Legend of the Lost Jewel

By: Tim

On: January 11th, 2007

The Legend of the Lost Jewel was a game that provost wrote back in 1990-91 using a sierra style game engine that he wrote in BASIC when he was about 14-15. The story has been redeveloped, was rewritten in SCI, but because of SCI limitations, is now being re-rewritten in AGS.

To mimic old world sierra graphics with the later versions of the sierra interfaces, all backgrounds, animations and sprites are being made in 16 colors using the SCI editor, then adapted to AGS. Each icon can actually be clicked on just about anything in any scene and get a useful response.

The story:

Hundreds of years ago, a jewel existed that was held by an ancient tribe called the Rannu. It was a jewel that they believe held the universe into balance. The tribe was destroyed by conquistadors and the jewels were scattered through time.

Happenstance causes Derek, the main character into a modern day story of murder, deception and adventure. He looks to find his way home from an archaeology expedition and ends up entwined in the middle of blood-thirsty power hungry people seeking to find the gem in their own desires of greed.

As usual, some choice comments:

The screenshots almost made me weep for some reason.