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Tuxedo Templar

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A'ight, I'm reaching that inevitable point where I start to think of moving on to Better Things (TM), but before I do (long before, actually), I want to get finished a lot of my projects that I've had going/plan on doing for a while now. Frankly I'm undecided, but I do know one thing: I won't be able to finish them all!

Thats where you come in: I need you to help give me an idea of which projects from the list you would most want to see, arranged in order of most to least interest. Remember though that some projects (like Trigger Happy and the MMO) are going to be immensly bigger than others, so that'll leave less room for the others, just to keep in mind! These are all officially "started", that is, at least 5-15% done thus far, but the hard parts (like triggers and gameplay) have yet to be made. Anyway, heres the list:
  • Starcraft MMO
  • Titanic Escape (in collaboration with BlizzSCUMS)
  • Serious Sam- A cool multiplayer shooter rpg-type thing with a (almost) fully functional weapons and enemy behavior system, based (loosely) on the game of the same name. Insanity incarnate!
  • It!- A multiplayer game that takes place aboard a damaged ship limping its way back home, where the players (ship's crew) must overcome mistrust and communication barriers to both get home safely (keeping the ship in one piece, that is), and exposing those among their ranks who have been infected by 'It', which in essence is like The Thing but with a few new rules and twisted dynamics. ;)
  • Dragons Open RPG- Something akin to Sim Dragon, where you control a dragon through its entire lifespan, except in open-rpg format with a vastly more dynamic gameplay, featuring everything from mating (;)), territorial disputes, general power struggles (especially when humans are involved), survival, the works. Dragons come equiped with elemental alignments, which affect their ability sets as they grow and their limitations/weaknesses as well.
  • Oregon Trail- Based on the Ye' Ol' School machintosh game that some of you may remember (good times ;)), you (and optionally other players) assemble a band of people and a wagon to undertake a long journey along the Oregon Trail, dealing with such things as getting lost, inclement weather, sickness and injury, supplies and rations, oxen and wagon parts, wild indians (both good and bad), complex terrain (mountains, rivers, glaciers, the works), and the final river crossing toward your journey's end where you must safely float your wagon down river without hitting rocks and obstacles along the way!
  • Trigger Happy

I ask that you clear your mind and not jump on the most obvious (read: trigger happy and MMO, for those who've been through the hype-age over them) and arrange these in your own terms as how you would honestly want to see them done. Thanks for your help!
 

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Trigger happy sounds kind of cool.

Dragons also looks good. I don't know about Titan escape, sounds like someone can just right click and have their char run thru the entire map.

The MMO would work except once someone gets a code, they can freely distribute it. Also, when you release it better make sure its protected good (maybe Heimdal?). Another thing: It's almost impossible to record scores using beacons (you'd have to have a seperate trigger for each individual point), so that would get very tedious, as well as make for a VERY large map.
 

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Ew, 2 posts are missing. Oh, did we have a board crash? Man I wish those wouldn't happen *grumble*

Anyway, I need more ideas from people which you'd like to see most!
 

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1. Trigger Happy
2. Oregon Trail
3. Dragons Open RPG
4. Serious Sam


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Obviously Oregon Trail. It doesn't take a monkey to tell that would obviously rule supreame.
 

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Heh, Oregon Trail is the one I'd forsee having the most fun with, but there is some risk involved, as it stands a slim chance of falling on its ass given the way the bnet crowd works, but thats all hingent on how I implement it, which I hope by now I've mastered the art of in starcraft maps. :p

Anyway, I guess then I'll make that my first project after I'm done with my campaign project, if its whatcha all wanna see the most! :D

EDIT- Hmm, well from all the responses I've got thus far (on this forum and others), it seems most people are interested in either Dragons or Oregon Trail, and the to-be-expected Trigger Happy and MMO. However since the latter two weren't as unanimous as I think they need to be to have precidence, though still popular, and since they both would represent huge-ass projects in their own right, I think I'll do at least 2 mapping projects first and then decide if I'm going to finish one or both of those before I retire.

But remember, this is all of course AFTER I finish my current campaign in progress, Kerrigan's Assasin, which I'm doing for CMRB's 1000$ campaign contest. That'll probably be a several month endevour on its own.

(for the money? oh no, I'm not that cheap ;) or maybe I am. anyway it'll be fun to see how it turns out :D)

Well whatever, it would be nice if it helped bring back starcraft campaign making, even though I personally think it should be a regular mapping contest instead so as to draw more audience and be more accessable to the general map making crowd, thus becoming a larger overall event!
 

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You spelled assassin wrong... INSTA LOOZ -$1000 GO STRAIGHT TO JAIL, DO NOT PASS GO, GOODBYE!
God... if only I had time for that contest... I would sooo be all up in dat...
 

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Ack, so I did. Busted by the Grammar police again! ;)

Well I doubt I'll have time either, since I'm estimating a 1/5 chance of finishing by the deadline, but nevertheless I feel its time for something new, especially if it helps revive the mapping community a little.
 

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