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So I've been thinking of a side project to focus on alongside my main project,but I'd like to know if anyone thinks this is a good idea. It'd basically be a black and white western survival horror game,sorta like a combination of FiveNightsAtFreddy's and RedDeadRedemption,basically.
So you play as a guy who every night has to deal with a bunch of different monsters,and you run around your house and the yard outside performing tasks each night to avoid being killed by certain monsters.
So one of the tasks could be a fireplace,which has a fire in it. You have to run outside to collect wooden logs to throw in the fire,which is a bit dangerous as there are enemy monsters outside who will attack you. You shoot a few of them so they don't kill you,then grab a log and run inside,shutting your door behind you,and toss the log in the fireplace. If the fire goes out from not getting enough logs,then you lose the safety of the indoors and monsters will start to spawn in there.
Another task you'll have to do is a mirror in your back room. There's some ghost girl in there who you have to keep happy,by going in every so often and lighting a candle when you hear her coming. You can find matches throughout the house,in drawers,boxes,and sitting on counters. If you hear her coming and don't manage to light the candle within 30 seconds of hearing her,she comes out. You can't kill her,and she can go through walls,making the rest of your night very difficult as you have to avoid her attacking you while you try to focus on the other tasks.
Another task would be just protecting a barricade to your barn door. The monsters outside will occasionally try to destroy it(you can hear them attacking it no matter where you are),so once they randomly decide to focus on it you have to stop them from getting in there. If they get in the barn, then you can hear them killing your horses,and the monsters get stronger and faster.
So basically each task while it's not necessary to survive,you should focus on because it'll make your night easier. The main goal is to just keep fighting until dawn,so you can just ignore all the tasks and keep fighting for an extra challenge,though if you prefer not dealing with any more monsters than you have to,then you should follow the tasks. None of the tasks are an instant death(maybe) if you fail to follow them,failing them ONLY makes your night harder for you(some more than others.).
So you survive for about 12 minutes a night,each night a new task appears that you'll have to balance with the rest of the tasks.
I might actually scrap the multiple night idea and instead just make it one single night,with a new task every 5 minutes(up to a maximum of around 6 tasks I'd think). So 30 minutes or so for every task to appear.
The game would probably be single player,although multiplayer would make it MUCH easier,though I'd probably keep it to 2 to 4 players on Multiplayer(2 would make it more interesting for multiplayer,but people would probably complain,especially if you can't just choose who will be in the server with you,so making a party system would be a definite requirement for this game,to avoid pairing up with randoms unless you feel like doing so.).
So uh.....whatcha guys think?. Is it a neat idea?.
(Also,PLEASE IGNORE MY UNNECESSARY PERIODS!. I KNOW THEY'RE THERE!. I HAVE TO PUT THEM THERE FOR REASONS,SO PLEASE IGNORE THEM!.). |
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Well, I mean if you have the skills to make it, the idea doesn't seem too bad .I'd definitely play it if it was well made. Good luck if you decide to make it.
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Bleh. I don't have the scripting ability for it,but building wise I can handle this. Thanks though. :D .Could probably just ask for scripting help,though I doubt I'd find a whole lot. |
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ChamounixJoin Date: 2014-07-01
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I will buy it |
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tl;dr
#code Im Lord_magic i am pie |
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Yay everyone likes my ideas. :D .
Except for the two random guys who went out of their way to comment tl;dr when that probably took about half as much time as it'd take to actually read this. |
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Don't know why I'm bumping this!. |
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Bump again because I want a few more opinions on this and not just randoms shouting out nonsense because they're too lazy to read. |
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It's a pretty good idea. But you'll need a good scripter.
I don't know how skilled you are but you'll need to make something pretty unique.
Also try to add good effects and make it scary a bit.
The concept is good you may haveto changelittle things but the importantis how you'll develop this gameany game can be fun but it need to be well made and unique to beeven better!
What I'm saying is that all is depending on you.. |
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I can build pretty much every thing needed for this,guns,monsters,items,I'm a bit cruddy on houses but with enough work I can make a decent one. And I've been playing around with Saturation and Bloom and all that stuff,and I've found some really good combinations to give a creepy black and white sort of aesthetic. I've got the map planned out,only issues I'm gonna have is probably the house(because I'm cruddy with houses),and also a train that's gonna be in it,no idea how hard a train being built would be. I have some experience with sound effect creation,but since it costs money that would be a problem,unless I somehow got a bunch of players to donate. Also animations,GUIs,and scripting I have pretty much no experience,at least Roblox-wise,and this game would need A LOT of scripting as well. But bleh. |
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I have actually started making the house for this. And MY GOD BUILDING A HOUSE IS SLOW AND BORING!. Holy crud. Also the revolver the character uses is also underway.
Bump. |
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woah a cowboy game with a horror game that everybody knows on youtube combined.
looks like a decent idea but looks like you will get lots of robux for this (IF you know what i mean hehe) |
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Oh,since I won't be able to script everything I'll have to hire a scripter. They're gonna get all profits earned from the game(except for profits that are needed for necessary things such as sound effects for instance). So I earn almost nothing from this. :D . |
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I've been building the main house for it,and OH MY GOD houses are the most boring thing to build. Seriously,nothing else I've built has been this boring. |
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If it is well made, I would totally play this game. As long as it's well made and actually scary-ish, I can see this making it to the front page for a while. Good luck! :D |
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Finished the house(has no furniture yet though,because I'm bad at furniture),finished the outfit for the main character(everything but the hat and bandana is all personally built block by block by me),and I'm about halfway done with making the revolver. Have about 10 different monsters to design and build, have to set up the terrain,make a dozen different trees(only have one so far), build a train,three more(MUCH SIMPLER THAN THE HOUSE THANK GOD) buildings to build,a few dozen more items(like matches,candles,logs of wood,weapons,and other things),and that's pretty much it for everything that needs built. Then all I need is a crapton of scripting. :D . Anywho,that's it for a progress report for this game I've actually decided to go through with making. Unless I scrap the whole Freddy's style task system of it and just make it "Generic Survival Game". Also I have to set up something for a main menu for it,already have it planned out,and it's gonna be the coolest main menu ever on Roblox. |
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It sounds like a good idea, something I would play. |
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Yay,everyone seems to like my idea. :D . |
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stop procrastinating with this thread and get to work. |
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