morshem Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 Yesterday I played Grim Fandango for maybe the fourth or fifth time, and when I walked into the garage, the screen has suddenly changed into this: http://www.geocities.com/morshem/garage.jpg What is that supposed to mean? edit: apparently the IMG tag doesn't work. edit 2: and apparently my link doesn't work either. But you probably know what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 That, my friend, would be Glottis's dog house, a secret room which I thought was only accessible when using SCUMM Revisited (a program for viewing the code and individual files of LucasArts games). Very interesting ! There's more info on secret stuff like that at the SCUMMrev site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morshem Posted August 14, 2002 Author Share Posted August 14, 2002 Why did they put that there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 It's just a secret joke, put in by nerdy programmers so that nerdy fans can uncover them years later . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 The doghouse picture is the one you see when you switch to view a room from above in dev. mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted August 14, 2002 Share Posted August 14, 2002 LOL:jawa Gendo that's why you sent me that dog house picture. I could not for the Life of me, (or Fandango) for the Death of me figure it out. I am still hopeless trying to get eva to yell at manny for playing with the elevators, no luck yet, and even though fun, there is no way unchapperoned am I going to fiddle with win directories and stuff just to see neat stuff. I am willing to take people's word on this. Also morshem it sounds like maybe your copy is wonky, maybe you should contact lucasarts for tech help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogul Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by Metallus It's just a secret joke, put in by nerdy programmers so that nerdy fans can uncover them years later . Nerdy? Hmmm, I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. Glottis' doghouse was the very first background in the game. It's placeholder art, aka "programmer art" meant to indicate very clearly that art is missing where it was expected... Testers knew to look for it and report it as a missing-art bug. As someone else mentioned, if you see it, you probably somehow got into an overhead camera mode. Congratulations, you found a bug! During development, we used top-down shots to help lay out walkable areas. However, those shots aren't useful in the finished game so they were taken out when we needed to fit the game onto the CDs. Bret Mogilefsky GF Lead Programmer Doghouse Artist Extraordinaire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Sort of like a default texture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogul Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by GendoTheGreat Sort of like a default texture? Exactly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metallus Posted August 19, 2002 Share Posted August 19, 2002 Originally posted by mogul Nerdy? Hmmm, I'm not quite sure how I feel about that. I...sincerely apologize. It's awesome to see official people visiting these boards, and I meant no offense. I'm sorry, this was very unexpected; I really didn't think that someone from the GF team would venture in here . I truely hope I haven't discouraged you from future visits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogul Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Originally posted by Metallus I...sincerely apologize. Oh hey, no sweat, I was just being funny. I'm not bothered at all. Relax! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telarium Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Hey Bret! Long time no see. What are you up to these days? Still at Sony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaXeriaw Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Where is this secret room?? ------------------------------ Reply:Yesterday I played Grim Fandango for maybe the fourth or fifth time, and when I walked into the garage, the screen has suddenly changed into this: http://www.geocities.com/morshem/garage.jpg What is that supposed to mean? edit: apparently the IMG tag doesn't work. edit 2: and apparently my link doesn't work either. But you probably know what I'm talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Guy Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 strange how everyone is in here all of a sudden! heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mogul Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 Originally posted by telarium Hey Bret! Long time no see. What are you up to these days? Still at Sony? Yes, still at Sony. Been very busy ahead of the network adapter release, which is happening on August 27th. Occasionally when I need a break I go poking around through Grim Fandango sites, which is how I found myself here. I sent Tim the two Grim Fandango songs and asked if we should donate money to get those guys treatment. =) Sorry I missed you at E3... Very busy time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanspoof Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 I like Easter Eggs and mistakes and that. I heard there was one where you use the cards on Eva, then quickly turn around and do it while turning. Then Manny will say what Eva just said! Ain't got it to work yet though. And everyone knows of when Manny has a balloon and he makes a noise while walking down the corridor. Oh, and one more thing. Take this Sprouter. You might need it nowadays. The GF Network forum ain't the quaint little place she used to be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZaXeriaw Posted August 20, 2002 Share Posted August 20, 2002 If you don't know it... Confused is the best band ever.... Wait and see... One day we are the greates band on the eath... ------------------- Reply: I sent Tim the two Grim Fandango songs and asked if we should donate money to get those guys treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tall Guy Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 hey! dont forget me when you're famous! :D:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeddlingMonk Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 Originally posted by mogul However, those shots aren't useful in the finished game so they were taken out when we needed to fit the game onto the CDs. Not quite all of 'em. Three overhead shots are still in there. It's always interesting to see things that have been left on disks that aren't part of the final game. The most amazing in that respect is Ultima IX which has over thirty maps from the early stages of development on the CDs. Very interesting to walk around those...but a little depressing, too, to see how much that game was scaled back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 hey is it true Sony is doing a movie of Roman Dirge's Lenore the adventures of a cute little dead girl? I have a flash movie from the SOny site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Kaldara Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Shi-chan can't get Eva to yell at Manny about the elevator. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GendoTheGreat Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 ^ It's that cute li'l dead kid. Who is "Shi"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Kaldara Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 Shi-chan is me. I refer to myself in third person as Shi-chan or "Little Death" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Eggplant Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 I will make you a shi-chan walking avi today for sure today you cute little adventuring dead girl. you all should read Roman Dirge's comic Lenore you would get a kick out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanspoof Posted August 23, 2002 Share Posted August 23, 2002 I can't get a good Sanspoof head for my animated avatar. You can find a screenshot of him in GFN's screenshot part. He's the colourful cat statue in the glass case. Can't miss him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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