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FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 09:22 AM
Hey guys, I dont know if many of you remember, but a couple of months ago I started a game called Metropolis:2060. It went pretty ok for a while, but a perma-ban and a little trojan by the name of Sub7 led me to remove most if not all files including sounds and concept art. Well im thinking of starting it again, because I beleive it has great potential to be a good, if not excellent game under the right team of Developers. I have some pre-development art if anybody wants to see what it might look like:

http://img103.imageshack.us/my.php?image=someartfj7.swf

Ive decided not to use the line tool at all, or at least to show it, in this art for many reasons. One being that it has a much more crisp, cleaner color rather than black lines all over the place.

If you want a sort of image on how this game is gonna be, think StickRPG with every building out of a hopeful 50 being completly accessible and being able to explore within, different city travel and tons of things to buy including buildings and furniture etc. Also, quests and individual missions, and going to work will require much more than a click for money ;) .

If anybody is interested, I have here the positions which could be filled.

AS Scripter: Magicus
Secondary Artist: MMC
Music/Sounds Department: Flash-MX
Primary Artist: Flash-MX
Ideas/Producer/Director
Research
Secondary AS Scripter: Shadow000
Animator

For Shadow000 and Magicus, you guys can either work together or seperatly if you want. Ill give you the first stuff to work on until I finish the art for the engine/demo. Its gonna be like 6 buildings in/out and some eye candy for the critics ;)


Here are some projects they would each work on:

AS Scripter: Movement code with four sides to a character, think Franks Adventure, hitTest code for character, health (if he walks into a car), random number codes, rpg fight stuff *maybe.

Secondary Artist: Misc stuff like lamp posts, sidewalk detail, sand detail, character main and others, coffee cups etc.

Music/Sound: Setting up a soundtrack, optimizing music and such, picking out specific songs and sounds.

Primary Artist: Buildings, inside buildings, menu, cars, highways, roads, layout and trees.

Ideas etc.: What do people want in a game like this? Thats what this job entitles, getting ideas about stuff people should be able to do, jobs, building ideas etc. Its not gonna be much of a fighting game, but if we can script a random attack code... why not.

Researcher: A lot of people will look as hard as they can to find something wrong... look for stuff on wikipedia, sci-fi sites etc. on how the world would look and what would be researched and such by this time. I dont think we are going to be at inter-galactic travel ie.

Second AS scripter: Variables, money banking system, if intelligence = this or more then do this, if not do this, stuff like that.

Animator: Sure we can have a lot of art, but no good is it without life and movement? The character, misc things that happen in the city, water movement, etc. Really whatever you feel should move. But emphasis on character.

The game takes place in around 2060, so the researcher would have to pretty much research what could take place, what does fictionally take place in some games, events that happen then etc. The city you begin in is sort of an arabic-themed place, so it would most likely take place in future Instanbul. The rest of the cities though would be entirely up to the director. Of course credit will be given completly to each of those, including freelance work.

Think something along the lines of this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:TLJ-Dreamfall-Screenshot01.jpg

Inspired by Dreamfall, Deus Ex and Blade Runner

Peace!


Edit: Heres a house I just finished for the game, I think it could either be the players "better" house, or just a part of some other houses, I dont know, opinions appreciated!

http://img85.imageshack.us/my.php?image=house1ra1.swf

Check this place out:

http://www.dubai-city.de/bildergalerie/index01.htm

Edit:

New building and some hills and downtown in the bg.

http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=housesie3.swf

Update: Engine for movement and entering buildings has commenced with a great start.

http://img90.imageshack.us/my.php?image=flashmxgamemq2.swf

Comments, ideas all appreciated,

Credited to Shadow000

To the car engine, we can still use it, but with a change of perspective.

Peace


Edit: On the music/sounds part, and architecture

To those of perfectionism I am using Indian folk-music, and Persian, and Pakistani (I beleive), I am not however implying that all middle-east music is the same, nor the languages, and not implying that there is not one stereotype of arabic descent, nor that India is Iran.

Edit: Title page and a teaser screenshot

The games gonna look better, and it'll even have a character!

but yea, check it out so far

http://img149.imageshack.us/my.php?image=titlepagevv3.swf

http://img246.imageshack.us/my.php?image=houseshr0.swf

Freddy
09-16-2006, 12:56 PM
if I had more free time I'd totally help. and flash 8...

maybe if the work schedule isn't too strict I'll help out.

MMC
09-16-2006, 02:57 PM
I can be your secondary artist.

groog
09-16-2006, 04:01 PM
I can be your secondary artist.

No you can't.

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 04:08 PM
You wanna do it groog?

Matt
09-16-2006, 06:31 PM
I could help with coding. I don't have much time anymore.

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 06:35 PM
Any help would be appreciated, and to tell you the truth im not planning on using much fancy code, just some simple SRPG type movement, some random events, nothing involving higher math than algebra really.

Freddy
09-16-2006, 06:50 PM
perfect, thats all Im really any good at.

if your work schedule isnt too strict, I could totally help.

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 06:59 PM
My schedule is very lenient, I have no rush to get this game done, so really at whatever time you would want to start would be fine, as you can see ive done a couple of art work but im thinking of just keeping the house and the upper-highway. But its pretty much the schedule you want it to be

Freddy
09-16-2006, 07:01 PM
Im in.
I hope I dont need flash 8.

still havent gotten that yet.

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 07:03 PM
You might need it if you want to open some of the files, but I think we can solve that very easily...

Freddy
09-16-2006, 10:14 PM
schfancy house + palm trees combo.

yeah now Im going to have play around with F8 stuff now.
joy!

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 10:38 PM
Check it out, I added a new building and its line counterpart so you can see the crisp differences

http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=newoneszi0.jpg

eatmorchikin6464
09-16-2006, 10:51 PM
You're thinking wrongly...

You think that when people use the line tool, it's black, which is completely wrong...atleast I know I'm not that stupid.

FLASH-MX
09-16-2006, 11:04 PM
Well I mean most of the stuff ive seen on flashplayer, ng etc. They all use very thick, black lines to define their art. Im trying to make it so that it dosent necesarily have to be that way.

Soon to be flash master
09-17-2006, 04:16 AM
Im in.
I hope I dont need flash 8.

still havent gotten that yet.

Download, I'll give you something to make it perminant... like a magic spell or something ;)


You think that when people use the line tool, it's black, which is completely wrong...atleast I know I'm not that stupid.


Some people do, I try not to. I try to use the line colour that is the same colour as the fill, but just a bit darker. It looks alot better.

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 06:30 AM
That could work too, so besides Shadow, anybody else want to join?

Malignus
09-17-2006, 10:22 AM
I've already supplied you with a couple of music tracks and some dialogue, as I recall. You still gonna use that?

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 10:32 AM
The thing is most of the stuff I lost was in that one folder, I lost all the music tracks, art, dialogue, pretty much everything except some text files.

groog
09-17-2006, 12:57 PM
I could help with coding. I don't have much time anymore.
No you can't...



Just kidding!



But really- no you can't. XD

You wanna do it groog?
Not really but it looks great. Well, the art anyway. You seem to be doing well at it so I don't know why you would need anyone else.

Homakruz
09-17-2006, 01:08 PM
After I finish recoding graag :D which I am aprox 80% of the way done, I could help with coding in my free time...

Btw it doesnt matter about flash 8, shadow can still open the files if he has MX 2004, all that need to be done is when saving the .fla in Flash 8 is, goto Save As, Save as type, Flash MX 2004 Document, and he can use them to his will.

Hmmm Graag, groog... what a coincidence lol :P

groog
09-17-2006, 01:22 PM
After I finish recoding graag :D which I am aprox 80% of the way done, I could help with coding in my free time...

Btw it doesnt matter about flash 8, shadow can still open the files if he has MX 2004, all that need to be done is when saving the .fla in Flash 8 is, goto Save As, Save as type, Flash MX 2004 Document, and he can use them to his will.

Hmmm Graag, groog... what a coincidence lol :P

Groog came before graag. Just thought you should know that.

Homakruz
09-17-2006, 04:09 PM
I know :P just thought it was funny didnt even notice it :D

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 05:10 PM
No you can't...



Just kidding!



But really- no you can't. XD


Not really but it looks great. Well, the art anyway. You seem to be doing well at it so I don't know why you would need anyone else.

Well, I pretty much am illerate when it comes to coding, I just cant really get it as good, and also I want to give people some stuff to do with flash, I look around and theres almost no projects for Flash. What a waste of talent really.

Malignus
09-17-2006, 05:15 PM
The thing is most of the stuff I lost was in that one folder, I lost all the music tracks, art, dialogue, pretty much everything except some text files.

I can send that stuff to you again if you want it, though I don't know if the music will suit a Middle Eastern-themed game nearly as well.

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 05:25 PM
I could use it inside buildings, like playing in the radio as a... like easter egg I guess when I finish this and start on "Detective Rohr" and use the same music there.

magcius
09-17-2006, 05:32 PM
Want me to help?

EDIT: As long as you use AS2 Classes... I could be your primary ActionScripter. Always lookin' for a new project.

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 05:41 PM
Oh yea its gonna be completely in AS2, and if anyone else who works on the project needs flash 8, I can get it to them very easily. Its gonna be fairly simple stuff though, mostly movement and hopefully some gambling stuff. If you have any ideas for other stuff, feel free to express.

magcius
09-17-2006, 05:45 PM
OK... [signs up for primary and secondary actionscripter while no-one's looking]

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 06:04 PM
Awsome, so first thing I want to ask you

Would it be better to have a scroll movement or a slide movement, like one still photo to another?

magcius
09-17-2006, 06:36 PM
I can do either... BTW, here's a demo I created in five minutes... It's AS1, and has some hacks.

http://img132.imageshack.us/my.php?image=carenginepp8.swf

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 06:41 PM
Wow, hey man its really good to have you onboard, thats some damn proper stuff for 5 minutes, very nice job.

magcius
09-17-2006, 06:53 PM
Whoops... Bug... Fixed....

http://img178.imageshack.us/my.php?image=carengineym3.swf

So... Anyway... We can get straight to the game.... By the way... If you want to steal some VG music, check this site.

http://gh.ffshrine.org/

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 07:08 PM
Alright well for now I have three buildings, three more to go for our first demo,

my plan is to finish the demo and see what its gonna be like, and what people think of it.

Then at least one sector, residential which will be like a middle east town

and finally downtown to complete it

Im at a dilemma though wheter or not to let people walk around in buildings, what do you guys think?

Edit: Also the driving is going to be very limited because the highway system and road systems work on electromagnetic rails that occasionally open to drop into another road. So it would be something like this

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Freddy
09-17-2006, 08:38 PM
well when you're ready, you can go ahead and send me something to do. you have me email after all.

just tell what it is that I have to do and I'll do what I can.

FLASH-MX
09-17-2006, 10:09 PM
Ok both the engines that you guys are working on now should be more than good enough for our first demo, also for our first im thinking of having menu screens for buildings instead of a complete inner, a sort of teaser and puts less pressure on engine and stuff, but we will be using it. Im going to work tonight on a concept drawing of the residential area of the first city of Metropolis, Cyprus.

Freddy
09-20-2006, 08:11 PM
so... we can still use an animator.
anyone want in?

FLASH-MX
09-23-2006, 05:31 PM
Ive finished some buildings, characters still in progress.

Anybody else still interested or should I make the crew permanent?