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Post by BloodKnight on Jul 28, 2005 12:44:34 GMT -5
I got a 256 MB USB drive that's compatible with the PS2 for $10! Now I can transfer saves to the interweb, yay.
Bad news? I'm going to New Jersey in a few days, and won't be back until September. The anything goes contest submissions at the pavilion end on September 18th so hopefully I'll be able to finish the game before then.
I'd like to accept suggestions from you guys about the game. I'm stumped on a few things(what the names of some characters should be, magic spell names, etc.), and like to get rolling on the game in full speed without any speed bumps before I leave.
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Post by doyleman on Jul 28, 2005 13:02:11 GMT -5
Well, while I would like to play your newest demo which was spose to come out, I have a few hundred names. Just google up a name list and it'll come up *i have a file on my computer with the names, but I dont know how to exactly upload it* Good ta hear ya got a device for it though  |
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Post by Rodak on Jul 28, 2005 14:01:29 GMT -5
My condolences on your going to New Jersey.
What sorts of names are you looking for?
Try reading any Douglas Adams Sci-Fi stuff. The names he comes up with are truly inspirational!!
Do you want silly or serious sounding stuff? I can't be of much help with the serious stuff (it never made any sense to me) but if you want silliness, I can help.
Peace.
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Post by BloodKnight on Jul 28, 2005 20:10:33 GMT -5
I'm seeing an old friend there, so I should have some decent fun since he's 19 and I'm 21(I wish he was 21, so we can go to the bars and clubs  ). Specifically, I'm looking for these types of names: -Villains(humorous names will suffice, but serious ones are welcome) -A black guy(not particularly, but one main character is of a shaman tribe) -Spell names(for fire, water, thunder and earth spells) -Weapons(I have swords, fighting gloves, and crossbows;cool or crazy sounding, preferably within 10 characters) -Healing items(the usual;HP/MP restore, status effect cures) I'm just fresh out of ideas right now, plus I think my credits could use some names(since it'll only have like, 3 lol). Also, any suggestions about the game based on the demo would be great. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 28, 2005 22:47:07 GMT -5
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Post by BloodKnight on Jul 28, 2005 23:31:50 GMT -5
Thanks for the obvious blow-off Will.  I'll do my best with those, thanks. |
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Post by Rodak on Jul 29, 2005 3:38:21 GMT -5
Some of these have been used before, but...
Some Villains:
The Tough Cookie
The Rotten Apple
Digitalis (for an electricity/thunder villain)
A Shaman Tribesman:
Big Chief... (just prefixing any name with that is funny)
Running Way
James T. Kirk
Spells:
Fire;
Incinerate
Immolate
Cremate
Water:
Drench
Inundate
Drown
Flood
Thunder:
Shock Value
Short Circuit
Zap
Earth
Dirt
Mud (Mudslide?)
Pangaea
Gaea
Weapons:
Swords
Damocles (dangerous to use)
Pig Sticker
Pointed Stick
10 Foot Pole (12 characters, but cliche)
Gloves:
Battle Mittens (Again, over character limit)
Cross Bows:
Ummm... maybe next time
Healing Stuff:
Beer
Band Aid
Viagra (MP Boost?)
That's just a quick list. If I get any thoughts for worthy additions, I'll add them.
Peace.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2005 4:51:34 GMT -5
Huh? Oh, I was just trying to be helpful; that's how I came up with my names.  |
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Post by Rodak on Jul 29, 2005 7:58:20 GMT -5
William is right!!
The word of the day is Serendipity.
OK, I was sitting at my desk at work, drinking my coffee and waiting for work to start (I always get here early). I did not bring my book today (oops!) so I picked up the dictionary (Gadzooks! I'm such a geek) and opened it up. It landed on the page with pictures of 20 different Heraldic Crosses.
A lot of these looked like they would be perfect for crossbow variations and easily created in the VFX editor.
Some with great names and cool appearances were:
The Fourchee (each arm forked, maybe shoot 2 bolts?)
The Botonee (a cluster of balls at the end of each arm)
The Avellan (Filberts on ends {those're the things on Queens heads in cheap plastic chess sets)
The Tau Cross(bow) (A stylized T shape)
Some ones that looked great, but had crappy names, were:
The Lorraine Cross(bow) (A cross piece at bottom as well as top)
The Fleury (Flowery ends)
Some that looked crappy but had cool names were:
The Quadrate Cross(bow)
The Potent Cross(bow)
I've never seen anyone work real Heraldry references in to a game before. A little research can make your effort unique! Heraldry was, after all, a very important part of historic "Heroes" lives.
Just a thought.
Peace.
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Post by The Smurf on Jul 29, 2005 10:23:41 GMT -5
i never come up with actual names for my weapons (i do Iron Sword, Bronze Sword, etc) but spell names are always fun:
Fire:
Hell Pyre
Raging Inferno
Satanic Circle
Obliteration
Water:
Tsunami
Neptune's (or Poseidon) Wrath
Bubble Jet
Geyser
Thunder:
Indignation (all credit to Tales of Symphonia)
Circuit Wave
Zeus's Rage
...uh, Thunder is very difficult
Earth:
Faultline
Armageddon
Landslide
...and then there's the cliched "Earthquake"
you can also go to freedict.com
they have online dictionaries for a bunch of languages, and you can type in words and stuff, combine pieces of words from other languages and make some really interesting names (for characters, spells, anything)
hope that helps.
-the smurf
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Post by BloodKnight on Jul 29, 2005 10:31:31 GMT -5
Huh? Oh, I was just trying to be helpful; that's how I came up with my names. And that's why I thanked ya, those links were helpful. And thank you to everyone else. I was already combining different languages and stuff when I thought of spell names, but I didn't want people to be totally confused so I just used the first 3-4 letters of a foreign language, and then just slap on a word that sounded cool. A great example of this- A thunder spell, Orag-enta(language derived on the left, cool word on the right). I'll be making use of the suggestions here as well, and now my credits have more than 3 lines in it. Thanks again guys. ;D |
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I'll do my best with those, thanks.