I am developing meshes for the characters right now which should take about the whole month to finish. The skining process will be started in July because the Nightmarens are not 100% done in idea nore are some of the worlds.
The worlds will be created in a time between August to December. It might take longer depending on skining time. After the modeling fase is done, I will need to mesh the landscape and create textures. This will be finished some time in 2009.
The final coding will be added to set triggers, events, and other things that happen during the game play. That should be done 20 days after level texting is done.
Last, I need to make voices for all the characters and all their animations. This should take the rest of 2009 or the rest of 2009's summer.
A long process but well worth it.
However, I cannot legally sell the game as "NiGHTS" is copyrighted and would take a butt load of work to get an approval. However, the buisness system says I cannot sell the full the product; it never said I couldn't make betas and hand them out. So you guys will get custom betas.
The betas will include three levels. The first two levels will be random for each beta and the last level will be "the last level". I will also throw in some extras if I can.
Some details about the game are below:
[you]Characters:[/you]
The main character is NiGHTS. The main character always has to be NiGHTS. I am using a Emulator to take NiGHTS and copy it's 3D image and make a skin for my bot. Bots are the characters without their skins on. From there I add animations and presto. The voice however might be to much for me to handle because I can't talk like a girl. (Sorry ladies.
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The kids are new though! I have no names so if you want to suggest names go ahead. The boy of the story is 16 and is an actor at his school. He triped on stage and was embarrased and ran off stage leaving everyone to ponder what just happened. He has a dream that night about it but instead of his director, a nightmaren is waiting for him to slip up again. He starts to panic but NiGHTS comes and saves him from the menifested nightmare. The girl of the story is also 16 and she is new to the town. She loves to dress in EGL but wants to make friends. She tries to but everyone seems a little off by her dressing and she gets sad. She has a dream that night about every one hating her and such and one of the people turn into a nightmaren. She falls to the ground in fear but she finds herself lifted away by NiGHTS.
[you]Nightmarens:[/you]
There are three nightmarens that are not new but I have added twist to them.
First we got Reala X. This new reala looks the same as he did from NiD, except with better graphics and what not. He now has two new powers. One is shadex, which allows him to go invisable for about 5 secs. The other is octaloop, which allows him to do a paraloop from the side.
Next we got Paganini Jackle. Paganini, I added on, was to make him sound like a musician seeing as his new look goes along with it. He still looks the same as Jackle from NiD (except with better graphics) but his suit is now in monochrome colors. Like instead of orange, yellow, and so on, he has grey, white, black, and so on. He also wears half of a mask which will look like the phantom of the opera's mask. His boss intro shows him playing an organ and he leaves his hands behind to play his boss theme. His boss theme is going to be a techno version of the phantom of the opera's theme except you can hear is say Jackle instead of the phantom of the opera. He also has two new powers. He can now use his cape as a shield when you try to dash spin him from far away. Also, he can do dash spin too, except he can't paraloop like NiGHTS and Reala. I also changed the cards he throws into piano keys just for his new theme.
The last is Wizeman X. I made him to be super hard to beat. I even give the players 500 seconds to try and beat him. He now has an actual body instead of a hollowed out cape. He also has arms chained to his body that control his magic. The hands that float around him can now reach out and attack NiGHTS as well as shoot lasers from the eyes. He can also make freak lightening storms with his liberty spike hair cut.
[you]New Nightmarens:[/you]
There are 8 new nightmarens. 3 of which I am still waiting for. So I will tell of the ones I got.
Control Freak = A giant TV that rules over the dream world: Techno Greece. It uses its power outlets as it's main attack but can also shoot lightening. It talks with static.
Jack-O-Lantern = A giant pumpkin that rules over the dream world: Halloween Town. It uses it's roots as it's main attack but can also shoot fire out it's mouth and can attempt to bite you too. It can't talk but makes a wierd mumbling noise when hurt.
Nemesis = A giant black widow that rules over the dream world: Mystic Forest. It's main attack is hitting with it's claws. It can also shoot webbing and throw objects. It can't talk either but it can laugh in a femanin hiss.
"D" Watch = A skull that has arms. One arm always holds a staff with a clock on the end. It rules over the dream world: Clock Tower. It's main attack is hitting with it's staff. It can also throw time bombs, teleport, charge, and grab you with it's wire bound hair hidden under it's top hat. It can't talk and doesn't make any noises. (NOTE: The "D" means "DEATH".)
Baneblade = A giant of suit of armor that is missing it's legs. It rules over the dream world: Dusty Museum. It has a british accent (some what similar to Shaun Conerah) and complains about everything. It is to big to move around (especially without legs) and uses poleaxes and polearms as it's all around way of attacking. It can also swat you with it's arms if you get to close.
[you]Dream Worlds:[/you]
There are 13 all together but I am still waiting for 3 more to come to mind. So here are the others. (The boss is next to the level.)
(Girl)
1. Techno Greece [Control Freak]
2. Mystic Forest [Nemesis]
3. Dusty Museum [Baneblade]
4. ???
5. 5th Act [Paganini Jackle]
(Boy)
1. Halloween Town [Jack-O-Lantern]
2. Clock Tower ["D" Watch]
3. ???
4. ???
5. The Dark Room [Reala X]
Final Level = Twin Seeds [Wizeman X]
Thats all for now. I will update in the future when more is done.
[you]EDIT/NEWS:[/you]
If any one wants to help out, that would be great and would make this easier and quicker to finish. Remember, Rome wasn't built in a day and it sure didn't take one guy to do it.
