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ok, i got flash. i'll make backgrounds, i think we should have "stages"

At 12/21/08 03:33 PM, loogiesquared wrote: ok, i got flash. i'll make backgrounds, i think we should have "stages"

Awesome. I think Doc is working on the backgrounds, I have one from him already. You two can work that out.

Do you have any programming experience?

At 12/21/08 02:50 PM, InnerChild548 wrote:

What's the colorful thing in the background?

Four books.

what do the books say?

Generic, "Dew rocks, Pepper sucks balls" stuff.

ok, i got flash. i'll make backgrounds, i think we should have "stages"

Awesome! Its good to have you helping us out, you make really good graphics.

Well, its nice to see that the game is rolling along. I think we should start focusing on different characters. I'll go make some models ofdifferent flavors, as well and alternate logos. If possible, I think we should make a tutorial, as some people might not understand the physics of two soda cans duking it out.

By tutorial, do you mean background knowledge, like why they are fighting? that can be the screen right before the fight.

Ok, because I have the flash with me, this is what I have so far:

- A completed menu screen
- One background

If anyone is going to post any backgrounds, MAKE SURE IT'S JUST THE BACKGROUND, NO CHARACTERS INTACT. I'll save to it to the flash.

At 12/21/08 05:22 PM, hhcash wrote: By tutorial, do you mean background knowledge, like why they are fighting? that can be the screen right before the fight.

No I mean a lesson on how to play the game, an explanation on the controls, how to unlock secrets, etc.

At 12/21/08 05:28 PM, DocSprite wrote:

No I mean a lesson on how to play the game, an explanation on the controls, how to unlock secrets, etc.

I made a controls page already.

I think we should make a pretty simple game with few maps and characters, so we can submit it sooner. Over time we can add to it and make it better as we gain more flash experience. I'm pretty sure you can replace a flash submission without sending the new one to the Portal (right?).

At 12/21/08 06:14 PM, hhcash wrote:

I'm pretty sure you can replace a flash submission without sending the new one to the Portal (right?).

Yeah, but I don't think we should, if we want to get a good score. By the time it gets really good, it'll have gotten a low score and faded into obscurity. Then, nobody will be able to see it. We can do two things:

1. Take a while to do it, and make sure its really good so it'll get a high score, and win us all a nice shiny trophy for our trophy cases (I reeeeealy want an award.)

2. Release the first version to Newgrounds, and that build upon it using people's reviews and feedback to make it better, and when we have it all completed, delete the first one and submit the improved one as a Version Two.

Personally, I want to do it right the first time. I have a feeling it will have more impact then. And maybe a story mode? I dunno, we seem motivated. I'll find some more cans.

Ok, while I'm learning programming, I want you guys to get some character models done. I want to see some cans with different facial expressions, different fists, legs, etc. Just imagine all the different positions a character is in in a video game.

I'm sort of getting the ActionScript stuff, many different tutorials from different websites and using it will teach me. The only tough part is going to be the AI.

At 12/21/08 09:22 PM, hhcash wrote: Ok, while I'm learning programming, I want you guys to get some character models done. I want to see some cans with different facial expressions, different fists, legs, etc. Just imagine all the different positions a character is in in a video game.

I'll work on it. This would be easier if we had anotherf artist to help out, but I'll keep my complaints to myself.

I'm sort of getting the ActionScript stuff, many different tutorials from different websites and using it will teach me. The only tough part is going to be the AI.

Yeah, not many people seem to know much about AI. There aren't many good tuts for it, much less on NG.

And by the way, check out this site.

Check out the Background in my Flash, we could use that.

Ted, by InnerChild548 Type: Movie Rating: Everyone

I'm so in this crew what do I need to do?

At 12/22/08 03:57 AM, QFC wrote: I'm so in this crew what do I need to do?

Drink Mountain Dew.

I went to a little party today and had two cans of Diet Dew. Its not too much worse that the original, kinda tangy. I like it, actually. But then again, its Dew.

At 12/22/08 09:22 PM, DocSprite wrote: Drink Mountain Dew.

I went to a little party today and had two cans of Diet Dew. Its not too much worse that the original, kinda tangy. I like it, actually. But then again, its Dew.

It's ok, but not near as good as the original. My teacher loves it though. He drinks 1-3 2 liters of Diet Dew a day. He's a cool guy. Also, I have three two liters ready to rock this holiday.

At 12/22/08 10:23 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 12/22/08 09:22 PM, DocSprite wrote: Drink Mountain Dew.

I went to a little party today and had two cans of Diet Dew. Its not too much worse that the original, kinda tangy. I like it, actually. But then again, its Dew.

It's ok, but not near as good as the original. My teacher loves it though. He drinks 1-3 2 liters of Diet Dew a day. He's a cool guy. Also, I have three two liters ready to rock this holiday.

nice. also i managed to convince my mother to bring MD instead of Dr. Pepper to my x-mas party. i got about 6 12-packs waiting. heheheh.

At 12/23/08 12:03 AM, Furryfox wrote:

At 12/22/08 10:23 PM, CapnCrunchDaPimp wrote:

At 12/22/08 09:22 PM, DocSprite wrote: Drink Mountain Dew.

I went to a little party today and had two cans of Diet Dew. Its not too much worse that the original, kinda tangy. I like it, actually. But then again, its Dew.

three two liters .

Lucky.

6 12-packs

LUCKY!

I'll probably drink about two 2-liters troughout the holiday vacartion, maybe 3. I'm at my dad's from Christmas till New Years, so I'll get some.

AWESOMESAUCE!

sorysorysorry for the double-post.. buutt

what size are the backgrounds, and do you want high quality or 8-bit?
a few ideas:
- Coke Factory (vs. Coka-Cola boss)
- Dew Factory (!st level)
- a beach
- a office

At 12/23/08 03:13 PM, loogiesquared wrote: AWESOMESAUCE!

would be very awesome if it wasn't expired. :I

At 12/23/08 03:13 PM, loogiesquared wrote: AWESOMESAUCE!

DEW SHAKE? Awesome, I live right near a cold stone. I'll have to try it.

sorysorysorry for the double-post.. buutt

what size are the backgrounds, and do you want high quality or 8-bit?
a few ideas:
- Coke Factory (vs. Coka-Cola boss) No
- Dew Factory (!st level) Taken
- a beach Yes
- a office Already Done

I was thinking of including a Coke boss, (think Broly), but we cant put him in a factory. We have to make a real place. Remember, the cans are like people. And I already made a background for MTN Dew, The Mountain. DEW ON A MOUNTAIN OLOLOLOL

Ok, I need to make a storyboard then. Right now I'm going to plan 5 levels, each having its own unique background and character that The Dew is fighting. In addition, Supernova can be an unlockable character when you beat the game as the original Dew, knowing the Supernova is a favorite around these parts :).

LEVEL 1:
Enemy: Dr. Pepper
Background: Mountain

LEVEL 2:
Enemy: ???
Background: ???

LEVEL 3:
Enemy: Sprite
Background: ???

LEVEL 4:
Enemy: Coke
Background: ???

LEVEL 5:
Enemy: Mello Yello
Background: ???

I'll be working on a storyboard soon too.

I'm willing for you guys to throw around ideas about the stages, backgrounds, and story. I'm thinking Mello Yello should be the final stage, knowing the Pepsi is to Coke as Dew is to Mello Yello, and Dew is the main character, so Mello Yello should be the boss. I'll be observing your arguments and thinking up stuff for myself, then make it all organized in a Notepad file.

This is going to take time, especially for me being the programmer...

At 12/23/08 06:23 PM, hhcash wrote: I'm willing for you guys to throw around ideas about the stages, backgrounds, and story. I'm thinking Mello Yello should be the final stage, knowing the Pepsi is to Coke as Dew is to Mello Yello, and Dew is the main character, so Mello Yello should be the boss. I'll be observing your arguments and thinking up stuff for myself, then make it all organized in a Notepad file.

Coke.

The final boss should be Coke.

Why, you may ask? Because Coke is the legendary soda. Coke is, arguably, the greatest soda of all time. I'm talking sales and popularity-wise, not taste-wise. I think we all know what wins in that department. ;) But Coke has owned the markets since the 1890's. And if Dew wants to take the crown as the best soda of all time, that it has to knock off Coke first.

And here's my idea for the story:

A long, long time ago, there was two races. The Cokes and the Pepsis. One day, a Coke and Pepsi had a child. They named it Sprite. Eventually, Sprite grew up, and started its own breed. But eventually, more evolutions occurred, making way to more extreme breeds of sodas.

Now we are at the present. 2009 A.D. (The game will be released in 2009.) Two breeds, named The Dews and the Peppers, take up the majority of the population. The Cokes and the Pepsis are extinct, and the few Sprites remaining have been forced into exile.

Our story takes place in the MTN Dew martial arts school, at the top of the enormous Tonic Peak. Our hero, Fizzy (name to be changed) is in his first year at the school, taught by Dr. Kikovsky. Suddenly, a squad of Peppers comes hiking up the mountain and attack, killing all but Fizzy and Kikovsky.

Kikovsky wakes up Fizzy, who was unconscious, and takes him outside. the Peppers attack, and you must defend Kikovsky, who is still weak from killing countless Peppers.

*START BATTLE NUMBER ONE*

Afterward, A group of Peppers, along with the leader of the squad, corner Fizzy and Kikovsky, and are about to kill them, but suddenly, out of nowhere, a con of the belived extint Coke appears, and blows them away. He then says to Fizzy and Kikovsky,

" I will give you ten days to erase your sins and end the conflicts between the Dews and the Peppers. See my friend Sprite in Static Crack, and he will help you..."

He disappears.

And so begins Fizzy and Dr. Kikovsky's journey to find peace...

I'll come up with some more ideas later.

would 7-up work for a level 2 battle?

Very good idea for a story, DocSprite. I think that Kikoski should be the Supernova, k? And he can be played as an unlockable character. Now if we are going to make a story out of this and make cutscenes and what not, we need a kick ass animator to do the cutscenes. I imagine the cutscenes to be comic book-ish.

I'll copy your story to the notepad file for now, we need to find out how the Coke and other sodas are introduced.

And a suggestion for the protagonist's name: Dewey?

Wait, why is Sprite involved neutrally if it is a Coca-Cola Brand?

LEVEL 1:
Enemy: Dr. Pepper
Background: Mountain

LEVEL 2:
Enemy: Sprite
Background: Ally

LEVEL 3:
Enemy: Pepsi
Background: Living Room

LEVEL 4:
Enemy: Coke
Background: Factory

LEVEL 5:
Enemy: Mello Yello
Background: ???

maybe level 5 could be in a factory or on a summit. just a thought.

Level One:

Dr. Pepper

Mountain

Level Two

7-Up

Boat

Level 3

Two Sprites

Static Crack Gates

Level 4.1

Two Dr. Peppers

Static Crack Innards

Level 4.2

Berries and Creme Dr. Pepper (I'm a little lad who loves berries and cream)

Static Crack Innards

Level 5

Coke

Static Circle

Thats what think the levels should be. You guys can change it, its just what I think. Also, Level 4.1 and 4.2 are played as Kikovsky.

At 12/25/08 08:14 AM, DocSprite wrote:

Thats what think the levels should be. You guys can change it, its just what I think. Also, Level 4.1 and 4.2 are played as Kikovsky.

Then what is Fizzy doing at that same time?

Also, what is the point of Static Circle, and how do you imagine it, sir artist DocSprite? Inform me.

Finally, I think the 1.1 version of the game (so the update some time after it is first submitted) should include a bonus easter egg, where Fizzy dreams of fighting Mello Yello, and after Fizzy beats it, he wakes up. I understand if you don't want a Mello Yello fight to be in the plot, but I want to set the idea that one of Fizzy's main influences as a fighter is to one day exterminate Mello Yello.

Yes, Flash is working again! Now I'll just import my Dew Files to my computer and get started.