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Showing posts with label the dark side of the moon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the dark side of the moon. Show all posts
Monday, 1 June 2020
Friday, 22 May 2020
Come to the DARK SIDE of Steam!
Captain Disaster in: The Dark Side of the Moon is now available on Steam - and completely FREE!
Well yes okay, it always was completely free, but I just wanted to make sure that you knew.
Well yes okay, it always was completely free, but I just wanted to make sure that you knew.
Friday, 1 May 2020
Captain Disaster in Steam - updated information
Well it turns out the my tentative release dates were slightly optimistic... now I'm looking at 29th May 2020 for Stomping Boots, hopefully, and for Dark Side... I'm not sure. I've come to realise that I really should update it to the latest version of AGS, and should probably use the opportunity to get some practice in of coding Steam Achievements. Obviously this means putting the release date back a bit, I'll have a think about it and post an update when I've come closer to a final decision on this.
But rest assured, but games WILL be coming to Steam! :-D
Tuesday, 21 April 2020
Tentative release dates
Tentative release dates for the Captain Disaster games on Steam:
Dark Side of the Moon - 1st or 8th May 2020
Death Has A Million Stomping Boots - 22nd May 2020
TBC...
Sunday, 19 April 2020
Captain Disaster coming to Steam at long last!
A long, long time ago, in this galaxy, Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots was released. Even longer ago than that, Captain Disaster in: The Dark Side of the Moon was released.
Now, after many moons have been and gone, both games will be coming to Steam!
More news soon...
Wednesday, 6 March 2019
Dark Side finally gets an "official" rating on the AGS boards!
Rated 3 /5 (the AGS ratings board are notoriously difficult to please! :-D Can't really argue with anything they say though anyway):
What can I say about Captain Disaster in the Dark Side of the Moon: Zany? Funny?....Typical CaptainD style that we have come to know and love...
This early episode, although quite old now and not as strong as the later stuff is still enjoyable enough to play. Overall I thought the game showed promise at the time of what was/is to come. A monster has been set lose.
Ratings from players:
Public Opinion
5 people have rated this game so far:
Visual: 76%
Immersion: 76%
Puzzles & Pacing: 88%
Overall Enjoyment: 80%
Immersion: 76%
Puzzles & Pacing: 88%
Overall Enjoyment: 80%
Thursday, 15 November 2018
Get them while they're half-price folks!
(Or, if you're too slow, get them at full price! ;-D Either works for me.)
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
E BY GUM! ebooks sale
The two Captain Disaster short stories "The Dark Side of the Moon" and "The Damaris Touch" will be half-price for the next couple of days.
Click here to enjoy their cheesy goodness!
Wednesday, 27 June 2018
The sale is dead... long live the sale!
One sale ends, another begins... well, actually 2 more begin.
I'm putting both of my ebooks on sale - they were cheap anyway but now they're even cheaper!
Captain Disaster: The Dark Side of the Moon is just 95 cents
Captain Disaster: The Damaris Touch is only 88 cents
These are both comedy scifi short stories featuring your favourite space-faring captain in PDF format, so can be read on any type of reader (or your desktop if you prefer).
I'm putting both of my ebooks on sale - they were cheap anyway but now they're even cheaper!
Captain Disaster: The Dark Side of the Moon is just 95 cents
Captain Disaster: The Damaris Touch is only 88 cents
These are both comedy scifi short stories featuring your favourite space-faring captain in PDF format, so can be read on any type of reader (or your desktop if you prefer).
Thursday, 31 May 2018
The Captain Disaster Treble bundle
You always wanted to get Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots along with 2 Captain Disaster ebooks, didn't you?
No? Oh... well, anyway if you change your mind, you can now do so at a knockdown price.
https://itch.io/s/11291/disaster-treble
No? Oh... well, anyway if you change your mind, you can now do so at a knockdown price.
https://itch.io/s/11291/disaster-treble
Monday, 21 May 2018
Now available on Itch.io - The Dark Side of the Moon (eBook)
Have you been feeling ashamed or depressed because you don't have a device that you could buy Captain Disaster: The Dark Side of the Moon for? Don't worry, that's perfectly understandable. However feel ashamed and depressed no longer, because it's now available as a PDF eBook on Itch.io - and slightly cheaper than the Kindle version!
The eBook costs $1.25 but if you're not sure whether you'll enjoy it, the first chapter is available as a free download.
The eBook costs $1.25 but if you're not sure whether you'll enjoy it, the first chapter is available as a free download.
Captain Disaster sleep-walks his way onto a moon with a terrible secret. Will he escape the danger, find help from the moon's inhabitants, and manage to endure the many dreadful puns, and manage to get back home?
This short story of 10.5K words is based on the point and click adventure game of the same name, but with a few differences thrown in to make things more interesting, and to include more character interaction. The humour never leaves the page but this is also a story with heart. Fans of classic science fiction books, movies, TV series etc will spot numerous references - some subtle, some less so - including Dr Who, Terrahawks, Star Trek and many others. There are several references that point and click adventure game fans will recognise too.
In summary, ideal readers of this ebook will be sci-fi fans who like a laugh, don't take things terribly seriously and ideally are also fans of the point and click genre.
This short story of 10.5K words is based on the point and click adventure game of the same name, but with a few differences thrown in to make things more interesting, and to include more character interaction. The humour never leaves the page but this is also a story with heart. Fans of classic science fiction books, movies, TV series etc will spot numerous references - some subtle, some less so - including Dr Who, Terrahawks, Star Trek and many others. There are several references that point and click adventure game fans will recognise too.
In summary, ideal readers of this ebook will be sci-fi fans who like a laugh, don't take things terribly seriously and ideally are also fans of the point and click genre.
Click here to buy the eBook / download the free chapter.
Thursday, 22 March 2018
Join the Dark Side - or at least look at its trailer!
I'd never made a book / eBook trailer before so thought I'd give it a go! What do you think?
The eBook can be purchased for 99 pence or equivalent in local currency for Amazon Kindle.
The game upon which the story is based is free and gives you about 2-3 hours of solid adventure gaming:
The eBook can be purchased for 99 pence or equivalent in local currency for Amazon Kindle.
The game upon which the story is based is free and gives you about 2-3 hours of solid adventure gaming:
Friday, 16 March 2018
Join the Dark Side - we have free eBooks!
Captain Disaster sleep-walks his way onto a moon with a terrible secret. Will he escape the danger, find help from the moon's inhabitants, and manage to endure the many dreadful puns, and manage to get back home?
This short story of 10.5K words is based on the point and click adventure game of the same name, but with a few differences thrown in to make things more interesting, and to include more character interaction. The humour never leaves the page but this is also a story with heart. Fans of classic science fiction books, movies, TV series etc will spot numerous references - some subtle, some less so - including Dr Who, Terrahawks, Star Trek and many others. There are several references that point and click adventure game fans will recognise too.
"five stars for the originality and humour"
"A short and humorous tale that fans of comedy sci-fi will certainly appreciate"
Captain Disaster in: The Dark Side of the Moon is FREE TODAY (16th March 2018)
Saturday, 6 January 2018
Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon - Walkthrough
Left-click = INTERACT, Right-click=LOOK
You can largely go through the game without using LOOK, but you will miss out on a lot of the jokes and storyline details if you do If you are finding all the walking around to be just too much, go to the options menu and speed up the game using the Game Speed Slider (though this will put some sound effects and wait functions out of sync).
This walkthrough shows you how to complete the game – but not how to get the achievements, and there is much more to do / explore in the game than is necessary to simply complete the game.
Walkthrough
1. GO south past the Totem Pole until you come to a Rubbish Bin
2. INTERACT with Rubbish Bin – you get a Used Ticket
3. GO southwest
4. INTERACT with spaceship – you get Sealant Spray and a Phaser
5. USE Sealant Spray with Used Ticket to create Ticket (Like New)
6. GO northeast until you reach the Monolith
7. USE the Ticket with the Monolith
8. USE Train
9. GO east to the Battle Site
10. INTERACT with the Battle Site – you get a Bjork Hand
11. Watch cut scene
12. Go southwest
13. LOOK at Huge Diamond
14. INTERACT with the Mining Rig just south of here
15. GO north
16. USE Train
17. GO west until you get to the Camper Van
18. INTERACT with the Camper Van
19. INTERACT with Duct Tape to pick it up
20. USE Enhancement Lens on Phaser to create Enhanced Phaser
21. USE Enhanced Phaser on Toolkit
22. INTERACT with Toolkit – you get Crowbar and Jump Leads
23. EXIT location
24. GO back to the Train, then USE the Crowbar on the Crate south of the Battle Site – the Interact with the Crate – to get the Hoverboard for a quicker way to move around – you can
also fly over the mountains)
25. GO west across the mountains past the Monkey Head but not as far as the Totem Pole, then go north until you get to the StarGate Controls
26. INTERACT with StarGate Controls
27. USE Crowbar on Panel
28. INTERACT with Dull Crystal to pick it up
29. EXIT location
30. GO south until you reach the Ice
31. When you walk on the ice you slide across to the other side – you need to knock the Ice Cube in the middle off the ice – you may need several attempts to do this (advise saving game prior to this because there is a very rare bug that can crash the game when you’re on the ice which we haven’t been able to isolate and fix)
32. USE Phaser on Ice Block – you receive Small Flying Saucer
33. USE Jump Leads on Dull Crystal
34. USE Dull Crystal with Jump Leads on Small Flying Saucer to create Active Flying Saucer
35. Use Duct Tape on Active Flying Saucer, and then USE that with Bjork Hand to create… a Flying Hand!
36. GO south then east and enter Hotel
37. Walk right
38. USE Flying Hand with Buttons
39. INTERACT with Lift
40. GO to First Floor
41. INTERACT with Megaphone to pick it up
42. USE Phaser on Beachball Alien – you get Small Cube
43. INTERACT with Lift
44. GO to Third Floor
45. Interact with Widget to pick it up
46. INTERACT with Lift
47. GO to Fourth Floor
48. INTERACT with bed – find StarGate Manual
49. INTERACT with Lift
50. GO to Ground Floor
51. USE Widget with Transmat
52. USE Transmat
53. INTERACT with third drawer in wardrobe to open it
54. LOOK at third drawer – you get Suspenders
55. USE Transmat
56. INTERACT with Floyd
57. Ask about Massive Diamond
58. Ask about repairing the diamond
59. EXIT dialogue
60. Watch cut scene
61. EXIT hotel
62. USE Cube in Slot
63. USE Megaphone on Crazy Diamond
64. Shout “SHINE ON”
65. Repeat two more times – the Crazy Diamond is now active
66. GO south to the Deep Chasm
67. Find the Outcrop near the tip of the chasm
68. USE the Suspenders on the Outcrop – CD will use them to enter the chasm, find an Energy Crystal, and come back up
69. GO back to StarGate Controls and INTERACT with them
70. USE the new Crystal in the Open Panel
71. Look at the StarGame Manual. On Page 79 you will see that there is a code to get the “Last Caller” SGIP – from the 12 o’clock 4 Apple logos, 4 Commodore logos. 4 Windows logos and 4 Atari logos. Left-clicking on the buttons rotates the icons forwards, Right-clicking rotates them backwards. Use the buttons to set the StarGate to these settings, then press the big orange Activation button.
72. You will see the icons change. Use the key in the StarGate Manual (Page 99) to see which symbols to swap round: 1 and 10, 2 and 14, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 11, 8 and 9, 12 and 16, 13 and 15. If you picked up the Digital Camera from on top of one of the wardrobes in the hotel, you can take a picture to remind you if you need to (but pen and paper works well here!). There’s no use trying to cheat by asking someone else what the final code is – it is set randomly each game. If the worst comes to the worst and you get mixed up, and you didn’t use the Digital Camera, you’ll have to perform the “Last Caller SGIP” step again.
73. Enjoy the closing cut scene and, if you feel like it, watch the credits roll!
You can largely go through the game without using LOOK, but you will miss out on a lot of the jokes and storyline details if you do If you are finding all the walking around to be just too much, go to the options menu and speed up the game using the Game Speed Slider (though this will put some sound effects and wait functions out of sync).
This walkthrough shows you how to complete the game – but not how to get the achievements, and there is much more to do / explore in the game than is necessary to simply complete the game.
Walkthrough
1. GO south past the Totem Pole until you come to a Rubbish Bin
2. INTERACT with Rubbish Bin – you get a Used Ticket
3. GO southwest
4. INTERACT with spaceship – you get Sealant Spray and a Phaser
5. USE Sealant Spray with Used Ticket to create Ticket (Like New)
6. GO northeast until you reach the Monolith
7. USE the Ticket with the Monolith
8. USE Train
9. GO east to the Battle Site
10. INTERACT with the Battle Site – you get a Bjork Hand
11. Watch cut scene
12. Go southwest
13. LOOK at Huge Diamond
14. INTERACT with the Mining Rig just south of here
15. GO north
16. USE Train
17. GO west until you get to the Camper Van
18. INTERACT with the Camper Van
19. INTERACT with Duct Tape to pick it up
20. USE Enhancement Lens on Phaser to create Enhanced Phaser
21. USE Enhanced Phaser on Toolkit
22. INTERACT with Toolkit – you get Crowbar and Jump Leads
23. EXIT location
24. GO back to the Train, then USE the Crowbar on the Crate south of the Battle Site – the Interact with the Crate – to get the Hoverboard for a quicker way to move around – you can
also fly over the mountains)
25. GO west across the mountains past the Monkey Head but not as far as the Totem Pole, then go north until you get to the StarGate Controls
26. INTERACT with StarGate Controls
27. USE Crowbar on Panel
28. INTERACT with Dull Crystal to pick it up
29. EXIT location
30. GO south until you reach the Ice
31. When you walk on the ice you slide across to the other side – you need to knock the Ice Cube in the middle off the ice – you may need several attempts to do this (advise saving game prior to this because there is a very rare bug that can crash the game when you’re on the ice which we haven’t been able to isolate and fix)
32. USE Phaser on Ice Block – you receive Small Flying Saucer
33. USE Jump Leads on Dull Crystal
34. USE Dull Crystal with Jump Leads on Small Flying Saucer to create Active Flying Saucer
35. Use Duct Tape on Active Flying Saucer, and then USE that with Bjork Hand to create… a Flying Hand!
36. GO south then east and enter Hotel
37. Walk right
38. USE Flying Hand with Buttons
39. INTERACT with Lift
40. GO to First Floor
41. INTERACT with Megaphone to pick it up
42. USE Phaser on Beachball Alien – you get Small Cube
43. INTERACT with Lift
44. GO to Third Floor
45. Interact with Widget to pick it up
46. INTERACT with Lift
47. GO to Fourth Floor
48. INTERACT with bed – find StarGate Manual
49. INTERACT with Lift
50. GO to Ground Floor
51. USE Widget with Transmat
52. USE Transmat
53. INTERACT with third drawer in wardrobe to open it
54. LOOK at third drawer – you get Suspenders
55. USE Transmat
56. INTERACT with Floyd
57. Ask about Massive Diamond
58. Ask about repairing the diamond
59. EXIT dialogue
60. Watch cut scene
61. EXIT hotel
62. USE Cube in Slot
63. USE Megaphone on Crazy Diamond
64. Shout “SHINE ON”
65. Repeat two more times – the Crazy Diamond is now active
66. GO south to the Deep Chasm
67. Find the Outcrop near the tip of the chasm
68. USE the Suspenders on the Outcrop – CD will use them to enter the chasm, find an Energy Crystal, and come back up
69. GO back to StarGate Controls and INTERACT with them
70. USE the new Crystal in the Open Panel
71. Look at the StarGame Manual. On Page 79 you will see that there is a code to get the “Last Caller” SGIP – from the 12 o’clock 4 Apple logos, 4 Commodore logos. 4 Windows logos and 4 Atari logos. Left-clicking on the buttons rotates the icons forwards, Right-clicking rotates them backwards. Use the buttons to set the StarGate to these settings, then press the big orange Activation button.
72. You will see the icons change. Use the key in the StarGate Manual (Page 99) to see which symbols to swap round: 1 and 10, 2 and 14, 3 and 7, 4 and 6, 5 and 11, 8 and 9, 12 and 16, 13 and 15. If you picked up the Digital Camera from on top of one of the wardrobes in the hotel, you can take a picture to remind you if you need to (but pen and paper works well here!). There’s no use trying to cheat by asking someone else what the final code is – it is set randomly each game. If the worst comes to the worst and you get mixed up, and you didn’t use the Digital Camera, you’ll have to perform the “Last Caller SGIP” step again.
73. Enjoy the closing cut scene and, if you feel like it, watch the credits roll!
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Friday, 22 September 2017
Captain Disaster in: The Dark Side of the Moon - Trailer
Since I've been playing around with a video editor I thought it was about time I put together a reasonably proper trailer for one of my old games - so I did! Here it is:
The game itself can be downloaded from GameJolt..
This game's only recently achieved an overall rating on its AGS page too:
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The game itself can be downloaded from GameJolt..
This game's only recently achieved an overall rating on its AGS page too:
Visual:
76%
Immersion:
76%
Puzzles & Pacing:
88%
Overall Enjoyment:
80%
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Tuesday, 12 September 2017
A couple of small milestones
Really making strides in getting the game to its release state, but still lots to do. In the meantime, we've reached two thousand downloads of the demo for Captain Disaster in: Death Has A Million Stomping Boots on the AGS games page.
Also our other Captain Disaster game, Dark Side of the Moon, has finally received an overall rating from the AGS community - happy that people have enjoyed it.
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Friday, 2 December 2016
Released - Captain Disaster: The Dark Side of the Moon (Kindle eBook)
My original plan to release this for free doesn't seem quite in line with what the Amazon self-publishing tool will let me do, so I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask for your money for this. Not that I don't need the money :-p - if I sell about 50,000 of these things I could be debt-free!
Er... anyway, release details on my writing blog, and of course you can now find it on Amazon. It's a 10.5K word short story based on the plot of the game, although it branches out from what's in the game at several points as well.
Don't forget you can still get the game for free (original and voiced versions available) at GameJolt whilst we finish up bug clearing of Death Has a Million Stomping Boots.
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Friday, 27 May 2016
Captain Disaster and the Fortunately Friendly Frankly Fun Forum Feedback
Had a couple of nice comments about the recently released voice edition of Captain Disaster in Death Has A Million Stomping Boots:
"GREAT game which kept a smile on my face the whole while playing!" (Mandle, AGS forum)
"Thank you SO much for this cute little, fun game." (sanford, GameBoomers forum)
Er, wait... cute?!?!? :-D :-O
If you've played the game and are an AGS forum member, I'd really appreciate if it you would give the game your honest rating on the AGS Game Page - there are still fewer than 5 ratings in total, meaning that no overall rating can be given! (I admit I'm not expecting high marks for the graphics!)
"GREAT game which kept a smile on my face the whole while playing!" (Mandle, AGS forum)
"Thank you SO much for this cute little, fun game." (sanford, GameBoomers forum)
Er, wait... cute?!?!? :-D :-O
If you've played the game and are an AGS forum member, I'd really appreciate if it you would give the game your honest rating on the AGS Game Page - there are still fewer than 5 ratings in total, meaning that no overall rating can be given! (I admit I'm not expecting high marks for the graphics!)
Wednesday, 25 May 2016
Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon - Walkthrough
Need a helping hand to get you to the end of Dark Side? Fear not, I've posted it - Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon Walkthrough.
Thursday, 19 May 2016
It's here...
... yes indeed folks, Captain Disaster in The Dark Side of the Moon - TALKIE VERSION has been released with 1000000000% more voices than the version that had no voices. You can download if from GameJolt (54Mb).
(Just make sure you download the "TALKIE VERSION" which is cunningly titled "TALKIE VERSION".)
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