Hervé ASTORG Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 (edited) Hello Daniel and the whole community ! I hope you're well. I happy to discover this group. I watched the vidéos JSW on YouTube with a lot of emotion and nostalgia. I didn't think that my game JET SET WILLY IN PARIS was still played and appreciated ! I found LIVE videos of players playing my game, it’s just very touching. Everyone should know the enormous help you gave me in testing and releasing the game as well as the 3 others Thank you very much Daniel for always being so present and active so that the JSW games are still there and perhaps even more so than 20 years ago. This is what motivates me to come back after 18 years... It's also to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the release of my first game "Jet Set Willy in Paris in 2005 (first release). Since two week, I résumed creating my never finished game "Willy in the Islands of Mystery part II : the Temple. I found inspiraion again to create new rooms and new guardians. I completely redesigned the game. I think this game will be released before the end of 2025 at the latest. See you very soon ! As a reminder the list of my previous games : Jet set Willy in Paris (2005) Willy on a Transatlantic Cruise (2007) Escape of the Snails 2007 Willy in the Islands of Mystery ( part 1 : Exploration) 2007 Edited January 17 by Hervé ASTORG manic986, Spider, MtM and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Posted January 17 Report Share Posted January 17 Welcome and thank you! 🙂 Hervé ASTORG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Set Willie Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 Hi, welcome back! 🙂👍 Great that you still want to make a new Willy game! Spider and Hervé ASTORG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 Hello Hervé !!! 😁 I've only now seen your message and you won't be able to imagine how happy it's made me! YOU ARE BACK!!! OMG, this is just wonderful! 🙂You wouldn't believe how many times I've wondered if we will ever see Part II of "Willy in the Islands of Mystery" and other fantastic games from you. I have no doubts whatsoever that they will be fantastic if you choose to design them, and I am looking forward to "The Temple" very, very much indeed 😊. I will be happy to assist you with playtesting, making additional language versions or (as much as I'm able to) adding some special effects to the game. So welcome to this friendly forum 🙂 . I am sure you will find it interesting and the people here supportive and eager to play your new creations. As you've mentioned, your comeback is You Tube-related. I'm not sure if you have stumbled across my JSW Central channel, I do hope you have. It gives me a particular pleasure - and is very motivating for the development of the channel - that a number of 'old-timers' seem to have come back, or at least got in touch, thanks to seeing the walkthroughs of their games on the channel. This includes Sendy (Alex Cornhill), Adban de Corcy (Fabián Álvarez López), Igor Makovsky, Stuart J. Hill and Mat Doughty. So, once again, welcome back, I do look forward to "Willy in the Islands of Mystery (Part 2: The Temple)" and, just to remind you and whet everyone's appetite, the other game projects you were once thinking of were: "Welcome to Willy's Fun Park!", "Willy in the Land of the Cathars", "Willy Saves Maria", "Willy in the Great Pyramid"*, "Jet Set Willy: The Legend of the Pied Piper" and "Jet Set Willy: The Labyrinth". The old Yahoo! Group is no longer online, but I can provide the descriptions of these projects you once posted there if necessary 🙂 . * Geoff Eddy, another old-timer who has made a great comeback, released "Willy does the Great Pyramid!" four years ago. Contrary to what one might think, it's not Egypt-related, so if yours was supposed to be, there's no reason not to create it 😉 . manic986, Hervé ASTORG, Jet Set Willie and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hervé ASTORG Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) Hello Daniel, Thank you for your message. I really have the good feeling of coming home! I first discovered your videos of my games then your site “JSW Central”. It's very good work. Then after this active group. It's great to know that the old authors are still here or back. It's also nice to discover new authors I kept all my technical programming documents. I also still have the plans and files for my other projects. For the moment I am focusing on creating the announced game. I will need your help when this game is ready for testing and also to check the translations. But then I confirm to you that I want to create my other future games. probably starting with "Willy saves Maria". Thanks again see you soon Hervé Edited January 22 by Hervé ASTORG Jet Set Willie, jetsetdanny and Spider 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Hello Hervé, On 1/22/2025 at 6:00 AM, Hervé ASTORG said: Hello Daniel, Thank you for your message. I really have the good feeling of coming home! That's great! And let me continue with this screenshot: On 1/22/2025 at 6:00 AM, Hervé ASTORG said: I first discovered your videos of my games then your site “JSW Central”. It's very good work. Thank you so much! It's great to hear 😁. On 1/22/2025 at 6:00 AM, Hervé ASTORG said: Then after this active group. It's great to know that the old authors are still here or back. It's also nice to discover new authors Oh yes, there is a whole new generation of great authors. A fourth or even fifth generation, I would say (that's arbitrary, of course). On 1/22/2025 at 6:00 AM, Hervé ASTORG said: I kept all my technical programming documents. I also still have the plans and files for my other projects. For the moment I am focusing on creating the announced game. (...) But then I confirm to you that I want to create my other future games. probably starting with "Willy saves Maria". Fantastic! 😁 On 1/22/2025 at 6:00 AM, Hervé ASTORG said: II will need your help when this game is ready for testing and also to check the translations. As mentioned before, I will be very happy to get involved! 🙂 Please keep us posted on your progress, Hervé, it will be good to know that "The Temple" is slowly becoming a reality! 🙂 Jet Set Willie, Hervé ASTORG and Spider 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hervé ASTORG Posted Monday at 08:08 AM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 08:08 AM Hello Daniel, the authors and the whole jsw community Here is a progress report on the creation of my game. I have made and tested 19 rooms (29%). I started by creating the rooms with the most complex animated systems. I think you will curse me!!! The final sequence is also created. It's a completely different ending. Very different from my previous games. I hope I have enough space in memory to create the other guardians in the game. Presentation page animation is half finished Even if the creation is progressing faster than expected, I am maintaining the release date at September 2025 for the moment. The funny thing is that I'm already imagining rooms for the next game... the creation phase gives ideas for the future, it's pretty cool. I will provide the following update next week. Have a good week everyone. See you soon ! Hervé MtM, Jet Set Willie, jetsetdanny and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jet Set Willie Posted Monday at 05:10 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 05:10 PM Thank you for the good creation report. Have a nice creation moments! 🙂 Spider and Hervé ASTORG 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetsetdanny Posted Tuesday at 01:46 AM Report Share Posted Tuesday at 01:46 AM Hello Hervé, Thanks for the progress report! It's great to know that you have made such nice progress, that your creative process is going so well and that you already have inspiration flowing in for your next game! 🙂 Which game engine are you using for "The Temple"? 17 hours ago, Hervé ASTORG said: I started by creating the rooms with the most complex animated systems. I think you will curse me!!! I look forward to cursing you when playing the game! 🤣 17 hours ago, Hervé ASTORG said: Presentation page animation is half finished By "presentation page" do you mean the title screen? 17 hours ago, Hervé ASTORG said: I will provide the following update next week. Looking forward to that! Have a great and productive week 🙂 MtM and Spider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hervé ASTORG Posted Wednesday at 01:03 PM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 01:03 PM (edited) Hello Daniel, I use the JSWED 64K game engine with the choice [ . the same engine as for the creation of my previous games. It's a great pleasure to use it. It's complete, without bugs. It allows you to create everything you imagine. I thank again its creator John Elliott. I do not know if he's part of this group? he had also created a guide to explain all the possibilities of the editor. it is a very useful technical reference. Quote By "presentation page" do you mean the title screen? yes it's the title screen. I have to finish correcting the overlapping defects in the colors. When it's completely finished I will publish the image. 🙂 I started working on 10 more pieces yesterday. I will keep you updated on the progress of this work next week. See ou soon ! Hervé Edited Wednesday at 01:04 PM by Hervé ASTORG Spider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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