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tcaudilllg · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:04 pm Post subject:

...I love how you never can get away from the fucking trolls anymore.

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tcaudilllg · Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:53 pm Post subject:

I want to create a game which will explain my ideas.

I will create something. I've created things with my own software in the past.

I want to create the game which shows the (uphill) struggle a person can face in trying to get acceptance for a new idea, especially when that idea shatters comfortable delusions. I want people to play the game and identify with the lead character, and to understand that the promotion of a new idea is something they can identify with.

The game itself features two modes, a town exploring "infiltration mode" where the goal is to convert enemies to allies. The second mode is a tactical RPG system in which the protagonist defeats enemy soldiers who were not converted in the infiltration phase.

tcaudilllg · Posted: Fri Jan 22, 2010 12:24 am Post subject:

tcaudilllg · Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:14 am Post subject:

OK I'm designing the XUL form. XUL runner is quite powerful -- you can actually save files with it.

My first aim is to design the sequential patcher. After that comes the code translator.

For the sequential patcher, a tree interface is needed to allow the user to specify which patches to apply. I will do the interface in VB first, and then implement in XUL once the design is finalized. I've already completed the patching code itself -- I can port over the EasyMod patcher I created.

It's important to make the patcher as easy to use as possible. I'm thinking of using a multi-line list to display all the patches available to the user. What if we gave the user the option of browsing a global database of snippets available on the 'Net? Users could upload their snippets for others to download. The multi-line list would show a description for each item selected. We could also include a search function to narrow down the list of choices, although categories are also very important. To make things as intuitive as possible, up/down buttons would be supplied to cycle through all the commands.

What I'm thinking of, is something like this:

http://www.sharewareconnection.com/the-snippet-bank.htm

I don't have the resources to handle such huge traffic, and no free host that I know of permits the hosting of non-standard development tools. (I don't think GoogleCode does this?). All standardized tools are purposed for programmers... web-based design is a new phenomenon.

Users will have two options: executing the code using HTML 5, or porting the code to the platform of their choice using the translation engine. The key to this platform's success is accessibility: users should be able to interact with a game just by going to a web page. Flash already allows this, but it relies on vector graphics. Vector graphics... come across as unprofessional and unrealistic. Good for a laugh, but very bad for serious storytelling. We need to recreate the feel of the old 16 bit games... that's what we need to aim for. I look at those ROM editors which are all the rage today and all the cease and desist orders rendering unplayable their better fruits, and I say, "That's the wrong way." That's what this project is about: bringing the community back to its roots AND moving it into the future by fully realizing the power of free licenses.