Yet another Group Project:Best Titanium Forge Game

[Gan]

On iChat, WarHampster came up with a brilliant idea to create a Titanium Forge game to show off all it's features. It was great, and I was going to do it; but then we switched subject to Gmg's group projects. He brought up the topic of how all Gmg's group projects fail due to no programer and that we should start a successful one... We decided to mix both ideas.

New Group Project: To create the Best Titanium Forge Game

Game Category: Not yet known
Game Name: Needs thought up

Recruit List:
Programmer: Gandolf
Designer:
Thinker/Idea Guy:
Graphics Guy: WarHampster
Sound/Music Guy: WarHampster

We're aiming to create a group project game that covers every feature Tf has to offer.
As for storyboard, we can make it anything. We could take up the ideas from previous group project attempts, mix a few, or even create a new one. It's up to you guys.
We can have an unlimited amount of people in any spot on the recruit list, but It'd be great if you guys could spread to fill empty spots. You can even take up multiple spots.


-Gandolf

[WarHampster]

I think that, if executed well, this project will turn out to be really cool and will pull the community together. Past attempts at group projects have failed miserably, mostly because of a lack of communication between the participants, causing the project to fail upon reaching the programming stage. While other group projects were only really open to half of the community (as they were either being made in GameMaker or SilverCreator), making a game in TF presents a unique opportunity: as TF is a new program, no one here (Except Gandolf) is an expert in it. Therefore, everyone on the forums is on even ground, and everyone can participate, if they're willing to learn about a new program. As TF's creator will be leading the project, we already have a programmer who can lead the project's coding while helping everyone else learn TF's language. Hopefully, this will produce an amazing game, and let everyone here become experienced in a great new tool.  

[WarHampster]

Here's my first idea for the game:

A mixture between a RPG and a light-gun shooter.

What that entails:

Like in an RPG, you move your character around from a top-down perspective, going into shops to buy items and getting into battles. When you get into a battle, instead of being a turn based RPG battle it turns into a light gun style shooter (like Time Crisis or the Time Trial game from SC). The battle area (the cover that enemies pop up from behind and the scenery) differs depending on where you got into the battle. You use any weapons or items that you bought against a certain number of baddies (maybe the number you have to fight is floating over the enemies' representation in the world view?). When you kill all the baddies you get money and or items, and are returned to the world screen.

What does everyone think?  

[Xiphos]

I can help with graphics and think... (hope I can think =P)

[WarHampster]

On Gandolf's request, my idea has been changed... now it's in a swords and sorcery setting, with spells instead of guns.

[Gan]

Alright... the current idea for the game is a medieval setting with places to explore, shops to buy stuff and battle is held in real time. Destroy them before they destroy you, probably have a spell warm up bar with different spells, maybe even the ability to walk around and do hand to hand combat.

Did I get that right? Anyone have another idea? Want to contribute to this idea?


-Gandolf

[Xiphos]

How about during the campaign of Alexander the Great instead?

[GMG Hendo]

How about during the campaign of Alexander the Great instead?

CUZ HE CAN'T SHOOT FIREBALLS

[Xiphos]

So what no one loves flaming balls =P

[Gan]

I made a multiplayer game in Vb.net where you shoot fireballs at each other. Fireballs aren't that bad.


-Gandolf

[Xiphos]

how about they shoot arrows on fire.

[Gan]

Eh... So... gladiator era with swords, spears, arrows and such?

If so, we have the setting down. All we need is the story.


-Gandolf

[Xiphos]

You are a soldier in the army tired from fighting in a foreign land while your love stays at home. You receive notice that your wife has been killed by enemies. Angry you leave the war camp and head out to a town. You pass out and wake up, the town on fire (apparently by you) and it's guards attacking you. Now the army against and the natives of the land against you, you must find a way to return home and find the secret to these fire powers...

The powers have been given to you by the gods and throughout the story you learn the old greek gods are dying because of less people believing. They will give you the ultimate gift if you can find the item that will restore their power. The item will be hidden underground in the kingdom of Hades (dun dun dun)


The first part would be the beggining and the other will happen through the story.

We don't need to do this era it can be a different one!

[Gan]

Hmm... Maybe we could keep it a bit more simple? Anyone play Yipe? Story line was nice and simple, no background info, just had to save the princesses.
Something that wouldn't require a large variety of graphics...

Anyone have any more ideas? This kind of reminds me of the swashbuckler group project game we tried earlier. Maybe that kind of storyboard would be good. Easy graphics because you're mostly on the sea.



-Gandolf

[WarHampster]

<- Water = really hard to make (look good)

Simple story:

Ninjas steal shiny object. King tells you to get it back.

Twist: Shiny object is actually evil demon summoning thing. You have to kill evil king and destroy it.