Gameplay

I have finished my game and you can view it on Youtube here for the game play.

Inventory

I wanted to have an Inventory that can add up the items collected. It's a childrens school book with Wednesday's drawings inside. I stuck to the original series so she is 7 years old, which is why the drawings are crude and in crayon.

Wednesday's diary

screen page. Wednesday's drawing of herself riding a large snake

Sound References

I obtained the sound from Youtube and a site that can make your own coin sounds.

The Addams family theme song can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0oaSBwq54

Pick up sound is found here: http://www.bfxr.net/

Lurch/doorbell sound is found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMKlEwrIs8

I do not own these sounds. They belong to their rightful owner.

Tarot cards & poison

There will be collectables that the player can collect when exploring the house. These are Poison bottles and Death Tarot cards. the tarot cards are related to the gran from the Addams family and the poison is shown as a drink to Gomez and Morticia in the old series. There will also be lightbulbs as well as the doll as the collectables. Once the player collects them, an inventory screen will appear which shows how much they have collected.

I have an old rum bottle which i used as reference to create the poison and the tarot cards were just simple graphics.

Rum bottle

Poison bottle

Tarot Card

Few Assets and explanation

I have made a few more assets for the environment piece. They are simple objects that the player can click on and a text box will appear with it explaining the object.

I have Wednesdays "Marie Antoinette" doll with the head seperate which is slightly horrifying, but famous in the movie and tv series.

Marie Antoinette 

Giving the doll button eyes and a sewn mouth adds more horror and childlike as it is a rag doll. When the player clicks the doll a text box will appear saying

"What kind of kids toy is this? Must be Marie Antoinette her dress is covered in cake crumbs.."

Apparently, Marie is famous for the saying "Let everyone have cake!".

Another asset is the lightbulb. I still have to do festers portrait as it ties in with it. Fester Addams is famous for lighting bulbs in his mouth. When the player clicks the lightbulb, it'll be kept on the bottom of the screen. In the next room will be Festers portrait with a hole in his mouth. The player would click the lightbulb which will be placed in Festers mouth and will glow.

lightbulb

I will be making a few assets for this small point and click as I have never made a game before. I will add more stuff to the environment to make it more fuller for the background.

I want to treat this project as an experiment of what I can and cannot do. Games are not my forte and more interested in illustration, posters, design, etc. I want to try and get as much as I can in this game with my full ability of design and hope to make a nice environment that follows closely to the TV series.

Working room

I have one working room on Game Maker with 2 interactive assets and a second room with one asset. I'm planning to add things box which will open and point to the moose. My next step is creating another part of a room with the harpsichord and Fest Addams portrait along with a stuffed bear. My next step will be to add audio, however with the harpsichord it might be slightly difficult is the song is too long.

When player clicks candles they turn on when the button is held down

The noose is pulled down when clicked. It will have the audio of the Addams Family door bell.
Also when chair is clicked the player goes into next room

New room will have the famous moose head and a table with Things box on top. Things box has been made and will be placed in Game Maker tonight

When player clicks moose head the antlers and eyes will turn and his tongue will poke out.

This game is more fun for exploring on what certain objects can do. I think I will add more assets for this room to make it less empty.

Living room

I tried to keep it as close to the Addams house as possible. There will be a few assets in this area, the candle bra and hangmans noose. The noose will play the Addams doorbell while the candelabra will light up the room. I also added Morticias chair to the set so it doesn't look too bare.

Room without chair looks bare

A lot more better

created the noose using the colour gradients

Might update the chair. texture looks slightly off

got the basic shape from a standing candelabra and slightly changed it.