[project1dev] Re: Art Concepts and Story
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:12:59 -0800
lol np!
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:09 PM, Hanaan <hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have the memory of a gold fish. thank you Alan
>
>
> Alan Wolfe wrote:
>
>> Hey Hanaan,
>>
>> You download the game by using SVN (and that's how you put stuff into the
>> game too).
>> Heres the link again on how to do that stuff:
>> http://pyotek.com/projects/forum/viewtopic.php?id=5
>> If you hit any snags let me know and i can help you out. You just use
>> the username and password you gave me before in SVN (if you forgot your
>> login or anything let me know and i can look it up for you)
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Hanaan <hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:
>> hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the info Alan.
>>
>> And kent I have read the wiki. But its very fragmented and not in
>> a cohesive format. So it is difficult to understand the story,
>> game progression, and what the game is currently from the various
>> disparate pages.
>> eric: I did not see a link to the game anywhere on the site. Its
>> possible Ive overlooked it. Can you send me a link to these game
>> files to view that you mentioned? It would be helpful as
>> "realistic" isnt very descriptive of the actual style of the game
>> art. When I ask about style I mean more how all the art elements
>> are being used together to create the environment.
>>
>> thanks again everyone for your replies!
>>
>> Alan Wolfe wrote:
>>
>> Hey Hanaan,
>>
>> The game in a nutshell is that you start as a disembodied soul
>> floating in the void (this is the void area that we are trying
>> to finish up right now).
>>
>> In the void, you meet an old man who gives you a body and
>> sends you on quests in the land of the living.
>>
>> The game is going to be divided into a first half and a second
>> half.
>>
>> The first half is going to be broken up into chapters where
>> you start out in the void, the old man sends you back to the
>> land of the living, you do stuff (specific quest, linear
>> storyline type things) and then return.
>>
>> The storyline (correct me if im wrong guys) is basically that
>> the old man is in a war against the gods. At the end of the
>> first half of the game I believe you are going to get the
>> choice whether to side with him or not, and what is available
>> in the second half of the game will vary depending on your choice.
>>
>> The second half is non linear gameplay where you have free
>> movement around the world and there's adventures to be had.
>>
>> Eric has the major overview parts of the storyline worked out
>> but the details are being worked out as we need them.
>>
>> Our development process is we plan out a milestone which is a
>> bite sized chunk of the game to make and get concepts together
>> and figure out the details, break it up into tasks and start
>> developing.
>>
>> When we are done, we start on the next milestone (:
>>
>> The current milestone is to create the void map where you
>> start the game.
>>
>> In this area you meet the old man who will let you create how
>> your character looks (we are saving that portion for a later
>> dater and just having it give you a standard body for now).
>>
>> Also in the area is a fortune teller tent where you go talk to
>> a robotic fortune teller who asks you questions. Your
>> character stats are based on the answers you give, but there
>> is also a "secret" way you hack the robot and play a little
>> minigame where if you win, you can assign your own stats. We
>> have the minigame basically done, and are going to put in a
>> place holder conversation with the fortuneteller since we dont
>> have the stats system completely designed yet.
>>
>> Lastly in the area is a temple where you are put through a
>> couple "tests" which are easy and are just there to teach you
>> the the controls of the game and the basics of combat when you
>> fight the temple beast (which is what Katie is currently
>> working on).
>>
>> We've been on this milestone for too long, so right now we are
>> just trying to get the models and everything else in this
>> milestone finished so we can move onto the next one.
>>
>> I don't know all the details of the next milestone but Eric
>> said when you go back to the "land of the living" you are in a
>> forest and i think theres some bandits there. Also in the
>> next milestone there is going to be the first REAL minigame
>> (the hacking minigame is a mini- minigame hehe), where you
>> will get to play a poker like dice game. Kent has been
>> working on this dice game and it's coming along pretty well.
>> My last programming task was to implement the functionality
>> needed to create multiplayer (over the internet) minigames so
>> Kent is currently implementing that as well as AI for the game
>> and finishing up the last of the details.
>>
>> Basically as we get close to the end of this milestone, we'll
>> start working out the details of our next milestone, grabbing
>> reference art, making concept art and stuff like that.
>>
>> Make sense?
>>
>> Hope this helps, let me know if you have other questions (:
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:15 AM, eric <figarus@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:figarus@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:figarus@xxxxxxxxx
>>
>> <mailto:figarus@xxxxxxxxx>>> wrote:
>>
>> Also like we discussed yesterday, there are things coming
>> up that
>> I'd be happy to have your contributions as far asd concept
>> art goes
>> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hanaan <hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx> <mailto:hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx>>>
>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:52:00
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>> Subject: [project1dev] Art Concepts and Story
>>
>> Hey everyone!
>>
>> I wanted to get more info on the current story and art of the
>> game. So
>> far I do not see a place to download art that has been
>> created for new
>> people like myself to the project. These kinds of things
>> help me
>> understand where we are, the style of the game (since i am
>> here as an
>> artist), and the feel of the world.
>>
>> I mentioned to Eric (I think it was Eric) that I do draw as
>> well.
>> Since
>> I last asked, no art has been forthcoming. I never did ask
>> directly
>> about the story writing. Do we have any pieces of story to
>> share? I
>> have gone through the wiki but forgive me if I missed any
>> links to the
>> game story (i have read the overview but it does not give
>> me any story
>> of the game to know where it is going).
>>
>> These things are very crucial for me as an artist. It
>> makes it more
>> difficult to create things for the game if I cant visual the
>> styles and
>> themes we are going for. If we are lacking concept art,
>> then Id
>> like to
>> help with it. If we are lacking story, I can help with
>> that as well.
>> But if we have some of these things already, can anyone
>> forward this
>> information to me?
>>
>> Right now I am trying to really get a grasp on where
>> exactly the
>> team is
>> in the development process. The emails arent very informative
>> since I
>> usually dont know what you all are talking about and much
>> of the times
>> its just funny messages (which I enjoy reading, lol. They are
>> just low
>> on actual useful information for someone new to the team
>> like me).
>>
>> Thanks for all the info and help you guys have given so
>> far. But I am
>> having a hard time understanding exactly what this game is
>> about
>> and in
>> need of whatever bits of story have been written so far and any
>> concept
>> art so I can better understand. Might be worth
>> constructing some sort
>> of "newbie" guide or perhaps a cohesive design document for new
>> folks to
>> get acquainted with the game and to follow where we are in
>> development.
>> Forgive me if i am slow and this info is somewhere I should
>> have
>> looked,
>> but I did not find it.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>>
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