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| 12 Feb 2013 02:49 PM |
For the sake of secrecy, and to raise anticipation, I will not reveal too much info about the project, I, and a few other's are working on, but I will reveal some basic info below :
1. The Jewel Thief is about a country dog's prized family heirloom, a bright ruby jewel, being stolen, by a thieving female cat. The dog leaves home to track the cat around the world, running into many interesting character's along the way.
2. The game is heavily inspired by cartoon style graphics. It's style falls between Conker's Bad Fur Day and Sly Cooper.
3. The game's soundtrack is utilizing midi, as well as most of its sound effects.
4. The game is single player only, everything is loaded in a local script, so there is no interaction between players (due to it's story driven nature)
5.The in-game character's are not made using typical roblox bodies, instead, they are the combination of bricks and mesh shapes, used to generate more animal-like creatures, as opposed to the human look of roblox bodies.
6. The game might feature voice acting, as I have ran through several high powered mp3 to midi converter's that can accurately reproduce the human voice, though more work is needed to make this more practical.
Collaboration:
Right now, the game is not actually in production, I'm merely working on the story.
But, there are several positions you can apply for :
1. Programmer 2. Animator 3. Composer |
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| 12 Feb 2013 03:00 PM |
This sounds really, really, really good. I've been a big fan of Nintendo 64 games, and this sounds a lot like one.
I support your idea. I'm not sure if voice acting is allowed, though. |
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| 12 Feb 2013 06:22 PM |
>I'm not sure if voice acting is allowed, though.
It's not like I'm breaking the rules...and thanks. |
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| 20 Feb 2013 10:15 AM |
Project Update :
Basic Story line premise is finished. Today i'm going to try experimenting with this radical new building method, meant to increase performance on lower end pc's,yet retain the same amount of detail. |
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| 22 Feb 2013 10:10 AM |
Project Update :
Today I uploaded two concept pictures of the game, hoping that the mods approve the pics soon.
Also, I have a composer for the soundtrack. |
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| 25 Feb 2013 12:58 PM |
@ll
The game has not entered production yet, it's script is currently being written.
But, when the game does enter production, testers will be allowed to test it. But it will not be an open beta, only those on my friends list will be able to test the game.
The public release will be the full game, as I believe it's better to make people wait and give them the full game the first time around, as opposed to them waiting for each new update. |
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| 27 Feb 2013 02:05 PM |
Project Update :
travddm has joined the team as a graphics artist. He will help design things such as the splash screen, the title screen, and some gui elements. Glad to have him on the team.
Also, I am awaiting the response of several composers I have in mind for the project.
Other News :
I'm tinkering with the idea of giving the option for the player to change the language of the subtitles, such as, instead of English, the player could play the game in Spanish, German, and Japanese, not just English.
I think this idea could be of importance, due to the storyline based nature of the game, players might feel more comfortable playing the game in their native language, or the language close to their native.
Another Idea is to have an in-game instruction manual, so player's don't have to send messages to me saying "HOW DO I PLAY UR GAME ?!"
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| 04 Mar 2013 10:48 AM |
Project Update 3/4/2013 :
Pulling together a toolkit of sorts for building the characters in The Jewel Thief. Starting small with this game, The first build I made of the main villian, an obese cat, did not turn out well, but I'm hoping to modify the design to better suit my building method. Thanks to the few meshes that are available, the characters will look slightly better than most custom humanoids, but the meshes are difficult to build with, making production time larger.
Also, I am designing a Lag Reduction System for the game. The system will effectively divide the game world into individual cel's, only loading when the player is in that cel, thereby reducing lag that may be experienced with lower end computers. In addition, I will employ fog to mask this, so the game world does not have any annoying pop-up's.
I am also trying to find midi's for the game, I have pretty much given up on hiring a composer, I don't think they could compose music any better than midi's already available.
Still looking for a scripter though,
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| 04 Mar 2013 01:45 PM |
>you can't upload sound ?
Uh, yes you can. I have done it, many times. |
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| 04 Mar 2013 01:52 PM |
| :o really? I've been away too long, how? |
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| 04 Mar 2013 01:54 PM |
@zan
Read this. Anything in midi format can be uploaded now :
http://blog.roblox.com/2013/02/use-gameheros-midi-player-to-play-music-in-your-game/ |
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| 04 Mar 2013 02:00 PM |
| But how would you upload voice? |
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| 04 Mar 2013 02:01 PM |
@zanziber
Digital Vocal Midi.
It's uncommon, but possible. |
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| 04 Mar 2013 02:06 PM |
I don't understand but you sound clever so yeahhhhh
GOOD LUCK I CAN HELP YOU IF YOU WANT I BUILD |
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| 04 Mar 2013 02:07 PM |
That's okay. Thanks for the offer though.
If you want, when the game enters a beta phase, which will not be for awhile, you can be a tester.
But I don't need any builders, I just need a good scripter. |
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| 04 Mar 2013 03:42 PM |
| I can script. I'm quite good. I can do cutscenes, Gui and general scripting. Reply or PM me if you want me to work on your game. (I'm not a new player, its a new account.) |
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| 05 Mar 2013 10:06 AM |
Cool picosecond, I PM'd you about the collaboration. Glad to have you on the team.
Project Update 3/4/2013 :
So far, I'm having good luck with hiring people, several other's have already PM'd me about the project.
Staff :
Travddm : Graphics Artist
picosecond : Scripter
Y2Kstudios (me!) : Main Builder. Director. Storyline Writer. Character Designer.
I know this isn't the place for hiring, but If you still want to contribute to the game, there are still some spots left, I will be making a group soon so the team can be more organized. Spots left :
1. Character Animator : You will help animate characters in game that I did not have time to animate.
2. Special Effects Animator : Your job is to help animate non-character things, such as bullets, fans, and other things that move, but are non-character things.
Eventually, I will seek out voice actors and actresses, as well as game testers, but this will be a lot further down the production.
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| 05 Mar 2013 10:40 AM |
Update to the Staff :
Southparkmaniac12 has joined the team as a vocal actor ! |
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| 29 Oct 2017 08:59 AM |
| Im an experienced Music Composer my discord: TheOfficialBlitz#2718 |
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| 29 Oct 2017 09:14 AM |
| Sounds cool message me when its finished! |
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