Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted August 30, 2009 Well, after months of searching for furry games for the PC I've decided to become a producer rather than a consumer. I mean the selection is rather pitiful its Inherit the Earth and well... Inherit the Earth.. What I would like to do is to create a few adventure games, perhaps an RPG or 3. So I'm asking around for Artists, Musicians, Voice Actors, Programmers, Writers and anyone else who wants to be involved in such an endeavor. I'm planning on using the Adventure Game Studio http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ for now since its a very decent interface (Just like the Visual Basic Editor/Compiler from Microsoft) and allows you to import Jpegs rather than being stuck with Bitmaps. Oh and it doesn't require ScummVM to run the games rather it creates an .exe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jude 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2009 Heya, perhaps we can work together? Victory Cross is an amateur game making company we started some months ago to work on making an RPG for people to enjoy. Momentum is sort of slow right now, as we're currently recruiting, but we have good plans in the works. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AshFalcon† 0 Report post Posted August 31, 2009 Don't know how I could, but I'd do anyting , voice acting would proably be my est use... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Remus† 0 Report post Posted September 1, 2009 I may be able to help with programming/scripting, i seem to kinda naturally do well with that.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zyborg22† 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2009 Heya' date=' perhaps we can work together? Victory Cross is an amateur game making company we started some months ago to work on making an RPG for people to enjoy. Momentum is sort of slow right now, as we're currently recruiting, but we have good plans in the works. [/quote'] Jude forgot to put down any contact info, so I will instead. Chat Room Server: red-king.org channel: #RPGTalk Forum: http://victory-cross.com/forum/ Blog: http://victory-cross.com/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Direlda† 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2009 I could do some voice acting. I am also willing to help with writing and/or editing the the storyline for the game (creative writing is my major, after all...), though I have some other projects to take care of first... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flechmen 0 Report post Posted September 2, 2009 Voice acting I could probably do, yeah... Not sure how else I could help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Draco Dei† 0 Report post Posted September 3, 2009 I am available for writing, and also have the instincts (although not the training) of a good programmer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted September 7, 2009 Heya' date=' perhaps we can work together? Victory Cross is an amateur game making company we started some months ago to work on making an RPG for people to enjoy. Momentum is sort of slow right now, as we're currently recruiting, but we have good plans in the works. [/quote'] There's honestly no reason not to work together and having more than one project would allow it (The Company) to have a several game run, with a variety of games being released. Plus that saves me the time trying to figure out and design a logo and name. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drummer Boy† 0 Report post Posted September 13, 2009 I'd be happy to participate. I'm a musician, have a pretty good recording setup with several instruments, etc, and and artist, and I've done programming in the past. My programming has all been in Visual Basic, though, so its not really the industry standard at all for games. I have a nice 3D graphics progra, (a version of TruSpace), though I'm not too skilled at it yet, and I'd be happy to do any plot writing or scripting needed. So tell me if you're going to go through with this and if I could be involved. I'd be happy to help. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 10, 2009 Well, It looks like I'm getting a good response, Now the trick is getting lines of communication and such opened up, and I think its time to move onto phase II & III of the development cycle ,since I think we've got enough people to start, being : Setting up Communication and Ideas. My current line of thought is that we use http://luke-wolf.livejournal.com/3925.html as the background or base of the story, though how we proceed from there I'm kind of unsure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
score_under† 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2009 I'm planning on using the Adventure Game Studio http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/ for now since its a very decent interface (Just like the Visual Basic Editor/Compiler from Microsoft) and allows you to import Jpegs rather than being stuck with Bitmaps. Oh and it doesn't require ScummVM to run the games rather it creates an .exe VB = bad. JPEG in a game = very' date=' very bad. I would rather a bitmap than a JPG, but if it allows it then you should use PNG. I would recommend either Game Maker or some breed of C (+opengl?) for this. I am willing to bet that though AdventureGameStudio compiles to an EXE, it doesn't in reality - I bet it just pastes your game data onto the end of a virtual machine program, making it no better than ScummVM from a technical standpoint. (Game Maker does this too, but it is extremely flexible, capable of 2D and 3D games, etc). I am available for writing, and also have the instincts (although not the training) of a good programmer. I can program too, but I can't write stories (or other moderately creative writing) to save my life. My programming has all been in Visual Basic' date=' though, so its not really the industry standard at all for games.[/quote']Considering the package that the OP was about to go for, I don't think we're worried at all about how good the programming language is. On the other hand, though, VB is really a language to stay away from in my opinion. If you learn C and C++, then you can pretty much take that experience and port it over to any language. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 11, 2009 I said the interface was like, not that it was visual basic, It uses it's own language for interface. Though I can't tell you one way or another about virtualmachine emulation, or not because I haven't done enough with the engine to know that, though I suspect not. Just out of curiosity what's wrong with Jpegs? I personally was thinking they'd be good because they're the images you get generally when you scan something in, and it's not like we'd be going for 3d because to put this very bluntly every 3D Adventure game (That is to say every game that's used the Lua engine) I've seen has failed, while those based out of the SCUMM engine have been quite good And in the bigger picture I'm not doing this just to create games, but also to stimulate the fandom as a whole into creating stuff by furries for furries beyond what we currently have, which isn't really that much in the grand scheme of things. Games, Movies, animated (or live action if their fursuits are good enough) series, etc. That is the final product I wish to see. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drummer Boy† 0 Report post Posted October 13, 2009 My programming has all been in Visual Basic' date=' though, so its not really the industry standard at all for games.[/quote']Considering the package that the OP was about to go for, I don't think we're worried at all about how good the programming language is. On the other hand, though, VB is really a language to stay away from in my opinion. If you learn C and C++, then you can pretty much take that experience and port it over to any language. I do hope to learn C or C++ when I get time. Though, VB can be used fairly well in 2D-type games. There's shortcuts that you can use that makes it go faster, like bitblting, where you're using Windows to process the graphics rather than VB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 18, 2009 We are now on livejournal, This will help keep everyone informed and to know who all we have working on this project http://community.livejournal.com/anthro_dev/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drummer Boy† 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2009 Ok, I can join but right now it's letting me. Do you need my account name to add me in? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 20, 2009 Just request to join the community, and we'll get you in and approved Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
score_under† 0 Report post Posted October 21, 2009 We are now on livejournal' date=' This will help keep everyone informed and to know who all we have working on this project http://community.livejournal.com/anthro_dev/ [/quote'] I don't have a livejournal account... is it strictly necessary? Just out of curiosity what's wrong with Jpegs? I personally was thinking they'd be good because they're the images you get generally when you scan something in' date=' and it's not like we'd be going for 3d because to put this very bluntly every 3D Adventure game (That is to say every game that's used the Lua engine) I've seen has failed[/quote'] JPEG is only good for 3D. Nothing else. The reason is the corruption. A very simple sample image: PNG: JPG: See the difference? The second one, at least to people who have seen a few JPGs identified as such before, sticks out like a sore thumb. Another example - this smiley: :angel: In JPG format: JPG is acceptable for anything photorealistic (including pretty much anything taken by a camera) but it isn't really suitable for anything else. You're best off with PNG for anything that involves more cartoonish flat and precise colour (digital art) or text. Worse things happen if you work on some digital art and repeatedly save in JPG or something like that. A bitmap of this character: 狼 Saved as JPG once: ...twice... ...five times... You can probably see the huge amount of data loss there. JPG just doesn't work for anything except photos. One final comparison on a more "real-life" example: See the difference in the JPG? Faded colours, random pixels, and more odd distortions. Also, PNGs support alpha channels. JPGs don't even support transparent colours. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2009 We are now on livejournal' date=' This will help keep everyone informed and to know who all we have working on this project http://community.livejournal.com/anthro_dev/ [/quote'] I don't have a livejournal account... is it strictly necessary? Well If you want to see the info that we want our people to be aware of, yes. If not then no. Basically if we do work like say creating character bios they go on the website, or Details of the world, pre-public releases, all these will go in the members only section of the journal So strictly speaking, yes this is necessary As far as .jpegs, I see your point, though I haven't seen this effect in scanned in images, definitely if we edit them though it would be a good idea to switch them over to .png Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2009 We'd like it if everyone interested would show up in #anthro_dev on irc.red-king.org at 6PM MST on Saturday, Oct 24 to kind of get a clue as to who all is going to be helping us, and we may start making it a regular thing to meet and discuss ideas. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ermine 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2009 Adventure Game Studio DOES support PNG's. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Direlda† 0 Report post Posted October 23, 2009 We'd like it if everyone interested would show up in #anthro_dev on irc.red-king.org at 6PM MST on Saturday' date=' Oct 24 to kind of get a clue as to who all is going to be helping us, and we may start making it a regular thing to meet and discuss ideas. [/quote'] I'll try to be there, but I'm not sure when I'll get back from my hiking class that day... ^.^; (this hiking class is also the reason why someone has been covering for me in the Bible study I was leading on Saturdays...). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
score_under† 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2009 As far as .jpegs' date=' I see your point, though I haven't seen this effect in scanned in images, definitely if we edit them though it would be a good idea to switch them over to .png [/quote'] That is because these are essentially photographs, have natural colour distortion, and are not distorted much more by the JPG format itself. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drummer Boy† 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2009 Huh, I didn't see the post about the IRC room. owell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luke Wolf† 0 Report post Posted October 26, 2009 Huh' date=' I didn't see the post about the IRC room. owell. [/quote'] Well it kind of flopped anyway, since I forgot to take time zones into account (at least it's an assumption of mine that thats part of the reason). We'll try this again at 5PM MST / 7PM Eastern that way we don't conflict with the internet mass. We can also set up meetings seperate for those who can't make it to this time, If this is a problem be sure to message me so we can set this up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
