Hi Dark, Well, at this point some details and so on are still up in the air, but I'm strongly thinking of basing the game on Egyptian mythology instead of Greek mythology. For one thing I've been working on the G3D engine for three years and MOTA was my testbed app for figuring out if this or that was working, and it did very well as a test app. However, I'm frankly sick of fighting centaurs, harpies, and things like that. I'd like to mix it up with some mummies, maybe a crocodile or two, and fight a seriously bad god like Set. This would indeed be totally different, but would also be a breath of fresh air.
That said, if people are into the Greek mythology I could probably come up with a decent plot around gods and goddesses where you have to fight a Titan or similar villain to complete your quest. As for developing the game itself it isn't nearly as arduous as developing the engine, testing all the different cross-platform APIs, etc. All of that is settled. All I have to do is just write the thing with the tools and code I have. At this point I have enough working code to either produce a basic one or two level demo of a new side-scroller or FPS in a couple of months. Maybe less if I have the time. Cheers! On 12/30/11, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi tom. > > I agree with Bryan, i'll be very glad when this has finished. > > At the same time I'm very pleased to here of these changes, particlarly > sticking in things like unique treasure or items to collect for awards. > > that's imho one of the best replayability hooks, and while uncommon when > mota started developement is now used by more games. As an exploration fan, > i of course love the idea, ---- not to mention that I rather enjoy statues > of gods and such myself (I saw several in griece and more recently when I > went to egypt. > > the plot change also sounds logical, though as I remember Athena, while less > of a trouble causing goddess than say Hera or Aphrodite, stil had her share > of troubles noteably the war over troi and the naming of athins. > > so, even if taken out as the main antagonist I'd stil like to see her make a > martial appearance, perhaps with some legendary gear like her shield baring > the gorgon's head that could be won by the most skillful players. > > for plot, i always think the Titans are a pretty cool bunch. > > Hades and Ares are stil part of the olympian panthian, and thus of natural > order. Afterall Hades as ruler of the underworld actually preforms a very > vital task. > > MyselfThe titans however, Atlas, Zagreus Chronos etc are all outside nature > and time and thus have a mystic quality about them that has always > fascinated me. > > That's I think why they were chosen as antagonists in the percey jaxon. > > I will confess I'm slightly disappointed that we have another stage of > developement to go through, though it sounds like this won't be half as > arduous a task as all the mesage around with game languages and cross > compatibility libraries. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
