MURMILLO'S PROFILE

author=Pokemaniac
It would be really fun to make(and anywhere from really fun to really hilarious to watch) a game where you had cutscenes with you and some friends dressed up as the characters, and you acted out the cutscenes. That would really play to the strengths of a no-productions-value, low-expectation, fun-and-playful platform like RPG Maker

It totally would be! I was actually considering doing this for a modern day setting, and getting fellow college students to play as the characters. Just an experimental idea.
Now I want to go buy a bunch of nerf swords.

Hey all,

Long time reader, rare- if ever poster. I'm getting that itch to try and make a game again, but this time I want to try something possibly different.

To explain, filming and videos are my first love. I produce commercials and videos for companies using my own equipment and it pays (some) of the bills.

I would really like to explore the idea of utilizing the ability to play video clips inside of RM programs. I'm not asking for help or anything like that, I would just like to get a discussion on some concepts going.

Questions and Concepts for you to possibly answer or entertain:

1. Q: Have you played a game that used original cut scenes? (original meaning actually original, not just rehashed clips of some other anime/game/movie).

2. Q: What's your opinion on using real people as graphics in a video game? (personally I've never seen it done well, but if there is a game that does then I would love a link).

3. Concept: I want to take some time and experiment with what I can put together using various video clip formats and sizes. But here's an idea I had for playing videos that are either too large or just don't deserve to be crushed and squished and uglified to fit in-game.

What if the videos were downloaded separately, like in different folders, and to unlock the video scenes, passwords would be required.

For example, let's say a new character is a about to be introduced (or something). The game, could give the player a password to write down along with the option to SAVE. The player can save, go to the folder, type in the password, and then watch the video and go back to playing.

Think this is too much for to ask of the player? These are just some whimsical notions, feel free to comment, support or bash as appropriate.

Thanks!

Interesting. Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I thought about using smaller sprites for the characters, and when the attack and have to move forward I could move the sprite back a few pixels. We'll see how that works!

If I get further into it I'll post my results. That was such a fun battle system : D

EDIT: Just had a thought! If I make the attacks "ranged" they won't step forward? Maybe then I can have the sprites step up through pixel moving! *goes off to plan*

How much of this is custom? It looks great!

I love how custom all the graphics are! I'm subscribing to this one : D