking
about a voice sample for a game, even a freeware one, the rules are
pretty cut and dried. "
While this rules out possible voice work
for the actor, there is still a chance you may see him appear somewhere
in the game. Anyway, I just want to thank Dom for replying so quickly
and being such a great guy over the issue! Cheers!
July 1st,
2002
Ever wanted
to know some useless information about Scurvyliver Entertainment? Well
Fangames.co.uk recently conducted an interview revealing such details as
well as info on the past and upcoming projects. Check it out here if you really wish.
On other news,
Act 4 is making leaps and bounds in its development and some new
screenshots may be revealed soon. Plans to try 'rope' in a special guest
to make a cameo is also on the horizon, though nothing is concrete yet.
More in the coming weeks...
June 25th ,
2002
Two new
screenshots are available for the new 3d project "Game-X". Click on the image below to view
them. A runable 'teaser' for this game is also on its way very
shortly.
On
other news, The "That Night Before archive" has now been released. While
this package doesn't consist of anything new, now you can download all
chapters of the game (and a bonus demo of act 4) in one easy zip file.
Download it now (4.9megs).
May 19th ,
2002
Act 4 of
Scurvyliver Entertainment's latest game "That Night Before", looks to be around a month
and a bit away from being released.
This estimate is likely to
change depending on how progress continues, but so far the game is
coming along nicely.The reason for delay? The game is quite large and
involves numerous new characters and locations that have to be created
from scratch.(see the news section for more act4 info).Time has also
proven to be something I haven't had much of, but I'm hoping to achieve
more over the coming month.
On other news, look out for more
screenshots of the new 3d project "Game-X" to be released very soon...
April 28th ,
2002: Act 4 update
It's been a
while for news on Scurvyliver Entertainment's latest game "That Night Before", so here is some info on
the upcoming chapter.
Currently progress is slow, but expect the game to be longer then
any of the previous chapters - and much more complex.
The game
will feature several completely new locations (over a dozen new areas to
examine), a bunch of new character to harass(with longer improved
conversations) and plenty of new puzzly-goodness!
On other news,
Scurvyliver Entertainment announced a new project, Game X. A screenshot
and a link for more information is below.
April 21th ,
2002
I don't
always report news on other peoples games, but I have
recieved information on a new Monkey Island fangame that looks very
interesting. Return to Monkey ![Just a glimpse]()
Island is an
unofficial game being developed by Revolution
Productions.
Creator Julien Fenech describes the game as Monkey
Island 4 "based upon the fans comments(likes and dislikes) of which the
Lucasarts version did not have." For more information on this game,
email Julien.
On other news, last week
Scurvyliver Entertainment announced a new project, Game X. A screenshot
and a link for more information is below.
April 11th ,
2002: More To Game X
Earlier
this week Scurvyliver Entertainment anounced "Game X" , the latest project
being developed that this company is involved in. To keep you in
suspense no further, more information and new screenshots have now been
released. To find out more, click here.
On other
news, a new Monkey Island based fangame is being developed (not by
Scurvyliver Entertainment) and from word so far, should be pretty good.
More information about this game will come very soon.
April 3rd ,
2002
A new poll
has been created about your favourite chapter of That Night Before. So be sure to vote as this
may help shape the format of the slowly progressing act 4! *note: If poll isn't working, please be patient*
On
other news, stay tuned to this site over the next few days as I will be
releasing information on an exciting (and all new) project! More to come
soon...
March 26th,
2002
So you
thought the Oscars were huge! 'No' I hear you all saying... but anyway,
now theres an awards ceremony for computer games! Thats right, voting
for the '1st Annual Fangames.co.uk Awards' is now
underway, and my game 'That Night Before' has been nominated in 4
catergories.
"Voting will carry on until 9PM(GMT) on Easter
Sunday at which point votes will be counted and the winners will be sent
a shiny award!"
So if you want to impress you're friends by
telling them you are part of a 'voting academy', go here and vote in catergories 1-3 and also 5.
[ this weeks link ]
Presenting
a new feature to this site, this section is to promote the 'little
guys'. Websites out there that just need a little exposure. You too can
nominate your site by emailing me!
This weeks link was sent in by
Gamez
Galore
(www.gamezgalore.co.uk).
March 19th,
2002
A new
tutorial answer is available for adventure game developers out there. It
provides information on how to change the look of the cursor in your
game using TGF, MMF etc. So check it out (and others) here.
Also, I promised someone I would
mention a link to their new website. It's called <RT Software> and
you can check it out here.
March 10th,
2002
Welcome to
the 'new look' Scurvyliver Entertainment. Personally I felt the old site
needed a revamping - being just over a year old. The design hopefully
looks a bit more polished then before, and now reflects the blue and
white colours of the original Scurvyliver logo.
If you have any
comments, feel free to share them in the forum or by email.
February 18th, 2002
A new screenshot for the up-coming act 4 has
now been released (see below). In this chapter, Roy finds himself an
unwilling participant in a good old fashion treasure hunt! Well kind
of...
Progress on the new Act is coming along slowly and will not
likely be available until at least a month. However, you can expect all
new locations, characters and even more mind-bending puzzles! If you
can't wait that long, a demo is available here
if you haven't played it.
On other news, That Night Before has been nominated for Game of
the Week over at The
Daily Click. Feel free to vote for it if you wish.
February 13th, 2002
Whoo hoo! My normal server at Adventure Developer appears to be
back! This should mean no more downtime, and no more geocities. The
address is http://scurvy.adventuredeveloper.com/
Or just use www.scurvyliver.com.
Anyway, I found a cool web site last week. It's called The Daily Click and
features a huge collection of amateur developed games. In fact, 'That
Night Before' received over 200 downloads after only 4 days of
submitting it! Cheers!
Next week: A new screenshot & details on act 4
January 18th, 2002: DEMO!
Well, due to popular demand, a demo is now available for the
up-coming act 4 of That Night
Before!!
The demo consists of the opening cutscene, as well as a couple of
rooms and puzzles. However, it's only a demo - so it's not fully
complete, but still very playable!
->
DOWNLOAD ACT 4 DEMO <- (500k)
Enjoy - and remember to give your feedback to me via my email or the forum!
Cheers!
January 16th, 2002
There were a few rumours this week that 'act
4' of That
Night Before had been cancelled. Well I just want to confirm these
are not true - infact, a small demo of the game will be released very
soon!
The demo will consist of the opening cutscene, as well as a
couple of rooms and puzzles. It should be available to download within
the next week, so look out for
it!
