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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Oct 9, 2011 15:47:38 GMT 1
that's like a fantasy game in a modern day setting right? Orcs, elves and dwarves who use magic in firefights in downtown NY.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Oct 9, 2011 17:24:17 GMT 1
Not really. More like if Baldur's Gate was thrown into the cyberpunk setting, where everyone is augmented and wired to the internet thing.
The last part about being connected to the internet wireless called "Matrix" and being fitted with cybernetics is my kind of tea. Hence I'm starting a game design document and probably start prototyping the campaign on pen and paper as soon the holiday starts.
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Post by Battlechantress on Oct 26, 2011 3:36:49 GMT 1
Plotting for the NanoWriMo project: "The Glitch in My Mind". People are programmed to think they are living normal lives, but what constitutes normal among them isn't what you would find here. I have read about chips implanted in brains in rudimentary fashion to "talk" to computers and get robot limbs to move, so I know that elements of this story are plausible. The nanorepair feature is out there as well. I just don't have a strong visual on the MC or how this society-wide programming works. So many questions, no clear answers. I see slabs of wet bricks in front of me- a wall, and there's a bridge with green water flowing under neath that I am standing on. The constable is wearing a drab olive coat with white and orange stripes and he's pointing me away from something it's got to be the body nearby. Yellow wire stretched tight past me and I hear shouting "Don't! No let go of me!" They want me to go back to the city but get there how? A mossy green cross on the wall I think it's a sign i think I should follow. I try to reach out to the yellow wire in front of me and follow there maybe a train behind it. I sung to a mouse in the station once as it scurried along the track, taking care not to find the third rail. The ceiling bobs and dips as each wheel on the track rolls, the car's metal brakes sounding out squeals and sharp chips of delight as they express their irritation. I can't seem to board, damn early Xmas shoppers with their heavy burgundy coats and tacky white boots. Where is the cookie fort? I demand pumpkin ice cream.
(If you think my writing goes off the rails when sedated, you should see me dancing.)
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Post by CAPT Issac R. Madden on Oct 28, 2011 2:57:30 GMT 1
Shoots lasers from his index finger? Kind of. He'll figure out how to focus and produce energy blasts, use his energy to add power to a strike, etc. He's not going to be too powerful though, definately not as powerful as Cyclops or Havok. Ditched this idea in favor of having control over his adrenaline. As in can summon an adrenaline rush at will for a short burst of speed and strength.
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Post by Battlechantress on Nov 2, 2011 4:12:28 GMT 1
Ended up starting off a NaNo project that has nothing to do with "The Glitch in My Mind". Does the world really need a novel about a pyromaniac with a short temper and a fuckload of cutlery? Probably not, but she has already taken off with the story so away we go (1545 words written today, and 44K or so left to go). Or: one vanilla Coke for today, and 30+ more to go.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Nov 2, 2011 5:16:04 GMT 1
I actually have begun work on my C-Sec fanfic! This time, I really mean it, too!
I'm just not sure how to handle chapters and whatnot. I wanted to just individual "cases" a la L.A. Noire, but I think those might run up a bit too long. Maybe I'll have cases, but split up into a few chapters...
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 2, 2011 14:55:44 GMT 1
How about splitting them into acts? You know one act based on a case and splitting them into smaller sections for breathers.
Looking forward to your fic btw.
Also the Paragons of the Hierarchy comic is still in progress... just I have to constantly change the set up of the story so many times, just to make things pluasable. It's kinda hard to write an OC character that is closely related, while trying to keep an eye out for mary sue syndromes. Takes a bloody effort imo. On the other hand, I'm looking forward to torture a few canon characters by making them be infected from the plague...
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Post by Mister Buch on Nov 8, 2011 23:08:57 GMT 1
I haven't heard much about 'Paragons' in a while. I look forward to seeing what you do with more plot freedom - seems like you're itching for it.
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I've been kind of poking at a few story ideas (one is a children's fantasy story that I'm quite excited about) but at the moment the only writing I do is for University. I'm busy as hell there - but I do have one creative writing class.
This involves me writing short pieces to be rated by my classmates. Each one has to use an interesting technique, e.g. switching POV's or a strange layout. When I have a chance I want to expand them all to proper short-stories. Speaking of which, I need to come up with one more of these for Monday. Something with an unusual 'structure'. Not sure what. That's pretty vague.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 9, 2011 9:26:29 GMT 1
I'm a bit concerned about "Paragons" in the late, with ME3 on the horizon and there's a good chance that both Shepard and Garrus won't make in the end, which will contradict the comic.
I think I've finally almost found a way to make this plot work well, without major plot flaws by writing up a back story of the main setting first before the characters. Mainly due to the old saying "Characters must serve the plot, not the other way around." It took me a days worth of research into other cities that have similar social unrest as this system region I'm building on... but it's worth it I guess.
Right now I'm writing about the history of the Corynth Nexus system, which was used to be part of the Hierarchy state, until the Reapers had shown up. The strain with the assault on Palaven and other major turian colonies had made lost their hold to the system, resulting as an independent state that belongs to the Terminus System. Let's just say that the region itself was a major pisshole by the time the 'Paragons' storyline kicks in, due to the region was taken over by the cartel. And what a pisshole it is, so bad that even Aria herself is quite disgusted by the cartel's brutality with their dealings, refusing them to set foot on Omega, let alone associate with them.
Fun times.
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Post by Mister Buch on Nov 9, 2011 23:26:24 GMT 1
About that first thing - I'm sure there will be plenty of ways both Shepard and Garrus can survive. The fans would kill them, otherwise.
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Post by Mr. Glow on Nov 10, 2011 0:06:15 GMT 1
Having read the leaked spoilers, I'm not sure how I should break the news - That Garrus gets kicked to death by a crowd of angry volus, then Shepard dies trying to take on a Reaper in hand-to-hand combat - to you, Till.
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Nov 10, 2011 3:51:57 GMT 1
WHAT?! BETRAYAL!!!!!!!!!!!!
You spoiled the plot! So much keeping your word. Mass effect: The Shepard cycle is officially RUIN 4 EVAR!
(Translation: Haha, very funny. Bravo Glow.)
Back into a serious note. I'm 1/3 getting a backstory together on that system, which be the main catalyst of the comic. I think it's a little over the top for a turian rogue state, but I'll see how it goes. Should I post the whole backstory in the other thread which is about my concept for the comic?
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jan 24, 2012 10:28:19 GMT 1
Got most of the stuff done, had my first script done and now I'm drawing the panels. The very first chapter should be out soon. So here's a sneak peak with the spash page cover. (and my attempt to make it fit comic style artwork). Still WIP, thinking about adding details but would that fit the style of what comic artist do?
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Post by Warhammer Gorvar on Jan 24, 2012 12:33:08 GMT 1
Maybe add a few birds or hovercars?
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Post by Tillian Panthesis on Jan 24, 2012 12:40:17 GMT 1
I was thinking about adding more textures, smoothness of the shading etc. Like rendering digital art.
Still I might add birds and/or skycars once I'm done with the chapter.
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