Hello! :D And thanks for stopping by!

I'm a game designer working and living in Barcelona, and Lost Stuff is the first game I'm making ALL on my own.

I've always loved learning new things, but learning new things throughout practice, so I decided to craft this small game to learn to use Construct 2.

However, it's not going to be just placeholder assets and a generic storyline. I want something I can be proud of!

WTH is this game? And: is it even a game?

Good question! This is a so-called Hidden Object game, with cut scenes at the beginning and end of each gameplay or layout.

Since the scope of this project is quite reduced, I decided to make something that at last was perceived as refreshing in some way. That's why I'm trying to play a little bit with the concept of Hidden Object games itself, all mixed up with humble doses of surrealism, because… just because I love humble doses of surrealism!

Progress so far?

By now I've assembled together an acceptably nice game flow consisting on a main screen + intro cutscene + gameplay + transition to next cutscene. The whole storyline consists on 4 gameplay layouts + cutscenes + a final cutscene where this little pointless game unravels. So I just need to kind of duplicate the layouts I already did for the first chapter, and fill them with lots of art.

I want something from you :D

And god, did I made things! Never realized until having to put everything together here. So this was already useful; you already helped me out.

I don't have anything playable yet, but please, post your comments on the art, the premise, or just say you are there reading me and I'm not all alone in this ungrateful but at the same time addictive world of indie game development.

Cheers!

Some Arty things!

Layouts and UI so far

Concept art or whatever

For the splash screen

For the cut scenes

.... and by the way, I'm doing the sounds with my vocals, even though I don't know where this will end up...

... and that's all I have so far...

... and also, you can follow me on Twitter to get news about this and other projects>> https://twitter.com/NadiaOrenes

... and I'll keep on updating this thread.

And thank you so much! :D

I really enjoy the art style as well! I look forward to the development! :)

A tiny little update of the new art I've been doing for the cutscenes and for one layout of gameplay.

Playing around with Construct 2:

This is being a great practice for me to learn the basics of Construct 2 and play around with simple variables, transitions, animations and sounds. So far I've been doing things in a more intuitive way, but on my next project I hope I can go deeper with more complex but efficient organization routines, as families, customized variables, etc.

I'll also try to mess around with other genres different than hidden object (but always with story).

Anyway, next time I'm planning to do is exporting just one level as an executable file so that you can try it out.

Thanks for reading! :O

Hey!

It's been a long time since I started working on this little thing, and today is the day I can say with confidence that it's solid enough so as to bring it to the world!

I'm soft launching Lost Stuff here to identify possible bugs, plot holes or any other thing my utterly biased sensibility might have overlooked. 

The experience lasts about 5 minutes and you can play it straight away on my web page: 

http://nadiaorenes.es/lost_stuff

Keep the feedback coming to this thread or send me a private message! Thanks!  (◠‿◠✿)