Game: Mary Child Of The Storm - A Present For A Little Girl
Posted: December 11th, 2010, 3:30 pm
I asked my little buddy Mary what she wanted for Christmas and she said she wanted a video game. So I have decided to create what is tentatively being called:
Mary Child Of The Storm
I do have some other names for ideas too that I'll post below. She doesn't know yet that I'm actually doing a game and some people suggested that I keep it as a surprise so I think I'll do that
Help is certainly welcome, and also I was thinking about having a document included in the game where I'd put people's Christmas good will wishes to her. So in this thread you can post a nice message to her if you want and I'll put it with your forum name in the text document.
A little background on Mary is that she is always patient, happy, warm and friendly towards people and our conversations are generally lots of going back and forth so this project is definitely for a good cause. She is also my gaming buddy and we play left 4 dead and team fortress 2. Also she LOVES soup and it makes her really hyper and talk a mile a minute!
Gameplay:
Play as Mary, master of the wind and rescue me (Mike) from a castle/fort/stronghold while fighting off zombies and William The Dark Piper. As a note William is her brother
Spells:
(ready for testing Lclick) - Tornado blast - Sends enemies flying and does damage
(ready for testing Rclick) - Wind Smash - Close range area blast of wind
Wind Heal/Shield - either heals and/or adds armor
Levitate (or jump boost?) - Can levitate upwards for a period of time
Wind Rush - Uses the wind to propel her forward for a much faster movement speed
As a note it is already on the SVN with MaryStorm.bat to load up the game directly. I only have a simple test map but as mentioned the Tornado blast and Wind Smash are already ready for testing and are used with left and right click. MAKE SURE YOU COMPILE! I haven't updated the binary yet for the RPG since there is a lot of changes happening so when the game doesn't work just remember, you should have compiled! See the wiki if you need help.
http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index. ... ource_code
ToDo:
Hirato please help with:
Basic attacking Zombie AI
Basic spell attack for the piper
Jump boost/blast spell
If possible, ability to associate a sound with a creature
Open To The Community:
Better tornado skin (possibly better model too)
Piper Model
Ideas for the castle/fortress map
Spell Ideas/additions
Playtesters
Soup/bowl model
Ideas in general
Special holiday wishes for her
Whatever else I forgot
Here are the other potential titles. Let me know what you think!
Mary Little Maven Of The Storm
Mary Maven Of The Storm
Mary Of The Storm
Mary Child Of The Tempest
Mary Eye Of The Storm
Mary Child Of The Wind
Mary The Wind Walker
Mary The Storm Bringer
Mary The Storm Tamer
If you are interested in helping let me know Thanks and take care!
-mike
UPDATE - Some video of the test map Playing with the spell Storm Smash (I think it sounds better than Wind Smash). Enjoy
Mary Child Of The Storm
I do have some other names for ideas too that I'll post below. She doesn't know yet that I'm actually doing a game and some people suggested that I keep it as a surprise so I think I'll do that
Help is certainly welcome, and also I was thinking about having a document included in the game where I'd put people's Christmas good will wishes to her. So in this thread you can post a nice message to her if you want and I'll put it with your forum name in the text document.
A little background on Mary is that she is always patient, happy, warm and friendly towards people and our conversations are generally lots of going back and forth so this project is definitely for a good cause. She is also my gaming buddy and we play left 4 dead and team fortress 2. Also she LOVES soup and it makes her really hyper and talk a mile a minute!
Gameplay:
Play as Mary, master of the wind and rescue me (Mike) from a castle/fort/stronghold while fighting off zombies and William The Dark Piper. As a note William is her brother
Spells:
(ready for testing Lclick) - Tornado blast - Sends enemies flying and does damage
(ready for testing Rclick) - Wind Smash - Close range area blast of wind
Wind Heal/Shield - either heals and/or adds armor
Levitate (or jump boost?) - Can levitate upwards for a period of time
Wind Rush - Uses the wind to propel her forward for a much faster movement speed
As a note it is already on the SVN with MaryStorm.bat to load up the game directly. I only have a simple test map but as mentioned the Tornado blast and Wind Smash are already ready for testing and are used with left and right click. MAKE SURE YOU COMPILE! I haven't updated the binary yet for the RPG since there is a lot of changes happening so when the game doesn't work just remember, you should have compiled! See the wiki if you need help.
http://sandboxgamemaker.com/wiki/index. ... ource_code
ToDo:
Hirato please help with:
Basic attacking Zombie AI
Basic spell attack for the piper
Jump boost/blast spell
If possible, ability to associate a sound with a creature
Open To The Community:
Better tornado skin (possibly better model too)
Piper Model
Ideas for the castle/fortress map
Spell Ideas/additions
Playtesters
Soup/bowl model
Ideas in general
Special holiday wishes for her
Whatever else I forgot
Here are the other potential titles. Let me know what you think!
Mary Little Maven Of The Storm
Mary Maven Of The Storm
Mary Of The Storm
Mary Child Of The Tempest
Mary Eye Of The Storm
Mary Child Of The Wind
Mary The Wind Walker
Mary The Storm Bringer
Mary The Storm Tamer
If you are interested in helping let me know Thanks and take care!
-mike
UPDATE - Some video of the test map Playing with the spell Storm Smash (I think it sounds better than Wind Smash). Enjoy