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: Ideas and stuff for a new game... a VIDEO game.
: Maze March 26, 2009, 12:15:17 AM
Well, first off, can anyone other than Ross guess what this is? (It has to do with RPPR)

http://www.mazegraphics.com/flash/ot13.swf

Arrows to move, Space to shoot. Click on it if it doesn't work at first.
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: Zeernebooch March 26, 2009, 12:21:44 AM
Is it time to TRAIL HARDER?!?!
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: clockworkjoe March 26, 2009, 01:21:23 AM
i love you
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: Maze March 26, 2009, 02:04:45 AM
i love you

Who? Zeerrnebooch? Whatever you answer it will be creepy.
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: clockworkjoe March 26, 2009, 02:11:01 AM
i love you

Who? Zeerrnebooch? Whatever you answer it will be creepy.

 ;)
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: Dawnsteel March 26, 2009, 05:50:24 PM
Haha, hilarious!

The swastika wagons are awesome.
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: Maze March 26, 2009, 10:40:24 PM
Why thank you. Anyway, I am planning to do Oregon Trail 13 as a flash game gradually. I don't have that much time to spend on a project that is completely devoid of profit so it might take a while.

I was wondering, first off, what are the kind of enemies you'd like to see in such a game?
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: Tadanori Oyama March 26, 2009, 10:44:23 PM
Communist bison. Need a good reason to take them all out, right?
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: rayner23 March 27, 2009, 09:23:08 AM
I want some nose picking action!
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: Maze March 27, 2009, 11:27:48 AM
Actually, there will be a scene where you fight nose goblins using your index within your nasal cavity. Besides that, it's kinda hard to implement without it being incredibly lame.

Communist bison it will be.
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: Tadanori Oyama March 27, 2009, 12:17:22 PM
Things I is thinkin'a gon' be in'a game? Wa-hoo, I'm a game design'a!
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: rayner23 March 28, 2009, 09:48:27 PM
Actually, there will be a scene where you fight nose goblins using your index within your nasal cavity. Besides that, it's kinda hard to implement without it being incredibly lame.

Communist bison it will be.

Of course it would be lame and that is what would make it great!
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: clockworkjoe March 28, 2009, 10:22:03 PM
ZOMBIE BUFFALO ARGLE BBARGLE
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: Tadanori Oyama March 29, 2009, 12:13:20 PM
ZOMBIE BUFFALO ARGLE BBARGLE

I figure that'll logically follow killing all the commie ones.
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: rayner23 March 29, 2009, 09:38:21 PM
Can you trick out your cart with rims and nitrous?
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: Maze March 29, 2009, 10:22:15 PM
That's the plan. You can't really see the rims when you're playing but I want the speed to be a part of the gameplay.
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: rayner23 March 31, 2009, 11:47:02 AM
Will the player be able to get vorpal gangrene or dragon syphillis?
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: Maze March 31, 2009, 01:32:13 PM
Probably not. The closest to it would be a power-down that if you hit, slows you down. Unless I can figure something good.
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: rayner23 March 31, 2009, 01:50:05 PM
How cool would it be if this game had elements of Spy Hunter in it? Another larger wagon appears in front of you and you get missles!
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: Maze April 07, 2009, 03:17:58 PM
That would be cool. I'll see what I can do. I'm working on the shooting mechanics right now.

Other than that:

(http://www.mazegraphics.com/images/commbuff.png)
                              That communist enough?
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: clockworkjoe April 07, 2009, 03:39:01 PM
That would be cool. I'll see what I can do. I'm working on the shooting mechanics right now.

Other than that:

(http://www.mazegraphics.com/images/commbuff.png)
                              That communist enough?

hahahahahahahahaha
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: Tadanori Oyama April 07, 2009, 04:37:14 PM
Wow, that is one really communist buffalo. Their leaders should have big old Marx beards.

You are an impressive individual, Maze.
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: Maze April 07, 2009, 04:54:13 PM
Wow, that is one really communist buffalo. Their leaders should have big old Marx beards.

You are an impressive individual, Maze.

Thanks... I think?

Not having any buffalos around this 'ere Montreal city, I had to look them up on google. The breeds look quite different. I specifically decided to take this guy as a model:

(http://www.perlgurl.org/archives/blogpics/AfricaFieldNotes/WebCapeBuffalo02.jpg)
Look at him; plotting, scheming, conspiring. That motherfucker is up to NO good.
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: Tadanori Oyama April 07, 2009, 05:06:43 PM
It is indeed. They are a sneaky bunch. Which is why I feel kind of bad about say this: You've got the wrong animal there. That's a Cape Buffalo, from Africa.

The "buffalo" of the American west is the American Bison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_bison_k5680-1.jpg). It's a whole seperate species that's known for having a vastly thicker coat than buffalo and for having smaller horns. That's why I thought the beards would be funny.
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: Maze April 07, 2009, 05:10:42 PM
Son of a... Haha. Well, what can I say, Africa's got way cooler buffaloes. Anyway, it's just a concept design so it doesn't really matter I've got the wrong buffalo since this picture has no use and won't look like the little running buffaloes I'll be using in the actual game. But it's good to know the American buffaloes have pussy horns instead of the vorpal horns of devastating doom +5 the cape buffaloes have.
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: Tadanori Oyama April 07, 2009, 05:51:37 PM
Indeed. Bison horns actually look alot like ears if you don't know what your looking for.

I only point it out because, obviosusly, historically correct content will be vitally important to the game.
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: Maze April 07, 2009, 06:25:03 PM
Yeah, especially since you'll be seeing Lee Harvey Oswald lead a team of skilled ninjas only to get roundhouse kicked in the face by Abe himself.

Historical inaccuracies is what I'm all about.

In the video game Call of Chtulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth, you see Hoover, the former FBI director and international douche and have to rescue him from falling into a pit of molten gold. You get the game over screen if you let him die and on some forums some people complained about not being able to let him die. The rebuttal was, of course, "Don't you realize he's an HISTORICAL figure?." And my argument for it is: who gives a shit about historical accuracies in a game where you shoot Dagon with a cannon and fuck up mother Hydra.
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: Tadanori Oyama April 07, 2009, 06:38:59 PM
Ah, that was a fun game.

I've considered designing a game that really showed off the "freedom" of choice. Something like a Call of Duty game but on the Axis side where the player would likely not want to do whatever the mission was. Give them the option of denying their orders, if they wanted to, and have them face a historically accurate responce.

Heck, could do the same thing for, say, a British soldier in a World War One game.

Or, you know, any soldier.

But I'm getting off topic, back to the Marxist Bisons.
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: Dawnsteel April 07, 2009, 08:31:21 PM
: Maze
to rescue him from falling into a pit of molten gold

You should save him because he hasn't earned such an epic death.
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: Maze April 09, 2009, 04:58:14 PM
Q: What happens when a former president turns evil?

(http://www.mazegraphics.com/images/vanburen.jpg)

A: Shit gets real.
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: clockworkjoe April 09, 2009, 05:08:17 PM
Q: What happens when a former president turns evil?

(http://www.mazegraphics.com/images/vanburen.jpg)

A: Shit gets real.

VAN BUREN!!! (http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/2056/emotargh.gif)
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: Tadanori Oyama April 09, 2009, 05:10:48 PM
Martin Van Buren is but a single shard, a mere fragment, one glittering reflection of the true might of Coddowalshagoth!

By the way, awesome emot there Ross.
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: Maze April 09, 2009, 09:52:17 PM
Martin Van Buren is but a single shard, a mere fragment, one glittering reflection of the true might of Coddowalshagoth!

By the way, awesome emot there Ross.

Coddowalshagoth? Where have I heard this from? I know it's from a podcast but I don't recall anything else.

Anyway, I'm planning to have Seth Soulsunder McProtagonist fight a big villiain and his henchmen with a cast of allies. So far I've got:

Good guys:
-Seth
-John Stranger : A mysterious cowboy with a mysterious past seeking a mysterious goal.
-Louis Pasteur : The man with the mission to destroy the undead.

Bad guys:
-Main Villain : Don't ask. You'll see.
-Nose Goblin King : summons nose goblins.
-Van Buren : Former president with electricity powers
-Lee Harvey Oswald : Master Ninja
-Some fat guy who starves people and throws cannibals at you: I forgot his name and other shit about him.

I need ideas for good guys and evil henchmen.
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: Tadanori Oyama April 09, 2009, 09:55:50 PM
That sounds fucking hilarious.

And Coddowalshagoth is the name of the Great Old One that our cult worships. Check the Cody Fan Club thread in the Podcast sub-forum.
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: rayner23 April 09, 2009, 10:55:48 PM
Don't forget that Martin Van Buren can also turn himself into liquid.

My students at school actually requested for me to do my MVB impression. It is classic.
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: rayner23 April 09, 2009, 10:57:35 PM
And Van Buren only turned evil because his dad was an abusive alcoholic who sexually molested him. It gives the character more pathos.
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: Dawnsteel April 09, 2009, 10:59:45 PM

Didn't he have portal abilities too?
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: rayner23 April 09, 2009, 11:02:57 PM
Hell yeah! He was a dimensional door due to his exposure to the Dark Tower (which he found in Flagstaff, AZ).
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: Dawnsteel April 09, 2009, 11:21:02 PM
OK, so bad guys.

The Communist Bison could be lead by Buffalo Stalin, Wild Bill Khrushchev, etc.

Is Hiram (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05132003) the Blacksmith (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05142003) going to be there (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05162003)?
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: clockworkjoe April 09, 2009, 11:24:58 PM
OK, so bad guys.

The Communist Bison could be lead by Buffalo Stalin, Wild Bill Khrushchev, etc.

Is Hiram (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05132003) the Blacksmith (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05142003) going to be there (http://www.achewood.com/index.php?date=05162003)?

ahahahha yesss those are some of my favorite achewood strips and I never thought to put them in OT13. DO IT MAZE DO IT
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: Maze April 09, 2009, 11:26:40 PM
errr... don't we have to ask permission? How do I even integrate it in a shooter game?
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: clockworkjoe April 09, 2009, 11:28:08 PM
errr... don't we have to ask permission? How do I even integrate it in a shooter game?

just make it a cameo - Hiram asks you weird questions during hte loading screen or something
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: Maze April 09, 2009, 11:40:23 PM
I kinda picture him like this:
(http://www.mazegraphics.com/images/harimdoodle.jpg)

Yeah yeah, I know, I have no knowledge of the human anatomy. It's kinda hard drawing with a tablet when you haven't drawn for over 3 years. :(
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: Dawnsteel April 09, 2009, 11:52:54 PM
Chest hair, good.
Shirtless with leather apron, FANTASTIC.

I'm not sure about the mustache, but I'm sure it'd grow on me.  So to speak.  Overall, I do like him. 

Also I have a hard time offering advice because if I'd drawn him he'd be a stick figure holding a horseshoe, or possibly a hammer, and standing near an anvil (to denote his smithy profession).
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: Maze April 09, 2009, 11:58:21 PM
It's just a quick doodle, the final version if I have any will look nothing like it.

Harim is bisexual and very persuasive.
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: Dawnsteel April 10, 2009, 12:01:43 AM
: clockworkjoe
Hiram asks you weird questions during the loading screen or something

Hiram wonders if you've had vorpal gangrene.
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: clockworkjoe April 14, 2009, 12:40:09 PM
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/mtts-archives/mttsarchive-apr09.php
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: Setherick April 14, 2009, 02:56:45 PM
http://www.marriedtothesea.com/mtts-archives/mttsarchive-apr09.php

God I love MTTS.