Pyrian on 7/8/2017 at 12:11
Quote Posted by Renzatic
...they're having their own weird night, one that's actually more interesting than yours.
A notoriously dangerous narrative device. You don't want your player thinking "I wish I was playing
that game!"
WingedKagouti on 7/8/2017 at 13:20
Quote Posted by Pyrian
A notoriously dangerous narrative device. You don't want your player thinking "I wish I was playing
that game!"
I've seen something similar work once: In Oblivion you were more or less the sidekick to the main hero (the Emperor).
The main reason that works seems to me to be due to the fact that you're having interesting adventures on your own.
Sulphur on 7/8/2017 at 14:22
Oblivion's main campaign was still a tepid bore, however.
The Witcher 3 managed to pull off the same thing with better execution. Geralt's not the sort of man who likes having the show revolve around him, but that doesn't mean drama doesn't follow him nonetheless. It's still Ciri's story, and you only get to play a few very short flashbacks that let you experience what she does.
Renzatic on 7/8/2017 at 19:19
Quote Posted by Pyrian
A notoriously dangerous narrative device. You don't want your player thinking "I wish I was playing
that game!"
It wouldn't be a major focus, more a background thing thrown in for the humor. You wouldn't see the constantly, but on the occasions you do, they're always talking about something absolutely crazy. Like how Finster managed to successfully profile and capture a prolific serial killer, or rescue a load of small kids stranded during a flood, or how he confronted and outdebated a physicist during a TED seminar. Yet your only interactions with Finster involve him breathing heavily, and staring at you with those big, stupid eyes. He never moves, never talks, never does anything besides EEHH HEEE EEHH HEEE...
...and if you bring up that fact, the other Weird Kids will call you out for being a dick.
This isn't something I'd build the whole game around, more a background thing I thought would be funny if I could pull it off right.
Yakoob on 7/8/2017 at 22:05
@renz - what's the time period? I kind of got the "growing up in the 80s/90s" vibe with Rocko Modern Life, Nickleodean, early cartoon network. It could reverberate with that crowd, methinks.
And Finster has a nice goofy charm to him :)
Renzatic on 7/8/2017 at 22:27
I'm thinking mid-late 90's for the setting, though that probably wouldn't play much into the overall story, besides there being a lack of cellphones.
Also, the forum decided to delete the picture I posted of the other two kids (of a planned total 5), so I'll post it again.
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...and I don't know why the forum is throwing the colors off. You'll have to click the image to see them in their actual colors.
henke on 8/8/2017 at 06:25
Looking good! And yeah, the forum definitely is making their skin redder.
I've noticed embedded images getting darker sometimes too, maybe something to do with what color profile or color mode it's in?
Al_B on 8/8/2017 at 10:06
Yes, that image has a "Canon MX920 series PT3" colour profile embedded into it. You can see the same red tint to the skin if you open the full-size image in an application that doesn't handle colour profiles correctly (e.g. paint.net). The internal forum image resizing was discarding the profile so you ended up with the image without the associated profile causing your browser to draw it incorrectly. I've replaced the forum library with an alternative and the thumbnails should now look like the fullsize images.
henke on 8/8/2017 at 12:24
Way to go, Al! :thumb:
Pyrian on 8/8/2017 at 18:10
I've started using (
https://www.toggl.com) to track my time working on Glade Raid. It's pretty cool so far. Discovery: I have very little free time. Well, that and I don't use it all for my project.
