Old west RPG idea

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:14 pm

Are you actually planning to make this Kash? Who's involved?

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:15 pm

I want in. Me me me. Pick me.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:27 pm

I'd help, but my skills would be limited to polishing the English for items, dialogue, character descriptions, etc.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:49 pm

Everyone here already speaks English? And fantastically, I might add.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:51 pm

He uses babelfish

Goggles · Post by **Goggles** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:10 am

I think maybe he means little things like "none of them is..." instead of "none of them are..."
Also, what about a bit of 'steam punk' mixed in there? Not so much as Arcanum, but it seemed to work really well in that.

Post by **Retlaw83** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:24 am

atoga wrote:Everyone here already speaks English? And fantastically, I might add.

I was just saying an English major would probably do a fairly decent job at proofreading. Also, because we have so many non-native English speakers here, some of them will more than likely be involved. While mistakes in wording are fine for forum conversations just so long as you get the point across, if you want to make a professional-looking product mistakes like that have no place.

And I guess, if it was really needed, I could do some 3D modelling (low-poly models, of course) and character animation through the use of TrueSpace 2 and Poser.

Goggles wrote:Also, what about a bit of 'steam punk' mixed in there? Not so much as Arcanum, but it seemed to work really well in that.

If that happens, we might as well go for turn of the century America. I saw a movie once - I forget the title - that took place near the end of the wild west era. Cowboys and outlaws were doing their thing as a dying breed while powerlines and telegraph wires were going up.[/quote]

boywoos · Post by **boywoos** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:50 am

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 2:54 am

Kevin Kline is so sexy.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:50 am

I vote we make a mod

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 6:18 pm

... I'm not making a mod. Or a game of any kind. Not at the moment at least. I have none of the resources, skills or contacts necessary, like I wrote earlier. I was just playing around with the idea. And this is the internet, after all, so why not play with your friends?

I have the rough idea of keeping the setting "pure" of things alÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¡ Wild Wild West the movie or Frisco Country Jr. the tv-show. No sci-fi, no steampunk. Just good ol' 6 shooters, desert, saloon fights, outlaws, horses, prostitutes... Everything old west style.

I have one wild dream though: perhaps we'll manage to polish up a great concept for a computer roleplaying game that can be sent to some gaming house and *maybe* they'll agree with us on it's excellency and decide they'll start developing the game.

There's nothing guaranteed, I was just hoping you'd like to contribute to this idea, like I did on my first post in this thread.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:03 pm

Retlaw68 wrote:And I guess, if it was really needed, I could do some 3D modelling (low-poly models, of course) and character animation through the use of TrueSpace 2 and Poser.

I can help you with some of the modelling also. I'm running 3ds MAX r5, so you could just send me your meshes for texturing/rendering. I can also help proofread the material if you want (i does english good, don't me?).

Kashluk wrote:perhaps we'll manage to polish up a great concept for a computer roleplaying game that can be sent to some gaming house and *maybe* they'll agree with us on it's excellency and decide they'll start developing the game.

Or we could just do it ourselves... maybe we can convince Steve that Phoenix is just a figment of his imagination and get his help on our wild west RPG?

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:44 pm

Unfortunetly Steve is busy with other projects besides the imiginary project.

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 12:53 am

uhhhhhhhhhhh.....................steve?

I'm drawin' a blank here

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 4:38 am

Steve the man behind the "Phoenix-project". A so-to-be post apocalpyptic roleplaying / adventure game, that never appeared to be done besides a few early developement phase screenshots.

It's *possible* for us to do it by ourselves. But it would have to be a mod in that case, because I doubt we have the abilities to make a game from scratch and just for fun -> no profit. Business like this works really shitty over the internet.

But anyways, if anyone still feels like contributing and/or willing to give this mod/game idea a try, feel free to do so. That's what this thread is all about. Maybe we can gather enough people able to work out a mod?

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Fri Oct 01, 2004 8:01 am

I'm here, I posted a poll in FOT modding a day or so ago, you should check it out.

Goggles · Post by **Goggles** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 2:02 am

If nothing else, it would be relatively easy to go through Fallout 1 town by town and just replace sprites and dialogue options.

NOT A PEDOPHILE · Post by **NOT A PEDOPHILE** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:03 am

Retlaw83 wrote:I was just saying an English major would probably do a fairly decent job at proofreading.

not necessarily, seeing as how not everybody (and especially in the west) speaks with perfect grammar

Sovy Kurosei · Post by **Sovy Kurosei** » Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:22 am

not necessarily, seeing as how not everybody (and especially in the west) speaks with perfect grammar

You need;

1. Consistency.

2. Using the proper dialect of the region.

I would imagine that an English major, particularly one with an interest in western movies/novels, to be quite useful in achieving those two goals. Having shoddy grammar that does not fit the setting really kills the immersion into the game.