Game Idea.... thoughts comments
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Seven days before his death, Edgar Allan Poe makes contact with an elemental/demon. A deal is made that if Poe offers up his body for those seven days, the demon will unite Poe with his wife Virginia in the afterlife. Upon possession, Poe blacks out awakening in a hellish nightmare world where Poe’s epic characters are now very much real. You must guide Poe through the nightmarish landscape across the hill, through the town, into the forbidden forest, up to the abandoned castle, to conquer over the false god to regain possession of your soul. Your main weapon would be a scythe and you would gain other skills as you meet characters and conquer over more and more of your mind.
Originally going to be a sequential project. But I thought it would love to see it realized as a video game. But I have no experience in video game design. I wanted to know if there was anywhere to offer game pitches to designers??? Is this the place???
Comments? Ideas? Would love to hear them…
Seven days before his death, Edgar Allan Poe makes contact with an elemental/demon. A deal is made that if Poe offers up his body for those seven days, the demon will unite Poe with his wife Virginia in the afterlife. Upon possession, Poe blacks out awakening in a hellish nightmare world where Poe’s epic characters are now very much real. You must guide Poe through the nightmarish landscape across the hill, through the town, into the forbidden forest, up to the abandoned castle, to conquer over the false god to regain possession of your soul. Your main weapon would be a scythe and you would gain other skills as you meet characters and conquer over more and more of your mind.
Originally going to be a sequential project. But I thought it would love to see it realized as a video game. But I have no experience in video game design. I wanted to know if there was anywhere to offer game pitches to designers??? Is this the place???
Comments? Ideas? Would love to hear them…
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Read this site. It might just have everything you're looking for...
Or Alternatively TellTale could run a contest to see who can come up with the best game idea/script/dialogue/design. With the winner getting their game made into reality. hehe.
They locked him up in the lab, conducting experiments. :eek:
--Erwin
I take it you didn't even read the link I provided?
Although I have to point out these mods have to be really, REALLY good. And you'll have to work on other projects before you get good enough to even begin making your game. But it seems to me to be the only real way of doing it.
As for your idea, Edgar Allen Poe... Hmm... something about the whole premise of Edgar fighting demons for his soul seems kind of off. No offense meant. and American McGee sucks. There is a hand full of people who deserve to have their names plastered on the front of game boxes and he is not one of them. I mean, come on... "How about Alice in wonderland, right? Only everything's all sort of twisty and gothy". Oh yeah. Fantastic. And Bad Day LA? "Be good sheeple". See what he's done there? <sarcasm> Oh man, zing! Now thats political satire. </sarcasm>
Usually historical world figures are exempt--Caesar, Washington, Napoleon etc. because of such a huge role they played in shaping the world, but I would be a little wary of basing it around an author/artist. Imagine after a famous game creator's death, someone created a game about the deceased game creator fighting all the monsters and villains he created so that he can rest in peace.
I thank you profusely for posting that. It's so comforting to hear from someone inside the industry recommending finishing a four year Bachelor program (I'm in that right now, Professional Writing to be exact), and presenting a bunch of design documents. If that's what it takes, I'll be well-equipped to gain employment after I get out of school. Now I just need to get good.
All you ever need to know about computers is that if you hit them, and they don't work, then it's time to buy a new one.
That's precisely how I got my laptop. My last laptop ended up with a screwdriver jammed right through it. Through the top, screen, keyboard, electronic gubbins and out the other side. It was a good hit if I do say so myself.
And besides, knowing how to program is a great way to get one's foot in the door in the game industry. Worked for me.
I took the computer science route but I'm teaching right now... I'm itching to get onto my real job though.
oh yeah and
http://www.gamedev.net/
Oh, I don't doubt the importance or relevance of understanding computers to game design. I'm just trying to compensate for my clear lack of ability in that regard with vaguely pithy commments.
In all seriousness, I would like to gain a better understanding of computers, but I've got more critical things to work on right now. My writing can be much better, and I could use a better sense of design overall, so I gotta concentrate on those things. But if you feel more passionate about computers, and know that's where you should be focusing your efforts, great.
Take a look at the upcoming Japanese RPG Eternal Sonata / Trusty Bell
... yeah ...
I desperately want to play that game, but the odds of it making it stateside must be somewhere between nil and none.
A picture from the graphic novel, btw. that game looked actually really cool.
http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/