[ZU Aracade] Big Giant Game Project For Main Site (Everyone Welcome!)

Ladies and gentlemen, good evening.

Today I stand before you a man ready to begin things. A man ready to initiate stories. A man ready to summon a massive amount of people together to conduct a project so vast in scale that success will not only offer glory throughout the Internet, but may well provide futures for people involved. Yes, I am here to begin work on the ZU Arcade Game of Legend.

Divided into ten episodes, the game will be a dark parody of the Legend of Zelda series. I will be releasing information once the first game's novelization is ready but today I am ready to release information regarding the four principle Main Characters and a summary of the plot of the first episode!

[Title Withheld] Main Character Profiles

Soba: The protagonist. A twenty-year-old living in the Castle with the royal family, Soba is a royal engineer and childhood friend of the Princess, Adlez. Highly intelligent but physically untrained, he also lacks common sense due to having grown up in the Castle for much of his life. His family resides in Aura, a village to the east, and his parents sent him to live in the Castle after noticing his intelligence from a young age.

Adlez: The Princess. In the first episode of the story Adlez turns eighteen, prompting Soba to search for a suitable present for his childhood friend. Adlez is a tomboy Princess, and is frequently seen training with the royal guard.

Prince Gaston: A Prince of a faraway land across the sea, Gaston is a jolly, friendly man of twenty-five who is a good friend to both Aldez and Soba. It is announced at Adlez's eighteenth birthday that he is betrothed to her.

Horus: A mysterious individual who's arrival triggers the events of the game proper. Horus comes from the future to save the land, and enlists an unwilling Soba in his exploits, forcing them to run away from the Castle and, as such, become wanted men for stealing precious treasures of the royal family.

[Title Withheld] Plot Summary for First Episode

Unknown to most of the people, the land's magic has been dying in the wake of industrialization, to the point where only a few of the humans can still use it. This is because the Master Sword (name will change) is shattered, broken, and its power is dying. When Soba accidentally discovers the Master Sword, Horus ropes him into joining the quest to save the land and stop Ganon (name will change) from reviving and taking over the world!

[Title Withheld] Gameplay Elements

This game will be similar to Zelda, yet will be completely unlike anything ever attempted, hence the reason I have decided to make it an original title. The game will revolve around a new weapon called the Gear Sword.

Gear Sword: A weapon that allows Soba to access the aid of his party members. Since Soba is an inexperienced fighter, he must draw from the aid of his comrades to fight evil. The Gear Sword itself is a mix of magic and machine, and lets Soba choose which party member he needs the help of. Soba's party members will follow him onscreen while they are equipped, and each have special abilities. One, for instance, provides hints about the surroundings, while another gives him the power to use alchemy. The Gear Sword is powered by the Gear Meter, replacing the Magic Meter, which runs on fuel.

Along with the Gear Sword, some regular weapons will return. Soba will have access to his Shield and Bow (now Collapsible for easy transport), for instance, and several new weapons will make their appearance like the Grapple Trigger (A redone Hookshot) and several others I am not ready to reveal yet (as they have no bearing on the first episode). Dungeons will play to Soba's strengths of intelligence, with harder puzzles and more powerful enemies.

Staff

As I cannot do this alone, I am summoning many people to this project. This is where you can sign up to make a difference, but beware! These jobs are not to be taken lightly. I will hold everyone responsible for making their deadlines (even me!) and that they properly supervise their departments. Here is a list of what is being offered. I will choose the Staff, so if you do not get what you want, know that you will be assigned to the department you want. I want the best of the best.

Head Designer: Power Shot
Responsible for overseeing the project as a whole, the Head Designer is above all Directors and will handle all deadlines. Also responsible for making sure things are completed on time, helping where needed and capable, and basically running the show.

Director of Programming:
Responsible for programming. The Director of Programming is chief among the programmers and will assign portions of the game to the Assistants to program, as well as assist in the programming and making sure that the game works properly.

Assistants to the Director of Programming:
Programmers under the Director, they will complete portions of the game assigned to them, be it sprite programming, programing game text, or otherwise. The work is to be distributed carefully among them so nobody feels overworked. Must be skilled programmers.

Director of Sprite Design:
Responsible for overseeing the process of converting the concept art into sprites in the game. Will also work with the Director of Programming to oversee map design, and will assign concept art to the Assistants to develop into sprites, as well as help in the process.

Assistants to the Director of Sprite Design:
These Assistants work under the Director of Sprite Design, and will be assigned portions of concept art to convert into sprites, be they maps, characters, or items. Must be knowledgeable in sprite design.

Concept Art Chief: Power Shot
Responsible for approving all concept art.

Concept Artists: super-fergus, DekuQueen
Responsible for creating concept art. Will be PM'ed instructions on how to draw characters. Work is divided so nobody feels overworked.

Head Writer: Power Shot
Responsible for writing the novelized form of the game so that the Writers can properly create game text to use and give to the Programmers.

Writers:
Responsible for converting the novelized form of the game into game text usable for the programmers. Are encouraged to expand beyond the novelized form, which merely serves as an example to them.

Sign up today! Viva la Revolution!

*Did not even read the entire post yet.*

Let it begin! *Reads post.*

I'm interested in being a concept artist (: You have two already--room for Liah?

You should have GUI Designer as a position, something which I would gladly fill.

That or writer...

Count me in for assisting with the writing, if you will have me. I can also do simple graphics, such as banners, icons, and stickers. I don't know if you'll have a need for those, but I figured I would let you know it's there if you need it.

Shotty, you're missing Game Testers... unless you want to personally test every single feature and all that with the game when it is done, all on your lonesome. x3

I already have game testers. They have been informed, and are ready to break the game in order to help us. Of course, should others want to test the game here, I'll keep that in mind.

Dern tootin', looks we got ourselves a good ol' fashioned shin dig!

If you need, I'm up for the position of, how you say, 'writer'. I'd love to help.

Editor? Or are your writers going to edit each other?

What programming language will you be using?

Music=me. I've been very busy lately. But febuary will be less hectic. But do you even want originalp music? I noticed you didn't mension it.

I wanna help!

I once did the Hello World program in Java, am almost mediocre with Adobe Illustrator and, I, uh, drew a picture once...

Okay, I can't help out with a lot, but I would be wiling to lend a hand with writing, game testing or general quality control.

Music! I hadn't thought of that! Yes, I will be wanting original music for the game, if you would be willing to supply it.

GoldStud, I know very little about programming, so PM me the options and tell me what you think would be best.

Originally Posted by Power Shot

I already have game testers. They have been informed, and are ready to break the game in order to help us. Of course, should others want to test the game here, I'll keep that in mind.

Oh. Well, that goes to show you're ahead of the game. ^_^

Originally Posted by Power Shot

Music! I hadn't thought of that! Yes, I will be wanting original music for the game, if you would be willing to supply it.

HOW I missed that part, I'm not sure. Especially considering the music can make, or break a game for me. x3

*Recieves many 's*

Oh, right. The point.

Writers:
Responsible for converting the novelized form of the game into game text usable for the programmers. Are encouraged to expand beyond the novelized form, which merely serves as an example to them.

Sign up today! Viva la Revolution!

If you'll have me, I'd like to help out with this ^. Keeping in mind that school stuff comes first. Although, my workload is generally light until the end of semester. (End of April for this one)

No, no, no. It's 'REVOLUTION!!!', silly Shotty.

Originally Posted by Power Shot

Music! I hadn't thought of that! Yes, I will be wanting original music for the game, if you would be willing to supply it..

Originally Posted by Ciroton

HOW I missed that part, I'm not sure. Especially considering the music can make, or break a game for me. x3

*Recieves many 's*

I don't think I could do ALL of the music, but I'll work as hard as I can. I think it'd be easier to compose and arrange the music after most of the programing is done, so I know what feel I'm trying to create. But I'll work a bit on it ahead of time too.

If anyone has a cut scene, or a level already done, I need to see it as quickly as possible.

Well, I'm a programmer, but I'm probably not what you're looking for. I haven't been able to make graphics appear on the screen, so my skills probably won't be of any use until I can learn to make graphics. Trying talking to DD123 and Hero about doing the code for the games, though.

If you are launching a ZU arcade I might grant you a gift at some point

Holly can assure you of it's awesomeness.

I am interested in Writing.
When you say Writers do you mean like Screenplay Writers? Because I'd think I'd be better at Screenplay then a novel base writing.

Also, if you need anymore testers.. Throw me a line.

Will there be any game design positions on the staff? If so, I am highly interested in working alongside writers and programmers to implement game features and concepts. Also, I am willing to do any kind of promotional graphics; Logos, banners, etc.

Time for an update, Power Shot?