Shadowcat on 9/9/2012 at 08:57
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
How on earth would you convert this into a FP version. I'm really interested to know, so please explain.
The key thing is to imagine that insane scenario really brought to life and animated in a way that makes you feel like a knight with a lance mounted on some kind of fantasy battle-ostrich, clashing with others in an arena above the lava. Spend a few moments really imagining that, because right at the moment I can't think of any arcade game which I would more like to see rendered with all the audio-visual bells and whistles that modern hardware could provide :)
Gameplay-wise, I was just imagining a fairly direct translation to 3D. Probably a circular arena with platforms all around. Player controls would be similar to a FPS with flapping in place of shooting. The game was always about timing, and I think that could still work really well in 3D.
heywood on 9/9/2012 at 09:02
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
It doesn't nullify it, but it sure as heck distracts from it. It really was a terrible choice.
Yeah, but it got me to click the link, so obviously it worked.
ercles on 12/9/2012 at 22:01
J.S. Joust is absolutely awesome. It's nice to see people trying to design multiplayer games with a low barrier to entry like this, every time I've seen it set up it's been a huge success. Couldn't care less about the name.
demagogue on 13/9/2012 at 04:25
Quote Posted by Shadowcat
Gameplay-wise, I was just imagining a fairly direct translation to 3D. Probably a circular arena with platforms all around. Player controls would be similar to a FPS with flapping in place of shooting. The game was always about timing, and I think that could still work really well in 3D.
Sounds pretty cool to me. It'd be like a WWII dogfighting sim in the sense you'd really have to be constantly mouse-looking around, above, & below you to know where your enemies are at all times, lest one swoop down on you & so you can swoop down on them. At the same time you have to maintain your flapping rhythm & time your swoops down like the original, and WASD controls for turning & pitching.
