if you did develop such a game would keyboard be able to manage sabre movement or would be just mouse control joseph weakland email/msn messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all outgoing email scanned by avast) ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Ward To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 7:16 AM Subject: Re: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff
Hi, Allan and Brandon. Your ideas of mouse saber movement is cool, but just remember we must stick to a initial production budget of time and testing and any physical expenses that may arise. allan thompson wrote: > Hi Brandon, > I seem to recall a computer game when I could see that was called Die by > the > sword. It did exactly as you are talking about. The players character was > third person, and the sword could be controlled with the mouse. It was > really neat. > As a matter of fact, that game allowed you to preprogram sword movements > in, > so that you could actually invent sword styles and swings. It would > probably > be a little too much for the star wars game we are talking about, but the > mouse sword use does work. > happy holidays, > allan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brandon Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:28 PM > Subject: Re: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff > > > >> No no no, just the opposite. Keys for movement, mouse for the saber. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 8:27 PM >> Subject: Re: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff >> >> >> >>> keys for the wheapons, and mouse for the movement of the person maby? >>> ---------- >>> "DAMN MY CHARISMA" >>> Check out my blog at: >>> http://blindyblog.blogspot.com >>> I think you will like it. If you set up your own free blog, send it to >>> me. >>> "And can you offer me proof of your existence? How can you, when neither >>> modern science, nor philosophy can explain what life is?" Ghost In the >>> Shell >>> "Men have always fought each other, have always created chaos; that's >>> familiar and safe. They always know where they are in those >>> circumstances. >>> But, to >>> Hazardly step into the unknown and love one another is far to risky for >>> them." Demon City Shin Joku >>> Block quote end >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 4:43 PM >>> Subject: Re: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff >>> >>> >>> >>>> Hi, Brandon. >>>> That is another area we do need to discuss. How to control our light >>>> saber. I know in games like Ambush at Altyr 5 you don't get much choice >>>> or control over the saber. You Just press control, and the game does >>>> it's thing. Which is how it currently works in this game. >>>> However, I have thought of giving a player control ove the saber. Like >>>> left, and right arrow keys to pan left and right. Problem is that if the >>>> player needs to move you will have to be able to move while using the >>>> saber. >>>> Same goes for game devices. If we are using a modern game pad with two >>>> sticks on it it would be logical to use one for navigating and one for >>>> fighting. >>>> However, I know of several joysticks that only have one stick on it, and >>>> they would not be able to do that at all. >>>> With the mouse you could swing saber left and right, and probably make >>>> other moves which would be cool. However, if you want to use the mouse >>>> to turn your character or move it in anyway you are scrued unless you >>>> have a special click to disable saber for a while. >>>> So input is something I think needs to be discussed. >>>> >>>> >>>> Brandon Cole wrote: >>>> >>>>> Oooo! That'd be fun! Swing your lightsaber with the mouse! That would >>>>> allow >>>>> for tons of possible saber maneuvers as you fought. >>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "James from Alchemy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 4:21 PM >>>>> Subject: RE: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Light saber duel.. mouse demo two? heheh >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>> On >>>>>> Behalf Of Thomas Ward >>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 1:19 PM >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Subject: Re: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, Jamie. >>>>>> Without a doubt. No good Star Wars Jedi game is any good without a few >>>>>> saber duels. Smile. >>>>>> Besides storm troopers, droids, etc usually make boring enemies. >>>>>> In the couple of games I have gotten my hands on even a blind man can >>>>>> kick their butts with the force. Although, I am playing at the >>>>>> beginner >>>>>> level. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Jamie Coady wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> it would be good but you have got to have light sabers at some point >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> Behalf Of allan thompson >>>>>>> Sent: 23 December 2005 21:26 >>>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>>> Subject: audyssey: starwars storyline stuff >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> I love the movies, not so much the books of the star wars universe. I >>>>>>> did >>>>>>> however spend many years playing Starwars in a RPG capacity first >>>>>>> from >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> west >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> end games, then wizards of the coast. >>>>>>> My suggestion for a story would be kind of simple. >>>>>>> At the end of revenge of the sith the emperor had darth vader give >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> order >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> to shut down the droid army of the seperatists. Perhaps the emperor >>>>>>> then >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> had >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> this huge resource stored away somewhere for a rainy day. >>>>>>> Now it is after the return of the jedi and your character is just >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> starting >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> his career on Coruscant in the Jedi Temple. You are given the task >>>>>>> of >>>>>>> finding out if a rumor is true that a certain "insert evil dark >>>>>>> force >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> using >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> leader here" might have discovered that this droid army exists and >>>>>>> would >>>>>>> like nothing better than to find it, reactivate it and use it against >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> fledgling new republic. >>>>>>> So your job is to not only discover the truth of this rumor, but to >>>>>>> foil >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> it >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> and stop the evil leader. >>>>>>> This job would take you across the galaxy as you go into the >>>>>>> coruscant >>>>>>> underground to look into the old empire vaults for information. It >>>>>>> could >>>>>>> lead the character to tatooine where you would have to race a >>>>>>> podracer, >>>>>>> or >>>>>>> fight a rancor to earn the right to question the new hutt crime >>>>>>> lord. >>>>>>> You >>>>>>> could fly to the lava planet mustafar and using a droid hack into >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> records of the seperatists where you find the operatives of the evil >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> leader >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> doing the same. From there it could be a race to find the three >>>>>>> seperate >>>>>>> code cubes that will reawaken the long slumbering droids and the >>>>>>> huge >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> droid >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> fleet. >>>>>>> This could involve space battles using turrents like in a new hope >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> shoot >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> incoming fighters, docking with the enemy battleship and trying to >>>>>>> steal >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> one >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> of the cubes, or even fighting off a bounty hunter hired to take you >>>>>>> out >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> of >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> the running. >>>>>>> In the end, the character would have the cubes stolen from him thru >>>>>>> trick >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> or >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> betrayal and in the last level the player must fight the evil leader >>>>>>> himself before he can fully awaken the droid army. >>>>>>> Well, that is my two credits. >>>>>>> If nothing else, I hope it gave you some interesting ideas. >>>>>>> merry christmas >>>>>>> allan >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> to leave send a blank Email to: >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> to go nomail send a blank message to: >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. >>>>>>> Yahoo! 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