Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Dark, I hear you there. That's precisely why I was throwing the Star Wars RPG game idea out there for people to ponder. There aren't that many RPG games for a blind gamer to play and what games there are are lax on story, focussed on pvp play, and grind, grind, grind. Thus far the only two roll

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread dark
Hi tom. Your experience in that starwars game sound distressingly familiar. I've been searching for a decent text rp game for a long while precisely for this reason, and most things I've found have either been so fully of other players bent on pvp you can't engage in the story, or, have so lit

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Shane Lowe
Well... The two favorites for me are the side scroler, and the entombed still game. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Hi Clement,

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Pitermach, Well, see that's the problem with something like Star Wars though. Its grown way beyond the original books and movies. There are several different series, several books, cartoons, games, and comicbooks. There is so much history and so many expanded characters that it would be impossi

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Same here. While I love RPG games I'm not really into the pvp aspects either. Like you I am a loner and prefer to play the game world as a single player. If I'm going to play something like Star Wars the Old Republic I want to enter that world as a single player. If I'm a Mandalorian boun

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, Right. I certainly understand your point of view. Sadly this is yet again another clear example of how far we have to go to catch up with the mainstream in terms of gaming. You certainly have a valid point, but as I said since I've been there and done that already, so to speak, its less a

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread dark
Actually tom personally I don't particularly have any interest in pvp. The modern rpg games that I'd most like to play are things like Dragon age, the dragonlance series, and yes final fantasy, those which are not based on some sort of online pvp interaction with other people, but are based on

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Pitermach
y came to be. I think we're sort of getting at the same discussion we had about the wrestling game, sort of. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thought

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Thomas, You wrote: As for myself personally I am leaning against anything involving anyone from the original Star Wars books and movies such as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, etc simply because there is so much written about them it is getting to be, for me at least, the same old thing The one t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Lol! That's a great idea except you forgot the part about selecting a Packman character. You should be able to select Mr. Packman, Ms. Packman, or Packman Jr. :D Anyway, I know there are still some games you can pick up and play like the new Final Fight, but my point was that the MMO/RPG

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-12 Thread dark
By random thought process tom, that gives me a cool idea! packman rpg! Choose your class, ghost muncher, jumper or dot hunter, and level up in crunching and the magic schools of power pill production! ;D. Seriously, actually there are a fair few pickup and play games stil around, but they te

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-12 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Darren, Well, I don't know if new games aren't as fun as they use to be, but you are right about them becoming more complex. Just looking at the evolution of Star Wars games they've changed quite a lot over the last 30 years. Back in the Atari 2600 days we had the Empire Strikes Back game whi

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-12 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Clement, I've noticed. My wife wants us to buy a WII since the games are mainly oriented towards family and kids, and she's not exactly into violence. So something like WII Sports and Sports Resort are right up her alley. As for me I love wrestling games, and I don't mind playing something like

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-11 Thread Clement Chou
That's what Nintendo consoles are good for. Actually, a wii would cover both your needs... the virtual consoles have games from the last 30 some odd years as well as a lot of family-orientated games. That's where the problem lies... if you want some m or t rated games for yourself, the wii will

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-11 Thread darren harris
dyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 11 May 2011 17:33 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Hi Clement, Yeah, that's true. There have been a number of new side-scrollers coming out of late. I think a

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-11 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Clement, Yeah, that's true. There have been a number of new side-scrollers coming out of late. I think a lot of it has to do wwith the nostalgia factor of these games. For instance, I myself use to play Megaman etc rather heavily until I lost my vision. Now, that I'm older, a parent, etc I'd l

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-11 Thread shaun everiss
hmmm I played prey once. Obviously I can't give you sfx, but the sounds for organic weapons were fleshy noises when loading, sometime charging but mostly standard hums. Firing could sound as normal lasers or missiles or whatever. The hits were fleshy and the amo usually ate their enemies so you

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Clement Chou
Fair enough. FPS it is... and any help I fcan give will be offered. Although, oddly enough, with the stream of games sony and mirosoft have started releasing via downloads for the ps3 and xbox360 through use of their separate online stores, it's surprising to see how many side scrollers are com

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Darren Duff
-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:22 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Hi Darren, Yeah, i haven't either. However, some VI users do seem to have problems. I'm not

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Darren, Yeah, i haven't either. However, some VI users do seem to have problems. I'm not quite sure why. Although, that in of itself shouldn't prevent me from investing time and energy in a really good FPS Star Wars game. That said, I'm right now upgrading G3D to use FMOD Ex which is the best

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Darren Duff
I say go for it! I've never had problems with SOD or MB. Bring it on -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 11:24 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shane, Well, I wouldn't go as far to say this 3d FPS game would be quite hard. Challenging yes, but quite hard no. If you have ever played Shades of Doom it would be a lot like that accept there would be a virtical up/down axis to movement as well. Plus a number of additional moves that a Jedi

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Agreed. Side-scrollers, to be honest, were really huge in the 80's and early 90's, but have been largely replaced by First-Person action games, and more recently supplanted by huge multiplayer MMO/RPG games. Game technology constantly keeps advancing in the mainstream market, but we, the acces

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Clement Chou
Your point about moving forward instead of sticking to tradition makes sense. I dunno... maybe I just miss old beat em ups. I'd love to see a modern game with all the chracteristics of final fight and streets of Rage. Those were good times. As to darth bane, I put a lot of time into reading th

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Clement, Ah, sorry I misunderstood you. Yeah, I thought you meant write a beat-m-up and then convert the idea to an FPS or something like that. That obviously wouldn't be ideal as I've done it once for MOTA, and definitely wouldn't want to go through that again. :D Anyway, I certainly understa

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Richard Claridge
Hi Thomas I think we really need a fps personally. I've always thought you do what others want regardless of what you want from your games far to much. Cheers Rich Sent from my iPhone On 10 May 2011, at 14:22, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Clement, > > While I agree a game based on the Yuuzan Vong

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Clement Chou
yes... quite hard. hth, Shane - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:22 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Hi all, Since there has been a lot of interest in exactly what Star Wars game

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Shane Lowe
nday, May 09, 2011 9:22 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Hi all, Since there has been a lot of interest in exactly what Star Wars games USA Games might be planning, and the last thread really got side tracked into general Star Wars history, lore, and background I thought I wo

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Clement Chou
Fair enough. And that was no more than that, a suggestion. While I would've liked a tomb Raider-esc experience, I'm more than happy with what we're getting... side scrollers and 3d games are both styles I happen to enjoy. I just suggested a beat em up because it would be easy to start. as to ti

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Clement, While I agree a game based on the Yuuzan Vong war would be cool I don't believe I could come up with any sounds that would fit. Its one thing to read about organic weapons etc in a book and quite another to invent sound effects from scratch to try and emulate what the books describe.

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-10 Thread Shane Lowe
that would be interesting. - Original Message - From: "Clement Chou" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas Honestly, I'd like to see this grow. Start simple, maybe a beat

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-09 Thread Clement Chou
Honestly, I'd like to see this grow. Start simple, maybe a beat em up with cutsceens to explain a basic plotline and see how far you cfan go with that. Then, once you've done everything possible with that beat em up, move to a different genre. As an avid star wars fan I like all your ideas... a

[Audyssey] Star Wars Game Thoughts/Ideas

2011-05-09 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Since there has been a lot of interest in exactly what Star Wars games USA Games might be planning, and the last thread really got side tracked into general Star Wars history, lore, and background I thought I would start the thread over fresh, and talk about what my thoughts and feelings a

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-26 Thread David
cussion list Date sent: Tue, 25 Dec 2007 14:19:44 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion >Hi Bryan, >No, only the 19 book New Jedi Order series features them. That was bad >enough for everone involved. Several characters got killed off, Jacen >sshould have

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-25 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, No, only the 19 book New Jedi Order series features them. That was bad enough for everone involved. Several characters got killed off, Jacen sshould have been but wasn't, the New Republic was defeated and destroyed, etc. The next series, Dark Nest, involves a civil war in one of the o

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-24 Thread Bryan
lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, December 24, 2007 11:56 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi, > Well, The Jade's Fire first appeared in t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-24 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, The Jade's Fire first appeared in the Correllian Triligy. Mara's ship the Jade's Saber first appeared in Vector Prime. The Jade's Shadow showed up later during the Yuuzhan Vong invasion after the Jade's Saber was destroyed. Bryan wrote: > That and the Jade Shadow didn't come along u

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-24 Thread Willem
or maybe in higher difficulty levels dogfights could be made 3d. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > HI Clau

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-23 Thread Bryan
ssage - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Kuvvosh, > Assuming I actually add the space combat levels to the game all the Tie > fighter

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kuvvosh, Assuming I actually add the space combat levels to the game all the Tie fighters would probably be scattered around the system much like the other enemies are scattered around the regular levels. For example if you try and make it to the Asteroid space station from the South side Tie

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-23 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yes, Vader definitly took much more than a spark before he died, but all Star Wars fans believe it was the Emperor's attack that killed him and destroyed his life support system. I can remember when I was sighted how that final seen went down. Vader is on his knees, wires hanging out of his

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Bryan
gular breathing once more? Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion >

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Sure. They do it all the time. Though, the fact remains that is completely a contridiction of the books and movies. Personally, I am in agreement with Lumiya's assessment given in the Legacy series that Vader lost allot of force powers after having so many cybernetic components added. Force

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Quote I think I read somewhere that he couldn't use Force lightning because of his cybernetics. End quote That is correct. In the new Star Wars legacy series there is a discussion between Lumiya, Vader's former apprentice, and Jacen Solo about Darth Vader. Lumiya explains that a cyberneti

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, That is interesting though it is definitly not Star Wars cannon. Darth Vader never possessed the power to use force lightning, and Mara never completed that level of Sith training to have force lightning either. At least not the real Mara. In Mysteries of the Sith though Mara Jade discovers

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Stefen, Quote One thing I wonder about though is how the sounds are going to be obtained End quote Let's just say I have around a gig of Star Wars sound and music effects. Doing this game isn't going to be a problem. How I obtained them though is my secret. All I will say I got them without

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Kuvvosh
t can be made to do this, as I've seen it in other games. Kuvvosh. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 9:56 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread chou.clement
er 22, 2007 7:55 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > HI Claudio, > > Quote > Well, I hate to say it, but I think the Dog fight part should be 3D as > well, > as this would bring realisim into the game. Having to go from 3D to 2D > isn't something that is

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Claudio, Quote Well, I hate to say it, but I think the Dog fight part should be 3D as well, as this would bring realisim into the game. Having to go from 3D to 2D isn't something that is all that fun. End quote Well, it could certainly be done, but honestly you have no idea how difficult a t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Thanks for the heads up. I will see if I can locate it. I'm growing very disappointed with the Legacy series of books anyway, and the all time low point was when Mara confronts Jacen as a traiter and he kills her. That royally royally sucked. Although, I have heard from some blogs and such o

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, yes, that is the three original books that Mara Jade appeared in. Speaking of Heir To The Empire Hasbro toys has released a 15 year anniversary set this Christmas from Heir To The Empire. You get a comic book of Heir To The Empire, one special edition Mara Jade action figure, and a Luke Sky

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Bryan
Force lightning because of his > cybernetics. > > -- > From: "Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:10 PM > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > >> Yeah, I remember

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Stefen Hudson
..I should look into getting some sound libraries. Making sound packs for muds is fun. -- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 12:44 PM To: Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Eve

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Brandon Armstrong
yeah veader could not shoot lightning but the emperer could. Brandon - Original Message - From: "Stefen Hudson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2007 5:42 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion >

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-22 Thread Stefen Hudson
om: "Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 7:10 PM To: "Gamers Discussion list" Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Yeah, I remember there was a Star Wars fighting game or Play Station and > you > could fight as Mara Jade i

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
o: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 4:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi, > Yeah, I love the way Mara killed C'bouth. She took the light saber and > ran him through the gut. Anyone want to mess with her in a bad mood? > As fo

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
Yep, those are the ones. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Tom,

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread GMail
Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Everyone, > I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars > game in production by USA Games so I

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Kuvvosh
nt: Friday, December 21, 2007 6:05 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion Hi Kuvvosh, Quote Question 1: Will this be a total 3D game in space and on land? End quote As for the FPS portion of the game it will be totaly 3D. As for the dog fight portion it wil

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Kuvvosh, Quote Question 1: Will this be a total 3D game in space and on land? End quote As for the FPS portion of the game it will be totaly 3D. As for the dog fight portion it will probably switch to 2D since the game would be easier to play that way. Quote Question 2: Since this going t

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, I love the way Mara killed C'bouth. She took the light saber and ran him through the gut. Anyone want to mess with her in a bad mood? As for the Emperor's Hands there were several, but to date only two have been mentioned by name in the books. Mara Jade is one and Lumiya is the other.

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Brandon, Quote First, how did she become a jedie knight? End quote That is a long story, comprising of several Star Wars books, but the basic short story goes like this. When Mara was 8 The Emperor had picked her to be one of his Sith students he called the Emperor's Hand. We later found ou

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread josh
sounds good to me also. - Original Message - From: "shaun everiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > sounds good tom, all of it. > At 09:44

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread shaun everiss
sounds good tom, all of it. At 09:44 a.m. 22/12/2007, you wrote: >Hi Everyone, >I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars >game in production by USA Games so I decided to bring the topic up. I'd >like to announce some of the current changes and ideas for the game as >w

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Phil Vlasak
Hi Tom, As I did not read theThrawn trilogy I found them at NLS in Web Braille and on sound cassette: Author:Zahn, Timothy. Title: Heir to the empire 1992. ( Series:Star wars. Thrawn trilogy ; v. 1 Author:Zahn, Timothy. Title: Dark force

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Kuvvosh
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:44 PM To: gamers@audyssey.org Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion Hi Everyone, I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars game in production

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Bryan
ry entirely. Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. - Original Message - From: "Brandon Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > well, being as

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Brandon Armstrong
From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, December 21, 2007 2:44 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion > Hi Everyone, > I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars > game in production by USA Games so I decided t

[Audyssey] Star Wars Game Discussion

2007-12-21 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Everyone, I know it has been a long time since we have discussed the Star Wars game in production by USA Games so I decided to bring the topic up. I'd like to announce some of the current changes and ideas for the game as well as offer everyone a chanse to openly discuss the game. As allot of

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-17 Thread shaun everiss
sounds good. At 05:01 a.m. 17/07/2007, you wrote: >Hi all, >I've been pondering a slightly different approach to doing combat in >Rise of the Empire. Basically, what I have been thinking of is adding in >some real time RPG type elements which would not only make each game >completely different, bu

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Trenton Matthews
Ah, I see! I can't wait! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 3:23 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements. > Hi, > Something like that. It won

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Casey, You are right there. When I was testing saber dueling out this was the best way to extend the saber battles. Each attack needs to be followed up by a defense by your enemy saber duelist. Likewise even blaster shots. Say you deflect shots with your saber. There needs to be some room tha

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Something like that. It won't be a full blown RPG like Final Fantacy, but some of the elements will be incorperated into the combat system to add randomness. You also could pick up certain armour off of dead troopers to up your stamina, and each weapon could have it's own Melee rating. One w

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Trenton Matthews
list" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:01 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements. > Hi all, > I've been pondering a slightly different approach to doing combat in > Rise of the Empire. Basically, what I have been thinking of is adding in > some real time RPG type

Re: [Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Casey
That sound great. I think this would add a randomness to the game that is sometimes hard to come by. Casey - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: [Audysse

[Audyssey] Star wars Game with RPG elements.

2007-07-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, I've been pondering a slightly different approach to doing combat in Rise of the Empire. Basically, what I have been thinking of is adding in some real time RPG type elements which would not only make each game completely different, but could really alter the battle system to make battl

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Ouch Writing an FPS type Star Wars game is tough enough. Going online makes it just that much tougher. Though, there is an apeal to being able to select a character like a Wookiee warrior, Clone Trooper, battle droid, etc and have an all out free-for-all during say the battle of Kash

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-16 Thread Mich
be seen. I am sorry. but I am just as frustrated about this as you are. from Mich Verrier. from New Liskeard Ontario Canada. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 11:36 AM Subject

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-16 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi mich, Actually, I was looking for a details button not a debug button. (Smile) Mich wrote: > hi tom. ok well I am right now as i type this re downloading monty and going > to re install it. I am doing this so that I can ancer your question that you > asked me in a erlier message about weather

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-15 Thread gmail
we need a starwars game we can play online with each other. Brandon - Original Message - From: "Dakotah Rickard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes &

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-15 Thread Dakotah Rickard
ssage - > From: "Dakotah Rickard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 7:57 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > > > > Hi. > > > > I know that this is kind o

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-15 Thread Mich
Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Sunday, July 15, 2007 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro. > Hi Mich, > I bet. Let's hope we can resolve your .Net install issues between now > and then a

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-15 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Mich, I bet. Let's hope we can resolve your .Net install issues between now and then as currently the game is in .Net like the other USA Games titles. If I switch to C++ that would be quite allot of rework to port the game. Mich wrote: > hi tom wow that game sounds really cool. I can't wate

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-14 Thread Mich
hi tom wow that game sounds really cool. I can't wate to play it when you get it finnished. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2007 5:29 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game

[Audyssey] Star Wars Game Intro.

2007-07-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi all, Since many of you are interested I have copied and pasted the official intro for the game here. Hope you like it. Star Wars the Rise of the Empire Long long ago in a galaxy far far away, long before our current age, a battle began between those who craved ultimant power and those who

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-14 Thread Neo
turday, July 14, 2007 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > Hi. > > I know that this is kind of off-scope for the Star Wars game, but does > anyone know of anymore network games that are available? Top Speed 2 > is fun, but it's very predictab

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-14 Thread Dakotah Rickard
mer could do something like that. The music to "Drive" had a > sound-track-CD. I wonder what happened to it. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" > Sent: Friday, July 1

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-14 Thread Trenton Matthews
that. The music to "Drive" had a sound-track-CD. I wonder what happened to it. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Pos

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Well, I guess i have played quite a few Star Wars games. Not all of them out there, but enough of them. The first Star Wars game I played was Empire Strikes Back for the Atari2600. In that one you flew a snow speader around blowing up Imperial walkers. Then, for Return of the Jedi I had Star

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Probably not. Bryan Peterson wrote: > Probably not until after Monty and Raceway would be my guess. > ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listi

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Brandon, I've thought about some Star Fighter combat, but there is nothing in Olee Starstone's bio that states she was ever a pilot. My information is based on the book, "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader," which takes place immediately following Order 66, and after Vader gets his cyborg im

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Honestly I don't know the answer to that question. The only answerI can give is when I can get it done. (Smile) Josh wrote: > when do you think it will be released? > > Josh > ___ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Bryan Peterson
ly 13, 2007 7:27 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > when do you think it will be released? > > Josh > > Most of the reason I don't like spam is because a lot of it is true. > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AOL:

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Bryan Peterson
t; Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 6:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > Hi Bryan, > Correct. This will be a fully action packed first person game along the > lines of Jedi Knight or similar FPS Star Wars title. > > Bryan Peterson wrote: >> No. It

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Josh
uot;Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > Hi Bryan, > Correct. This will be a fully action packed first person game along the > lines of Jedi Knight or similar FPS Star Wars title. > > Bryan Pe

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Bryan, Correct. This will be a fully action packed first person game along the lines of Jedi Knight or similar FPS Star Wars title. Bryan Peterson wrote: > No. It would probably be more along the lines of Shades of Doom. STFC and > Trek 2000 are turn-based strategy games. Star Wars games gene

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread gmail
how about some cheases in space fighters and space battles? Brandon - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes >

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Bryan Peterson
;nicol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > HI thom > Please enlighten me. What genre of game is star wars? Is it a game like > trek 2000 and stfc? > >

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Nicol, No, the Star Wars game is an FPS style of game. It would have more in common with Sarah and Shades of Doom except you will be carrying various types of blasters, thermal detonators, and of course your trusty light saber. As an added bonus since you are a Jedi you will have special for

Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes

2007-07-13 Thread gmail
sounds good. Can't wait until it's released. Brandon - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 4:35 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Star Wars Game was Possible changes > Hi Bra

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