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>> 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
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-----Original Message-----
From: Hanaan <hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:hanaan.fu@xxxxxxxxx>>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:52:00
To: <project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
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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