5 years ago

Hey Team,



We've got new forums for the project, which have been pushed to forums.crowdedgames.com



If you're on the team, please register there and drop me a line so I can add you to the pond hockey dev group, which will grant you access to the game dev forums.



Programmers will still need to have an account here to access the subversion repository for now.



Cheers!

5 years ago

Those could be pretty fun!

5 years ago

Hey Guys!



I havent yet read the GDD for this game but when I think pond hockey I think 1 of two things...



First animals playing hockey



Second small town canada/usa



I have ideas for these if you want them let me know!

5 years, 1 month ago

I like these








2.alien


3.redneck


4.the mob


5.homies (gansters)


6.the bums(homeless)


7.martial artists


8.a guy in a banana custom


9.a gay man


10.a no named washed up super hero


11.a crazy guy


12. a ballet dancer


13. royal canadian mounted police(the guys in red with the big hats)


14.a gun toting loon-a-tick


15.clown


16.a book nerd


17.a walmart greeter


18.a drunk airplane pilot


19.a crazy art teacher


20.a military man


21.doctor


22.a pretty boy

5 years, 2 months ago

How does the rest of the team think of these ideas? Part of me thinks this could be a really great idea, while the other half of me thinks it may be a bit overboard on wackiness. What say you all?



PS: 14 players, 6 goalies is our aim for the initial release. We are planning on releasing downloadable content in the future which expands the character selections with each content pack.

5 years, 2 months ago

here are 25 character ideas but only 20 character(14players and 6 goalies) can be put in the game, we need to pick the ones that stand out or the ones you would like to see in the game.

here is what you do, pick 14 for the players, and pick 6 goalies, you can post your picks here, or you can email me(bpringle753@hotmail.com) your picks, i will keep track of which ones you pick and after a couple of days i will post which ones will be in the game.

if you got a myspace account you can see which character your friends would like to play out of the list, just give them the list and they can email me.





(14players and 6 goalie)

1.freak

2.alien

3.redneck

4.the mob

5.homies (gansters)

6.the bums(homeless)

7.martial artists

8.a guy in a banana custom

9.a gay man

10.a no named washed up super hero

11.a crazy guy

12. a ballet dancer

13. royal canadian mounted police(the guys in red with the big hats)

14.a gun toting loon-a-tick

15.clown

16.a book nerd

17.a walmart greeter

18.a drunk airplane pilot

19.a crazy art teacher

20.a military man

21.doctor

22.a pretty boy

23.a dirty hippie

24.a fisher man

25.sales man

5 years ago

Who am I?



Brandon Hess, known as "Hereticprophecy" and "Relin" on various gaming forums across the internets.



What is my background?



I've been an avid gamer for around 15 years now, across various platforms (my first was a Tandy Color Computer...you do the math). While I enjoy PC gaming when I can afford it, I'm primarily into consoles (PS3 is my platform of choice, but the 360 is next up for a purchase). I've been programming for around 3 or 4 years, mostly in C++ and Python, and have recently entered web programming. On top of that, I've been learning some networking/database management for my other project, an MORPG.



What qualifications do I have?



Nothing official. I'm a computer science major (recently switched from aerospace engineering) so while programming is my focus, I have loads to catch up on. I have a handful of arcade clones under my belt (Pong, Tetris, Pac-man, Asteroids, and Gauntlet) and enough unfinished team projects to cry myself to sleep. I've done engine work for most, but recently have gotten experience with directing and creative design.

5 years, 1 month ago

Who am I?


Cambrian House' Jungle Explorer working on Gwabs right now.


What is my Background?


Traditional animation (haven't touched a 3D program in five years)


Flash animation


I run a big big big Web niche entertainment Web site.


Ran my own studio for six years.


Have worked on too many TV series to remember, and a few games too.


What qualifications do I have?


Animation degree, certified with Flash

5 years, 1 month ago

Who am I?

Matt Swayne



What is my Background?



Mainly writing and marketing. I have a BS in Communications. But I have an entrepreneurial/business development side, too.



What qualifications do I have?



Years of marketing. So I'd like to be part of the marketing team. My tech skills are limited. I'd be glad to help out... but the game would be on the "Pong" level, if any of you are that old school.

5 years, 1 month ago

Who am I?

Melissa Patton



What is my Background?

I'm a digital artist just starting out. I'm using Photoshop, Illustrator and 3d software. I'm hoping to become a game artist.



What qualifications do I have?

I love games. I have a masters in computer graphics and a bachelors in computer science(never programmed for a game engine though).





I'm excited about learning and working on the project.

5 years, 1 month ago

Who am I?

Brenden Sherratt from Kitchener Ontario



What is my Background?

I am a business student, I have no programing background, I am a marketing guy. I am hoping to help sell this game!



What qualifications do I have?

Almost done my College Business studies, I have worked in the marketing department for my local newspaper, I am currently the Marketing Manager of a large summer camp.

5 years, 2 months ago

Hey



Im Lachy and i do web design and web coding. Which involves alot of photoshop so i know how to use all the tools but cant really draw characters but if one of the members could add me to msn: ironmonk3y@hotmail.com they could have a go at teaching me!



Thanks

5 years, 2 months ago

Awesome, I'm using Maya right now, so that definitely should make things easier.

5 years, 2 months ago

Right now I use Cinema4D and Maya, but I also have some experience in 3ds Max.

5 years, 2 months ago

Awesome! I've worked with Devon a little bit before on another project, he's definitely got soem talent when it comes to modeling. Look forward to pulling together some models for the game. Btw, which modeling program are you using now?

5 years, 2 months ago

Who am I?

Devon Lesk



What is my Background?



I've been modeling for around 1.5 years, but recently have decided to really try and apply myself. Aside from that, I'm a decent website designer, and an intermediate user of Photoshop.



What qualifications do I have?



Absolutely nothing, but I'm entering Interactive Multimedia and Design at Algonquin College next year.

5 years, 2 months ago

On March 10, 2007, 7:52 pm Allan_Scott said:



Who am I?

Allan Scott, AKA Crescent



What is my Background?

Nothing more then just a life long gamer with dreams and ideas



What qualifications do I have?

None, But I have the desire to learn



God, do I feel useless now.

Haha, nice. Yeah, you're not totally useless j/k



I've been watching your ideas and I think you've got a great passion for games, and it'll be great to have your input and to have you along for the learning process! That's a major part of the whole experience Glad to have you aboard Cresent!

5 years, 2 months ago

Who am I?

Allan Scott, AKA Crescent



What is my Background?

Nothing more then just a life long gamer with dreams and ideas



What qualifications do I have?

None, But I have the desire to learn



God, do I feel useless now.

5 years, 2 months ago

Awesome to have you on the project Pringle! Love the avatar man! Can't wait to see your concepts.

5 years, 2 months ago

Who am I? Brandon pringle



What is my Background?my main focus is 3d modeling and working with video editing, also enjoy painting, using photoshop. also have no problem learning new things either programs or a different way of doing something. i just love creating stuff, no matter if it is on paper, on a computer, or with my hands.



What qualifications do I have? Officially? i have a associates degree in multimedia from Pittsburgh technical institute and a associate degree from full sail real world education for computer animation. i have worked with many programs.

5 years, 2 months ago

Glad to have you on the team Stuart! I really appreciate your input as well, and seems like you've got some awesome programming skills that could do a lot for the game! Can't wait to get you on XNA.

5 years, 2 months ago

Who am I?

Stuart Cassidy



What is my Background?

Five years of programming with C and C++ using the SDL, OpenGL and DirectX API's as well as recently picking WinSock up for some networking. I have also recenly (as in June 2006) picked up the C# language for Microsoft's XNA framework. Being a passionate gamer for a good 14 years has also made me a passionate programmer from the beginning.



What qualifications do I have?

None at all. I am just very dedicated to programming and also happen to still be in College (High-School if you live in America).

5 years, 2 months ago

Me neither! It's awesome to have you aboard, you've got mad skillz!



With Pond Hockey and Ninja Frogs, we should put together a casual games company

5 years, 2 months ago

Who am I? Jennifer Pollack



What is my Background? I have been working in animation since 2000. I have been in games for the past 4 years. I have a bunch of flash and portal games under my belt, and just a pure passion for casual gaming!



What qualifications do I have? 2d animation diploma, 3d Animation diploma, Commercial animation diploma, Flash certificate, stop motion certificate, and Sculpting certificate!



Thats about it! I cant wait to start working on this game!! its going to be really cool.

5 years, 2 months ago

Hey guys,



The forums for Jenn's game Ninja Frog inspired me to create a thread for my own games for people to meet others who are on the team, so here goes:



Who am I? Phil MacNevin



What is my Background? Another Jack of All Traits (or what I call a JoAT. Tell people you're a JoAT and you get some pretty funny looks). I am also a tech lover. I have a broad range of experience from graphics to a small dosage of programming to video production to business management. I've been in the 'entertainment' industry (so to speak) since 1997, working behind a camera, infront of a camera, editing, directing projects, motion graphics, web design, game design, photography, 3D modeling / animation, music production etc.



What qualifications do I have? Officially? That would have to be a diploma in Business Management. Otherwise, most of my qualifications comes from work experience coupled with a driving passion to create quality entertainment. I also have finished individual courses in specific software and skills. I am also a certified Personal Trainer and Snowboard Instructor, but other than the ability to manage people, those certifications don't really have much to do with the project...

5 years ago

The font sure is nice as well, I was wondering if that font is in a .ttf format? If so, we can use the new SpriteFont object of XNA GSE instead of having individual bitmaps for each piece of text we wish to express.

5 years, 1 month ago

Yeah, I'm using the beta version of Torque X as well, all us coders should be (release of Torque X Pro hasn't happened yet )

5 years, 1 month ago

On April 27, 2007, 9:40 am Beyond_Gamer said:



Thumbnails? That'd be awesome.



Well, I've got the menus working in game (and tested on the 360). The completed menus are the main menu, options screen, pause screen (in-game), help menu, and the first set of game options screens (mode select, set time, etc).



Still need to build a character select screen, character customize screen,, rink select screen, and end game screens. I'll post screenshots later as well as upload the code to the repository. I'll let you know when it's up.

I just saw whats been built so far (menus and everything) based on the Torque X's combat game template. Looks cool.



I'm using the beta version of Torque X thats available for download. Are you guys using the same?

5 years, 1 month ago

Thumbnails? That'd be awesome.



Well, I've got the menus working in game (and tested on the 360). The completed menus are the main menu, options screen, pause screen (in-game), help menu, and the first set of game options screens (mode select, set time, etc).



Still need to build a character select screen, character customize screen,, rink select screen, and end game screens. I'll post screenshots later as well as upload the code to the repository. I'll let you know when it's up.

5 years, 1 month ago

This is kind of related to the UI . In the "refresh" release of XNA there is a thumbnail that you can set, I used the one from the project's main page and it scaled very well .

5 years, 1 month ago

Dude that looks awsome but i dunno im good at PS but not as good as that

5 years, 1 month ago

Here is a sample of the Main Menu I cooked up:





You can use this style as an inspiration of what I'm looking for for the other menus and interfaces (option screen, etc).





Main Menu Screenshot

5 years, 1 month ago

ok butcan you still send the background so i have something to go off?

5 years, 1 month ago

That won't exactly be the final work, but that's the kind of thing I'm looking for in terms of layout. If you're looking for great ideas and are able to get onto Xbox Live Arcade on the 360, check out the new Mini Golf game released this wek. They've got a great style for their menus.

5 years, 1 month ago

So i guess you want the HUD based off of that. If so then could you send me the background

5 years, 1 month ago

Great start! I like the organization and placement of the elements. I'll go into the Torque Developers Network and pull as much of the TorqueScript Documentation that I can and post it here so that you can get an understanding of all the commands (I should have that done on Monday). I'll also help with designing the interface with you.

5 years, 1 month ago

I know folks are setting up the programming behind the interface and have it generally set up. Would it be possible to get a list of commands for each menu and the hud posted here?





I have some ideas for organizing the menus, but they're pretty basic right now because I'm not sure what needs to go in. If someone is already working on the interface, I'd like to help anyway I can.





Here are some basic screen ideas I had. It's mostly for organization. The colors and font are fully changeable.





<img src="http://melissapatton.net/pondhockey/Pondhockey_ui_sample1.gif" alt="ui menu ideas" />

5 years, 1 month ago

The Crowded Games website is now up:



Crowded Games



There's a blog and podcast so that you guys and others who are not part of the team can keep updated with the progress of the game.

5 years, 1 month ago

Awesome! Just checked out the splash page from the project in the repository. Looks cool.

5 years, 1 month ago

Hey Team!



Crowded Games, my new development studio, is now in the process of opening officially!



Pond Hockey will be the first release of Crowded Games, which all of you who have worked on the game, will be a part of.



I will be working on a website soon, so I'll keep you posted. I'll also post up a screenshot of the splash page that appears at the start-up of pond hockey.



Cheers!

5 years, 1 month ago

Well, rhy1993, I guess there's a reason why I'm a programmer and not a designer of UIs/etc . I had never even thought to do the UI like that. I had been having trouble trying to visualise how to place the characters and now I can see how to achieve that a lot better, thanks a bunch.





Anyway, I have been pretty dead on the project due to being half-dead with corsework/etc. Now that the coursework is over I only need to do revision so I can probably spend about 3 hours a day on weekdays to get this done. Probably 6 or something like that over the weekends. I have re-designed the design for the code as the original one was not thought-through for even two minutes. I was too excited to get this underway . So now I'm writing up a design for this which should make the coding fairly fster than before. I also like the TorqueX stuff there, Phil, it's a realy nice tool to visualise concepts with.

5 years, 1 month ago

A quick one i made what do you think but it probably won't be the final product.


Click Here

5 years, 1 month ago

Alright, so I've sent out a message earlier on let you guys know what tasks have yet t be completed for the demo. Here are the responses and who were interested working on the specified tasks:





MajorCOW - Web design, Menus & Interface


Allan_Scott - Menus & Interface


ironmonk3y - Web Design


Jenn_Lulu - Character Design?


rovtar - Sound & Music Design


mswayne - copy for website, marketing


binaryhylo - character design, Menus & Interface


Koopa - Character Design


rhy1993 - HUD design (Interfaces)


teh_programer - programming, physics


Beyond_Gamer - web design, menus & Interface, programming, arena design, character design, sound & music design, marketing, getting the game onto XBLA and other digital distribution sources, copy for website





I know I put out there beta testing as well, but everybody on the team are welcome to beta test. If your name is not on the list, please feel free to reply with what you are interested in working on.

5 years, 1 month ago

We may need to switch gears on this for a little bit, seems that doing it all in XNA is taking a long time. So for now there is a new pipeline:





1) Build in Torque Game Builder (which I've already started doing)


2) Port code into XNA


3) Play on the 360





I've already begun building the rink arena and have pretty much finished the first rink (which we can use as a template to build other arenas on, just swap out the background image for a new one of the same dimensions and we've got ourselves a new rink).











I've also imported a makeshift character to use for now until our actual characters are animation and imported into the game.





I've also built a puck, but physics need to be applied to it. I've also built the hockey nets complete with rudimentary collisions (no passing through the net, as well as proper layer sorting so that when you're behind the net, it looks like you are behind the net).





There is still a lot that needs to be done, but it's starting to shape up!

5 years, 1 month ago

Very cool! I love those characters. Good stuff.

5 years, 1 month ago

On April 7, 2007, 4:56 pm Beyond_Gamer said:



I'll start building out some of those characters eventually, maybe create 3 of them for use in the prototype. For now I'm working on rigging up a generic 3D model that I can use for testing animation and getting it in Stuart's build so we can get it moving around the rink surface and hopefully start binding controls to actions, getting the game controller set up and working, with the character properly moving around the surface with good animation cycles. That's my priority right now.



Right now, I need more people working on concept art, and a 3D modeler to start building some of the characters.



I also need somebody to build out a hockey net with dynamic netting that will react to te puck being shot into it. I guess we'll also need the puck physics and net physics to be worked out.

Physics is always fun . I'm working on getting the puck going in the right direction depending on where the character is. I haven't done anything quite like this, I never thought I'd get stuck on the seemingly simplest of things , I guess a quaternion will work, though.

5 years, 1 month ago

I'll start building out some of those characters eventually, maybe create 3 of them for use in the prototype. For now I'm working on rigging up a generic 3D model that I can use for testing animation and getting it in Stuart's build so we can get it moving around the rink surface and hopefully start binding controls to actions, getting the game controller set up and working, with the character properly moving around the surface with good animation cycles. That's my priority right now.



Right now, I need more people working on concept art, and a 3D modeler to start building some of the characters.



I also need somebody to build out a hockey net with dynamic netting that will react to te puck being shot into it. I guess we'll also need the puck physics and net physics to be worked out.

5 years, 2 months ago

I love it! Those are awesome characters, exactly the types of characters I'm looking for! Keep going with the wacky style. I'll be drawing up some sort of 'template' to help with the shape sizes of each of the character classes.

5 years, 2 months ago

Hi, adding some concept art ideas.



Just wanted to get some ideas up. I'm planning to go wackier in the next set.

Let me know what you guys think.











A slightly larger image is here

5 years, 2 months ago

Gots some really good tweaks on the Cell Shader, it's coming along really nicely, thanks to Stuart.



We've now got a bit of a deadline, aiming to pitch a prototype to Microsoft at some point between the end of April and mid May, so we've got to get cracking.



This is basically what we need to have complete by then:



1 Goalie Character / Model

3 Player Characters / Models (Skinny, Average, Chubby)

1 Net Object / Model

1 Puck Object / Model

1 Pond Arena, with background art

Pond Hockey name finalized, Logo completed

Placeholder music and sound effects

Score HUD

Timer HUD

Period HUD

Menus:

Start Game Menu -> Pond Hockey -> Character Selection

-> Free-For-All Mode - > Character Selection





Game progression should go from Start Menu -> Game Selection Mode -> Character Selection Screen -> Game Play -> Score HUD screen -> End Screen / Development info



Everything doesn't have to be absolutely perfect and completely polished. It should be solid though, with solid gameplay and solid (but not finalized) artwork. The goal of this prototype is to A) get a framework in which to build off of, and B) sell the idea to Microsoft to get us in the Xbox Live Arcade pipeline. Let's get to it people!

5 years, 2 months ago

A quick update on what I'll be doing for the time being until we start to get the project underway fully.



1. I'll be trying (not promising anything ) to get the DOF shader done.

2. I'll also be creating a framework for the engine of the game which will include networking, storage, graphics, input, audio (implement after the 1.1 update) and that's about the basics that I'll be doing.



Storage is coming along nicely, btw.

5 years, 2 months ago

Awesome! Yeah definitely exciting to see so much progress! Stuart sent me a test of ICE and it's looking pretty hot!

5 years, 2 months ago

Pretty busy with work this week but I will get on it asap! I love that the team os already so involved!! GO TEAM GO

5 years, 2 months ago

So far as the (as I'm dubbing it) Interesting Cel-Shaded Engine (ICE) engine goes, it is going well. I have a new Cel-Shader that needs some tweaks, a Storage and Networking side that are also coming along nicely. However, I won't be able to do a lot with networking right now as I'm still learning it for .NET, but I am picking it up easily and I have done WinSock before so there shouldn't be too many surprises . I guess I'll do the shaders until we can get a shader guru on board, but just to show you what I think looks like an awesome DOF effect, here's an image taken from RenderMonkey's DOF effect:









It probably won't be as straight-forward as the Cel-Shader to implement, but I'm hoping that it's doable (I can make up words, too).

5 years, 2 months ago

I'll be setting up a blog and video podcast for both this and the Battle Axe Island Game, but for now we can use this thread to keep the team updated on what's happening on the game front.



Today teh_programerer (Stuart) and I are going through a build of the Cell-Shader. Can't wait to take a look at it, Stuart has put a lot of work into this. I'll give an update once I've had time to test it out.



Also, Jenn is working on some concept art for the game, maybe we'll have something to post soon. I've also had interest from Mephistoau on my Battle Axe Island team on joining our crew here and possibly doing some concept art for the game as well. He's a really talented artist as well. Pringle may be involved in the concept area as well, we'll see what he comes up with.



That's all for now, and those of you working on the project, be sure to post your progress here, and I'll make sure it all gets seen in the podcast.

5 years, 1 month ago

yep a fun hidden mine game

5 years, 1 month ago

I like that idea, that could definitely work. It would work well as a mini-game. We can also include other game modes such as a shoot-out mode, etc.

5 years, 1 month ago

5 years, 1 month ago

I finally have it working... it is good to be able to test on the 360 now.

5 years, 2 months ago

Thanks for the input. It'll be nice to have full support. Yeah I've tried testing connectivity through WMP11, but no luck. I've tried disconnecting the firewall and no luck there either. Odd thing is, Vista full recognizes the 360 and all the option are set up to share with it... also, when I tried to connect through Media Connect, the PC is able to communicate to the 360 and tell it to initialize connection, but then Vista bunks out, saying it can't configure the extender. Odd, but I'll keep at it....

5 years, 2 months ago

Have you tried to generate a connection key, that sometimes helps jk.



Anyway, I'd assume you could use WMP11 to test if the connection is there, I'm sure you go to the Drop-down arrow on "Library" select "Media Sharing..." and allow the 360 to connect, the on the 360, try and stream some .mp3 files or something like that. Also, I'm getting Vista soon-ish (wihtin the next week or so) because my mother upgrade her PC and decided to get Vista with it. I even get it to work w/ the RC1 of Vista so I have no idea why it wouldn't work. One other thing I can think of is if you have a hub instead of a router, then it would only allow one device (preferable the 360) to connect to XBOX Live and check if you have a valid subscription to the CC. Anyway, that's all I can think of right now. In the next minor release there is full Vista support as well as a feature to test the connection between the PC & 360 for XNA GSE.

5 years, 2 months ago

Alright, so I had to move my development over from a Mac to a PC, and since Vista was released, that's the only version of Windows I was able to buy...so...



I'm having some troubles getting the 360 and Vista talking to each other so that I can test work on the xbox. Anybody have any guidance on this? Thanks!

5 years, 2 months ago

Hey there, I was wondering if we will be able to pull this together in the next 50 days. I ask as I have very little physics/AI experience and am hoping that some other programmers on our team could ge back to me on the other thread soon so we can talk more about the project. I am learning physics and some AI in between sleep, the project and college work. I'm wondering if it will be done so at least 5 days beforehand so we can squash any possible bugs. I have the main menus done and am inplemeting the animation system using the "Skinning Sample" as a base from the XNA Creators' Club site.



Thanks for reading.



Stu.

5 years, 2 months ago

I was wondering who, exactly, our programmers are and waht fields they specialise in.



Myself, I am a Mr. Everything Else kind of guy who will work on most anything, that is if I can do it . I have a whole lot of C/C++/C# experience and have been using XNA from August 2006.



I ask of the programmers because if we have to get this done for Mid-May at the latest, then we should really collaborate now. I have just been creating the menu system for the past day and am almost finished with it.

5 years, 2 months ago

I'm definitely glad to have you on board Herve! You'll help us a lot with the project. Maybe I'll ask Stuart to post screenshots of the cel-shader and you can make comments to it, let him know what it needs and he'll work on creating the right effect. I believe I know exactly what you're talking about and I understand fully about making it all uniform, both environments and characters.

5 years, 2 months ago

I'll try to see what can be done Phil. About the cel shader, one thing to remember is to avoid the 3D soft feel. In animation we call it soft edges. That's when there's a blurry gradient feel around the colours The problem with that is that it makes stuff feel like 3D instead of flat animation. And flat animation next to 3D doesn't look very good.



Ditto for the environment. Better to have it all 3D or all flat. It's better to have a stark transition between colours and shape, like in Animae, rather than a softy edge. The goal of a good cel shader, is to appear like real 2D, not remind people that's its flattened 3D.

5 years, 2 months ago

Thanks Herve! We've got some cool stuff to show you so far on the Cel Shader. I'll have to have you over to my office and show you what we've completed so far. I'll try to get some screen caps to put up here as well. Oh, and Herve, would you have any spare time in that busy schedule of yours to whip up a couple of concepts for playable characters? We're pitching Microsoft by end of April, mid-May, and we need a few characters to put into our prototype (skinny character, average build character, and a heavy-set character). Let me know if this is possible for the next week or so! Thanks!

5 years, 2 months ago

Cel shaders are cool. I happen to know quite a lot on non realistic renderings, although, not on the coding side. Phil, you know me, just buzz me!

5 years, 2 months ago

in maya they have a shader that does cell-shade, i never really played around with, when maya brought the shader out i was at full sail and the teachers told us not to use it, we would fail if we did once we get some character up to model, and model i will start playing around with the cell-shader to see how it looks. because some games look better cell shade then other.

5 years, 2 months ago

Sounds good, I'm glad you took a shot at it! I'll do a call out for people who have experience with cell-shading.

5 years, 2 months ago

I've been trying to implement this shader for quite some time now and have not had much luck. I think we really need someone who has experience with shaders on this project. I was thinking that I should be doing the framework stuff right now instead of getting specific with this one feature.

5 years, 2 months ago

I don't see many games on the XBLA being Cel-Shaded and as I absolutely loved how the effect was achieved in JS(G)R and JS(G)R:F especially. I think that the effect would suit the game and could be implemented fairly easily. So I guess I'm a "Let's do it!" guy, too.

5 years, 2 months ago

So, the topic has come up on whether or not we should do this game cell-shaded. I personally like the style of cell-shaded games, so I'm definitely with the 'go for it' crowd.



What are your thoughts?

5 years, 2 months ago

Thanks.

Good to be onboard.

5 years, 2 months ago

Awesome to have you on board! You're talents will definitely come in handy!

5 years, 2 months ago

I think I'm lucky member number 13.

I thought I would say hello and introduce myself.

I asked to be a member of the team, if you guys need a writer, or when you're in position to use some marketing support.



Matt

5 years, 2 months ago

Sorry for the lack of detail, but it is very much to your imagination. The only thing I have in mind is that I love the Disney-inspired look, which I know you're great at! Same goes with environments.



Once I have some concept submissions, I'll decide which style of characters I like and go from there. For the characters themselves, it is wide open to what the actual characters themselves can be. In my mind, I picture kids playing hockey, and they can wear anything from snowboarding jackets and scarfs, to worn out old hockey jerseys, brand new gloves or worn out mittens, anything is open as long as they seem wacky and cartoony.



There can be adult and teenage characters as well. The key thing for the characters will be size, which affects the gameplay. There are 3 types of characters: Thin / Skinny, Average build, and Larger characters (chubby or muscular, or creatively, you could have a character wearing a ton of padding or lots of layers of clothing that could put them into this category).



How the game will work is that you can choose any of the characters to play as, and depending on what team you are on, the color theme of that character will change to match the team (essentially, each character will have 2 skins, each depicting what team they are on, with the potential to have up to 4 skins with the additions of new game modes).

5 years, 2 months ago

Hey Phil



I want to do some character concepts for you but the detail is kinda limmited can you add a bit more..........or is it a free for all right now?



Same with enviroments?



Jenn