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Nodtveidt
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Yes, it was most certainly said in jest. :) And no offense taken.
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Scrim
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I wrote a MUD in a couple weeks for a school project once. Not quite the same thing though. And I had another guy working on it with me.
While I really enjoyed the last contest and fully endorse future ones, I might be a bit too busy to participate. I hope it goes ahead though, and who knows, I might join up at the last minute.
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Adam
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:47 pm Post subject: |
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Bah, I have a half arsed walkaround mmo engine and Bigger Universe has one that's even better...
EDIT: I also forgot Hajo!
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Adam
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Theme sudgestion: Take a game and make it an RPG.
Eg: Make a bowling game where you can level up your skills and have a dramatic story about how your love interest was kidnapped etc.
Or puzzle quest might be a better example of the idea i'm trying to get at.
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Mattias Gustavsson
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A MMORPG might be a bit strong, yeah :D But I'd be up for having the compo being to make a MUD. You could choose to make it graphical or text based, or even web based, and the only real requirement would be more than one player in the same world...
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RedSlash
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I wasn't suggesting making a full blown MMO in one week, rather a stripped down version of an MMO to demonstrate basic networking and multiplayer.
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RedSlash
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ASCII art seems like good idea. I think more people will be able to complete games since you dont have to waste time on the graphics stuff.
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Nodtveidt
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| Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:57 am Post subject: |
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I like the idea, but it's a bit generic. An ASCII-art or text-based RPG with a specific theme would be better, but I'm open to anything right now.
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Nodtveidt
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How about this...
Make an RPG where you use as many classic RPG clichés as possible. And...since it would basically be a cheese-festival of games, the game would have to include at least one direct reference to cheese.
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Mattias Gustavsson
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I think mine will end up cheesy regardless of whether it's the theme or not :D
Another suggestion for a theme: Party. You control a group of characters, and can recruit characters to your party.
On the other hand, ascii-art/text-based would be a good enough theme in itself I think... And, as was mentioned earlier, would mean more people could enter without having to worry about the graphics...
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| Mattias Gustavsson wrote: | I think mine will end up cheesy regardless of whether it's the theme or not :D
Another suggestion for a theme: Party. You control a group of characters, and can recruit characters to your party.
On the other hand, ascii-art/text-based would be a good enough theme in itself I think... And, as was mentioned earlier, would mean more people could enter without having to worry about the graphics... |
oooh a character party sounds like a good technical requirement.
What is the minimum? 3 characters?
I still vote for ASCII art. However, not limited to a dos game;
I recreated the ms-dos character set as a bitmap; so my entry if I make one would be cross-platform compatible.
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