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Hi Dark,
Oh, I wasn't talking about what the end users would think of a complex
plot or story for a arcade game like Castlevania, but how much work goes
into it from the developers end. As a gam
Hi Dark,
Oh, I wasn't talking about what the end users would think of a complex
plot or story for a arcade game like Castlevania, but how much work goes
into it from the developers end. As a game player the more complex and
interesting the plot the better. However, as a developer I'm pretty
we
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was: Developer time was: My Opinion of
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Hi Dark,
Hmmm...That's an interesting suggestion. If there is one thing I like
better than programming it is studying and researching histor
Hi Tom.
I do remember hereing some history of Elizabeth Bathory before which tallies
with this, pluss i've read one or two vampire stories which go along
these lines.
It strikes me very much like the tale of Jack the ripper, good fiction,
even if the facts are a trifle dodgy.
My s
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...That's an interesting suggestion. If there is one thing I like
better than programming it is studying and researching history. As long
as I could remember I've always had an interest in archeology, history,
and anthropology. That's why movies, books, and games like Indiana
Jone
Hi Dark,
There are several origin myths about Lilith, and yes one of them
involves the story about her being the first wife of Adam. She is one of
the more interesting and colorful demons of ancient mythology and
legend. Today, of course, instead of merely being a demon books, movies,
and game
Hi Dark,
Well, actually what happened is they placed Elizabeth Bathory in a room
and walled her up in there. The reason they did that is because everyone
believed she was responsible for the death of several young women in the
region, and they were afraid to bring her to trial. The Countess wa
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Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was: Developer time was: My Opinion of
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Hi Dark,
Absolutely. That's why I've been thinking off and on of doing a good
Castlevania clone. The game is so generic that no one can come an
Hi Dark,
Absolutely. That's why I've been thinking off and on of doing a good
Castlevania clone. The game is so generic that no one can come and pull
the plug on it by screaming about copyrights. It is like, 'copyrights?
What copyrights?"
Take the Belmont's out of the picture, drop the Castleva
that's not a series I've ever heard of at all Tom, they do sound fun
though.
If I remember my mythology, part of the Lilith myth was that she was Adam's
first wife created before Eeve, but was unfaithful and unpleasant so
turned into the first vampire.
there is also of course the c
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Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:11 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Developer Time
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...Well, hitting a vampire with a chain might not help, but here is a
twist. Pun definitely intended. W
Well new generation is a very unknown game, sinse it was released on the
Mega drive when most Castlevania games at thtat time were Snes exclusives.
I do appreciate it though sinse it's also set in 1925, so has you fighting
through places like a German munitions factory which is cool.
I only k
ovel is pd, but if so that offers some
interesting possibilities, Mina dracula as a boss? or Lucy?
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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Hi Dark,
Wow! Sounds like I really missed a lot. I've never played Super
Castlevania and now I wish I had a Super NES to try it out. Sounds like
it blew the original three Castlevania games away.
dark wrote:
Supercastlevania the dracula battle takes a good ten minutes by
itself, as he has bag
Hi Dark,
Well, I don't know if you have ever read Nora Roberts' Circle of Gods
trilogy, but those books get heavily into vampire lore. In particular
Nora Roberts covers the legends of Lilith --- who is sometimes believed
to be a demon of some kind, and in more modern years used as queen of
th
Hi Dark,
Hmmm...Well, hitting a vampire with a chain might not help, but here is
a twist. Pun definitely intended. What about finding some sort of
enchanted chain which you can use to bind the vampire with?
Basically, if a chain has been enchanted in some way you might be able
to bind the vam
Hi Dark,
That's the Countess Elizabeth Bathory --- the so-called Hungarian Blood
Countess. It was said she slue over 600 virgins and bathed in their
blood to retain her youth. There have been very few more truly evil and
sadistic serial killers in history that would qualify as a historical
vam
heal itself.
Homer: Hey, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of
pizza?
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Subject: [Audyssey] Castlevani
Hi Dark,
Actually, Bram Stoker's novel, Dracula, is now in the public domain. So
not only is Count Dracula in the public domain so are the other main
characters in the novel. I guess what people need to be aware of there
are two copyrights to think about when developing games or any other
mult
actly be a pushover.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 4:15 PM
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Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known for their incred
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Hi Bryan,
That would be Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. According to that
book Akasha was the very first vampire, because she was the one the demon
took over afte
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 3:44 PM
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That makes me think of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. The queen of the
vampires was I believe an Egyptian woman named Akasha, who was a queen
during her mortal life and assumed the same p
ously very different from ordinary mortals in this respect"
Grin!
beware the Grue!
Dark.s
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:41 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Developer Time
Hi P
ire boss who was
historically significant, but not Dracula.
beware the grue!
Dark.
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 2:34 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Developer Time
Hi Dark,
I
Nice idea Bryan, however my point was that other than in the castlevania
series, whips as holy weapons that have power over even normal undead like
skeletons and zombies, let alone vampires etc are rather unknown, I'm
not sure why nintendo chose to give Simon a whip in the first place other
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Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known for their incredible ability to heal from
wounds made by standard weaponry so that makes perfect se
Hi Bryan,
Well, vampires are well known for their incredible ability to heal from
wounds made by standard weaponry so that makes perfect sense. You could
slash him with a sword, lash him with a whip, but unless you use some
enchanted or powerful weapon he'll heal and keep coming.
Let's not fo
Hi Bryan,
That would be Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice. According to
that book Akasha was the very first vampire, because she was the one the
demon took over after what she did to marharet and Mekare. Anyway, that
has little to do with my game idea though.
One thing that book did do, however
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Subject: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Develop
y, uh, could you go across the street and get me a slice of pizza?
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 7:34 AM
Subject: [Audyssey] Castlevania was Developer Time
Hi
Hi Bryan,
That's a good idea. In fact I was saying something close to that to Phil
my last message. I could make the leather whip an unlockable or special
item which might hurt a vampire, but wouldn't kill one.
Bryan Peterson wrote:
Why not both? Perhaps you could set it up so that the vampi
Hi Phil,
That might work, but Dark has me convinced I'd do better to stay away
from whipsl. At least as far as killing vampires are concerned. I could
of course have a whip as a unlockable or special item to find in the
game, but for killing the lead vampire maybe something special and with
so
Hi Dark,
I too think if we are going to replace the whip with something else it
should be a weapon with some historic value. Not only is it better for
the game's back story, but I think it would help to draw in some actual
vampire lore into the game such as a stake through the heart or wooden
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