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[Krystman]

Hello everybody. I would like to introduce you to a game I've been working on for over a year now. It is called TRAUMA and I guess you could categorize it as a Point-and-Click Adventure. But it's very different.



It tells a story of a young woman who survives a car accident. Recovering at the hospital, she has dreams that shed light on different aspects of her identity - such as the way she deals with the loss of her parents. You can navigate with her trough those dreams and learn about her.

The game features gesture-recognition, real-time 3D and somewhat unusual photographic visuals. Also, I followed a design strategy that focuses on experience rather than challenge.

It is made in Flash and will be playable online. The release will be by hopefully the end 2009. Here is a tiny, tiny website with a first gameplay video:
http://www.gamedesignreviews.com/trauma/

Questions, comments and feedback are very welcome. 

[sergiocornaga]

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but...

[Dataflashsabot]

Looks good! I'll be keeping an eye on this.
But as sergiocornaga said, you should at least introduce yourself before posting here

[Krystman]

Oops. My bad. Fixed.

[Ninomojo]

This looks terribly interesting! Eager to try it.

[raitendo]

Hi Krystian! This is Marcus, we met at Casual Connect in Hamburg last year. Awesome to see something new from you! The game looks super interesting, can't wait.

[ThirdBM]

Looks beautiful and artistic. I like that kind of storytelling.. I'll be waiting for this.!

[JackNeil]

Congratulations to this project!
The blending between the scenes is great! It is so much cooler than in every other 2d-point&click adventures I know.

How are the photos linked together? Do you have to define every blending-animation for each photo or is there some automatic calculation?

[Krystman]

Thanks for the encouraging feedback guys. After a year, it's very difficult to keep the motivation alive.

@raiten Hey Marcus. I'm glad to hear from you again! ^_^

@JackNeil Well, yes and no. The animations aren't done manually. With around 30 photos per level that would have been insane.
I arranged the photos spatially and used the Flash 3D Engine Papervision3D for animations. But arranging the photos had to be manually, as opposed to automatic solutions like Photsynth http://photosynth.net/Default.aspx

Here is a screenshot from the process. Each of the 4 levels has around 30 photos.



And here is a "map" of a finished level



Larger versions and some more development Screenshots are here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/krystianmajewski/sets/72157607028933611/