Spyro: The Mirror Shards (fan game): Newest Update: 5/1/2010 - NEED IDEAS

iSO · Dec 16, 2009 5:28 AM

ratchet wrote:

iSO wrote:
Hey Ratchet, if your creating your fan game with PNG files, I recommend you to compress your files... with PNG Monster!
http://www.vbgore.com/PNG_Monster
You'll be amazed on how much size your game will shrink. PNG files have a "lossless compression" coding. Basically, it means if you use this program to compress your images -- they will be sized down yet retain the very same image, yet load faster. Cheers!
Does it work with things other than PNG, cause im not really using PNG. But any PNG i do have ill be sure to use it.

Sorry, nothing but compressing PNG files. But as curious as a tree sitting on the beach, what kind of media file types are you using? JPG? GIF? For GIF... I really think you should transfer into a PNG -- slightly more better compression. Despite being a 2D game (I was sorta hoping for a fully running 3D game... only if we hacked one of the PS1 games for the coding...XD Or have the PC version released!), I simply hope it's a good game to play. Collect gems! GEMS! And mini-games! x3

Apoc · Dec 16, 2009 12:31 PM

Is there voice acting or is it all text?

ratchet · Dec 17, 2009 10:10 AM

iSO wrote:

ratchet wrote:
iSO wrote:
Hey Ratchet, if your creating your fan game with PNG files, I recommend you to compress your files... with PNG Monster!
http://www.vbgore.com/PNG_Monster
You'll be amazed on how much size your game will shrink. PNG files have a "lossless compression" coding. Basically, it means if you use this program to compress your images -- they will be sized down yet retain the very same image, yet load faster. Cheers!
Does it work with things other than PNG, cause im not really using PNG. But any PNG i do have ill be sure to use it.
Sorry, nothing but compressing PNG files. But as curious as a tree sitting on the beach, what kind of media file types are you using? JPG? GIF? For GIF... I really think you should transfer into a PNG -- slightly more better compression. Despite being a 2D game (I was sorta hoping for a fully running 3D game... only if we hacked one of the PS1 games for the coding...XD Or have the PC version released!), I simply hope it's a good game to play. Collect gems! GEMS! And mini-games! x3

They're gif and I really dont have tme to go through and convert. Im sorry, i know its going to make my game quite large. And yeah, I really wish i could make a great 3d game, but ill try make this 2d game as good as possible

Also no we dont need voice acting, yes we will have text

Apoc · Dec 17, 2009 3:59 PM

"Eh, more reading."

ratchet · Dec 19, 2009 2:01 AM

Yeah well for several reasons i didnt try to hire voice actors

Gekoncze · Dec 19, 2009 12:21 PM

Are there skill points?

Apoc · Dec 19, 2009 12:24 PM

ratchet wrote:

Yeah well for several reasons i didnt try to hire voice actors

I wanna make a Spyro game and put TLoS Spyro and classic Spyro together, I'll do most of the voice acting but it will sound like a Monty Python spin-off. Here's one of the lines.

TLoS Spyro: Who the f**k are you?

Classic Spyro: I'm you only cooler

Scarlett-Fear-Dragon · Dec 19, 2009 1:05 PM

Classic Spyro: Who's that guy over there?

TLoS Spyro: I'm you.

Classic Spyro: You're ME?! No way! You look like Gnasty Gnorc's cousin!

Apoc · Dec 19, 2009 1:46 PM

TLoS: I'm you.

Classic: In what world?

ratchet · Dec 30, 2009 8:10 AM

Blako wrote:

Are there skill points?

I will definitely take taht into consideration. at the moment, i need idea, as i keep on saying

Apoc · Dec 30, 2009 7:46 PM

So what are the gems gonna do this time?

ratchet · Jan 01, 2010 12:29 PM

I sm unsure, but i am leaning towards moneybags. Otherwise i will do that they power powerup gates. But im unsure if enemies should just power them (like in spyro 2). again, it depends on what people want, give me your opinions.

AND FOR THE LAST TIMe, I NEED IDEAs. I FRANKLY CANT DO ANYTHING TILL I HAVE IDEAS

iSO · Jan 01, 2010 10:23 PM

I kinda like a mix of Spyro 1 and Spyro 2 if that's possible, that's how Spyro 3 was born -- dragon eggs inspired from the first Spyro game, and objectives, skill points, and power-up gates from the second game. Mix them together along with "new characters", and larger polished levels... (within the limitations of having these concepts in a 2D game). Any possiblity of returning playable characters?

ratchet · Jan 02, 2010 4:27 AM

I am unsure about returning extra playable characters, i may include some playable areas for already established characters. Im not inserting any more main characters, and probably no extra playable characters will be characters we havnt met before

Apoc · Jan 02, 2010 2:08 PM

What about the dragon eggs? What purpose should they have?

ratchet · Jan 05, 2010 7:33 AM

I will not include dragon eggs.
Im Changing the Title, As What I NEED IS IDEAS IDEAS IDEAS

Level Names
Minigame Ideas
Level Chracater Ideas

And everthing else i have been saying. I WILL RELEASE A BETA IF I GET MIRE IDEAS, BUT NO ONE IS BLOODY DOING ANYTHING!

ixr · Jan 05, 2010 2:30 PM

Ok lets keep asking questions about how the game will be, when everytime he replys he says he needs ideas and is unsure..... Cmon guys.....

I will give you ideas for everything on the first page when I am at a computer.

ixr · Jan 05, 2010 11:46 PM

Forget it i need to know what you need exactly and if you have anything at all when your on pm me or post exactly what you need and have because you leave alot open for me to come up with right now.

ratchet · Jan 06, 2010 12:07 AM

I have explianed everything on previous pages.
If you have played the original 3 you will probably know what i mean

ixr · Jan 06, 2010 1:16 AM

Here's a few to think on.
Level ideas. Jungles, caves, forests, underwater, sky/clouds, volcanoes, tundra, and space. Could be a outpost/fortress in any of these, village or city, or a castle or lair for a bad charcter or good one. the lairs could be used to find some item or the person living there and could have a few puzzles and traps as well as enemies. Also in space different planets. Like an evil dark plant (like the one for my charcter) or just a plain wierd one. Asteroids and other things too.

ratchet · Jan 06, 2010 6:34 AM

Those kind of landscapes i pretty much already had in mind tongue . I was more thinking more specific than that. The names of these levels, what minigames the level has, what platforms does it have, what enemies does it have and what allies (friendly creates) Inhabbits the place.

ixr · Jan 06, 2010 9:50 PM

haha see thats what I needed to know. Ok

ixr · Jan 07, 2010 9:56 PM

K soo here are names for different landscapes,minigames on them, and freindly, and enemy characters that could inhabit them.
1.Caves
Names=Deepthorn hollow, Screaching Caverns, (Insert bad ,good, or someone you need to find in the game, name here)'s retreat/lair. Things like that. I'm sure you could generate some from that or if you want more let me know(same with other names for other places).

Minigames= An egg thief on each level type? Maybe there could be big stalagtites on the ceiling that you have to get past while they fall/outrun them.

ratchet · Jan 08, 2010 2:27 AM

heres my quote from a few pages back taht will help some people

Just a suggestion to Apoc and Everyone else, names of things really dont have to be "dark" places, epic places or any of that.
If youve played the original spyro games you will notice most levels are "descriptive geographical locations"
eg:
"Dark" "hollow"
"Stone" "Hill"
"Lofty" "Castle"
"Breeze" "Harbour"
"Molten" "Crater"
For Place names Those kind of names will be most appreciated, and as i said on the first post, try to avoid geographical locations and discriptive words that have been taken in past spyro games.
an example of good level names:
"Black" "Pit"
"Windy" "Wilderness"
"Blazing" "Cape"
Get to it everyone
As for character names, Im not really that worried about them. Im worried about what species lives in what levels (keep it original). Then you can name each one, and names can be very simple. again, still original names.
If you dont know if a name is original or not, look it up on darkspyro.
eg. Andy
-There was a llama in market mesa called andy
-dragon egg in dino mines called andy
Therefore can not be used.

As for those level names so far, Thats a good start. as i said, Try to avoid names that have already been used. "dark hollow" "Ice Caverns". But yes, more like that

As for the minigames, thanks for those ideas, but id raelly like some original minigames, and ones a sub area could be based around

ixr · Jan 08, 2010 3:13 AM

2.Forests
Names=Something with sprite in it? Sprite's forest something like that.
Woody woods, The Eternal forest, Moonshadow forest, The silver woods.
Minigames=memory (type of plant here), river riding (dodge objects while going down a river on a rock or something).
enemies=Giant bugs, living trees/plants some enemies minions (if you have any)
Friends=sprites, A little tribe/village of some friendly animals.
And what exactly do you mean by platforms?

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