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From time to time, I will consciously put some thought into what we could do with Headshot to make it a better/more interesting place. Apparently, as we had the opportunity to realise in previous discussions, we all sink towards the same thinking; "What now?" --We have all been hanging together for great while and that's been great fun. I was seventeen/eighteen when most of you first spoke to me. I am 21 now. You make the math.

Not only do we have the cheer will and drive to do something, as we also have the talent. I consider myself active in the art field, as I'm constantly trying to improve my skills and keeping a regular pace so that I never get rusty and take on a loss of skill. I do slack down sometimes, but not as often as I do otherwise. Dennis suggested a T-Shirt business. It was a nice idea, but hardly doable without being too much of a burden to either me or Dennis himself; as we are probably the most knowledge in Photoshop within the community.

I defy you all to bring forth the goodness of brainstorming. Go for it. Chill some ideas on your head and share them up. If we end up coming with a good idea and decide to take it as a project, better even! It would be great to have the old fellas reuniting now, wouldn't it?


You know you want it.

Quadruple board Monopoly. Call it Quadropoly. The worlds longest game just got 4 times longer.

Seriously though, Dann brings up something good. We always come together towards one idea, kind of melt away, come back and ask about what to do. Thinking of some 'project' would be fun mainly because I'm basing this off of working with everyone on mAAp.

As for a 'project', this is a pretty critical part. I originally suggested a t-shirt business because I knew we all had some design sense and way to realize our ideas onto a shirt wouldn't be too hard. But the actual realizing would be between Dann and myself, hmm.

We could try and meditate everyday until we can nonlocally communicate with each other. That'd be pretty fucking rad.

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While I totally agree with Dann and Blueblaster about remembering mAAp and how that project brought us all together and was extremely fun, I don't know what the replacement is. Outside of UnrealEd 2, I have really no skills that would go good towards an online project. Not to mention I become a complete controlling and demanding class a a-hole when joined in a project

I am starting a programing (C++ and other stuff) and a web development class on monday so I'll contribute what ever I can to what ever project this community comes up with. I like Deltas idea of our own game. Some thing based off the ue2 engine. Not sure what type of game it would be but I think its a good idea and I'll try and think up some thing for it.

Ive got it. The game. We remake Red Dawn as a game! If you haven't seen the movie you really need to.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087985/

For my part I could at least get a script going. And possibly work out some screen play for cut scene's.
Single player would be the story line from the movie and multi-play(if we did one) would be wolverines v. russians/cubans in various deathmatch/tdm/ctf modes.

Delta, you talk like you aren't developing a game Why not use yours?

Dann, you know me too well But, I might be willing to learn a new engine if it means more success and fun than mAAp was.

This is just my opinion (as with any other post I make) so take it for what you want.

The funnest games/game styles I've played are the following:
Half Life 2 - This game brought a lot to the table. It is a FPS but mixed in with a sci-fi but believable story-line. Physics is a big part in the game and indeed a very big part of why I enjoy it. The lesson here is physics and story-line.
Medal of Honor Airborne - What made this game great were the effects and the high level of realism. There were a lot of goosebumps moments. While we can't do such a thorough job in realism, there's a lot to learn from the effects.
Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway - The campaign for this game was so-so. What made it excellent for me was the gameplay. It was regular FPS with added 3rd person view and some commanding. I generally hate strategy games but the mix on this game was just perfect.

I know, even if I can't code worth a crap or use another engine to save my life, I can at least provide ideas. I've been around the block, so to speak, with games.

Thanks for the input, guys. A few things, though:

1# Who is willing to work on this project and what forms the Development Team?
2# Who is responsible for what (roughly) and what needs to be learned?
3# What kind of game are we onto and how to make it special?
4# Hint to a name for the project?



My answers are as follow:

1# I am. The Development Team should, in my humble opinion, remain open at this point in time. I believe that, once the concept of the game has been discussed, recruiting possible interested developers might be an easier job. Once there's a story-line, a concept, and a fair great deal of details and remnants of our intentions, people will show motivation towards helping this coming out of the ground (I hope!).

2# I would not mind being responsible for the project as a whole and its structure (i.e:. the story-line, the characters enhancement, the visuals, design and illustrative duties, art work, as well as any graphic-related aspect, sound effects, image treatment, and so on) I might have to learn more of 3D to be as helpful as I want/expect myself to be, though.

3# I think enriching the experience of FPS is a must. Curiously, I also happen to be a big fan of war [live!] strategy (different from the usual strategy/roleplay war-game) . In other words, command your own team/squad, team play, advanced and enhanced game experience, accurate and detailed game statistics, mentally-demanding missions, implementation of physics to the closest to reality we can, and the list goes on. We don't want to get too much on the player's way, but we want for each of his gaming sessions to feel different; innovative and non-cyclical. I also fancy the idea of creating a game where you vest the vessel and life of your own character, and evolve further on the game by taking trainings, set records, attend army/strategic school, are able to buy your own gear (weapons, grenades, bulletproof jackets, etc) --Basically, a realistic game in which the story mode can take as many routes as your options allows them to. Sounds complex, but not impossible.

4# No clue; Classy Rebels just popped into my mind. Then again, no clue why.