So, focusing on story and props atm? cool. I think a lot of ideas will flow in after you let us all play with the map for an hour or two. Btw, how's that alpha going to work, you just private-upload it and invite 3-4 of us into the game?
day lasts for 3 hours game-time and night lasts about a minute
Nooo! I actually prefer the night, and those screenies look nicer than day IMO. Day looks ok, but I like night better. Though, IDK why the footpaths are light up by street lamps, it gives a nice park effect.
He'd be able to publish up to 20 MB (I think that was the limit) in each region, just like before, except now he doesn't need to purchase different accounts for different regions.
The limit is 100mb total, divided in up to 20 files of a size not to surpass 20mb each. Per account. So you guys have 200mb for any team creations.
http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2674528413
I did think they raised it a third time, but I can't find proof.
Is it possible that aesthetic audio is something that can be hosted by a separate user if you run out of space? With Global Play, you two should be able to post maps in each others regions, effectively doubling the "mod space"... I think... I'm not sure how banks and mods work if it is hosted by a different user.
Does the mentor have a friend that runs a daycare? Half the point of he daycare was for breeding (you guys "took that out") but the other half still might make sense (grow in level, for a fee, without fighting.)
I'm totally going to have a Scourge to those in my team. Also, I loved talking to those guys who block your path. Especially the guy the the Ocarina of Time, that guy even buys a pikachu mask from you!
I knew it! also, MTG is 1/3 having the $, 50% luck, 40% skill, 1/5 timing and 12% impossible. It's magic.. I guess.
Sidequest: (repeating) A farmer needs help Weeding, Watering, Cooking, or Planting his crop. Weeding must be done by a steel, rock, flying, ect type. Watering needs a water, ice (other?) type. Cooking the harvested crop needs Fire, Electric, Dragon, or something like that. Planting can be done by almost any other type: normal, ghost, poison (though, poison might give you points towards the dark side) and whatever else.
Once the work is done, the farmer rewards you with a freshly baked pie, some cold lemonade, a gem you dug up or something like that. You also get points for being helpful, and points for being a jerk (you always get the other reward, either because the farmer doesn't know, or it's not him giving it.)
Can only be done once every "Game time" day, or something. Possibly you can do a whole cycle per day, or whatever.
Yay! I reminded you to consider adding a character you had already created into the game that you are creating. Also, I am happy that the gist of m favorite evolution "tree" has life in Starmon.
Almaity, what say you to a Ghost-Normal, type that is the Yang to Doll-Girl's Yin? S/he would be a more "spiritual" or "essence-based" human-ish from. This may be double-plus-un-good if you meant "special" as in standing alone, with no compliment, opposition or counter. What I'm thinking is something of a Mew to her Mewtwo. I have no idea what it'd look like, but an Archon would come closet (and what they are "made of" supports the lore that I'm imagining) but more ethereal... if that was possible.
This and That are kind of what I imagine, but less Protoss-y, the Dark Archon with less of a claw and more of a hand. Actually, Haunter/Gangar are probably my inspiration. Although, green would be a better color if it's complimenting Doll-Girl's purple.
Now, as for a name, I'm thinking something in the realm of Feliritu/Faeritu (Felix-Spiritus, happy spirit) or possibly Nymphalix (faerie-happy). Although the 'Mon has a dark appearance and not-so-pure type, the actual "spirit" (sorry) of the 'Mon would be that of an ancient, wise, kind, uninvolved type of being... unless things get sticky. Anyhow, yeah.
/ramble
@zeldarules28: Go
Ah, alright. I had that odd feeling that something was out of character about no edits to your posts in this thread. (I have been around here a while, but I only started voicing recently. It was like, this is a good place to look out for upcoming maps. Let's check back every few weeks. But I really wanted to attempt to share ideas with the devs of Starmon.)
So... no updated OP for another 2 months? Hrm. Oh well. "The hordes" will poke heads in when there's a video to watch anyhow.
@DaFunk86: Go
tvtropes. Gah. The life of an "informed" consumer. On another note, that's what sharing is for! Fun! (/tvtropes discussion. I will not hijack this thread.)
@Mozared: Go
It only really sucks you in if you really really like a tv show, or whatever else. I read through some of the Pokemon ones, the Starcraft ones, then I only derp around when I find one that is cool.
@TheAlmaity: Go
I'm so so so sorry. If it's any consolation, I spent my whole night on that site too. At least it is useful, so it's not a total waste of time. Its like this big book of ideas, ready to be rehashed. Or averted. Anyhow, I hope you got something useful out of it.
EDIT: Also, what do you think about updating the OP to show what's different now, 6 months later? Just change any points that you guys changed, add any new features you guys have, just a general refresh of the map's overview for new people. Linking to the move pool spreadsheet and other such "leaks" and "spoilers" would be nice. Oftentimes, people only read the OP and reply.
You don't seem like the type of person to edit posts, but I think it's good to edit the OP to avoid an Archive Hell scenario (not linking to that wiki) because that scares people off. I also edit my posts to avoid double posting and for punctuation errors. (I tend to hit POST before I think real hard for real long and proof read.)
Alright guys, being gamers and mod devs, I'm sure you already know about all the tropes. If you don't, go here and learn. I bring them up because they can sometimes be good inspiration for additional content. My writer friend, artist friend and I (game consumer) like browsing through this reference for narrative devices, (I can't think of a synonym for Trope, but insert one here) and conventions that people know about and use. Not cliche mind you, trope is not a derogatory term.
A trope that I think would inspire a small bout of story would be Loophole Abuse, or Lord British Postulate. Don't make it a "requirement to beat the game," because you're remaking Pokemon, not Legend of Zelda.
A chase scene could take place because someone found out about Team Evil (but they don't in the main plot, you would push them into discovery) and you have to do something about it.
Also, I feel like I've seen one of these in Pokemon before, so it might be a good reference to add. It's also possible that Team Evil is not really evil.
["]Simple["] SideQuest ideas are probably the most useful thing right now. :)
So, if you guys don't have a Jade Figurine type quest, they are great little goodies. For those of you who are not familiar with this term that I may have just coined now, a "Jade Figurine" quest refers to a Diablo 2, Act 3 quest where one finds a Jade Figurine after killing a random hero/unique monster. You then trade it with the guy who took you in his boat to that jungle for a Golden Bird. It turns out the bird holds the ashes of a man who studied immortality of sorts, so you get extra life by turning it into a potion.
My point is, stumbling through the woods, finding a thingy (either held by a starmon, if hold items happen, or on the ground) that looks special would be awesome. Imagine having beaten the 6th gym leader (I don't know the equivalent, haven't read this thread in a while) and getting access to some new area. you derp down a side path and find a weird cave. Upon entering and exploring, it's an ancient temple thingy. Inside you find a rare dude, or some random item thingy and decide to take it. You take it back to town, as it seems important. Someone gives you a starmon egg, or a "rare candy" or a "pp max" that increases energy. Something like that.
Maybe the quest turns into a Biggoron Sword quest, and you re-explore the whole starmon world (with new travel abilities) trading back and forth before you get a really nice reward. Maybe it turns out that the "figurine" is part of a set, and if you find the other 6 that are in different "towns" or "areas" then you get the thingy. Maybe it's only worth 10 money. Maybe it lets you carry one extra starmon in your party. Idk.
EDIT: Skimmed through the last half of the thread. It's HUGE!!! anyhow:
Oh, and guys, you need an escort mission! Fun version: Double battle trek through a gorge against multiple team evil ambushes. You are aided by a Mr.Good-Guy or Ally-for-the-moment and a damsel-in-distress follows you. Not fun version: Double battle trek through a field of bizarre fiends and jagged cliffs. Your companion is actually quite bad at starmon, but you can't let any of his/her dudes faint.
Either one has opportunity for a prequest where you find some girl being mugged or a cat stuck up a tree.
Ok, look, I can' read the entire thread atm, but I can not wait for this map to come out! I'm hyped up! I would love it if you include Ralts, Kirlia, Gallade and Gardevoir. Would be absolutely awesome. That's probably my favorite evo chain ever. Srys (Tarals, Palts or Larts), Neria (Emulia or Amoria) are name ideas for the first two. I'm trying to keep roots and it's not working out so well. Oh well.
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So, focusing on story and props atm? cool. I think a lot of ideas will flow in after you let us all play with the map for an hour or two. Btw, how's that alpha going to work, you just private-upload it and invite 3-4 of us into the game?
Nooo! I actually prefer the night, and those screenies look nicer than day IMO. Day looks ok, but I like night better. Though, IDK why the footpaths are light up by street lamps, it gives a nice park effect.
The limit is 100mb total, divided in up to 20 files of a size not to surpass 20mb each. Per account. So you guys have 200mb for any team creations. http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/forum/topic/2674528413 I did think they raised it a third time, but I can't find proof.
EDIT: happy 4,000th post Zelda!
@TheAlmaity: Go
Is it possible that aesthetic audio is something that can be hosted by a separate user if you run out of space? With Global Play, you two should be able to post maps in each others regions, effectively doubling the "mod space"... I think... I'm not sure how banks and mods work if it is hosted by a different user.
Edit: And ok, that makes sense.
Does the mentor have a friend that runs a daycare? Half the point of he daycare was for breeding (you guys "took that out") but the other half still might make sense (grow in level, for a fee, without fighting.)
@TheAlmaity: Go
I'm totally going to have a Scourge to those in my team. Also, I loved talking to those guys who block your path. Especially the guy the the Ocarina of Time, that guy even buys a pikachu mask from you!
One step closer to Beta! :) Call the press!
Only like 18 more to go...
@TheAlmaity: Go
Yeah.. I don't think I can even understand what I was getting at, something about a puppeteer Starmon, maybe. We'll pretend I drunk posted.
@BladeOfAiur: Go
I knew it! also, MTG is 1/3 having the $, 50% luck, 40% skill, 1/5 timing and 12% impossible. It's magic.. I guess.
Sidequest: (repeating) A farmer needs help Weeding, Watering, Cooking, or Planting his crop. Weeding must be done by a steel, rock, flying, ect type. Watering needs a water, ice (other?) type. Cooking the harvested crop needs Fire, Electric, Dragon, or something like that. Planting can be done by almost any other type: normal, ghost, poison (though, poison might give you points towards the dark side) and whatever else.
Once the work is done, the farmer rewards you with a freshly baked pie, some cold lemonade, a gem you dug up or something like that. You also get points for being helpful, and points for being a jerk (you always get the other reward, either because the farmer doesn't know, or it's not him giving it.)
Can only be done once every "Game time" day, or something. Possibly you can do a whole cycle per day, or whatever.
Yay! I reminded you to consider adding a character you had already created into the game that you are creating. Also, I am happy that the gist of m favorite evolution "tree" has life in Starmon.
Almaity, what say you to a Ghost-Normal, type that is the Yang to Doll-Girl's Yin? S/he would be a more "spiritual" or "essence-based" human-ish from. This may be double-plus-un-good if you meant "special" as in standing alone, with no compliment, opposition or counter. What I'm thinking is something of a Mew to her Mewtwo. I have no idea what it'd look like, but an Archon would come closet (and what they are "made of" supports the lore that I'm imagining) but more ethereal... if that was possible.
This and That are kind of what I imagine, but less Protoss-y, the Dark Archon with less of a claw and more of a hand. Actually, Haunter/Gangar are probably my inspiration. Although, green would be a better color if it's complimenting Doll-Girl's purple.
Now, as for a name, I'm thinking something in the realm of Feliritu/Faeritu (Felix-Spiritus, happy spirit) or possibly Nymphalix (faerie-happy). Although the 'Mon has a dark appearance and not-so-pure type, the actual "spirit" (sorry) of the 'Mon would be that of an ancient, wise, kind, uninvolved type of being... unless things get sticky. Anyhow, yeah. /ramble
Squee! I love her! Like a purple Ralts. (gonna go admire the OP now.) Though, admittedly, more like Kirlia with a hint of Garedevoir.
Only thing I can think of it maybe adjust her gaze to be more in a corner/side of her eye.
You need to link to the Moves Video on page 2.
@zeldarules28: Go Ah, alright. I had that odd feeling that something was out of character about no edits to your posts in this thread. (I have been around here a while, but I only started voicing recently. It was like, this is a good place to look out for upcoming maps. Let's check back every few weeks. But I really wanted to attempt to share ideas with the devs of Starmon.)
So... no updated OP for another 2 months? Hrm. Oh well. "The hordes" will poke heads in when there's a video to watch anyhow.
@DaFunk86: Go tvtropes. Gah. The life of an "informed" consumer. On another note, that's what sharing is for! Fun! (/tvtropes discussion. I will not hijack this thread.)
@Mozared: Go It only really sucks you in if you really really like a tv show, or whatever else. I read through some of the Pokemon ones, the Starcraft ones, then I only derp around when I find one that is cool.
@TheAlmaity: Go I'm so so so sorry. If it's any consolation, I spent my whole night on that site too. At least it is useful, so it's not a total waste of time. Its like this big book of ideas, ready to be rehashed. Or averted. Anyhow, I hope you got something useful out of it.
EDIT: Also, what do you think about updating the OP to show what's different now, 6 months later? Just change any points that you guys changed, add any new features you guys have, just a general refresh of the map's overview for new people. Linking to the move pool spreadsheet and other such "leaks" and "spoilers" would be nice. Oftentimes, people only read the OP and reply.
You don't seem like the type of person to edit posts, but I think it's good to edit the OP to avoid an Archive Hell scenario (not linking to that wiki) because that scares people off. I also edit my posts to avoid double posting and for punctuation errors. (I tend to hit POST before I think real hard for real long and proof read.)
Alright guys, being gamers and mod devs, I'm sure you already know about all the tropes. If you don't, go here and learn. I bring them up because they can sometimes be good inspiration for additional content. My writer friend, artist friend and I (game consumer) like browsing through this reference for narrative devices, (I can't think of a synonym for Trope, but insert one here) and conventions that people know about and use. Not cliche mind you, trope is not a derogatory term.
A trope that I think would inspire a small bout of story would be Loophole Abuse, or Lord British Postulate. Don't make it a "requirement to beat the game," because you're remaking Pokemon, not Legend of Zelda.
A chase scene could take place because someone found out about Team Evil (but they don't in the main plot, you would push them into discovery) and you have to do something about it.
Also, I feel like I've seen one of these in Pokemon before, so it might be a good reference to add. It's also possible that Team Evil is not really evil.
So, if you guys don't have a Jade Figurine type quest, they are great little goodies. For those of you who are not familiar with this term that I may have just coined now, a "Jade Figurine" quest refers to a Diablo 2, Act 3 quest where one finds a Jade Figurine after killing a random hero/unique monster. You then trade it with the guy who took you in his boat to that jungle for a Golden Bird. It turns out the bird holds the ashes of a man who studied immortality of sorts, so you get extra life by turning it into a potion.
My point is, stumbling through the woods, finding a thingy (either held by a starmon, if hold items happen, or on the ground) that looks special would be awesome. Imagine having beaten the 6th gym leader (I don't know the equivalent, haven't read this thread in a while) and getting access to some new area. you derp down a side path and find a weird cave. Upon entering and exploring, it's an ancient temple thingy. Inside you find a rare dude, or some random item thingy and decide to take it. You take it back to town, as it seems important. Someone gives you a starmon egg, or a "rare candy" or a "pp max" that increases energy. Something like that.
Maybe the quest turns into a Biggoron Sword quest, and you re-explore the whole starmon world (with new travel abilities) trading back and forth before you get a really nice reward. Maybe it turns out that the "figurine" is part of a set, and if you find the other 6 that are in different "towns" or "areas" then you get the thingy. Maybe it's only worth 10 money. Maybe it lets you carry one extra starmon in your party. Idk.
EDIT: Skimmed through the last half of the thread. It's HUGE!!! anyhow:
He played MTG.
Oh, and guys, you need an escort mission! Fun version: Double battle trek through a gorge against multiple team evil ambushes. You are aided by a Mr.Good-Guy or Ally-for-the-moment and a damsel-in-distress follows you. Not fun version: Double battle trek through a field of bizarre fiends and jagged cliffs. Your companion is actually quite bad at starmon, but you can't let any of his/her dudes faint.
Either one has opportunity for a prequest where you find some girl being mugged or a cat stuck up a tree.
Ok, look, I can' read the entire thread atm, but I can not wait for this map to come out! I'm hyped up! I would love it if you include Ralts, Kirlia, Gallade and Gardevoir. Would be absolutely awesome. That's probably my favorite evo chain ever. Srys (Tarals, Palts or Larts), Neria (Emulia or Amoria) are name ideas for the first two. I'm trying to keep roots and it's not working out so well. Oh well.