wow, this really looks something out of this world
I used to love watching Red Dwarf but it has been ages since I last watched the show. I even forgot the "smeg it up" signature joke. I guess it's time to pick up the DVDs.
But enough with the small talk.
Right now you're doing the animations from the different characters, but after you finish it... what will come of it? Is this just a Fallout with Red Dwarf characters animations?
What I mean is, IMO unless it captures RD atmosphere (including the good dialog with good jokes) I suspect people will play it for 15 minutes and put it aside because it won't be a RD game, it will just be a FO mod that uses RD animations.
So IMO any help in terms of dialog, jokes, quests, should be looked into.
I know nothing of artwork/graphics, but you seem to be talented and also working hard on this, and you also said that you're doing this to learn something new... but there is so much that can be done that accepting contributions wouldn't deprive you from that, and you could still do a bit of everything and also choose what goes in and what stays out, so that nobody smegs it up.
Things that come to mind, designing maps for other parts of the spaceship, maps for locations at other planets, drawing new items, extracting sfx from the series, writing, rewriting, scratching it and writing again, reviewing the writing...
For the moment, I think you should define a short term goal for the mod, for example design a small quest that would recreate (maybe with a twist) some area/event recognizable from the series... aiming at 1 or 2h of gameplay.
This way you could make a plan on what needs to be done (graphics, animations, maps, dialogs, scripts, etc) instead of doing whatever comes to mind without a specific objective.
Just my 0.02€, take it for what it's worth. Hope you don't think I'm trying to lecture anyone here
Looking forward for this mod to see this one see the light of day.
BTW, you probably already know, but you can find several wallpapers here that you can use as the main menu or loading screens.
I used to love watching Red Dwarf but it has been ages since I last watched the show. I even forgot the "smeg it up" signature joke. I guess it's time to pick up the DVDs.
But enough with the small talk.
Right now you're doing the animations from the different characters, but after you finish it... what will come of it? Is this just a Fallout with Red Dwarf characters animations?
What I mean is, IMO unless it captures RD atmosphere (including the good dialog with good jokes) I suspect people will play it for 15 minutes and put it aside because it won't be a RD game, it will just be a FO mod that uses RD animations.
So IMO any help in terms of dialog, jokes, quests, should be looked into.
I know nothing of artwork/graphics, but you seem to be talented and also working hard on this, and you also said that you're doing this to learn something new... but there is so much that can be done that accepting contributions wouldn't deprive you from that, and you could still do a bit of everything and also choose what goes in and what stays out, so that nobody smegs it up.
Things that come to mind, designing maps for other parts of the spaceship, maps for locations at other planets, drawing new items, extracting sfx from the series, writing, rewriting, scratching it and writing again, reviewing the writing...
For the moment, I think you should define a short term goal for the mod, for example design a small quest that would recreate (maybe with a twist) some area/event recognizable from the series... aiming at 1 or 2h of gameplay.
This way you could make a plan on what needs to be done (graphics, animations, maps, dialogs, scripts, etc) instead of doing whatever comes to mind without a specific objective.
Just my 0.02€, take it for what it's worth. Hope you don't think I'm trying to lecture anyone here
Looking forward for this mod to see this one see the light of day.
BTW, you probably already know, but you can find several wallpapers here that you can use as the main menu or loading screens.