Okay fellow Crowley and NC fans, listen up! There is a nice lil' Nightmare Creatures project underway! And we need YOUR help!
This project is called Nightmare Creatures: Timeless Darkness, and it is a huge effort in order to bring about yet another Nightmare Creatures experience to fans who miss the games, except this time...in a sprite-based RPG! I know it sounds a bit crazy, but I promise good things IF I get some help here. So, I ask that we create a little team here, of potential game makers and such... to help with our goal.
The resources I'll be using stems from the popular game maker, RPG MAKER XP, as I have tons of resource opportunities for the game itself as compared to other venues. You can check out what
RPG MAKER XP is BY VISITING HERE. It's basically a simple game creating tool that allows you to use custom made graphics, music, effects, and sounds, and possibly movies through programming and such to create a unique world. Please view the movie at the link to kinda see what all you can do with this thig: It's powerful, and though not the best thing out there, it will still be able to lay down an experience you'll never forget! But just having the program at my fingertips is not going to get the job done...
What I hope to accomplish here is to enlist YOUR help...assigning different jobs and such to create this game. I have ALWAYS wanted to be an RPG designer...so if you are creative like me, here is your chance to get your feet wet in game design techniques and principals at it's basic form.
The idea for Timeless Darkness is to go JUST a bit forward in time from when Herbert Wallace "defeated" Crowley... when all of London has indeed forgotten the dark era and has moved on, busily going about their lives. It was as if the mad scientist never existed...but we all know what is to happen next!
Our main hero is a young woman by the name of Adell Voth, a plain, but sturdy lady who works as a waitress on her town block. Reserved and sophisticated, she is not in store for the horrific events about to take place around her. In her dreams she see's the face of a man... a man with raven hair and eyes gleaming with mischeif. Pulled towards finding out more about him, she becomes entangled in Crowley's web of morbid aspiration to control London.
That's just the basics...it's up to us to go with it... I kinda didn't want to make the whole story, but rather wanted to get you guys in the mix to help out.
JOBS AVAILABLE:
Okay, a game team is made up of a few (or sometimes many) individuals who share the workload...you may be responsible for character design, or maybe the musical score, or sometimes you do a bit of both....
In this case, I'll split the work depending on talents in certain areas, as well as resources for that talent. For example, I don't have a working music maker... so it would be best if I got someone to help make the various tunes you'll hear in-game. But you guys probably don't have RPG MAKER XP, which means I'll do all of the actual putting together and programming and such. It's all fair share... but I also want to give you guys some freedom in what you choose to contribute. i don't know all of your talents yet... I actually have a team of THREE over here living with me (including myself), so we can get huge chunks of it done.
So, i'd like to know where you guys want to come in... but i will lay some of it down here just quickly. So far our most important jobs are:
*PROJECT OVERSEER- Which is me... I'll be checking on all of our updates, progress, and giving feedback and ideas. So I'm like top dog here, but I'm not too strict or anything, because I'm new at this also.
*STORYBOARDING- I feel it would be best if we all posted ideas here and create the story as a team effort, instead of letting one person work on it. Storyboarding is getting a general idea for the story, then peicing it together with events and stuff throughout the game. Now, once we get events and a general game laid out, we'll need specific events to be drawn out and worked on, which will go to a person or two until it is perfected. For example, say we all collaborate and come up with all of these nightmarish events that lead up to Adell meeting Crowley - well the specific storyboarders will fine tune these events and draw them out scene by scene, working closely with the programmer and dialogue script writer.
*SCRIPTWRITER- Pretty self explanitory. This individual will craft the dialogue used in-game, working with the storyboard person to make sure the dialogue fits the scene and mood. They'll also work with the programmer to make sure the dialogue works out when placed in game, and help out there.
*MUSIC COMPOSER- Here is where I REALLY need help... I have no way of recording or making music tracks on my computer, though my brother is a very talented composer....we just don't have the means to. I have been ripping music from online, but I'll have to credit the composer in-game once it is completed. I'd rather have a music composer that works specifically for this game, so we can get music that better fits (because you're gonna have the game in mind when you actually write the music, duh
). Right now I really REALLY am going for the ambient mood...dark gothic organ tones and strings and clashing chords.... but I'm really going to leave it up to the music composer. I'll give them the scene and they'll go with their feeling... or maybe they can get a general idea of the game and create music for me to place in appropriate spots. In any case, this job is really important and we desperately need someone to fill the position! So please....if you have any musical talent at all, give this a shot.
RPG MAKER XP musics can be in a variety of files... I think MIDI or MP3 will work best.
*CHARACTER DESIGN- I really would love this position, both to make the sprites and the concept drawings, but I'll also be glad to work with someone else. We'll basically throw down ideas in this thread then all agree upon a specific character design and go from there. The person working in this will also make battle character graphics and monster designs, which I am happy woth doing lol
*SCENE DESIGN- Creates the main chip sets for use in-game, as well as battle backgrounds. I'm not too good at this, so I'd like to have someone help, ok? This is a MAJOR project for our game, as scenery creates the dark mood.... so please, somebody take this one.
I'm gonna stop right there and let you guys discuss... So help out please. Throw down ideas and questions here.
I'll update later on.
