Hi everyone!
Most of you might remember a little story-telling exercise that we did last summer that ended in the release of The Chronicles of Weedrow - The Quest for Chalice of Awesome Evilness, which, if you haven't played it yet (shame on you!), is downloadable here
I've had so much fun working on this that I want to get the ball rolling for a second installment. ebd has helped to create an awesome suite of custom actors that will help create an even better and more interactive story this time around - including such things as a dialogue editor (complete with branching choices), being able to interact with things in the environment using the use button, finite state machines for setting up complex puzzles and many more things!
Because the story of the first installment turned into a bit of a clusterfuck that took a bit of work to untangle before the end, this time around the narrative will be a little more guided (in as far as if unlogical stuff starts popping up it will need a rewrite rather than having the next person in line trying to tie it all together with some incredulous explanation ), but there's still lots of room for people to experiment and do their own thing like in the first installment.
So how does it work?
Each participant that signs up will have 2 to 4 (depending on how the story is progressing) 4 day turns in which to build their own section of the campaign. They will continue where the last mapper finished. At the end of the 4 days they will then pass it along to the next mapper in the chain to continue.
This time, the general theme is already broadly defined. We'll be writing a ghost story starting out in a scary castle. The focus of The Chronicles of Weedrow vol. 2 is to provide both an entertaining story with good humor like in the first volume, but we also want to try and freak the player out with good horror.
Who are we looking for?
People who aren't afraid to learn and use the new actors to their fullest, aren't afraid of setting up elaborate scripted events, like to come up with interesting gameplay ideas outside of the shooter realm, and generally know their way around the editor.
I'd like to restrict the amount of contributors somewhere around the 8 people mark just for logistics sake, but if we get more able candidates I won't say no
Platform will once again be Unreal227h
Participants will recieve a package of documentation on the new actors and character writing guidelines at the start of the event, which is tentatively on the 1st of July, we'll be using DropBox to exchange the map between mappers so make sure to tell me your accountname / make an account if you don't have one yet!
Contributors:
Frieza
ebd
Qtit
Jet
Mman
Terraniux
sana
Turboman
The Chronicles of Weedrow Volume 2 is now recruiting!
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Post Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 16:20
Oh for crying f*cks sake.
I'M IN!
Didn't really expect this to happen. My baby is aliiiiiveeee!!!!
btw, sorry for offtop but it bothered me for ages.
What does that mean? Guilded claw?
I'M IN!
Didn't really expect this to happen. My baby is aliiiiiveeee!!!!
btw, sorry for offtop but it bothered me for ages.
What does that mean? Guilded claw?
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Post Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 16:28
Qtit wrote:btw, sorry for offtop but it bothered me for ages.
What does that mean? Guilded claw?
Wikipedia wrote:The term gilding covers a number of decorative techniques for applying fine gold leaf or powder to solid surfaces such as wood, stone, or metal to give a thin coating of gold.
It's a term from Battle for Na Pali, where it was probably either a Skaarj clan or some sort of rank within the Skaarj.
Regarding Weedrow... I'm very much looking forward to this! I'd like to contribute, however my map contribution didn't quite turn out well in the last episode. I may be assisting from the side lines again instead.
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Subject: Re: The Chronicles of Weedrow Volume 2 is now recruiting!
Post Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 16:43
You guys did an amazing job on the first volume, and I'm sure you'll do just as well with this.
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Post Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 18:18
I volunteer. Four days that I hope won't get interrupted by other stupid stuff that might come up. I'll just have to wait and see.
Dropbox is "[email protected]" I think. Or "Jethro Bradley". I dunno.
Dropbox is "[email protected]" I think. Or "Jethro Bradley". I dunno.
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Post Posted: 27 Jun 2012, 21:53
I'm not sure I'll be able to contribute this time... Then again, part of the problem last time was that adding so much dialogue and scripting with the default Unreal actors was a massive pain in the ass, so if that's been worked on now it might be a lot smoother going.
I guess I'll sign up and see what happens (and what the new actors are/can do).
I guess I'll sign up and see what happens (and what the new actors are/can do).
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Post Posted: 28 Jun 2012, 01:17
I would love to join in oh so much, but I don't want to commit to anything massive right now and hold people up, etc.
Although, it is the semester holidays... ahh I'll see how I feel when I've had a day to think about it. (just woke up )
Although, it is the semester holidays... ahh I'll see how I feel when I've had a day to think about it. (just woke up )
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Post Posted: 28 Jun 2012, 13:18
I'd love to join, but I have get used to 227 first. Or there must be some quick tuts.
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Documentation for all the new classes (or at least, the ones that are to be used within levels) is now live at: http://www.scraphammer.net/cow/firetrucks/
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Post Posted: 28 Jun 2012, 23:05
@Terraniux - easy enough, I can put you through a quick tutorial guide on the stream if ya want. Even today
Edith:
We could use the scripts to learn how they work before the event starts.
Edith:
We could use the scripts to learn how they work before the event starts.
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Post Posted: 29 Jun 2012, 11:05
Allright count me in then, when I have questions then i'll just ask it.
It shoudn't be too hard to learn the new aspects of the updated engine.
Get ready for some new crystal maps
It shoudn't be too hard to learn the new aspects of the updated engine.
Get ready for some new crystal maps
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Post Posted: 29 Jun 2012, 13:37
@ Qtit/Mman/Terraniux, if you guys make/tell me your Dropbox account you can get access to the scripts today
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What is a dropbox? E-mail?
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