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{{EngineDescription|
{{EngineDescription|
         name=Groovie|
         name=Groovie|
         developer=[[User:spookypeanut|spookypeanut]], [[User:jvprat|jvprat]]|
         developer=[[User:spookypeanut|spookypeanut]], [[User:jvprat|jvprat]], [[User:ScottT|ScottT]], [[User:Alphard-o|Alphard-o]], [[User:Die4Ever|Die4Ever]]|
         companies=[[Trilobyte]], [[Aftermath Media]]|
         companies=[[Trilobyte]], [[Aftermath Media]]|
         usedBy=[[The 7th Guest]]|
         usedBy=[[The 7th Guest]]|
         dateAdded=November 14, 2008|
         dateAdded=November 14, 2008|
        release=0.13.0|
}}
}}


The Groovie engine was used to create several games between 1993 and 1998. It was originally developed to use the full potential of the then emerging CD-ROM, and it can be considered a video player with interactive parts. There are two main versions of the engine: the first version (just used in [[The 7th Guest]]) plays VDX videos using 256 colors, while the second version (used from [[The 11th Hour]] on) requires 16bpp to play ROQ videos (a format which was later also used in id Software's Quake 3).
The '''Groovie''' engine was used to create several games between 1993 and 1998. It was originally developed to use the full potential of the then emerging CD-ROM, and it can be considered a video player with interactive parts. There are two main versions of the engine: the first version (just used in [[The 7th Guest]]) plays VDX videos using 256 colors, while the second version (used from [[The 11th Hour]] on) requires 16bpp to play ROQ videos (a format which was later also used in id Software's Quake 3).


==Games==
==Games==
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*[[Uncle Henry's Playhouse]]
*[[Uncle Henry's Playhouse]]
*[[Tender Loving Care]]
*[[Tender Loving Care]]
(The [[Groovie/Checksums | checksums page]] keeps track of which different exe versions are available, though we haven't found any differences in data files (yet))


== Status ==
== Status ==
 
For more detail, see [[Groovie/TODO]] or the individual game pages.
*[[The 7th Guest]]: completable, but the AI in the microscope puzzle is not working yet (Stauf continually makes the same (invalid) move until the player wins)
*[[The 7th Guest]]: Supported as of December 16, 2008
*[[The 11th Hour]]: some early test code for the video format (which is different to T7G)
*[[The 11th Hour]]: Supported as of February 16, 2022
*[[Clandestiny]]: Supported as of February 16, 2022
*[[Tender Loving Care]]: Supported as of February 16, 2022
*[[Uncle Henry's Playhouse]]: Supported as of February 16, 2022


==Resources==
==Resources==
*[[Groovie/T7G/Opcodes]]: a list of the opcodes used by the Groovie engine, and what they do
*[[Groovie/T7G/Opcodes|Opcodes]]: a list of the opcodes used by the Groovie engine, and what they do
*[[Groovie/T7G/Script_Variables]]: very imcomplete list of what script variables do what
*[[Groovie/T7G/Script_Variables|T7G Script Variables]]: very incomplete list of what script variables do what
*[[Groovie/T7G/FNT_Files]]: description of FNT files
*[[Groovie/11H/Script Variables|T11H Script Variables]]: 11H list of script variables and script names
*[[Groovie/Awkward_Function]]: decompilation of the function that reads strings from the scripts
*[[Groovie/T7G/FNT_Files|FNT Files]]: description of FNT files


==External Links==
==External Links==
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* [http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php?title=The_7th_Guest_GJD Description of the GJD / RL file format]
* [http://wiki.xentax.com/index.php?title=The_7th_Guest_GJD Description of the GJD / RL file format]
* [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=VDX Description of the VDX file format]
* [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=VDX Description of the VDX file format]
* [http://wiki.multimedia.cx/index.php?title=RoQ Description of the ROQ file format]


[[Category:Engines]]
[[Category:Engines]]

Latest revision as of 01:03, 17 February 2022

Groovie
Engine developer spookypeanut, jvprat, ScottT, Alphard-o, Die4Ever
Companies that used it Trilobyte, Aftermath Media
Games that use it The 7th Guest
Date added to ScummVM 2008-11-14
First release containing it 0.13.0

The Groovie engine was used to create several games between 1993 and 1998. It was originally developed to use the full potential of the then emerging CD-ROM, and it can be considered a video player with interactive parts. There are two main versions of the engine: the first version (just used in The 7th Guest) plays VDX videos using 256 colors, while the second version (used from The 11th Hour on) requires 16bpp to play ROQ videos (a format which was later also used in id Software's Quake 3).

Games

(The checksums page keeps track of which different exe versions are available, though we haven't found any differences in data files (yet))

Status

For more detail, see Groovie/TODO or the individual game pages.

Resources

External Links