ILX the RPG

Okay so RPG MAKER VX ACE is very much on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/app/220700/?snr=1_620_4__46
http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/products/programs/rpg-maker-vx-ace
is there any interest in creating an ILX RPG? who would join me on a creative team?

actually this should go in ILE now that i think about it

I used to do this back when it was RPGMaker 95 and RM2k! Haven't touched it since I was about 15 but I recall it a lot of fun (and lots of work too)

ATTACK
* Shot web
* Eat it (if we can)
* Turn face into heart

i am sure it is! But if i could get people to volunteer for music and some writing and some design and layout, etc...

i want an aero / owen pallett soundtrack on this

Insanely coincidentally, I was looking at RPG Maker 3 in the PS store less than an hour ago and wondering if it was worth checking out.

when you go into a new town it appears to be abandoned

but then you realize that every single inhabitant is in the tavern

zs, you know i'm going to be leaning on you hard if we did this

i cain't.

i just cain't.

seriously though, don't lean too hard on this because my free time is at about 2/490 HP right now and i'm all out of potions and i need to save my last few MP to warp me out of the dungeon

armor includes trucker hat, ambiguously-colored tie

i wd be up for contributing some wordage for this if it helps

I would join in, but... Windows only.

i feel like i am living in a text adventure

I'll help with... something

why don't we just install an innovative upvote/downvote system on the board? this will make ilxing more like a game plus users will be able to easily find the "top posts" in each thread. think about it.

jf

I can come up w/ names if it's an issue

is it an rpg about ilx, or just an rpg made by ilx?

if the former someone should ask the pc why they're chasing after the main quest... "why because it look intersting"

i was thinking the former by the latter but then i started thinking about how it would just be a bit of fun and it's unlikely we could all be cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SDqa1hw2-M

if i drop a wall of text i jsut wrote instead of doing my job about development process will it scare everyone away from this thread forever?

let er rip

please

HOO BOY. y'all asked for it. i hope this doesn't need a lot of edits i forgot to make.

To do this the best way (IMHO!!! there are infinity ways to do this) you wd need these roles filled (numbers are NOT a hierarchy -- they are just short form that i use throughout):

firstly the HOLY TRINITY

- (1) creative director: should be most invested in awesomeness, aware of ilx lore, able to deliver a complete or close-to-complete vision of what the title should be. probably the most front-loaded job and the one most likely to stall out the project if too stubborn on vision so BE AWARE OF THAT. mission statement: MAKE IT GOOD

- (2) technical director: in charge of shaping the creative work into something playable, be that via rpgmaker or whatever (other options incl. unity, game maker, udk probably has some stuff, flixel, there are others... and the TD should be the one definining the engine/library/etc). basically your "lead programmer" but NOT subservient. mission statement: MAKE IT WORK

- (3) producer: focus on unblocking ppl, cut what can't be turned around in a reasonable amount of time (aka: what will stall the project), track est./actual time spent on stuff, orchestrate it to get builds out often enough to (a) show everyone progress & keep them engaged, (b) give job 5 something to do. prob looking at sprint planning over the internet which should be A BAG OF FUN. KEEP IDEAS FOR MAKING THE GAME "BETTER" AT A MINIMUM. trust the CD to make something good, because your mission statement: MAKE IT SHIP

if (1) has their way, the game never comes out bc it's never perfect. if (2) has only their way, the game is completely devoid of spark and creativity and risk and is just a bouncing ball simulator bc "we know we can make that work" -- should be risk averse is what i am saying. if (3) has their way the game ships in a week and it's shit. this is why the three need to have constant tension, discussion, etc. and they should PROBABLY be 3 people.

secondly the ALSO IMPORTANT BUT LESS 'INTENSE' JOBS

- (4) artist: shd be ready to create (if 2d rpg) sprites, animations, backgrounds, vfx, at the micro level as well as help (1) realize their VISION at the macro level. cd will make up requirements; td and prod will vet them. also key imo: BEING ABLE TO QUICKLY WHIP UP PLACEHOLDERS. if prog is ahead of art you need to like have at least something, and i personally hate asking prog to do placeholder art b/c they are ALWAYS the most busy people imo.

- (5) QA: i recommend one person is playing every build and engaging with it in-depth. this is not "easy" (as the later "play the game" role is). incl destructive testing (do the wrong thing in every new section); smoke checks on new builds (quickly check old, known-to-work sections to ensure that new fixes didn't break old passes); regression (checking old issues to ensure the fixes worked, and halo testing around those issues to make sure there aren't knock-on issues); ideally imo the QA person should also be deeply engaged in the planning process to build out test cases and not constantly be stuck in react-react-react mode.

- (6) Sound: incl. SFX; music; possibly voice. Might be more than one person, if one is more composer-y and one is more make-sounds-y. SFX should be able to pump out placeholders early to make sure that hooks & triggers WORK (so QA doesn't go uhhh oh fuck game almost done but none of the sounds work).

- (7) Playtesters: this is not QA. this is people (multiple) who engage with the game at a very shallow level at each sprint release. They are basically the people who make us feel bad if we miss a deadline.

- (8) Writer: This is the copy for the game. CD can do this but it can be apretty big job in a text-heavy game and CD's primary focus is features/zoomed-out scope. where they're the showrunner, this is the head writer.

- (9) Executive producer: in case (1) (2) (3) cannot come to a conclusion about something, (8) makes a final decision. shd never be committee and shd never be one of the three. but also should be preeeeettty divorced from the dev process (makes it easier ot be objective). can be a playtester.

this is v obviously anti-"auteur" and of course one person can make a game. but like yeah. i've seen a LOT of small game projects fall apart. and the ones that DON'T have a lot of and/or all of these roles.

ok that goes way not enough into detail on some things, and way too into detail about other things, but you get the general idea

Who's going to be the villain?

I think Treeship should be the protagonist.

xpost lol

that entire block of text needs to appear in this game verbatim somewhere

hahaha. oh god. don't credit me if you do.

Might be 'un-fun' and 'anti-auteur' but that sort of laying out of needs is pretty important for getting something to actually happen.

i started thinking about how it would just be a bit of fun and it's unlikely we could all be cool

This is definitely a possibility. Also in-jokes when taken too seriously kind of lose their humour a bit. Maybe it should be more 'the ilx gaming nerds make a thing they would actually want to play'? Or is that too un-fun as well?

Hm, I think we have a similar situation to when the conferencecall.biz thread got moved. I got an error when I posted that message but it still showed up.

Yeah, sorry. I just moved it in response to forks' request from yesterday. Forgot that that tends to gum up the works for a few minutes.

i think this game shd address the question of whether you are a bad enough dude to rescue ILX

I trust there will be a station or meter somewhere for keeping an eye out on utility data.

ears are burning

- fetch quest involving watching a hat

This isn't a reddit, mang.

Turn-based poxy fule

hey can we move this thread to 77?

sad lol

i think will m needs to run this.
and i need to not raise my hand in any way. Call me when it's done.

anyone who has time to write that long post has time to design + program an entire RPG for ilx

I vote against this idea!

free trial version here is all i'm saying: http://www.rpgmakerweb.com/download/free-programs/rpg-maker-vx-ace-lite

btw thanks for the bidness insight will m

what have i done

i think i should get access to borad 77 for "research" imo

volunteering as a playtester executive director how about that then

now everyone go make me a game

since it's just a simple rpgmaker game or whatever "creative director" is basically just "writer"

and "technical director" is mostly just "guy who has rpgmaker"

and "producer" is "guy who emails everyone to see if they're doing the thing"

i made this far more complicated, as if a game was actually being built from scratch

also above, i FULLY forgot level/environment/etc design, which is a pretty distinct field form creative/art/writing -- mapmakers basically

ILX - Search For the Secret Borad

People should start posting the attacks they'd like to have in-game.

PLAYER1 sophistically dissembles for X dmg!
MONSTER shoots a volley of insufferable puns!
PLAYER1 summons CLUSTERFUCK-GODDESS! (<- insert long cutscene here)

if SB doesn't get in here somehow then

THE MODERATORS turn your SUGGEST BAN into a FLAG POST: damage halved!

MONSTER subtweets oblique passive-aggressive remarks! THREAD derailed!

the troll absorbs all privilege arguments as added MP

IMAGEBOMBED miss turn

MICROAGGRESSION dodged!

RESEARCHING YOUR LIFE takes 5 turns to power up y/n?

ILXOR casts SOCK *little row of ilxors appears*

you must retrieve the five GAPDY discs before you can enter the final dungeon

poll minigame

Monkey Island-style Zing trollfighting

more like poll fucken maxigame amirite?

I was thinking more specific like:
Forksclovetofu - 7th Level Wizard
THROW pottery
ABUSE mod powers
HORRIBLY formed joke

final battle against the geirbot

HUNTER, AGE 3 used UH

every time an attack misses, attack misses text replaced w/ "so not gonna happen"

i'm grabbing these

Modern Day Tiles Resource Pack
Old School Modern Resource Pack

^this guy needs a 77 invite for research purposes, stat

HUNTER, AGE 3 used UH

this cracked me the fuck up

if this is a serious thing, can/should we start threads for assets, ideas, storyline planning etc?

i'll host a redmine server if we're for real doing this

This is going to have very little appeal to people who aren't deeply invested in this message board. Maybe we should do a theme like wizards or crime fighting stoners or something to make it more marketable. Thank you.

jf

i think the protag should be an ilx newb who is trying to become a mainstay of the board. challenges include being accused of sockpuppetry (and maybe there could even be a sockpuppet mechanic - something similar to druidic shapeshifting), trolls, political correct failz. what's that famous post about the evolution of an ilx poster? maybe the protag starts in ilm, moves onto ilx, then noise board, 77 -- different boards could be different stages, etc. < could work as a basic narrative structure that leaves lots of room for in-jokes.

he should accidentally say the n-word once

Cool it frogbs. Take a breather.

a SOCK TROLL appears
it's not very effective...

do any of you remember that html trolling game where you troll different online forums and buy better computer equipment, software, etc?

Yeah frogbs. Be more mindful of the reactions you're getting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forumwarz

Mordy, if it's the one I'm thinking of I remember it being really good, actually. What was it called?

xp Yep, that's the one.

You are a werewolf. ARROOOOO. You have created ten threads announcing this fact.

instead of HPs it's gotta be SB's. once you hit 51 it's game over, man

protag needs to be guided by a kindly librarian/gandalf style figure but i can't immediately think of an ilxor to model that on

bill magill?

Buffy DVDs as currency

two different endings based on whether you tip or not during the game

you should find a washed-up momus in a noodle bar blathering about his former exploits

^best idea so far

JUSTGOTOFFED Magicite teaches Summon: Struck By Another's Jet

So is this happening or has it fizzled out already? Getting flashbacks to middle school when my friends and i would make these elaborate plans for creative projects, often board games, card games, or stop motion animation films, and then abandon them immediately.

and those friends grew up to make green hornet

Can there be a bit where you dress as George Washington, cross the Delaware, and announce "I like to fart and I am crazy!"?

how is this coming along

Pretty sure the answer is "We all picked rpgmaker in one of those bundles. None of us got round to installing it yet".

would totally found a dev house w ilxors but not to make this

http://tyranobuilder.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=310BjKiIPAk

i appear to have bought this.