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ProfessorOak
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Hey, I'll be starting to post my new art here. I'm a pixel artist, which means I draw with a 1x1 brush, one pixel at a time. Sorta like lo-fi graphics. Retroooo :3

Random landscape
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/hometown.png

Logo for friend's band [One On Us]
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/oneonus-1.png

Character drop a la Miervelles
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/characteranimation.gif

Silly character mockup a la SuperBrothers
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/grassscene.png

Walk cycle [first attempt]
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/finishedwalkcycle-1.gif

Treasure Chest Gold
http://i688.photobucket.com/albums/vv242/M4tth3wpics/treasurechestthing.png

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More to come, I'll try my best to update this regularly (few times a week)

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ProfessorOak
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Howes! Maybe not...

I lol't. Yes. Lol't.
Seriously though, I was thinking just Equipment Store, but that's boring, you know?
That's all Legion... :P

Not necessarily, I was just saying in general, our ideas are really getting bigger than I honestly expected. Remember, this might/probably/maybe not get made. Not to be a downer or anything, but I still need to find a coder.
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Howes! Maybe not...


Lol, maybe something a bit more creative...

That's all Legion... :P


:'[

Not necessarily, I was just saying in general, our ideas are really getting bigger than I honestly expected. Remember, this might/probably/maybe not get made. Not to be a downer or anything, but I still need to find a coder.


Well, it can be as big or little as you want. Anyway, when/if you do find a coder, at least we'd have everything thought out.
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As for supplies, I was thinking they just came out of nowhere, because that would be a lot easier to go with. You just buy the supplies and use them. If you really want, you could always build some sort of dock thingy. Then you wouldn't have any way to get supplies at the beginning, though. Just so you know, the supplies (for now) are wood and nails (I think these will go together), brick, stone, metal, and rockets.


Ooh, imports! Let me guess, from China? :P
Anyway, yeah, that's a neat concept.

We could always talk to John or something


Dude... Professor + me and you + John = concentrated epicness!
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Anyway, when/if you do find a coder, at least we'd have everything thought out.

Exactly what I was thinking, which is why I'm so happy that we are having this awesome discussion.
Mefelt people skipped this post. Unless you didn't like my idea.

I hated it. Terrible idea.
No seriously, I did read that, it's just I had nothing to add, sorry. But a dock that you can click and it would scroll down from the top of the screen sounds good. That was what you're talking about, right?
Dude... Professor + me and you + John = concentrated epicness!

As epic as that might sound, I don't think he would do it. anyone wanna email him and shoot him a link to this thread?
Name for store: Rockets and Stuff.
I want it to sort of be humorous, sort of like someone mentioned before. I think people would get a kick out of a great game with humor!
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Actually, from Chinania The company is called, 'China Supplies and Rockets'. How fitting!


Lol, it sounds like China got invaded by vampires. :P
(China + Transylvania)

As epic as that might sound, I don't think he would do it. anyone wanna email him and shoot him a link to this thread?


Lol, I figured that. But any way, it'd be a huge honor to collaborate with John. He's pretty much always been my Flash idol.

I want it to sort of be humorous, sort of like someone mentioned before. I think people would get a kick out of a great game with humor!


...You forgot my name... :'(

[quote=Legion1350]And another thought, why don't we try to incorporate mild humor into the game? I was thinking that for the upgrades, there could be a big box describing it. With the description, we could perhaps give detail while being a little funny, perhaps?[/quote]
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...You forgot my name... :'(

Nope, I just forgot if it was you or jeol, and I couldn't really check back to see, sorry, lol.
Anyways, I'm taking a break from this for tonight, I want to relax my mind. Too much brainstorming hurts. Dx
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Okay, I'm going to start writing up a huge huge list/message saying all the stuff I have in mind and think should be included. Stay tuned, I'll have it posted before the end of tomorrow night.

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[quotes]I also just realized... How will it work that this is a survival game and you can 'build' the town? Will we make it hard to earn money or not possible at all?[/quote]

I was thinking, maybe we could get government grants(?) for each successful kill/disaster avoidance?

Okay, I'm going to start writing up a huge huge list/message saying all the stuff I have in mind and think should be included. Stay tuned, I'll have it posted before the end of tomorrow night.


Cool, because I'm starting to forget, lol.

Nope, I just forgot if it was you or jeol, and I couldn't really check back to see, sorry, lol.


Lol, I know; I was just making a joke.

I'm wondering if John would even do it, 'cause it's not exactly his style. But who knows? He might. :O Are there any backup flash game makers?


If John could, awesome. If not, hey, we'll find someone.

Oh... Maybe it's China for the normal version and Chinania for the Fantasy version.
Oh, about that. Do you think that would be cool?


Yeah, I suppose a fantasy mode would be cool. And I had a thought. How about we have a minigame mode? There'd be one disaster each time period. During that disaster, you could participate in its prevention. For example, if we had a wolf invasion, you could control one of the snipers. If we had a meteor shower, you could control one of the SAM/rocket stations. I figure you two will either love or hate that idea.
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Possibly JoeyBets?


Hey, that'd be pretty nice; I love his Phage War and Sushi Cat series.

You know what a SAM is? You just became one of the most awesome people in my world.


Lol, yes. A Surface-Air Missile. And huzzah, someone finally thinks I'm awesome!

As for the idea, Iduno. It sounds really complicated and over-the-top.


Yeah, I figured it'd be a major butt-pain to program. Anyway, I thought I might as well suggest it.

If it happens, though, I want to be the bubble shield


Only from jeol. :P
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Possibly JoeyBets?

Why do you keep naming big-name flash developers? :s
There's hundreds of developers that would be willing to collaborate, I just have to take the time and advertise it.
Anyways, like I said, I'm making a write-up, it'll be here soon.
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Alright, I just want to say these are all the things I think are appropriate for this game. I'm going through and through pg 16-22.
If your idea didn't make it, please don't be upset, because it's not that it's bad, it's most likely too hard for me to do.
Disasters, followed by possible defenses (unofficial):
- Wolf Attack : Guard Towers
- Flood : Sewer grates
- Acid Rain/Plauge (Linked) : Antidotes
- Volcano Eruption : Evacuation (?)
- Lightning Storm : Lightning Rod
- Meteors : Some type of Rocket Launcher
Upgrading Defenses (unofficial):
- 1 Guard Tower < 2 Guard Towers < 3 Guard Towers < 3 Guard Towers + Snipers < Better Accuracy for shooting + More ammo
- (Sewer Grates) Storage gets larger as being upgraded
- Antidotes become larger in supply and heals more health.
- More Lightning Rods when upgraded, more effective, too.
- When upgraded, Rocket Launcher will get more ammo, and multiple Rocket Launchers, and last upgrade would be automatic aim.
- Evacuation from city will be quicker.
(More to come)
Ideas about Gameplay(unofficial):
- You start out as a small village with wooden huts and 0 defense. As you continue playing, you will be able to build stronger and taller buildings for more defense.
- I've been thinking really hard on how the player could purchase things, and I think the best way would be after defending a disaster, depending on how difficult it is, you would get some type of credit system.
- There's no winning. It's more of a survival type game, where the player tries to get the longest survival time/points. Haven't decided which one will be prominent.
- You will be able to name your own city, fun.
- There will be a local "Home Depot" type store always in your city, where you can purchase things such as nails and material, to build on your city. You obviously can't build a building from scratch, but there will be some type of system, I'm drawing it out.

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What about ice? Oh, that would probly be a supply... I'll write that down...


Hm... Perhaps you could take some of the water from the sewer and freeze it and use that? Sounds kinda stupid, but...

I thought we were skipping the snipers and just having the guard shooting at the wolves. I was also thinking of the two types of upgrades being more like 'damage + sight/accuracy' and 'number of towers'.


1. I had the idea that the snipers would be the guards.
2. So we're making it that you have to upgrade certain things, and we're not doing the tree-ish setup?

I was thinking that evacuation kind of defeats the purpose of survival...


Same here. Let's see, you can cool lava... The ice sounds pretty good, perhaps.

Automatic aim? I was thinking more 'damage' and 'amount of ammo + number of launchers'.


Yeah, same here, and perhaps faster reload as well. Also, from what I inferred from the Professor, we have to aim the rocket launchers ourselves until then? o.o

I was thinking just that if you have __ number of wood and nails, then you could just build it. Of course, it would take time, maybe like 10 seconds for a house or something like that.


Isn't that what he's saying? You'd buy the materials with our undetermined currency, and build the building with those materials?
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I think that would be a little unnecessary... You'd be trying to do about a billion other things at once, and the last thing you'd want to do is shoot down asteroids. Maybe they'd have their own gunners or something.


I know; I just thought that's what he meant.

Probably. :P


Ok, so let's see. We'd gain currency from grants(?) for successfully defending, which we'd use to buy supplies from Home Depot(?), which'd be used to construct buildings. Just making sure I have this correct.

(Also, I'm on AIM for the time being.)
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I'm thinking we have a preset amount, and we try to survive until we run out or die. Maybe you could gain money from every disaster averted, like every time you kill a wolf or something like that?


Personally, I like that. We'd have a certain amount upon starting, and we'd gain more by killing wolves, etc. Sounds great so far.

I can't get on right now, I'm not even really supposed to be on.


Meh, it was just an FYI in case.
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just having the guard shooting at the wolves.

That's what I meant. The guards... Using snipers can be considered sniper, I guess. Lol.
Also, from what I inferred from the Professor, we have to aim the rocket launchers ourselves until then?

Don't you think it would be boring just to click a button and watch a machine destroy them? I think it would be fun for the player to do it.
You'd be trying to do about a billion other things at once, and the last thing you'd want to do is shoot down asteroids

Oh... I had something different in mind. I thought there was only going to be one disaster at a time, but when the game progresses, there is multiple at once, which is where you would buy automatic aim.
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