(Yes, I am posting under Popisfizzy's blog, but I'm on a 354 day no-post streak. Don't want to ruin it.)
Alright! I'm here to talk about Moon Station 404! I've been working on this game for a whole six days now. It's going by really well, I've done a lot considering how lazy I am. What Moon Station 404 is is basically... Space Station 13 meets order. Yes roleplaying, yes action, lots of goodness for everyone. I'm stealing a lot of Space Station 13's ideas and stuff... yes, I'm a thief. I wouldn't mind some nice suggestions for what I should add to the game. Remember, I'm not like Exadv1, I'll work on the game daily and spit out some updates every while. I'll also listen to any suggestion, and the faster you suggest the faster I'll put it in. Here's a list of the stuff I've done so far:
Well, yeah, I suppose that's all I've got done so far. I should work on it more! So if you have ANY suggestions; something you want that you saw on SS13 or any other game, or something completely original, just reply here and I'll get to everyone!
Hurray for images!
Image 1
Yes, the character looks like something out of a bad DBZ game, you can thank Papoose for that. The image shows me showing off the tools and my clothing!
Image 2
Here you can see the awesome air system! The orange stuff is the methane. When the methane gets thick in one area you can see it (I know, methane is odourless and colourless), the more there is the thicker the methane cloud. And to the left of it is the fire spreading about. The fire can't breathe without at least 2 methane and 1 oxygen unit.
Image 3
Poor Crashed has a blue face and green chest! That's the symptoms for burtal poisoning and suffocation! Oh no!
Thanks to Papoose and Xiox17something something for these graphics. They're the ones who made the decent looking stuff, I made everything else as you can tell. They are only temporary until I get them drawn by someone who can... draw!
Alright! I'm here to talk about Moon Station 404! I've been working on this game for a whole six days now. It's going by really well, I've done a lot considering how lazy I am. What Moon Station 404 is is basically... Space Station 13 meets order. Yes roleplaying, yes action, lots of goodness for everyone. I'm stealing a lot of Space Station 13's ideas and stuff... yes, I'm a thief. I wouldn't mind some nice suggestions for what I should add to the game. Remember, I'm not like Exadv1, I'll work on the game daily and spit out some updates every while. I'll also listen to any suggestion, and the faster you suggest the faster I'll put it in. Here's a list of the stuff I've done so far:
- The Air System- Wee! We've got some smart air! The air in the station contains three gasses: oxygen, nitrogen and methane. A good 21%; 78%; and 1% blend respectively. That would be the ideal blend for each tile. Each tile shares the gasses with eachother. So if the tile to the right has more nitrogen than the tile to the left, the right one gives up the right amount of nitrogen so both tiles are even. This, as well as some efficient programming, makes a really neat effect for the game (oh, it's not just an effect, it's a huge part of the game!)
- The Health System- Hurray for health! Although not complete yet, your character take take quite a hit. As of yet, you can take some brute damage, poison damage, and suffocation damage, each with a neat little indentifier to indicate that that person is suffocating/poisoned/beaten up. If you take so much poison, you will be knocked unconscious! And if that happens, your lungs will bleed and you will continue to take poison damage regardless if there's a methane cloud around you. Same goes for oxygen. If you don't breathe in enough, you'll be knocked out. If you don't breathe for so long, your lungs will stop functioning. Of course both of these can be helped! That's really all I've done for the health system, but there's definately more to come.
- The Doors- Funny little doors! They will open if you walk infront of them, no more annoying bump-into-doors! They are rather intelligent and will never close shut on someone. Along with the doors are doorlocks! These can be anything from finger print scanners to eye scanners to card scanners! These doors really are unique and fit the game perfectly.
- The Inventory System- Hurray for on-screen inventory! Boo for on-screen inventory that eats up your screen space! Well, you get the best of the best on MS404. You can truncate your HUD down to nothing! You can keep what you want up and once I get around to it, you'll be able to drag and drop your screen objects around so they're in the right place for you. And yes, this will save on the client's side so you won't have to keep doing it on every server. The inventory system is much like SS13's, but I do see a major difference in speed in the game so it's less annoying.
- Clothing- Clothing! Everyone needs clothes. A simple hex value will change the clothes' colour at runtime! Very simple, very easy, very good!
- Tools- The tools for the trolls! There's everything from a welder to a hammer to a powercutter! An array of tools for everyone to use. Currently you can break into doorlocks and headsets to change some settings :).
- Efficiency- Yes! EFFICIENCY! I wrote the game to have the best possible quality with the least possible amount of lag! I wrote, re-wrote, and re-re-wrote pretty much everything to make sure it's very fast. I'm running a 470 MHz machine, and when I play on a nice 100x100x1 map it plays much better than any of SS13's servers. This means much better game quality.
Well, yeah, I suppose that's all I've got done so far. I should work on it more! So if you have ANY suggestions; something you want that you saw on SS13 or any other game, or something completely original, just reply here and I'll get to everyone!
Hurray for images!
Image 1
Yes, the character looks like something out of a bad DBZ game, you can thank Papoose for that. The image shows me showing off the tools and my clothing!
Image 2
Here you can see the awesome air system! The orange stuff is the methane. When the methane gets thick in one area you can see it (I know, methane is odourless and colourless), the more there is the thicker the methane cloud. And to the left of it is the fire spreading about. The fire can't breathe without at least 2 methane and 1 oxygen unit.
Image 3
Poor Crashed has a blue face and green chest! That's the symptoms for burtal poisoning and suffocation! Oh no!
Thanks to Papoose and Xiox17something something for these graphics. They're the ones who made the decent looking stuff, I made everything else as you can tell. They are only temporary until I get them drawn by someone who can... draw!