King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella

Fan Remake — Development Log

Welcome to the recently revived KQ4 Remake from Magic Mirror Games. I started this project with a few others back in 2006. By 2010, our lead artist left the project and then things just sputtered out. About 4 years ago, I received the latest project files from one of the other former programmers and they just sat on my hard drive. Recently, I decded to work on the project again. Check out the TODO list below to see just how much remains undone. I have more than enough to do to keep me busy for a while. If you're interested in helping, especially if you are handy with pixel art, send me a message via the link.

TODO List

  • Fix Graham hat in opening sequence
  • Add skip modal to opening sequence
  • Add Pan to his rooms
  • Add Unicorn to its rooms
  • Add Cupid sequence
  • Add Shark to ocean
  • Dwarf House - Cleaning Sequence
  • Dwarf House - Soup Sequence
  • Dwarf House - Trespassing
  • Dwarf Mine - Dwarves Mining
  • Desert island sequence (whale, desert island, dolphin)
  • Genesta's Island fairies
  • Peacock
  • Add Ogre/Ogress to their rooms
  • Add Ogre/Dog/Closet/Hen sequence
  • Lolotte sequence 1 (first meeting)
  • Lolotte sequence 2 (unicorn)
  • Lolotte sequence 3 (hen)
  • Lolotte sequence 4 (pandora's box)
  • Lolotte sequence 5 (death of lolotte)
  • Witches' cave Sequence
  • Waterfall cave
  • Swamp
  • Zombie attacks
  • Haunted House Ghost 1
  • Haunted House Ghost 2
  • Haunted House Ghost 3
  • Haunted House Ghost 4
  • Haunted House Ghost 5
  • Haunted House Final Organ song
  • Egyptian crypt
  • Ending sequence
  • For all 116 rooms:
  • Verify walkable areas
  • Verify walk-behinds
  • Verify animations/objects
  • Verify sound effects
  • Verify music
  • Verify night scenes are aligned
  • Raven in Lolotte's throne room
  • Dolphin:
  • Surfacing
  • Rosella riding
  • Pelican:
  • Sitting
  • Catching fish
  • Flying away
  • Forest bird(s)
  • Parrot
  • Peacock:
  • Walking
  • Fanning feathers
  • Swan
  • Snow leopard
  • Other island bird(s)?
  • Ogre dog:
  • Running toward Rosella
  • Catching and eating Rosella
  • Catching bone
  • Gnawing bone
  • Snake (we have one, maybe better animation?)
  • Ocean fish
  • Ocean fish 2
  • Unicorn:
  • Walking
  • Standing with bridle
  • Walking while Rosella rides
  • Rearing when startled
  • Pawing ground after getting shot
  • Whale:
  • Coming to surface
  • Spouting water
  • Diving down
  • Evil tree animation
  • Cave Troll:
  • Walking
  • Catching Rosella
  • Cupid:
  • Flying with bow
  • Flying without bow
  • Landing/Setting down bow
  • Getting in/out of pool
  • Picking up bow
  • Dwarves:
  • All 7 dwarves
  • Walking
  • Walking with soup
  • Serving soup
  • Portrait of head dwarf
  • Handing lantern to Rosella
  • Ogre/Ogress:
  • Walking
  • Carrying Rosella
  • Sitting at table (keyhole)
  • Given dinner
  • Given hen
  • Putting egg away (keyhole)
  • Talking portrait?
  • Putting head down to sleep (keyhole)
  • Sleeping at table (keyhole)
  • Sleeping at table (downstairs)
  • Swamp monster:
  • Eats Rosella as frog
  • Yellow fairy
  • Pink fairy
  • 3 Witches:
  • Walking
  • Throwing scarab
  • Carrying Rosella
  • Holding Rosella
  • Throwing Rosella in pot
  • Pleading and kneeling
  • Ghost 1 (Hiram Bennett - Baby):
  • Crib rocking
  • Ghost 2 (Newberry Will - Miser):
  • Walking
  • Vanishing
  • Ghost 3 (Betty Cowden - Widow):
  • Weeping in chair
  • Receiving locket
  • Appearing/Vanishing
  • Ghost 4 (Lord Coningsby - Soldier):
  • Walking
  • Appearing/Vanishing
  • Ghost 5 (Willy - Child):
  • Walking
  • Climbing ladder
  • Sitting/Laughing on chest
  • Receiving toy
  • Vanishing
  • 4 Zombies:
  • Update style?
  • Rising from the ground
  • Walking
  • Pan:
  • With lute
  • With flute
  • Staring at Rosella
  • Mummy:
  • Walking
  • Unfolding arms
  • Folding arms
  • Lolotte:
  • Sleeping
  • Dying
  • Waking up
  • Zapping Rosella
  • Pointing
  • Edgar:
  • Walking
  • Walking with rose
  • Putting rose at door
  • Talk portrait
  • Wedding clothes (standing)
  • Blushing in wedding clothes
  • Transforming to normal self
  • Bowing
  • Appearing on beach
  • Kneeling (proposal)
  • Standing as normal self
  • Goon:
  • Sitting down
  • Standing Up
  • Bowing
  • Sleeping
  • Leading wedding
  • Opening scroll
  • Genesta:
  • In bed
  • Healing
  • Receiving talisman
  • Transporting everyone to beach
  • Rosella:
  • Wedding clothes animations
  • Throwing Egyptian Tomb rope ladder
  • Climbing Egyptian Tomb rope ladder
  • Climbing Haunted House ladder
  • Waving ax
  • Jumping through swamp
  • Cleaning house
  • Sweeping
  • Sitting/eating soup
  • Sinking in swamp
  • Throwing eyes to witches
  • Dying in pot
  • Digging grave
  • Opening Pandora's Box
  • Riding dolphin
  • Swallowed by whale
  • Caught by trees
  • Caught by ogre/ogress
  • Caught by dog
  • Desert island silhouette
  • Import all night scenes
  • Remake updated night scenes
  • Animate night beaches
  • Animate Genesta Island water
  • Sharpen/Edit images?

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