Another 64D Community Game

Posted by Castypher on Nov. 14, 2011, 4:58 p.m.

Things fell out with 64Brawl, though I still have the source lying around. But it's not because I don't want to do it. It's because it requires a lot of spriting–a skill that I don't have. So I'm going to try another community game. That means, for you newbies, that 64Digits members star as the characters.

The genre? Fighters are overdone, I loathe platformers, and while I thought of doing an RPG (might do it eventually though), that also requires a lot of spriting. Instead, I'm going to baby you guys into shoot-em-ups, a genre I can do quite well, and it doesn't take a lot of spriting. In truth, it'll be some sort of hybrid.

How am I going to do that? Besides pacifist modes that dumb down the difficulty a bit, I plan on taking it a little further from the bullet hell subgenre so more of you find it playable.

I will officially begin grinding after finals week. Finals week is the first week of December. I have nine hours at work ahead of me, so I'll also get a lot done today.

So until then, it's your turn to do some work. First off, let's get a show of hands on people who would be interested to see themselves in a game. After all, we haven't had much of that since LOLOMGWTFBBQ, right? Look at it this way. Your enthusiasm will fuel my enthusiasm, helping me finish the game much sooner.

For the rest of this month (about two weeks now), I'll be taking requests as to who wants to be in the game. I need this done early so I can move to the planning stages sooner. However, here are the criteria:

Character Entry Criteria

- Only users who I (and a vote from others) deem active and/or well-known will have characters in the game.

- The character may be a representation of your alias, or it may be one that you made up.

- If you want to participate, you must supply me with said character.

- Users who request after December 1st are not guaranteed a spot.

- Further details will be fleshed out later. Among them, whether you are a playable or boss character, and what your attack patterns would be.

- Any entrants who have not supplied me with the required details before December 1st (can be extended a bit) may be dropped.

- Character bios are recommended. A little backstory is great, but make sure it's relevant.

- You will need to design the appearance. Either a picture or a detailed description will do.

- If you're a musician (and a boss character), you may also submit a track to serve as your theme.

Current Roster (Member - Character)

Ferret - ?

Cyrus - ?

Kamira - ?

Taizen Chisou - ?

Daggerhog - ?

Rob - ?

Qwilderwibben - ?

Stevenup - ?

Juurian - ?

MMORPGguy - ?

Rez - Phobos Fatboy

Purianite - Rhiannon/Amaira/Sayuri

Duckman - ?

Alert - ?

Moikle - ?

F1ak3r - ?

And no, I'm not joking. Going through the early planning stages right now.

Comments

F1ak3r 12 years, 11 months ago

Am I active/well-known? I dunno, I might be.

I could have some sort of long blog themed character or something. I'll think about it.

F1ak3r 12 years, 11 months ago

Holy crap I'd forgotten about him.

Alert Games 12 years, 11 months ago

I'll be a character i guess?

F1ak3r 12 years, 11 months ago

^Which one?

Alert Games 12 years, 11 months ago

@F1ak3r: 224 sounds good.

Also, I'll be starting a collab project soon as well. Im going to come up with some ideas and give choices on what to work on.

Amarin 12 years, 11 months ago

^Good one, F1ak3r.

I think I'll be one of the following three:

-Amaira or Rhiannon from Elemaiden

-Sayuri from Little Witch Sayuri-chan, if the other two aren't established enough

Moikle 12 years, 11 months ago

Quote:
I would like to be in, but I can't think of anything cool for my character.

same here

Alert Games 12 years, 11 months ago

I should make a game where you "Select your character". In which, you literally select which "character" you want to play with :D

Castypher 12 years, 11 months ago

Went through and did a bunch of conceptual things while I had the chance. Will post another blog soon.