Category: KQ4 General Category

December 18, 2023December 18, 2023

Holiday Update 2023

Greetings once again, fellow King’s Quest fans!

I’m sorry to report that our project was not completed by the end of this year after all, BUT… I am happy to report that there has still been some significant progress since last year. Most importantly, we’ve finally managed to get over the biggest hurdle in our way, and finish all of the character models that were missing from the game – thanks to the help of some highly talented artists, willing to assist us in helping honor Karen’s memory, by finishing the project she started. We were also able to get some much-needed edits done on Valanice and Lolotte.

Other assets for the game’s introduction and ending have been completed as well. These include environmental animations for the introduction, animations for the witches in the skull cave, and some of Genesta and Rosella’s interactions on the beach – during both the intro and ending. The introduction is also nearly completed, with just a few animations needing to be done.

In addition to that, we were able to get lots of GUI completed for the game and inserted into it – all except for the death screen; which will be a bit reminiscent of the commentaries that Robin Hood or Sonny Bonds would face, when screwing up in their respective games. Aside from that, all other GUIs are done.

One last thing I’ll tell you about, while trying not to spoil, is that some of the game’s scenes will be enhanced, such as a certain one in which Rosella does something she’s not supposed to. Some of those enhanced scenes will also include interactive conversations, in which Rosella may need to heed the words of Johnny Rivers and be careful what she says, to avoid giving herself away, or else she may not live to see tomorrow.

That said, we do intend to take a break as usual, this holiday season. But we expect work to resume in approximately early February. I’m not going to promise that the game will be completed in 2024, but that is looking pretty likely so far. Until then, we hope you’ll continue to bear with us and have a fabulous holiday as well.

Year Summary by Jack Stryker

December 5, 2019December 5, 2019

Changed the Site Look

As part of the site and forum upgrades, the look of the site had to change.

The previous look (theme) of the site was custom made by one of our fans back in 2012 and although beautiful, it was limited and doesn’t fit the site needs anymore.

One of the parts where the old look was lacking was that it wasn’t responsive which means that it didn’t present the site well to mobile devices, many of our fans use mobile devices thus the site look had to change to accommodate all of the users which want to see our project.

I will put here a part of the theme which was previously used just for good old times sake.

Bye, beautiful dedicated site theme

November 20, 2019November 20, 2019

Site Maintenance

UnicornTales site is currently undergoing major maintenance.

This post will probably be interesting for technology geeks more than regular fans.

Our site is based on the wordpress platform which powers about 30% of all sites in the wide world web.

Our wordpress version is outdated which opens us to many security attacks, we also use many plugins, most of which are outdated.

Every plugin might open us to an attack, especially if it is not the most updated version.

So, in order to update the site, I will first take a backup of the current state (So if something fails, we would be able to easily revert to the last working state), I will then continue to update the wordpress version, then I will remove plugins which are not necessary as I take the approach of minimalism as “Less is more”, then I will update the plugins which we do need.

Lastly I will install a good security plugin for the site as well as harden the server’s security.
Finally, I will update the site’s communication security to use ssl/https so your browser won’t scream that this site is not secure.

After this site is updated to my full satisfaction, I will be able to look into updating our forum platform, but that is a post for an other day.

September 7, 2016

Fixed the Image Galleries

Hi,

Now that flash is officially being dis-supported by all major web browsers, it is high time we changed our image galleries.

This site began with the idea to be a platform for those image galleries – they were the reason for creating this site, I browsed the adventure game studio forums and found Karen’s art, I was so flabbergasted that I PMed Karen and asked her where I can find her image galleries, when she told me she had none, I volunteered to build a site for the image galleries as such art shouldn’t be abandoned.

Since then we decided to create the whole King’s Quest IV remake and the rest is history.

Anyway, for some time now the image galleries didn’t work well, so I invite you all to have a second look at them.

Karen’s Image Galleries

I am attaching one of the last images she posted on the forums before she died

March 9, 2016

2016 March progress update

Hi,

We were silent for too long, but it doesn’t mean that progress wasn’t done in the meantime.

This project is a free project progressed by the good will of our talented contributors, from our project manager who keeps tabs on everything reminding us constantly that work is to be done, to our artists drawing beautiful backgrounds, sprites, animations to our fans who spread the word and find us fresh talents when needed.

We didn’t post updates these last months but rest assured, new graphics were drawn and our musician just told us that he managed to do some progress with the music score (which you will love).

All of the guys and gals mentioned above are squeezing the work between job, family and other stuff so I want to say in the name of the team and fans (as I am a simple fan myself) – thank you!

You are invited to visit our forum to talk about the latest and greatest:

Progress in the project thread

August 24, 2015

Let’s Welcome our New Member!

Good news everyone,

After some internal team members talk we decided (Everyone!) to add a new member to our Team.

We are welcoming Isaac from the land of Kolyma!

Isaac is a regular user of our site and has offered his help so many times.

Isaac isn’t an animator, a graphic designer or a musician so as he saw we are in search of an animator and suchm he just took the initiative and contacted many people in order to find the right talent for the team.

Isaac, your help to the team is greatly valued – Welcome.

May 4, 2014May 4, 2014

I am happy to introduce Ellivia – our new Script writer

Hi all,

I have good news,

Ellivia has joined our team as our new Script writer.

What is a script writer?

Well, you will notice her work in every step of the game as she writes all of the scripts in the game, for example, when you click on the hand icon then click on a tree – you will get a response, and while you may get a plain response like “Can’t do that”, a good script writer will make it much more fun and may write a witty response, a clue about the real click one should try or anything else.

Here is her first work – enjoy:

Path to Lolotte’s castle

Castle

Touch: You are too far away

Speak: Castles don’t talk

Path

Touch: You bend down to feel the rough path. A few rocks break loose and fall to the chasm below. You better watch your step.

Speak: You get no response.

Trees

Touch: You don’t need to touch the trees. Besides, they’re too far away.

Speak: Your voice echoes all around you. You get no response

Rosella: I’m alone

Person Icon: When you walk to the edge of the path, your foot slips under the unstable rock.

Rosella:Uh Oh

Unable to regain your balance, you slip off the path and fall to your death.

BAM!

Look: The forest of green trees below you remind you fondly of Daventry.

Sky

Touch: You raise your hands up to the sky. A warm breeze passes through your fingers

Speak: The birds in the sky chirp back energetically

Look: The sky is a beautiful shade of light blue. The weather is perfect.

April 19, 2014

King Graham is still sick, so Rosella continues her quest to find the magical fruit

Yes, we are still here.

We had a big draw back when Karen died as she was the project leader and main graphic artist, yes, we almost despaired and closed the project, but NO we didn’t give up.

As a team we decided to continue the quest in Karen’s memory, our forum administrator – Jack stood up and took the role of project leader.

One of our fans Ellivia, joined the team to help with the scripts.

And so the quest continues – stay tuned!