LRF Characters - Crew should read!
Posted: 24 Nov 2006, 16:20
Hey you guys, well, I've been working on the system a bit for LRF, and its been coming along, no big snags. Right now I want to talk to you guys about your characters.
First off, I want to get it away from Loading Ready Rumble, just because. So I/we need to think up a different storyline for the 1P version of the game that allows any character to be used. And the characters could slightly vere away from LRR Canon, like Matt being a wizard perhaps?
For the actual characters and weapons, I'm thinking about these:
Graham: A large pot lid, used for deflecting and throwing. Also utilizes a camcorder like Paul's weapon for the occasional laser. Throwing it does a lot of damage
Paul: A camera-sword. Its a video camera sitting on a tripod, only replace tripod with sword. It also shoots beams.
Matt: I'm thinking some kind of staff. Wizard ho, with some cool defensive and offensive spells. (Controllable thundercloud for long-range)
Morgan: No weapon? Maybe brass knucles... I think Morgan should be played as a tricky one, you can feint and punish while the enemy is recovering. There will also be no question on your third costume, which will be underwear and sandles.
Kathlene: No idea really. Possibly a large wrench? I'm thinking you have some undodgeable female wile attacks that make the enemy explode whenever you feel like using them. They should be weaker then other attacks because undodgeable is pretty cheap...
James: Hampire. What weapons do vampires use? I don't know, but pork rinds will be a big part.
Jer: God, no idea.... Ninja?
Bill: I'm thiking a large folded chair. It allows for some kick ass winning poses. And who doesn't want to smack someone with a chair.
Kate: Not sure >_> A friend suggested small knives.
Johnny_Lunchbox: Scripts. Paper that floats around him that can paper cut people. With teleportation.
Andy: A musical instrument of some kind perhaps? Then again, I wouldn't mind seeing him fight with a hat.
Ash: Same, no idea... Maybe a leather whip for the hellofit? Or handcuffs used as nunchaku.
Mik, because I am that leet: A chain. Possibly with a knife on the end. I've always wanted to weild a chain...
So yeah, tell me if you like your weaponry, and give me suggestions as to cool moves or costumes that you would like. This is important mainly for Graham and Paul right now because I'm going to start spriting and I don't want to have to start over because you want something different >_>
After the main crew and then the secondary crew, then me, I'm going to move onto some of the video characters like 64K and so on. Then the comic characters. However, by this time I will have hopefully gotten a few followers who can help me.
Also, once I've gotten a good bit into this, I'm going to need the crew to make little sound bites, attacking, being hit, various taunts, etc. I will also need someone to be the announcer, like "Fight!" "KO!" etc. I want some cooler words then that. "To the death!" "Destroyed!" etc.
Finally, anyone who knows flash: If I make the game in flash, but have people download it zipped instead of playing it online, would that take off all load time because its all there? Because I'm doing some high-resolution backgrounds and don't want to have a thirty minute load time...
One last thing, I was playing around with the idea of some original characters. I was thinking that the story is Evil Inc got some new employees to do something dastardly, and its your job to stop them, fighting through everyone until you reach the boss. So if you have an original character you want in (perhaps a MMO personality of yours?) tell me about it, I'll note it down.
First off, I want to get it away from Loading Ready Rumble, just because. So I/we need to think up a different storyline for the 1P version of the game that allows any character to be used. And the characters could slightly vere away from LRR Canon, like Matt being a wizard perhaps?
For the actual characters and weapons, I'm thinking about these:
Graham: A large pot lid, used for deflecting and throwing. Also utilizes a camcorder like Paul's weapon for the occasional laser. Throwing it does a lot of damage
Paul: A camera-sword. Its a video camera sitting on a tripod, only replace tripod with sword. It also shoots beams.
Matt: I'm thinking some kind of staff. Wizard ho, with some cool defensive and offensive spells. (Controllable thundercloud for long-range)
Morgan: No weapon? Maybe brass knucles... I think Morgan should be played as a tricky one, you can feint and punish while the enemy is recovering. There will also be no question on your third costume, which will be underwear and sandles.
Kathlene: No idea really. Possibly a large wrench? I'm thinking you have some undodgeable female wile attacks that make the enemy explode whenever you feel like using them. They should be weaker then other attacks because undodgeable is pretty cheap...
James: Hampire. What weapons do vampires use? I don't know, but pork rinds will be a big part.
Jer: God, no idea.... Ninja?
Bill: I'm thiking a large folded chair. It allows for some kick ass winning poses. And who doesn't want to smack someone with a chair.
Kate: Not sure >_> A friend suggested small knives.
Johnny_Lunchbox: Scripts. Paper that floats around him that can paper cut people. With teleportation.
Andy: A musical instrument of some kind perhaps? Then again, I wouldn't mind seeing him fight with a hat.
Ash: Same, no idea... Maybe a leather whip for the hellofit? Or handcuffs used as nunchaku.
Mik, because I am that leet: A chain. Possibly with a knife on the end. I've always wanted to weild a chain...
So yeah, tell me if you like your weaponry, and give me suggestions as to cool moves or costumes that you would like. This is important mainly for Graham and Paul right now because I'm going to start spriting and I don't want to have to start over because you want something different >_>
After the main crew and then the secondary crew, then me, I'm going to move onto some of the video characters like 64K and so on. Then the comic characters. However, by this time I will have hopefully gotten a few followers who can help me.
Also, once I've gotten a good bit into this, I'm going to need the crew to make little sound bites, attacking, being hit, various taunts, etc. I will also need someone to be the announcer, like "Fight!" "KO!" etc. I want some cooler words then that. "To the death!" "Destroyed!" etc.
Finally, anyone who knows flash: If I make the game in flash, but have people download it zipped instead of playing it online, would that take off all load time because its all there? Because I'm doing some high-resolution backgrounds and don't want to have a thirty minute load time...
One last thing, I was playing around with the idea of some original characters. I was thinking that the story is Evil Inc got some new employees to do something dastardly, and its your job to stop them, fighting through everyone until you reach the boss. So if you have an original character you want in (perhaps a MMO personality of yours?) tell me about it, I'll note it down.