I can see clearly now my brain has gone...

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Prelude to the description:


Alrighty!! First off, when I saw that game contest - (2014 Indie Game Maker Contest) - I got a tad excited (...well so excited my eyeballs almost fell out) and of course I had to enter.


Not long afterwards though, I got given some freelance work outside RPG maker which ended up taking up all my life for just that month :/


Although I can't complain because it really is quite an awesome job haha.


Sooo with me not being able to have released it in time, I thought I would release the idea on here for your feedback and support whilst I develop it.  


Characters:

I will update these with bios later...


Greg -




Spoiler





Bulk -




Crazy -




Brainy -




Lard -




Noxious -




For more on the art, check out  - Jonath4nC!








Sprites:

Greg - 



Bulk - 



Crazy - 



Brainy - 



Lard - 



Noxious - 


 


Synopsis:



If you had a look at the designs ... and the title ...and maybe the tags, you may get the idea that I might possibly be creating a zombie game.


...but actually I am creating a zombie game. (cough cough)


Not just any zombie game though, YOU get to be the zombie!   :o


....that idea has already been done you say? Well actually, you're right!   :o


 


Game Genre -


Puzzle, Tactics, Action


 


Atmosphere -


A giant puzzle where each room is a part of it.


 


Characters -
A zombie named Greg, (well whatever name you choose actually). You can add others to your team, rank them and give them awesome names like Greg too.


 


Features -


- An achievement system.

- Puzzle-solving.
- A leveling up system.


- A recruitment system (of biting people XD).


- Animated dynamics of objects and maybe people/zombies falling over (when the rooms move).


- Each play-through will be a little different with the rooms being randomly placed around the puzzle and the people being randomly placed within each room.


 


 



Alright, so you start off in a room as a human in amongst all these other humans. You soon realize that the character you play and all the people around you are delusional. Not only that, but this room is square with four exits. A cute rat appears (that's right I said cute, you can mock me if you want, I would too) and bites you. Suddenly everything changes, the rat is no longer cute, and you realize that it is actually very ugly and rabid looking. Your brain, among other things, disintegrates, leaving you as a zombie and the world around you becomes ... um clear ...now that your brain has gone XD.

Every so often the map shakes. You hear large objects fall and move around outside the room. After a while, you will begin to realize that you are in a giant interchanging puzzle, where each room is a piece of it. Every room is different with puzzles to solve in each one. Not only that but as mentioned before, there are humans. Delusional they may be, but even they will eventually notice your presence. With this in mind, (or not because you don’t have a mind heh heh) you set out to recruit more zombies with unique abilities on your team. ...you do this by biting the humans, yum   :) . Sometimes that won't solve the issue and so somewhere along the game you will have to gain a legendary disguise of all disguises... the glasses! :o  Now not even your rotting green flesh or your stench will matter!

Each person/zombie has unique abilities to either help or hinder you along the way. What unique ability do you have? Well the ability of leadership of course! Not only that, but you may be able to choose your own abilities to take on and level up. Abilities can range from puzzle-solving, (making the puzzles easier), to combat skills for fighting against those pesky humans. Each human will be different on how they react to you and your followers as well. Some may be smart and detect you faster and others may be so delusional, that they could attack anyone or anything they see.





The Development:



Now why have I posted here? First off, if I can have your help and support, I'm sure the game could end up becoming awesome!


I think this game could be made within a month, but as I no longer have a deadline, I'm definitely going to put more time and effort into this and spend around a few months...
Originally, I was just going to develop the look of the main character. Now I'll be able to develop much more diverse characters and so I will completely concept those as well. Along with this, I will concept a few interesting environments which then opens up a whole new set of tilesets I may be able to release :D . Other than that, I hope to be able to implement a whole range of things I wouldn't have originally put in there. Not only that, but if I get enough support and hype for this game I think it would be really cool to create some merchandise as I have a 3D background I might be able to 3D print a few things. :) AND I just might be able to get this onto Steam as well!
BUT I would not be able to do most of this stuff without your support and ideas! PLEEEAAAASE, even just a like will bring this game a step further haha.


As I develop the game, I will be keeping this updated, sharing the resources I create, sharing the game versions as I work on it and hopefully take in and implement your ideas into the game as well.   :)


 


With that, I hope that you would take the time and share your thoughts/ideas/feedback/critique below.


I would reeaaaaallly appreciate it!  :D


 



Alright, I've decided I need some names for the zombies, like how The Last Of Us, Left 4 Dead, Walking Dead etc. have names like runners, clickers, bloaters, stalkers, walkers, etc. lol


soooo there will be 5 different types of zombies. These include:


- A powerful bulk zombie. Big and slow


- A crazy zombie with claws and are fast.


- A smart zombie to help solve puzzles easier and faster


- A fat zombie who has a gas ability, (not the type of gas 'ability' you might be thinking though haha). Very big and very slow.


- And a highly infected zombie who can convert people a lot easier and faster, but has a high tendency to explode.


 


Any ideas? Thanks! :)


(this many types actually results in at least 19 more character designs to complete)


 


 


On top of this, I will be creating many different types of rooms as well... although I would prefer not to spoil this one :p , but if anyone has any unique room ideas, just PM me and your room idea may end up in the game! :D






Screenshots:


Title -





 


Map test -








Gameplay:

Spoiler




Short gameplay test -














 


Here's a support bar if you would like to support my project :)


(I think you can just copy and paste it into your signature?)

Thanks for stopping by! :D (and an even bigger THANKYOU if you read all this!)
(...now imagine how big that thankyou will be once you like this post... careful though, your eyes might explode from the thankyou if you comment, so you may want to wear some glasses B) just saying  :guffaw: )
 
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Threw me for a second there. Thought you had reposted this on the same forum and wondered why, then I checked the other and realized same thread, different site. :p
 

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I'd like to see some map/puzzle screenshots :)

Interesting concept, I'm curious to how it'll work in-game.
 

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@Paladin-Cleric of Awesome - haha! yea they do! lol I will HAVE to create a music video or something for this in the credits or something hahaha.

@TulinKei - thanks for your interest! :) yea I'd also like to see some screenshots too haha .. I can't wait to work on this! As well as that I too am curious about how it'll work lol, it's going to be quite an adventure ahead of me :p . Probably will be needing help with some game mechanics or at least some ideas or thoughts on where to take it. Like how 'enemies' will react to you and your team, and how your team reacts also. Will they have their own personality and so they would enter each room and react in different ways, I'm not even sure if half of this is possible haha. I'm also not sure on the battle system yet, do I go ATB style and go to a different screen with battlers or keep the battles in the same environment? ..I guess I'll just take one thing at a time as I go along lol.
 
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UPDATE!!! YUS FINALLEEEE!! :D

So here's another concept of another type of zombie. I think I'll end up creating 3 or 4 different types and their female counter-parts ...and then their human versions as well :) (phew, this is goin to take a while :p )

 

Bulk Zombie:

 
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You know, normally I don't care for the whole zombie genre - but I love the artwork and the humor here. I will definitely be keeping an eye on this one.
 

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O wow, thankyou!! I really appreciate that! :D
 

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UPDATE:

Here's the latest design -

I've just decided to begin recording the progress on my game creating and designs from now on... and here's the first vid! :) - Recording Crazy Zombie Design

On top of this I have updated the development tab with a list of the different types of zombies that will appear in the game. If you guys have any ideas on the names I could give them, that would be really awesome, thanks! :)

Finally, I also need a few unique room ideas. Just throw all physics out the window when coming up for any ideas if you do as well. It can be any size... literally anything. Just PM me with your ideas (as I don't want them spoiled haha) and they could end up in the game! :D

THANKS!!
 

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After reading the synopsis,this sucked me in.Probably trying this.
 

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Awesome, awesome...hope I am not too late to respond. Would love to play this if it gets done :D
 

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ah, replies! haha... maaaaaaan I've become swamped with work so this has been at a horrible stand still. I really wish I had more time, but for now, there is no way I can work on it further for a while yet. I've got a full-time job and trying to finish off a game outside RM Maker... which should be complete within a month I think. And then I'm sure I can get back into this.

@Ultim - You're DEFINITELY trying this! (haha jokes :p )

@RPGXP Joanita - thanks! and no, not too late to respond, haha thanks for the support :) ...IT WILL GET DONE ...I hope :p

I just really need an isometric movement script (not diagonally at 45 degrees, but at 30 degrees)... otherwise, I'll just have to stick with the 45 degree angles, but I guess that's fine :) . But yea, if anyone sees this and has any idea on how to create this script.... that would be sooooooo awesome! (even willing to pay if I have to)/ I've seen many requests for this actually, but still haven't found any answers so I'm increasingly becoming more tempted to learn how to script myself... and then to find out it's impossible or something haha.
 

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....and it's still been at a stand still *face-palm* I'M SORRY!! You know what, I think I should at least update this once a month to get something done. Hopefully I'll be able to put more time into this soon...

UPDATE:

now updated with a brand new zombie design of whom I've named brainy... for now. Just figured it was ironic seeing as he's a zombie, heh.


I've got a full video of the process over here - Recording Brainy Zombie Design

and a gif of the process over here - Brainy Zombie WIP
 
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I'll say it again - I am SOOOO not into the zombie thing. But I LOVE these guys! I never thought zombies could be adorable but you've managed!
 
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ahahaha, thank you so much!
 

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puhahha I justget hoocked because of the name XD this clearly a catchy eyes title~

and the art is really cool make me a little remember to plant VS zombie but in a lot better XD
 

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hahaa, thanks nio kasgami!
 

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Same than mlogan: even though the zombie genre is overdone to death, your project looks fun and original; I love the chara design in particular.

Can't wait to play a demo!
 

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Thanks Gui! I fully agree with the zombie thing actually hahaha, but what the heck XD.

I can't wait to play the demo as well haha... might take a while :/

UPDATE:

aaaand here's my next zombie who like's his brains a bit too much so to speak :D


 

now I got to get around to creating some sprites and some menu or game mock-ups and stuff... :)

 

Here is a work in progress animation of this - Zombie Lard WIP Animation

and here is the full recording of the design process - Recording Lard Zombie Design ...enjoy :)
 
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