Borderlands goes to ELEVEN! You may have seen some games raise their level cap by 5, or maybe even 10, but with The Crimson Lance Assassination Squads wreaking havoc and Crawmerax the Invincible being all invulnerable and stuff we knew you'd need more than just 10. And that's why Borderlands goes to ELEVEN!
Last time there weren't even enough people for 10, and now you expect 11? Well, I guess I'll play the game in August 2016, but I'll pass on development.
You made me think of this.
And yes, sign me up for a chapter.
No the last one was 9 chapters actually.
I say you aim high. Aim for 3 chapters. ;)
You're too harsh on yourself. Just do your best.
Very well I'll just suck it up and content myself that my maps won't be as cool as yours and DB's were. Alrighty as for specifications? Just interdimensional ring or alien-looking hoop. Doesn't have to be fancy just techy and odd. Can you manage that?
Hell, I'll do a chapter again. I promise that If it looks like I'll be too busy to complete it I'll tell you with a bit of notice and pull out.
Everyone got their strength and weaknesses. I pm'd you a thing a couple of days ago, did you get it? It wasn't round though, couldn't get that to look good.
Want to say I can't do any chapters. I'm kind of busy right now with planning a few projects of my own. I can volunteer resources though?Very well, Zolty. ^_^ Anything to help.
That's been me with Cities: Skylines. All my free time has been sucked into building this city only to find out I don't know a damn thing about traffic.
Fish, it's been over a month now. I'm expecting a two hour long adventure that's polished and completely bug free.
Fish, work harder damn it. Give the game to the next person before this becomes another year-long project.
I nearly skipped lunch just to finish the last major cut scene. I even turned on my PC just as a storm had passed and shurked chores to work on it today. I have been working hard on this. If not for the honor of being the second person who is not Red to start the Chain Game, then because I wanted us to enjoy it. Now can I get some positive support? Please? T.T I only took two days off to RP on Skype and let my friends and family know I was alive
Now can I get some positive support?
There's a price for failure Fish. Don't make us excommunicate you!(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b377/Jimeth/fish_zpsfuxugjoq.jpg)
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It's great that you are putting so much work into this but I think you are overdoing it. Try to skip the unnecessary stuff and do what's important. You can fix all those details at a later time!
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Quote from: Fisherson on Yesterday at 09:52:41 PM
Now can I get some positive support?
You'll get positive support when it's done! Work harder or I'll get the whip out of the closet.
I'm going to resign my spot. I just got too much to do at the moment and rather spend the little free time I have on my own projects. Anyway if my schedule clears up and there is still a free spot in the future I might jump in.
You never know, you might have more free time by the time your turn comes round : p
Tis fine, Red. You've done enough for me anyway what with making the hero, the techno chipset and some additional poses to get the battler off the ground. And like you said you can always jump back in when I get this back to moving. - -; Stupid slow progress. I'm literally inches away but running out of steam. Ofcourse even if I finish it, it'll be a bit before I can get to the library.
Oh hurr hurr....I'm working frack it! Working hard too.
It is done.Good.
Just gotta update some cut scenes and then it's off to the box and on to the next link.
Are you telling me that we have an untamed dragon flying about god knows where?
The spelling mistakes are killing me, fish! :p
I'm kinda stuck, actually. I'm at the moon base and I have no idea what to do. I feel like I've talked to everyone.
chroculium
I have, I think he means after me.
Yeah, You said you wanted it after MT, I just stated that it's probably no problem since there's really noone waiting to get his/her chapter right now. DB is MIA and momeka is busy with something cool.
*curriculum
(Sorry... couldn't help myself)
Yeah, I will. Any room for extra characters? How are you dealing with more than 4 heroes? Or are we not gonna do that?
Someone mind sending me a copy so I can play through what's been done so far?
I can take the chapter after Dren (if DB doesn't show up). Finished moving, got internet at home again and it could be nice with a small side project.
I could do a later chapter, but I don't want to commit to it just yet since I don't know how busy I'll be working this summer. I'll just keep checking on the progress here.
Glad to see more people excited for this.
I'll send the game to both of you so you can see what's been done so far.
And yes, there is a party swap system in the game at the moment. It's made to suit 9 characters besides the protagonist but can easily be expanded.
Rather need a girl in the middle to feud about if one is to be a romantic rival.
Yeah.. this wouldn't work with me. Not sure my boyfriend would approve. :P
So Fish won?
That sounds like an early side quest kind of deal to me.Sounds like a great idea
If the player needs to answer them to continue then they might get really confused if they haven't played them.
Not necessarily. It could be that...gasp! Fishman is Mr Legend's boyfriend!! Dun dun daaah! :o
Back to reality I'm glad this is still going strong! I'd love to sign up for a chapter but my roomate hogs the computer so much I'm lukcy to get on. _sweat_ But again ideas and resources requests are welcome! :w00t:
So I played through part of the intro...
[spoiler]Honestly, I'm annoyed and Juno has 1 Intelligence. I really am no big fan of lengthy text intros. I feel like all of that story could have been told through the characters and environment. Also, quizzing the player on whether or not they just skipped all that text and penalizing them by permanently reducing the main character's Wisdom stat by 5 points if they answer wrong is infuriating and bad game design. Just sayin'![/spoiler]
As for the world, it has potential. Really, I've grown less fond of worlds and more interested in characters so that's what I'm focused on.
I have a four day walking/camping thing starting tomorrow morning so please bear with me.
As for the the trivia challenge... What you have to keep in mind when thinking of how crudy I made is this: the pressure nearly made me crack., @u@ I'm surprised it worked as well as it did. As for why I went with knowledge the player wouldn't know? It was what I had to draw on at the time.
Ouch. Hey that was the one bit I was proud of! T.T I'll admit I could have made the Prologue playable and took some more effort to cinamatize it.... But I was running late anyway and I do have a fondness for old school openers.
<.<
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be mean or anything. I just think text crawls of any kind, even ones with pretty animations, are boring as far as intros go. A lot of that story could be told through out the game rather than cramming it all in at the beginning. The player doesn't need to know every detail at first and they likely won't remember because they don't have a reason to care at that point in time. Especially in an rpg, there are lots of options for conveying story and setting: NPC dialogue, sidequests, visuals, even item names/descriptions can help set the tone and environment.
I know this is just a chain game, but a little design theory can go a long way!
Sorry guys, I dropped the ball >.< I'm going to be in the UK for the next three weeks and then Vegas, so I won't be able to follow this thread, but I will be able to work on the game after July 5th if more work needs to be done at that time.
I have received Moose's package.
So I replayed it and found no problem, also I didn't find any space whales. Drago can be found behind the green robot thing at the "entrance" of janus station if that's the one you're looking for.
Yeah, I had the same problem with Drago never showing up when I played the early version prpl sent to me. Think I went in the project and messed around with some stuff to bring him up.
The space whales are random encounters. They destroy me every time.
I hope to have my chapter finished within the next week. I've already had it way too long. Sorry guys.
make sure it's worthwhile or else
Oh, God! The pressure!
Keep up the work work and you can play terraria when you are done. Just let me know if you need anything done for your chapter
I'm going to be away for about three to four weeks. So if anyone wants to go before me that would be great.
I think you should just go with what you have, make some sort of ending and be done by sunday.
I'll fix it for you, is it the same as the one I made or has there been alterations to the design yet?
Also, do you want it to have the same size as in precise measurements or is it okay if it deviates some. I'm thinking that it will be just as long but might become a bit broader.
I mean even main stream games take years, and years and get cancelled then picked up and take more years and we MAY get quality. I know if you guys weren't rushed the game would benefit. I dunno maybe that's just my delusional self.Most of the time there is a game with great potential, but then the progress slows to a stop for different reasons and then the game is cancelled.
Has anyone tried editing an rm2k3 game with the Stream version of rm2k3 and then go back to the old translated version?
I was running into performance issues when I was using 1.08, but opening up a copy of the game in the steam version and converting the project magically fixed everything. It seems like I can open the game in my old 1.08 with no issues, but I don't want corrupt the game for anyone else.
I would love to do some music for this game if you guys wanted anything relaxing/ambient/acoustic.
Just wanted to say great job to everyone who has made a chapter so far. I couldn't help myself from playing it-
Well, **** is going real slow. Been having to do overtime at work and other life stuff that's been in the way. Hopefully I will have some more time for this next week.
But hey, just finished a traveling merchant person.
(http://i.imgur.com/ugouEnk.gif)
Update:
Finished the open world area. (http://momeka.com/files/cg2-map.png)
Now I "just" got the interior map, populate the world and making about one million teleportation events left. Really want to try to finish it this weekend, but not sure I will be able to make it.
That looks awesome dude. I'm really excited to see how it turns out! Charas really needs a "like" operation for posts :p
On a side note, I think our chain games have evolved greatly over time. If anyone still has #1 and #2, I would love to play through them if you could send me the links ;)
That looks awesome dude. I'm really excited to see how it turns out! Charas really needs a "like" operation for posts :p
On a side note, I think our chain games have evolved greatly over time. If anyone still has #1 and #2, I would love to play through them if you could send me the links ;)
O__O; Daaaang! You make me feel lazy for all the small maps I made int he first chapter probably wouldn't even fit into half of that space. Not worried about lag?
Going to be able to finish it this weekend.
Quick update:
Finished about 95% of all the maps.
Finished about 99% of the graphics.
Got a custom trading system left to code.
And all dialogue left to write.
Going to be able to finish it this weekend.
Woot! Way to go, Red! You'll be our fastest finisher I think. o.O
Nope, I used 2 weeks.
You should be able to use either. I have two computers, on one I used the official steam version, and on the other I used the "other" version. if you try to open the steam version in the other version, it will throw some sort of error about the RTP. To fix it, all you need to do is edit the RPG_RT.ini and add the line "FullPackageFlag=1". It seems every time you run the steam version, it removes that line, but if you run the non steam version, it keeps that line and keeps working. If anyone wants to use the steam version, just make sure to add that line when you pass it on. It seems like rm2k3 may have removed it on me, so you or prpl may need to add it again if you don't have the steam version.
Somewhere in chapter 2 two things happened.. I can no longer access the menu and the message box changed to transparent center. Also Fish, that beginning made me really annoyed. Mostly because I lost so much INT that I am left with 1 INT...
Actually if somebody will take one or more chapters after AFL I WILL make the end chapter. I decided I may as well end it but I would like a little more story between now and then. Also I think we need to make a place to discuss some after-game or mid game options we may wish to add to the final product and what all we wish to cut or correct this go around.
Somewhere in chapter 2 two things happened.. I can no longer access the menu and the message box changed to transparent center. Also Fish, that beginning made me really annoyed. Mostly because I lost so much INT that I am left with 1 INT...
Good to know!
Edit: [spoiler]Naming the ship Big_Red_Dick was a great life choice with some of Juno's dialogue.
I seriously am getting tired of these missiles... I'm at my tenth attempt.[/spoiler]
Also, apparently they updated the steam rpgm with the worthless commands exit game, load game, toggle wait mode, fullscreen and video options.
The video options are kinda neat. But they more or less kick you out of the game. So it's not super professional.
I set the missiles life to 1, which made that whole section pretty manageable. I also lowered the life of the larger enemies, but don't remember what I set it to. And I completely cheated on the boss cause I just couldn't beat it.I found that part rather frustrating but then you learn the pattern of the missiles so it is okay. The ship battles were a bit worse though since there was so many waves of enemies and I had to chicken out behind a squarish asteroid to recharge my shields to full. But all those checkpoints made it okay.
Means you can do your own title screen, which is kinda nice.Oh that's what it is? Okay, so unchecking that box in "system" makes you jump to "new game" straight away. That's great for more arcade-ish projects. Like my old Panacea thingy. Problem is just that the game lacks an "exit game" key binding. In a usual game pressing F12 returns you to the title screen, but without a title screen you just restart the game and have to manualy close the game or alt+f4.
Don't adjust the mothership health, it is supposed to be impossible to destroy on your own. Rather once you get it below a certain health point an event will happen and end that level. You can however adjust the turrets' health, damage, and fire rate (set max ticks higher).
I found that part rather frustrating but then you learn the pattern of the missiles so it is okay. The ship battles were a bit worse though since there was so many waves of enemies and I had to chicken out behind a squarish asteroid to recharge my shields to full. But all those checkpoints made it okay.
Oh that's what it is? Okay, so unchecking that box in "system" makes you jump to "new game" straight away. That's great for more arcade-ish projects. Like my old Panacea thingy. Problem is just that the game lacks an "exit game" key binding. In a usual game pressing F12 returns you to the title screen, but without a title screen you just restart the game and have to manualy close the game or alt+f4.
Speaking of title screens, we really need to make a title screen for our game.
I also made a spreadsheet of errors I encountered.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aayZd5c0OL_zq6tFWq89-MBnbhkvRZ3ZaTljj-irUUc/edit?usp=sharing
Just give the thing to me at the end of the chaingame and I'll fix the spelling and dialogue. I've watched with Fred when he played through it, there's a lot that can be improved.
I'll keep the foul mouth, just a bit more classy. Nothing wrong with a character who curses as long as it's not cursing just to be edgy.
I would be willing to do another chapter if there is enough spots left. Would do something much shorter this time around and focus on the characters that's already there.
There's a spot left I think. Let me go check the board. I'm sure chapter 8 is open and we could do 9 as Side Quests space then I can finish at 10. Yep it's open and yours if you want it.
Well if Blaze and me do a chapter each we should have covered all the ten slots. I'm okay with what ever spot.
Hmm then I'd finish it on Chapter 11? I get one more than I wanted but I can't argue witht he fact that more chapters would be nice to flesh out some of this lovely story. ^_^ Sides it'd be a new record for Chain Games.
It's actually quite normal Prpl. At my school the courses usually last 9 weeks, ie confined to one of the four quarters of the school-year. Thus, I also have to grade exams and assignments the coming two weeks and then input the grades into the school's system.
It's actually quite normal Prpl. At my school the courses usually last 9 weeks, ie confined to one of the four quarters of the school-year. Thus, I also have to grade exams and assignments the coming two weeks and then input the grades into the school's system.
Perfect. Space battle as in spaceship battle?
The sprites are oddly resized in that one making it look kinda wonky. Especially the ship
Just finished SC2, since we didn't hear anything yet I'll download the game and give it a go. It'll still take me a few days to play through the game and refresh my memory on everything that happened, plus the new stuff. I'll let you guys know when I actually start development. If we hear back from AFL before then great, otherwise I hope the Ewoks give him what he deserves.
You know that I could simply edit your profile name right?
Okay let's see if this title is a little better since it actually has a Odyssey spelled right....wait......DANGIT! Forgot the fracking "y"........Ah well tell me if you like th enew layout anyway! XO
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f29/david-n-dent/Junos%20Title%204_zpsf35rhf08.png) (http://s44.photobucket.com/user/david-n-dent/media/Junos%20Title%204_zpsf35rhf08.png.html)
Actually, let me try it out in the game when i get home. It seems like it may be best if the ship and title are moved up. Does it look alright with the menu obstructing the ship?
It used to work well...and the ship was closer to the top. XD Darnit! Maybe I should have a trail near Juno with the ship dooing a barrel roll-type move in the background. Ahh for Dyn's custom title screen! X3 If only ye worked with the Steam version. Hmm there is a in game script one can write though so that the menu box vanishes....But it may just be easier to do it your way.
Z, did you manage to figure out the puzzle at the end of chapter 7 or did you cheat as well? Trying to figure out if my hint is too vauge.
EDIT: OH MY GOD THIS CAPCHA IS SO FREAKING ANNOYING
It's only medium, we used to have "very hard"
You mean with the passcode and tiles? Yeah I figured it out without cheating, the connection was fairly obvious. But I only realize now that you mention it that there was a hint.
Good, was afraid it was all too vague when Fish told me he had to cheat his way though.
Gonna interject. If yall still need space battley music and such and if moose hasnt already done it I shall produce.
To be fair I had to cheat my way through because I'm slightly bad at puzzles. ^^; I mean I'm okay at making them but solving them isn't always my strong suit.
*sigh*
So I was stranded the last five days at my parents' house with no internet. Then my manager was being a dbag and told a client we would deliver our product to them in December when we planned for it to be complete in late February or March. Long story short, I don't have the time to work on the game for a while. Rather than keeping it and not knowing when I'll have time to work on it, someone else can take it. I uploaded an updated version of the game with balance fixes to the space combat system, a cheat system to re-enable the menu, saving, etc, and several new ship graphics that I intended to use in some cut scenes.
Gee! This chapter has been so bounced around it's crazy! O.o If I wasn't doing the and and crazily obessed with using my remaining 16 days of MV's Trial to make a game? I'd take it. For now I suppose next guy on the list? And if he gets eaten by this chapter I dub thee author killer and I shall slay the beast.
Well if you want some more time with MV I can do some bug fixes to chapter 6 over this weekend. But I will need the link to the game in that case.
Ah reminds me, Red. When you get time could you make me a bigger sprite of Wodan for a monster?
I'm not that great at making large scale humans, but I can give it a try.
*Blusters in*
Hello everyone I'm back! So if we're talking about getting the game released, does that mean we have an ending?!?
I thought you said you would a couple of pages back....or did I imagine it? Ah either way I guess it doesn't matter. I got a few themes to use. Really only need a final boss theme I'm sure these ones I got will work well. ^_^; You are released. Go forth and do good I suppose.
I sent it to prpl ages ago
Gave it to Prpl again, though now I know it's meant to be the main battle theme I'm not so keen on it... I guess I thought it was going to be for a more infrequent thing like a spaceship battle. See how you like it anyway, I'll make another if you think it should be different.
I tried to work the spaceship's theme into the beginning but it doesn't really show all that much.
Why exactly are you making two chapters Fish? Did no-one else want to come along and finish it? It seems odd to randomly do two.
Not that I should start judging when you're so far through, and when I really don't have time to do it myself...
Sounds like you have a few plans too many going on. Focus on the important stuff for now.
So three weeks later and we are in the early new month. How is the progress?
Stay determined Mondo awesome dude! You can do it. Just do what the purple brah said! No more side quests. Just finish the game and then you can focus on those dibbly bits AFTER everything else is done! Don't let us down....or we'll all feed you to the sharks. :heart:
What with some endings, some sidequests, and some extras, it seems like 70% done rather than 95% done... : p
Do the side quests after you've finished the game. You can always re-release with them finished.
going to play this game tonightThen
Shove it over my way and I'll take a look.
Yeah, I got it and have begun making the adjustments. But then I got a stupid idea, then I started doing the stupid idea so it's going to take a tad longer than the one to two days.
The game itself is pretty much finished now so unless you want to make some science fiction like main menu and game over music then I suppose it's a little too late.Science fiction style main menu and a game over style track? Well what type of music are you needing for game over, I'm certain I might be able to do that.
But I'll be sure to contact you for future chain games, you and Moose, and Dren and DrAce. I'm lucky there are so many people around with musical talent since I lack it myself