A CBG Visual Novel

[SDragon]

The setting would have to be something that has computers, as Brainface is a brain in a jar hooked up directly to a huge network of computers.

<OmegaLimit> I am thinking maybe for Steerpike, he could match that pic he posted quite a bit
<OmegaLimit> but in darker conditions he starts to look more ghoulish
<OmegaLimit> maybe a Dr. Jekyl/Mr. Hyde thing
<Ghoti> hm
<Ghoti> maybe he could be both of his suggestions
<OmegaLimit> Anthro fish seems more Polycarp's calling
<Ghoti> yeah, true
<Ghoti> I'm thinking Brainface would be a fairly straightforward design
<OmegaLimit> we could play with that quite a bit
<OmegaLimit> brainface would be a brain-in-a-jar
<OmegaLimit> possibly a very happy one
<OmegaLimit> anthropomorphize the brain itself so that it has two eyes and a mouth
<OmegaLimit> he can have a link to an extensive computer network that can not only communicate with everyone quickly and efficiently and gives him considerable power over our social ability

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<OmegaLimit> hmm
<OmegaLimit> can't figure out of the Jekyl/Hyde thing would be better for Steerpike or the shadow transformation thing
<OmegaLimit> Maybe a combination
<OmegaLimit> Jekyl/Hyde is maybe not so appropriate as he needs to have control
<Ghoti> a combination would work
<OmegaLimit> And Jack of Hearts is probably a walking card constantly talking in haiku or some other similar form?
<OmegaLimit> lol
<Jack_of_Hearts> I'm a what now
<OmegaLimit> Doing some sort of "CBG visual novel" featuring personalities from the site, all of whom have exaggerated characteristics representing them
<Ghoti> iambic meter?
<OmegaLimit> possibly
<Ghoti> and a cup of coffee and/or beret
<Ghoti> for that extra beat appeal
<OmegaLimit> Stylized Jack of Hearts character from the card, wearing a beret and talking in iambic?
<OmegaLimit> epic

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<OmegaLimit> Nomadic I am also having a hard time with
<OmegaLimit> leaning towards going with some sort of wizardly/sheepherder thing
<OmegaLimit> maybe something like Orion too
<OmegaLimit> in reference to his nick
<Ghoti> I was thinking maybe something along the lines of a mountain man
<Ghoti> walking stick is a definite must

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<Jack_of_Hearts> I don't own a beret
<Vreeg_GM> attitude
<Jack_of_Hearts> I don't know what you're doing
<Vreeg_GM> But the leather pants and bottles of wine are a go
<OmegaLimit> You don't own a beret, and I'm not of equine form

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<~isomage> isobarbie says "Climate modeling is hard! Let's go drinking!"
<OmegaLimit> ...I just figured out what isomage can be in the visual novel
<fudgebob> what? :)
<~isomage> indeed.  what?
<OmegaLimit> See Ghoti's earlier talk of a visual novel/CBG game
<~isomage> and by that I mean "huh?"
<OmegaLimit> isomage, you can be a ken doll with a sweet laptop and possibly wearing a t-shirt with a mandelbrot set on it
<~isomage> that sounds a little ghey
<~isomage> how about a supers RPG instead?
<OmegaLimit> things are supposed to be exaggerated
<~isomage> awesomehorse is like.. the equine equivalent to superman
<~isomage> a bulletproof, flying horse with heat vision
<OmegaLimit> but he must be a SCIENTIST
<~isomage> sure.. in his secret identity he's a nobel prize-winning horse chemist or something
<OmegaLimit> hmmm
<OmegaLimit> agreed
<~isomage> if superman can hide in plain sight with glasses, then I'm sure nobody would put 2 and 2 together and realize that the world's only talking horse is a superhero horse
<OmegaLimit> Definitely not
<~isomage> fudgebob has magical pants with pockets that are always full of dice.  Just not always the dice he wants...
* fudgebob knows isomage took the choice dice :(
<~isomage> yeah.  I'm a probability wizard, and I gave you the sorcerous pants
<~isomage> but they're useful.  like, if you're being chased, and you reach in and pull out... a handful of d4!  caltrops!
<~isomage> you'd presumably have some natural fudge-related powers too
<fudgebob> caltrops rule!

Looks like it's a Supers setting!

Maybe the PC could be a new recruit to the Guild?

[SDragon]

I've added a status for each character; if you're on the list, your character is either requested (by you), suggested (by someone else), or confirmed (to be in the game, as of the current development stage).

I've already started working on scripting the game, declaring the characters, and providing some sample dialogue for most of them. Fortunately, this can be done independently of actual artwork. Once we can think of some actual in-story lines for each character, I'll remove their lines in the sample dialogue.

[St0nE]

If you need some sort of guy who is part of a government conspiracy, feel free to use me (the character Stone). A good description would be a average looking man in a black suit and mirrorshades. Take off the shades though... and you deal with some psychic weirdness.

[SDragon]

Agent Stone, it is. What do you think of being a double agent, seemingly working with the protagonists, but secretly helping out The Fiend?

[Age of Fable]

When I read the title of this thread I thought it'd be a computer adaptation of people's settings.

I'd be interested in that (I've done a game of this type here) - so if anyone came here with the same misconception as me, maybe they can PM me or reply.

[SDragon]

Actually, I had thought once of making a DooM II mod based on a setting, but that kind of fell through. If someone wanted to write a storyline for a text adventure (similar to yours) for their setting, I'd be able to see if I could write up the code for that, too.

[St0nE]

Agent Stone, it is. What do you think of being a double agent, seemingly working with the protagonists, but secretly helping out The Fiend?

depends on the nature of the fiend... If it is blatantly supernatural, not likely work for the fiend. If the fiend is more human, especially something in high levels of his organization/government, he'd likely obey, but not follow blindly. I could also be helping and not know it either... basically played as the mook.

[Steerpike]

If you wanted to incorporate me I could be a villain with a fondness for overly purple prose.  The character Steerpike in Goremenghast was burnt badly at one point so that could also be a trait; he also carries (and is skilled with) a swordcane, and is a skilled poison-maker and schemer.  Maybe a lietuenant of the Fiend working secretly to undermine him and seize power for himself???  Just random thoughts.

[Kindling]

This is a pretty awesome idea. Good luck with it :)

[Age of Fable]

The engine we'd be using is RenPy, even if only because it's so damned easy to work with. If you feel like volunteering anything-- character ideas, storyline, artwork, anything-- please speak up. I'd like to see what can be done with this!

Quest Markup Language lets you make something anyone can play through a browser, which renpy doesn't seem to do.

Alternatively, I released the source code of my game as Creative Commons. I could make a custom version that did the things you wanted your game to do.

[Xeviat]

Can I be the enegmatic, but frequently abscent, founder?

[SDragon]

The engine we'd be using is RenPy, even if only because it's so damned easy to work with. If you feel like volunteering anything-- character ideas, storyline, artwork, anything-- please speak up. I'd like to see what can be done with this!

Quest Markup Language lets you make something anyone can play through a browser, which renpy doesn't seem to do.

Alternatively, I released the source code of my game as Creative Commons. I could make a custom version that did the things you wanted your game to do.

QML is a language to define station-based text-adventures

This isn't really what I was thinking with this game, unfortunately. I'm not against text adventures, and I'm willing to help people if they want to create their own, but that isn't what this project is.

[SDragon]

This is a pretty awesome idea. Good luck with it :)

Thanks! y'know, this project could use an artist or two...

[SDragon]

Steerpike shall be willowy. That is, associated with willows. Maybe for a background design, there could be a grove of willows near a cabbage patch? Possibly at night?

[Nomadic]

Steerpike shall be willowy. That is, associated with willows. Maybe for a background design, there could be a grove of willows near a cabbage patch? Possibly at night?

Make sure they are bare of all leaf and whisper strange things in the night. Perhaps they also bear a sap that makes anyone who drinks it see visions of distant realities dancing on the edge of oblivion.