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Post by Cleveland Rock on Aug 14, 2006 18:21:51 GMT -5
==Announcements== Does anybody know of a 3D artist who could help us? We can't just make poor Yoshiman do all the work… ==About== I've been a fan of StarTropics for sixteen years. Yep. I played it the very year it came out and loved it. I've been playing it lately, and it got me thinking about what the game would be like if it had been made a decade later. The series just seems perfect for a third dimension. I had already remade a lot of the music and sounds for use in StarTropics III, and I loved doing it. So, I had a crazy idea… why not remake the whole game? I began planning, and StarTropics EX was born. ==Team== Cleveland Rock - game designer, audio composer, 2D artist Not My Name - programmer Yoshiman - 3D artist ==Status== NMN is playing ST for the first time to get a feel for the game (believe it). YM will be quite busy until this September. As for me, I'll probably be working on some music for STEX until I get a transplant operation later this month (believe it). I guess you could say we are in the "planning" stage. ;D ==Media== 3D Room Concept - I quickly drew the first room of the first dungeon as I pictured it would look in 3D. I made mistakes, such as the short, orange walls and lack of actual doors. It'll be much better, trust me. We may or may not have the screen zoomed in to get a closer view of Mike, rather than the whole room at once like in StarTropics. ==News== 2006-08-15 - I reorganized this topic and recruited 3D artist Yoshiman to the team. ==Q&A== If you have a question about the project, feel free to ask. If it's a question specific to work on the project done by someone other than me, I'll let them answer it. |
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Post by Coralcola on Aug 14, 2006 21:32:05 GMT -5
Even though I'd LOVE to help ya with this, I'm VERY computer stupid with most of those kind of things, and just things in general that require an artist's touch. So unless the 3D modelling is pretty simple to get the hang of, I'll just have to voice my support... BTW, we all are insane here, not just you (or at least, I am, it's nothing new)...  |
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Post by Michael Jones on Aug 15, 2006 10:16:52 GMT -5
Great Idea! I'm not very skilled in computer grapic designing or coding things.....yet  . So unfortuneatly I can't help you. |
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Post by gellin on Aug 15, 2006 14:40:50 GMT -5
This sounds awesome and I wish you and your team good luck on it. I know you already have a programmer, but if for some reason you guys are struggling on how to do something or need a little help here or there, I may be able to stear you guys in the right direction. What does NMN plan on using to program the game in?
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Post by Scotty D. on Aug 15, 2006 18:10:00 GMT -5
I really like the idea of this game, CR. Unfortunately, I'm not really able to do anything in the way of creating games. I can voice my opinion wherever possible, but that's about it. I'd also be more than willing to test it in the actual creating portions of the game.
One thing I think would be cool would be to maybe drop the squarish movement (even though that's what pretty much made the game as fun as it was), but keep the locked-in movement on the tiles. Also, perhaps the view should be a directly-behind 3rd-person-view of Mike and maybe even the option to make it 1st person as well.
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Post by Coralcola on Aug 15, 2006 19:04:47 GMT -5
One thing I think would be cool would be to maybe drop the squarish movement (even though that's what pretty much made the game as fun as it was), but keep the locked-in movement on the tiles. Also, perhaps the view should be a directly-behind 3rd-person-view of Mike and maybe even the option to make it 1st person as well. Agreed, that's the future of video games, IMO. It's where you feel like you're actually the character in the game, and you have his view of everything going on. Knowing ST's past though, ppl will probably start saying it's a ripoff of Zelda: Ocarina of Time or something...  |
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Post by CelestialHusky on Aug 16, 2006 13:22:56 GMT -5
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Post by Michael Jones on Aug 16, 2006 14:04:30 GMT -5
That is AMAZING!!! If a Startropics 3 was ever released and it was 3D the dungeons should look like that!
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Post by gellin on Aug 16, 2006 15:08:26 GMT -5
Nice work with the 3D room Tyrael. I really like it.
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Post by Coralcola on Aug 16, 2006 17:20:44 GMT -5
THAT IS IT!!! ;D When I pictured ST going to 3-D, I got exactly in mind what you made there Tyrael. Only other thing I might do is add some kind of foliage, vines hanging off the ceilings and walls, to add some character... Excellent work! Any chance of you doing more of those?? |
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Post by Scotty D. on Aug 16, 2006 18:07:30 GMT -5
That's freakin' amazing, dude! I agree with the details that could be added in the final stages of the game. Very nice.
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Post by CelestialHusky on Aug 16, 2006 21:52:11 GMT -5
I just wanted to make sure that I was clear... I HAVE NOT made a 3D StarTropics game. THESE ARE NOT StarTropics game screenshots. The screenshots were taken using SECOND LIFE www.secondlife.comJust making sure I was clear on that. They are nothing more than "for fun" 3D renders of things to cure my boredom. On a side note, yes, I may do more of them and I may add detail and such if people wish. Just remember anything I do end up making is JUST eye candy, NOTHING MORE. I just figured I would make a mock room for Cleveland Rock to use for ideas, because that's about all the pictures are good for. |
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Post by Cleveland Rock on Aug 18, 2006 12:50:55 GMT -5
I just wanted to make sure that I was clear... I HAVE NOT made a 3D StarTropics game. THESE ARE NOT StarTropics game screenshots. The screenshots were taken using SECOND LIFE www.secondlife.comJust making sure I was clear on that. They are nothing more than "for fun" 3D renders of things to cure my boredom. On a side note, yes, I may do more of them and I may add detail and such if people wish. Just remember anything I do end up making is JUST eye candy, NOTHING MORE. I just figured I would make a mock room for Cleveland Rock to use for ideas, because that's about all the pictures are good for. Wow, how ironic. I just started playing Second Life two days ago, and I was thinking of doing the same thing (but I'm not a premium member and can't buy land). Any chance I could get your SL character name and/or see this in the game? Great work, by the way! I'd probably add a little more detail to the green tiles, though. It looks kinda hard to tell the difference between two tiles next to each other and one big tile. Still, great work. |
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Post by nightscrabbler on Aug 20, 2006 21:16:13 GMT -5
hah, awesome! Those tiles look so cool, I want to jump on them!
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Post by Scotty D. on Dec 3, 2006 9:50:36 GMT -5
So, I've noticed that nothing has been said or done in this particular thread for a couple of months and I was just wondering...has anything come of this game since we last left it? Or has it become a dead project?
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. So unfortuneatly I can't help you.
