Did you think about making a quill18 sub-reddit? I think it would be usable for many things, including the coordination of making of this game, with built in voting for ideas. I would like this very much.
I'd be delighted to contribute to this project; unfortunately, the only department I might be able to help in is the story. I'm a published (and starving!) author, so please let me know about anything I can do for you and the community.
I would love to see a good point and click adventure game with hints of Beneath A Steel Sky. The programming is simple and it allows those of us with less talent in programming, art, or graphics to submit more ideas based on puzzles and storyline.
Here's my idea: Adventure Incorporated. It's an open world, procedurally generated world where you're the boss of a guild of adventures who are hired to clean out dungeons, rescue damsels, acquire legendary treasures for kings, etc. It's a top down game with Warcraft 2 style graphics and a diablo point and click fighting/magic style. You manage the parties going out on adventures, and hire new recruits, buy equipment etc. But best of all, you build up your own character and do quests. Win!
@kevnar But behind all that adventure, there's a story. There's an ultimate point where there's an evil bad-guy overlord dude who's also got his monster minions gathering relics and treasures to keep the heroes weak so he can eventually take over the world. The king has enlisted Adventure Inc. to put a stop to it. In the end, an epic battle ensues and the winner is the team that has the highest level characters and the best relics and equipment that they've built up over the months of game time.
@kevnar And it all takes place in a world where there's only so many relics, so much gold, and so many adventurers and monsters to go around (generated when you create a new game), so the team who wins the most battles, gathers the most items, and beefs up his team the most (without getting them all killed) will win the ultimate showdown. So it's strategy as well as action. Resource management, and RPG, all in one. I'd be all over a game like that.
@Quill18 Flash is dying as we speak, Html5 is about to become the new standard, we will see many websites changing during this year (2012). Youtube has a trial versopn for html5 aswell, so flash's soon going away here too. I suggest make it in Unreal Engine 3. Dungeon Defenders has a cool editor that can help people understand the engine aswell :)
@WintherKnight Sorry. Didn't watch the video at all (it was still streaming). Hehe. But even if Quill would prefer to "get away" from Unity, I still recommend it. Even if it's name is Unity3D that doesn't mean that you must make a 3D game. It's easy to make 2D Platformers as well. Collaboration is really easy. Just use Dropbox for Assets. And maybe gitHub for version control. :)
Make a game where a guy has to fight monsters but there his fears so each monster represents a fear. It could start off by him going to an address for something and it being an abandoned house and the door gets jammed. Then he has an internal struggle. It could make a good platformer
@quill18 ok here's my idea. You make a very df like game, but you have a sim city like connectivity where other dwarf fortresses can be developed that can trade and make war with their neighboring fortresses. In other words you make a df world that you can directly mold and interact with. Keep in mind that I am only using df as it is an excellent standard in games with the possibility of economic and militaristic development, the core mechanics and art work wouldn't necessarily be the same. Als
Now if only we could type MORE the 500 charchters.... xD I'm no programmer but I am a gamer and have had ideas for a long time :) I always wanted to make a rougelike bet I don't have the experince to so if you do I will gladly watch the game and community grow Good luck Quill and all you Quillians!
I would absolutely love a rougelike but what would it be like?... more like a DF or Dungeon crawl or Rouge?... and if similar to DF (which I absolutely adore) I would like it to be a combo of the fort/adventure mode where you are the leader and start with a few other people and you build a small town and protect it. If its text based like DF people can always make tilesets and it would allow for a more complex game (espically combat which is why I love DF with its capability of so many injuries)
Damn this is awsome. It would be really cool for me to learn something from this, since i just got in to programming and recently compiled some android source-code. Thanks for being awsome:)
You should really make a sandbox game with Unity, or possibly switch to Unreal. I was thinking adding things like, spawning npcs and having them react to each other, giving the player the ability to put for example, a human and a zombie and seeing who would win.
Ideas are not the problem anyone can think stuff up. Everyone has good ideas is execution of these ideas that is hard. Interesting idea for a project but I think you will be surprised how hard this will be once you are doing the boring stuff of getting it done.
you could make something like dungeon crawl or nethack but set in a with differnt skills and wand abiltys and objective and more floors like 100 instead of like 20 something
Ludum dare was awesome! Glad to help out, I'll do the same with this project, I just wish I could be more useful... Can't draw or code or do graphics design.... Well time to crap learn! I'll try and get one of my friends who took graphical and web design in on it as well. Keep up the good work quill! 2012 awaits!
omg, i made my comment in the beginning of the video (rougelike), and 5 minutes later you mention it. I would like to help, and I think this approach has potential. I wish I would have more time to dedicate, but sadly, with my PhD coming up, and two kids, I'll be happy if I just can give some input. I have developed games in the past, but now I think my main contribution would be design of gameplay rather than any technical aspect. I will however follow this very closely.
i was thinking that a guy invents a timemachine and use it to go back in time to learn about ancient egyp but when he gets there he realises the timemichine can only go back in time so he finds out that what egyptians are calling mistc mitrial are actully parts of machinry so you vanture into the pirmands to find the parts and you have one life only but when you die and reset from the biginig you have all your gear and wepons.
It's always been my personal opinion (aka fact) that video game players with no knowledge on how to make a game could make a better game than every single video game developer ever.
@quill18 I would like to try to help but I have very little programming experience and that is in basic. is it OK if I help? or if not look at the code and attempt to learn.
i have thought about doing a rougelike. Making a 4-character party, killing mosters, and collecting loot. top-down, and turn-based. Adding skill-tree for the characters, and some interesting strategy. Just saying.
Get Zooc to do the art! He is amazing at real life drawing, and would most likely be up for doing this idea! I think the flash idea is a great idea as it could be an extremely easy in comparison to other types of game. Although if you done it on a different program then you could get a lot more popularity which, if you do the charity idea, then you could make much more money. I believe that the Steam idea is extremely good aswell as we could get them to advertise it!
A game that combines Civilization 5 and spore...kinda.....where u start out small and evolve and you can create your own race and when u get to the city era then its like civ 5 and then you go through that then when in the future era you can go to space and then its like spore space era but its like civilization where theres other races of aliens and you can colonize other planets and have intergalatic wars....my favorite type of game <3
@FthePolice666 The problem with games like that is that civ 5 and spore [the point right here is more emphasized civ 5] is that to make an AI, you need trained profesionals with months on their hands to work on it. We will probably need something more simple.
NICE IDEA QUILL :D i would help but i don't think anyone would want me to help cause i kinda suck(i mean i got lots of great ideas but i am 12 and have never had to use these programs beforeD:) so i can help but i do not know alot of things sorry quill i feel so bad:(
all of the adobe products are free if you are a student and sign up with a student email - which ends in .ac.uk (if you from the uk) . But you will only have the lisence for the product for up to 5 years befor eyou have to pay for it. The versions you can download are the full commercial versions.
is this project still ongoing?
Zeptilicious 2 days ago
Last boss needs to be a cheeseburger that eats people
Deadspace2iscool 1 month ago
Cave story type game? Im into that...
Piqturs 2 months ago
Did you think about making a quill18 sub-reddit? I think it would be usable for many things, including the coordination of making of this game, with built in voting for ideas. I would like this very much.
FirebirdX 2 months ago
i say we use a sort of magicka thing where you can mix different elements to make other powers and stuff
owenpat 2 months ago
@SCREAMprovidence That sounds like a perfectly sane way to think :P
BewareofCrisps 2 months ago
i dont know why but for some reason i watched one video an i have such a liking to you that i feel like we're best friends 0.0
SCREAMProvidence 2 months ago
I'd be delighted to contribute to this project; unfortunately, the only department I might be able to help in is the story. I'm a published (and starving!) author, so please let me know about anything I can do for you and the community.
Jabba77Magic 2 months ago
Which internet browser do you use?
Wigggles1138 2 months ago
I would love to see a good point and click adventure game with hints of Beneath A Steel Sky. The programming is simple and it allows those of us with less talent in programming, art, or graphics to submit more ideas based on puzzles and storyline.
Knightcrim 2 months ago
Make an X-Com style TBS game. They're coming back into fashion and very easy to make... Just need a good core theme.
If not that try a Cave Story type game with added RPG elements.
BewareofCrisps 2 months ago
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Echoes310 2 months ago
Here's my idea: Adventure Incorporated. It's an open world, procedurally generated world where you're the boss of a guild of adventures who are hired to clean out dungeons, rescue damsels, acquire legendary treasures for kings, etc. It's a top down game with Warcraft 2 style graphics and a diablo point and click fighting/magic style. You manage the parties going out on adventures, and hire new recruits, buy equipment etc. But best of all, you build up your own character and do quests. Win!
kevnar 2 months ago
@kevnar But behind all that adventure, there's a story. There's an ultimate point where there's an evil bad-guy overlord dude who's also got his monster minions gathering relics and treasures to keep the heroes weak so he can eventually take over the world. The king has enlisted Adventure Inc. to put a stop to it. In the end, an epic battle ensues and the winner is the team that has the highest level characters and the best relics and equipment that they've built up over the months of game time.
kevnar 2 months ago
@kevnar And it all takes place in a world where there's only so many relics, so much gold, and so many adventurers and monsters to go around (generated when you create a new game), so the team who wins the most battles, gathers the most items, and beefs up his team the most (without getting them all killed) will win the ultimate showdown. So it's strategy as well as action. Resource management, and RPG, all in one. I'd be all over a game like that.
kevnar 2 months ago
@kevnar The main boss gotta have some cheezy lines, and maybe an arrow in the knee? xD
WintherKnight 2 months ago
@kevnar I support this, you thinking a 3D version of: Pokemon mystery dungeon? Except no pokemons :p
WintherKnight 2 months ago
i'd love to help but i dont know what i could do
burnt41 2 months ago
story, the firs and up most important thing in the game. Have a good story and people will be hooked up no matter which style you make the game
MrAapasuo 2 months ago
Hey Quill. I vote for XNA, because I know C#. But I also know some AS3. I can also do concept art. Hit me up if you want my help :)
ClipEvent96 2 months ago
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ClipEvent96 2 months ago
You know what is scary, you really can inspire people. Ever considered some leadership career?
Angamoth 2 months ago
If you need an artist I'm your man.
PS2Reviewer 2 months ago
@marat271 HEY I MADE UP THAT NAME!! jk but i kinda did but idc just joking around
KaterinaPwns 2 months ago
I'd like it to be sorta like isometric like Diablo . Also I could contribute in art.
PS2Reviewer 2 months ago
Turn based RPG with randomly generated levels and items.
hackum1 2 months ago
I have an A* in english lit a level. if you need a story, message me.
tobz5050 2 months ago
@tobz5050 Heh not a flame but just saying you missed a capital, "I." L8er M8.
jasong2004 2 months ago
@jasong2004 Sorry mate, not too bothered about grammar on YouTube... Oh, and the speech marks end before the full stop.
tobz5050 2 months ago
@Quill18 Flash is dying as we speak, Html5 is about to become the new standard, we will see many websites changing during this year (2012). Youtube has a trial versopn for html5 aswell, so flash's soon going away here too. I suggest make it in Unreal Engine 3. Dungeon Defenders has a cool editor that can help people understand the engine aswell :)
WintherKnight 2 months ago
@WintherKnight Unity Engine. I find it better, more flexible, and generally awesomer.
fulfination 2 months ago
@WintherKnight Sorry. Didn't watch the video at all (it was still streaming). Hehe. But even if Quill would prefer to "get away" from Unity, I still recommend it. Even if it's name is Unity3D that doesn't mean that you must make a 3D game. It's easy to make 2D Platformers as well. Collaboration is really easy. Just use Dropbox for Assets. And maybe gitHub for version control. :)
fulfination 2 months ago
@fulfination heh, it's cool mate :) I've never tried any game-programming other than Game Maker 7 :p But i know a bit about web-programming :)
Rather Unity than Flash :D
WintherKnight 2 months ago
Make a game where a guy has to fight monsters but there his fears so each monster represents a fear. It could start off by him going to an address for something and it being an abandoned house and the door gets jammed. Then he has an internal struggle. It could make a good platformer
kenny964 2 months ago
@quill18 ok here's my idea. You make a very df like game, but you have a sim city like connectivity where other dwarf fortresses can be developed that can trade and make war with their neighboring fortresses. In other words you make a df world that you can directly mold and interact with. Keep in mind that I am only using df as it is an excellent standard in games with the possibility of economic and militaristic development, the core mechanics and art work wouldn't necessarily be the same. Als
wolfwolf1234567 2 months ago
Too much gesticulation!!!
Vexed34 2 months ago
Now if only we could type MORE the 500 charchters.... xD I'm no programmer but I am a gamer and have had ideas for a long time :) I always wanted to make a rougelike bet I don't have the experince to so if you do I will gladly watch the game and community grow Good luck Quill and all you Quillians!
ch109861 2 months ago
I would absolutely love a rougelike but what would it be like?... more like a DF or Dungeon crawl or Rouge?... and if similar to DF (which I absolutely adore) I would like it to be a combo of the fort/adventure mode where you are the leader and start with a few other people and you build a small town and protect it. If its text based like DF people can always make tilesets and it would allow for a more complex game (espically combat which is why I love DF with its capability of so many injuries)
ch109861 2 months ago
Damn this is awsome. It would be really cool for me to learn something from this, since i just got in to programming and recently compiled some android source-code. Thanks for being awsome:)
MilockP 2 months ago
I'd prefer the game has some action elements to it rather than pure strategy
Alfaris 2 months ago
Make sure the game has an economy of some sort.
BobbyRayCopernicus 2 months ago
I would prefer puzzle
KASAPANOS10 2 months ago
You should really make a sandbox game with Unity, or possibly switch to Unreal. I was thinking adding things like, spawning npcs and having them react to each other, giving the player the ability to put for example, a human and a zombie and seeing who would win.
Neobdragon 2 months ago 2
Ideas are not the problem anyone can think stuff up. Everyone has good ideas is execution of these ideas that is hard. Interesting idea for a project but I think you will be surprised how hard this will be once you are doing the boring stuff of getting it done.
DayInDaLife 2 months ago
is that a hunger games poster i see back there? :3
nyhm777 2 months ago
do u remember me from the live stream? I'm kamehameha24!
juggernaut4451 2 months ago
I could do a bit of the art design, especially titles and graphical features. This sounds like a great idea!
Beandude202 2 months ago
Why do you pronounce ludum like that? It sounds really weird.
I absolutely love this idea, will look forward to what it will spawn.
GigaBoost 2 months ago
you could make something like dungeon crawl or nethack but set in a with differnt skills and wand abiltys and objective and more floors like 100 instead of like 20 something
daxterisnumber1 2 months ago
Oooh. I likes it quite a lot. Way to spearhead our choo-choo into the underbelly of the Awesome to be 2012!
asson432 2 months ago
Good idea would love to help out if i can
awsomeben4kills 2 months ago
Ludum dare was awesome! Glad to help out, I'll do the same with this project, I just wish I could be more useful... Can't draw or code or do graphics design.... Well time to crap learn! I'll try and get one of my friends who took graphical and web design in on it as well. Keep up the good work quill! 2012 awaits!
Thedaadss 2 months ago
I'm sure we Quillians can help you make something awesome :) Working on an idea currently, posting it later on the forum :)
marat271 2 months ago 9
omg, i made my comment in the beginning of the video (rougelike), and 5 minutes later you mention it. I would like to help, and I think this approach has potential. I wish I would have more time to dedicate, but sadly, with my PhD coming up, and two kids, I'll be happy if I just can give some input. I have developed games in the past, but now I think my main contribution would be design of gameplay rather than any technical aspect. I will however follow this very closely.
TheLittleDonkey 2 months ago
Quill i recommend C# xna game studio, it's really easy to use
MrLuthion 2 months ago
@MrLuthion I second that, XNA is a great platform. It's free aswell.
JoypadRAGE 2 months ago
i was thinking that a guy invents a timemachine and use it to go back in time to learn about ancient egyp but when he gets there he realises the timemichine can only go back in time so he finds out that what egyptians are calling mistc mitrial are actully parts of machinry so you vanture into the pirmands to find the parts and you have one life only but when you die and reset from the biginig you have all your gear and wepons.
morislp 2 months ago
I was there!
x3ICEx 2 months ago
im 12 is theare a max age thing
morislp 2 months ago
make a rpg with upgrade/talent trees
hkon8 2 months ago
I have been looking for a game similar to dokapon kingdom but for the PC.
Sadly it doesnt exist :(
I would love an adventure, multiplayer, board game with silly mechanics and final fantasy-ish combat
ForTehWin12 2 months ago
And with Java Netbeans & Subversion/Git
Bloodshot021 2 months ago
make a mw3 type game
poop88474 2 months ago
I'd go with Java. Jus' saying.
Bloodshot021 2 months ago
Oh Yeah you know Im in on this!!
xmalanicx 2 months ago
so quill what if we made a 2d zombie game!
xxXcrazytreeXxx 2 months ago
Would like to help out designing the game~ can't wait to see how this one will become
warrust 2 months ago
It's always been my personal opinion (aka fact) that video game players with no knowledge on how to make a game could make a better game than every single video game developer ever.
iscrewy 2 months ago
i see you have catan back there, sorry off topic but yes totally agree with you with making the game. cant wait.
lamo117 2 months ago
@quill18 I would like to try to help but I have very little programming experience and that is in basic. is it OK if I help? or if not look at the code and attempt to learn.
DongoMC 2 months ago
If you do make a rogue-like, make it a more interesting setting than generic fantasy...
adarken1 2 months ago
Hmmmm, are you going to livestream the programming?
Suicider12 2 months ago
i have thought about doing a rougelike. Making a 4-character party, killing mosters, and collecting loot. top-down, and turn-based. Adding skill-tree for the characters, and some interesting strategy. Just saying.
TheLittleDonkey 2 months ago
i have a question if u know how to program easy if u know how to do it
frightnite20 2 months ago
Get Zooc to do the art! He is amazing at real life drawing, and would most likely be up for doing this idea! I think the flash idea is a great idea as it could be an extremely easy in comparison to other types of game. Although if you done it on a different program then you could get a lot more popularity which, if you do the charity idea, then you could make much more money. I believe that the Steam idea is extremely good aswell as we could get them to advertise it!
I believe this will work!
HipFiireUK 2 months ago
@quill18 you should have a tycoon type game where theres platforming parts to get diffrent and better gear or equipment
maneattor2 2 months ago
A game that combines Civilization 5 and spore...kinda.....where u start out small and evolve and you can create your own race and when u get to the city era then its like civ 5 and then you go through that then when in the future era you can go to space and then its like spore space era but its like civilization where theres other races of aliens and you can colonize other planets and have intergalatic wars....my favorite type of game <3
FthePolice666 2 months ago
@FthePolice666 The problem with games like that is that civ 5 and spore [the point right here is more emphasized civ 5] is that to make an AI, you need trained profesionals with months on their hands to work on it. We will probably need something more simple.
starshooter7324 2 months ago
you should have a tycoon type game where theres platforming parts to get diffrent and better gear or equipment
maneattor2 2 months ago 11
@maneattor2 Haha...that sounds so "me". I'll add it to the list.
quill18 2 months ago 6
@quill18 A mix of a metroidvania and a citybuilder game. It's genius! Have you played ActRaiser for the SNES Quill?
I imagine doing something like that, except... you know... well.
GigaBoost 2 months ago
@maneattor2 you are fucking genious time to wait for quill to make it!!
TheExtragamer 2 months ago
I can help with java, if you choose to go down that route.
EvanCRCD 2 months ago
I'm an Artist (digital artist)
Would love to help. :)
TheGreyIce 2 months ago
I will beta test no problem lol! And I'll think of ideas!! I'm just sad I cant do more :(
Knightbruder 2 months ago
Biggest quill-boner EVER.
killersdeat0 2 months ago
I have a monster idea, it would be a cow, and it would breathe fire.
Now give me credit as a developer.
keyofdoornarutorscat 2 months ago
@quill18
Im for Java.
I would think a plugin for Towerdive or another new Website, AND a downloadable File for (Offline) playing.
PilzkopfLP 2 months ago
Great idea Quill, I'd be willing to beta test
TheMegaSuperPickle 2 months ago
@KaterinaPwns
Im 13 xD
But i had SOME programming exp..
IM WITH YOU QUILL18
PilzkopfLP 2 months ago
NICE IDEA QUILL :D i would help but i don't think anyone would want me to help cause i kinda suck(i mean i got lots of great ideas but i am 12 and have never had to use these programs beforeD:) so i can help but i do not know alot of things sorry quill i feel so bad:(
KaterinaPwns 2 months ago
@KaterinaPwns You never know if you can help. There's ideas, stories, art, programming,etc. and it woudn't hurt to try.
starshooter7324 2 months ago
i would totally like this, if u need anything story, lore, even concept art msg me plz
TightUltimateum 2 months ago
Civ 5 open in the task bar =D
thangal3 2 months ago
@thangal3 as well as SW:TOR
HGx31s 2 months ago
@HGx31s Ah I wondered what that was.
thangal3 2 months ago
Great idea quill, if you need a writer for lore I'm free a lot of the time.
LucarioMaster221 2 months ago
COUNT ME IN!
civrules202 2 months ago
all of the adobe products are free if you are a student and sign up with a student email - which ends in .ac.uk (if you from the uk) . But you will only have the lisence for the product for up to 5 years befor eyou have to pay for it. The versions you can download are the full commercial versions.
darksidepvp 2 months ago
I am with you quill!
BER64 2 months ago
Its dangerous to start a hundred ADD game addicts on a big project like this. :-k
Maybe it will work anyway.
iondragonx 2 months ago
Ohhh I LOVE this idea!!
Sligui28 2 months ago
Happy New Year Quil!!! :D
srbGhost 2 months ago
YES LETS MAKE A GAME
Novawolf4000 2 months ago
i was watching the stream
MegaUTuBeR100 2 months ago