Hiya punks, i'm making a spiffy little fan-game based off the Fizzball comic thats in the back of the Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway collection. If you got any suggestions on the "interface" or features of the game, do tell. Nothing 3D please, or difficult:bored: (I don't wanna be doin' too much work).
For those who haven't read the Fizzball comic:
The basic premise is to chuck a beer can and have the other person hit it with an axe handle (or a primitive looking stick), and have it explode. I'm drawing a blank on how i want to do this, i could use some ideas.:D
I hope you dont have problems with LEC
Ditto.... all that work would be for nothing.
don't worry about it, i looked some stuff up. there's a "Fair Usage" something-or-rather law. Its like drawing interactive fan-art (bad example, but it'll work)
What are you using to do it?
well that all depends on the interface of the game, which i'll decide after i get some suggestions
Power bar, direction, difficulty, isometric.
Point, Click, 2D, Adventure.
i don't think i need direction. I was kinda thinking of one bar that moves up and down really fast, and when you click it stops. And where it stops determines what kind of explosion the beer can makes. In the comic there are "Fizzball Phenomenon" which are different explosions, i thought i'd use those somehow. or something like that.
adventure? how would i do that?:confused:
You are on a quest for the perfect exploding beer can, which involves a zany story and cast of characters.
i was kind of hoping for it to be a dinky baseball-ish game
<fade in>
Crash, the all time Fizzball champion of the world is troubled. He can't find the perfect explosion. That, and someone has stolen his famed bludgeoning stick, used on such fizzball hall of famers such as the infamous beer can of skelter drive, and the whisky bott le behind the Timbly Tumble Laundromat. On his quest to retrive his famous can whooper, and the perfect explosion, he comes along a zany cast of characters such as Hung Over Hamster, and Blip, the fat out of work window washer who still has a fear of squeejeez (yea, it's the wrong spelling, sue me). Along his way Crash comes across many different cans and bashing objects, along with an arsenal of enemies, obstructions, and side quests.
<fade out>
Or you could just do a 2d game with a different explosion based upon 3 factors. Your power, where you hit the can, and what you hit it with.
hehe. I like the last one, because its easy
Damn, I was hoping someone could do the previous because I have a good idea for it, but too lazy to make it happen.
maybe i'll do it as a sequel:D
But Sequels are so hard to market!
It would be illegal to sell it anyway
Not if you replace the word Fizzball with Splooshball.
but that would suck, and it wouldn't be a fan-game anymore
what about sam & max? should i change them to Mam & Sax?
so you have no more creative insight ito how the game should work etc..., Setion?
yeah, the stinky baseball-ish thing
Think I've said most everything. Possibly different cans too.
different cans, hmmmm. That's not bad, i'll write that down.
I hope you dont have problems with LEC
Why would he have problems with LEC? They don't have the license anymore.. Infinite Machine is developing the new game with Steve Purcell. It's his license..
That and he's not selling it.
I was going to say something along those lines, too. Also, the game isn't based on anything from Hit the Road; it'd be based on one of the comics, so LEC really wouldn't have any grounds to stop it.
Originally posted by Setion
You are on a quest for the perfect exploding beer can, which involves a zany story and cast of characters.
The perfect exploding beer can.... reminds me of the Duff can in the Simpsons... where Bart puts it in the paint mixing shaking thinger... then sets it up for Homer as an April Fool's Day gag lol I love that episode.
Any fan game will be good enough for me!
Draw this yellow circle.... alright, still with me? Righty-O! Make a maze and put dots in it. Have the yellow circle eat dots! Sweet moose! And then ghosts chase him! Ghosts with funny names like "blinky!" I don't want it to have anything to do with chocolate syrup or children.
i think thats been doen before. Its called "Space invaders" or something
Pacwoman gives me nightmares.
she's too much woman for you, huh?
It's a ****ing circle with lipstick.
Yeah, but you know what those lips were made to do don't you?
Eh? Eh?
eat pellets.
PLEASE SOMEONE GIVE ME A REAL IDEA HERE!!!
Plates made entirely out of laffy taffy.
ok, i started making it. Its gonna be a side view dinky power-bar thingy. you'll see it when its done. Its gonna have a kick ass Starting FMV movie (a rip-off of the Cowboy Bebop starting, for all you Adult swim fans).
Actually this might take a while longer that i though. BECAUSE SOME STUPID PEICE OF **** PUT A VIRUS ON MY COMPUTER, AND THE HARD DISK WAS ERASED!!!!!!!!!!!! But it'll still get done.
$10 says you put it on your computer yourself.
Let me just reaffirm my support for your project, Sheaday. I wasn't sure if I made this clear, but I really want this to get made! Good luck.
Also: Great suggestions Shmargin!
that is a good suggestion, and you're not so far from what it actually is gonna be like. Its a side view, with max on one end holding the bat...er...axe handle and sam on the other shaking up the can or beer. When you press start a "power bar" will come up near Sam, and it moves up and down pretty fast. The point is for you to click so it stops as close to the middle as possible. The closer to the middle, the better the hit. But there is also a power bar on max's side that gives you a chance to get as close to sam's point on his power bar as possible. If both are in the middle You get a good hit, if they're close but not even and somewhat near the middle you get an ok hit, etc... And for later levels, i was gonna change the setting and make the power bars move faster. But for harder levels after that, One of the characters will be blindfolded, and you have only one power bar and a lower percentage of getting a hit. I hope that sounds fun :D
You guys can suggest minor additions to that, but thats the general jist of the game. DID I MENTION THE KICK-ASS STARTING MOVIE???
don't worry about the sounds. Thats one aspect of the game i got down! I have found a really great side where you cans earch the internet for sound effects. And i've ripped some of the sounds from Sam & Max Hit the Road, Day of the Tentacle, and even Curse of Monkey Island.
KERSPLASH
You forgot the most best part, let it be like this on 2 player: who ever is pitching (make it sam or max too, so you get different taunts and stuff going back and forth) can hold down a key next to the key they would hit to stop the power bar, and well, if you hold down the key or if you push the key down before hitting the power bar hit, the am will be off and it will hit somewhere on the body, so you can put bandages on and stuff. Also let the batter be able to deflect it so it bounces off and hits the pitcher. Id really love to see that too, plus its another bar: health, hehe, so you could have bosses and stuff. NOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE FUN!! :sam: & :max: