heine wrote:

Jimmyrooster wrote:

Thinking about the Story

Does the character have a name or will they remain nameless?

I don't think he needs a name, we can just call him “The Drifter” for now.

When is this set?

Middle 18th century-ish.

Pre-Prologue (cut scene)
The character is on a boat. What kind of boat? Big or small? Old or new?

Probably a small schooner.

There is a storm/a faulty rudder/not enough fuel/no wind and the boat is beached/wrecked.

In the original story, the ship was wrecked by the leviathan monster. In the current plot, the ship is wrecked in a storm, but I think it's still implied that a supernatural force cause the wreck(?)

G_A_C wrote:

I reckon there could be an evil force (probably the main boss) on the island which supernaturally draws boats towards its shores or something like that.

The character comes onto the island alone and wet/dry. They look dry.
The character was washed up/climbed from boat to the shore.

Fair point. I guess we could update the graphics for the prologue and maybe add water particles?

The people seem to have made a stone bridge that fell down the ravine in the jungle. Why did they make the bridge? Why did it fall?

The ground around the area of the bridge is supposed to have collapsed, so it makes sense for the bridge to have collapsed as well.

The people seem to have taken the large tree from the stump. Did they cut it down as well?

The stump is probably much older than that.

Oceanboy98 wrote:

I have a question: Can I help with sound? I want to do more for the production of the game then just being tester…

RonTheNerd wrote:

Oceanboy98 wrote:

I have a question: Can I help with sound? I want to do more for the production of the game then just being tester…

If you have ideas, go ahead! We can then decide if and where to use it.

EDIT: I can't spell.

Jimmyrooster wrote:

Hello! This has kind of been inactive but I've got a new version: Drifter v0.47. I have started to make the camp level. The art (mainly the tents) could be redone but it is a start.

This has been going for two years. Is it going to go inactive now?

Jimmyrooster wrote:

Hello! This has kind of been inactive but I've got a new version: Drifter v0.47. I have started to make the camp level. The art (mainly the tents) could be redone but it is a start.

CyrusTheNiceGuy wrote:

WOW THIS THREAD IS OLD!

Jimmyrooster wrote:

Hello again,

I was just wondering what is going to happen in the next few levels?
How big is the jungle?
What is on the other side of the jungle?
What exciting things will the character do? (the game is really easy at the moment - just press ‘d’ and occasionally ‘w’. Maybe there should be an enemy that attacks you or maybe there will be a bit where you have to sneak up on the natives and rescue the people who the tents belong to?)

About the levels, it is slightly confusing at the moment. I can collect the stick in the prologue replay the prologue with the stick already in my inventory. If I collect the stick again have 2 sticks. I then can collect as many sticks as I want and I will have them for the rest of the game. This is not good if we want items that can only be used a set number of times - e.g. food.

RonTheNerd wrote:

Jimmyrooster wrote:

Hello again,

I was just wondering what is going to happen in the next few levels?
How big is the jungle?
What is on the other side of the jungle?
What exciting things will the character do? (the game is really easy at the moment - just press ‘d’ and occasionally ‘w’. Maybe there should be an enemy that attacks you or maybe there will be a bit where you have to sneak up on the natives and rescue the people who the tents belong to?)

About the levels, it is slightly confusing at the moment. I can collect the stick in the prologue replay the prologue with the stick already in my inventory. If I collect the stick again have 2 sticks. I then can collect as many sticks as I want and I will have them for the rest of the game. This is not good if we want items that can only be used a set number of times - e.g. food.

Here's an idea.

How about monkeys (in the jungle) throw down coconuts. Our player must either dodge these missiles or unlock a shield of sorts. (How that happens I don't know yet.)

Thoughts?

RonTheNerd wrote:

Jimmyrooster wrote:

…

Here's an idea.

How about monkeys (in the jungle) throw down coconuts. Our player must either dodge these missiles or unlock a shield of sorts. (How that happens I don't know yet.)

Thoughts?

Jimmyrooster wrote:

RonTheNerd wrote:

Jimmyrooster wrote:

…

Here's an idea.

How about monkeys (in the jungle) throw down coconuts. Our player must either dodge these missiles or unlock a shield of sorts. (How that happens I don't know yet.)

Thoughts?

That's cool! Would it be another level? How long would it go on for? We would need the coconuts to come down quite slowly to give the player reaction time.

PegasusHT wrote:

Is there anything that I can do to contribute? I feel bad for doing nothing.

Jimmyrooster wrote:

PegasusHT wrote:

Is there anything that I can do to contribute? I feel bad for doing nothing.

You could draw coconuts/monkeys