O&M Video Game - REVIVED TOPIC

[Baconsticks]

The problem with making games is that, as you've discovered over the course of these 10 pages, nobody ever finishes them. Trust me, I'm a moderator at a Zelda fangame site that's existed since 2003. We get a couple of finished fangames a year, but usually nothing major. It takes a lot more time and effort than people think to really make a decent game, or even a half-mediocre one.

What you see in Mercury Madness is the result of hours upon hours of work put into my Link Maze game (http://linkmaze.vze.com), then a few more hours put into modifying it to fit the O&M theme. The level design was easy; it was the rest of the game logic that took forever. Now to be fair, part of the problem is that I used the whole thing as a learning experience in an attempt to learn how to use Game Maker, which definitely slowed things down. Even now I could probably only write a few lines of code by myself. In the end, Link Maze ended up as a gigantic compilation of other people's engines pieced together to resemble a half-decent minigame.

I guess the point is that any complex game is going to require more time and dedication than most people are willing to put forth. I've seen it time and time again at Zelda Fangame Central - people with tons of motivation to begin with, but after a month it fizzled out and died. Many a promising project has been lost to the graveyard after people simply lost interest in maintaining their games. We've got a community project going, people pooling their talents to try to make a large game, but as far as I know that really isn't going anywhere anymore.

I fully realize that my game isn't the greatest. The graphics need a complete overhaul, the concept is weak, and the gameplay is short. However, it did take a lot of time to make, even if it doesn't appear that way at first. Looking at version 2 or 3 of Link Maze, the fact that it was able to transform into Mercury Madness is actually quite extraordinary.

I know what you mean. I still have an unfinished Doom WAD somewhere.

[CptRaccoon]

You wite many about a O&M video game, but where is the game? I don't found it on a page. Can you tell me please wehre is the game. At wich page?

[Sage]

You wite many about a O&M video game, but where is the game? I don't found it on a page. Can you tell me please wehre is the game. At wich page?

Hehe, I wish there was a Ozy and Millie game. However, the closest we've gotten so far are two games. One is a maze game, and the other is a sort of "click the enemies before they reach the center of the screen" sort of thing. If there's another game, I forgot about it :O.

Here's the "meditation game"
Here's the maze game

EDIT: Oh, y hello thar! WHy don't you head over to The Airport and introduce yourself there?

[Baconsticks]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

[Sage]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

That would be good, but what game would we make a mod for???

[osprey]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

That would be good, but what game would we make a mod for???

Doom 3

[Baconsticks]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

That would be good, but what game would we make a mod for???

Doom 3

YES.

[Foxhound]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

That would be good, but what game would we make a mod for???

Doom 3

YES.

What would you do, then?

[Baconsticks]

Here's an Idea:

How about a Mod Rather than a game?

That would be good, but what game would we make a mod for???

Doom 3

YES.

What would you do, then?

I've made many mods in the past, this will be a piece of cake.

If we go through with it, that is.

[Sage]

Ok, but what would be the plot? Who would make the models and textures? Can I has cheezburger?

[osprey]

LOL I was JK, but if you're going through with this, then AWESOME I will play it. I currently don't have the time to spare for a project like this, though I may down the road...perhaps in the summer.

[Baconsticks]

I don't have the time for it either.

[hdofu]

8 bit, lots of mini games like Locke's pirate adventure, lyndon's escape from dc race, millie's water balloon toss, and others to be announced