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| Well the only things that I could
be considered good at are photoshop and writing,
so if there is anything I can do tell me where
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Just work on stuff you'd like to see. Even if it's not
picked for the game, it's still something and will be
useful and entertaining nonetheless. You can make stuff
that's already posted that you'd like to see differently,
or things that haven't been thought of yet. Since you
say you're good at PS, you could simply color works
that others haven't gotten around to coloring. I for
one, am really bad at leaving my drawings uncolored.
Heheheh.
On another note, Straz, you should post your outline
so other people can get an idea of how it looks. We
also might want to tweak a few things. It would also
get a lot of the work off your shoulders by allowing
the other writers to work on other pieces of the story.
Just a thought I had.
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Sounds like a plan, when I get home tonight, Ill check the
database Citrus made to see what still needs coloring. And
if Straz is interested in conceptual editing I would be glad
to help out there (my grammar is horrid). |
What timing! I'm finally back, and I just read everything that I
missed. Some great ideas floating around here.
First, Buzzy beetles MUST have 6 legs. They wouldn't be classified
as an insect if they didn't.
Second, I like the Starry Caves ideas. I'll work that in.
As far as Magikoopas, they've been planned for. They are actually
quite instrumental in the story as far as bring Mario and his peeps
over. Remember that I haven't specified a time frame of how much
MK time passed between the 3 being drawn over. If you think Peach
should appear in the MK well before Mario, she does. A little help
with the whole time-space idea would be appreciated.
I also had an idea for warp pipes. They aren't warps at all, but
actually the Mushroom Kingdom Warp Transit, or a subway system.
They have the Mushroom Line, which runs N-S, the Flower Line, E-W,
Star Line, NE-SW, and the Royal Line, NW-SE, which runs directly
into the MK capital city from the central station at Star Hill.
It's a logical representation of the warp pipes. The entrances could
be green with arched ceilings for a nostaligic effect.
As far as an outline, I'm working on getting a good detailed one
written up. I'm having to hand-write everything at the moment, since
this computer I'm using right now is about to die. I'm going to
get a laptop tomorrow in Knoxville, so process with the script will
pick up quite a bit, despite the fact that I started classes again
last night.
As far as Mario starting out good, he does. If you read the script
that I have so far, you can tell that Mario has a lot of good in
him, he's just angry inside about Luigi's success and his own failure.
You can tell he really loves Pauline, and you'll see exactly how
much in an upcoming scene. I'm trying to go for the mental scariness
rather than the physical type, so Luigi's involvement in the story
is going to get a little more complicated. He's going to appear
a lot less, but what he tells and shows Mario is going to be severely
screwed up. The next couple of scenes that are nearly written give
us the first mention of Shy Guys, an idea of where Pauline could
be, and our first glimpse into the fragility of the MK government.
Once I get in the mood, I'll definitely write up a better outline
for you guys. I'm rather certain it'll only need a few changes.
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Kamoh
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| Straziante Synthesized wrote: |
| CTcronoboy wrote: |
| Bean wrote: |
| CTcronoboy wrote: |
| Well the only things that
I could be considered good at are photoshop
and writing, so if there is anything I can
do tell me where to go. |
Just work on stuff you'd like to see. Even if
it's not picked for the game, it's still something
and will be useful and entertaining nonetheless.
You can make stuff that's already posted that
you'd like to see differently, or things that
haven't been thought of yet. Since you say you're
good at PS, you could simply color works that
others haven't gotten around to coloring. I for
one, am really bad at leaving my drawings uncolored.
Heheheh.
On another note, Straz, you should post your outline
so other people can get an idea of how it looks.
We also might want to tweak a few things. It would
also get a lot of the work off your shoulders
by allowing the other writers to work on other
pieces of the story. Just a thought I had.
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Sounds like a plan, when I get home tonight, Ill check
the database Citrus made to see what still needs coloring.
And if Straz is interested in conceptual editing I would
be glad to help out there (my grammar is horrid). |
What timing! I'm finally back, and I just read everything
that I missed. Some great ideas floating around here.
First, Buzzy beetles MUST have 6 legs. They wouldn't be classified
as an insect if they didn't. |
Buzzy Beetles aren't really insects, or at least I've never thought
of them that way. Koopas, Buzzy Beetles, Spinies, Hammer Bros...I've
always thought of them as a kind of turtle. Buzzy beetles just have
a hard black shell.
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Second, I like the Starry Caves ideas. I'll work that in.
As far as Magikoopas, they've been planned for. They are actually
quite instrumental in the story as far as bring Mario and
his peeps over. Remember that I haven't specified a time frame
of how much MK time passed between the 3 being drawn over.
If you think Peach should appear in the MK well before Mario,
she does. A little help with the whole time-space idea would
be appreciated.
I also had an idea for warp pipes. They aren't warps at all,
but actually the Mushroom Kingdom Warp Transit, or a subway
system. They have the Mushroom Line, which runs N-S, the Flower
Line, E-W, Star Line, NE-SW, and the Royal Line, NW-SE, which
runs directly into the MK capital city from the central station
at Star Hill. It's a logical representation of the warp pipes.
The entrances could be green with arched ceilings for a nostaligic
effect.
As far as an outline, I'm working on getting a good detailed
one written up. I'm having to hand-write everything at the
moment, since this computer I'm using right now is about to
die. I'm going to get a laptop tomorrow in Knoxville, so process
with the script will pick up quite a bit, despite the fact
that I started classes again last night.
As far as Mario starting out good, he does. If you read the
script that I have so far, you can tell that Mario has a lot
of good in him, he's just angry inside about Luigi's success
and his own failure. You can tell he really loves Pauline,
and you'll see exactly how much in an upcoming scene. I'm
trying to go for the mental scariness rather than the physical
type, so Luigi's involvement in the story is going to get
a little more complicated. He's going to appear a lot less,
but what he tells and shows Mario is going to be severely
screwed up. The next couple of scenes that are nearly written
give us the first mention of Shy Guys, an idea of where Pauline
could be, and our first glimpse into the fragility of the
MK government. Once I get in the mood, I'll definitely write
up a better outline for you guys. I'm rather certain it'll
only need a few changes. |
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Straziante
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Well, I feel we have enough reptiles.
We need to have a bigger variety of native wildlife. Sure, the Koopas
could be aliens or what-have-you, but there had to be animals of
some sort in the MK before the Koopas arrived. I think we should
have some wild canines and felines, and some other mammals as well.
Wild animals generally stay away from humans, so we could include
them, but not actually use them as main enemies.
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Bean
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And that's exactly what my buzzy
beetle is. It doesn't have
to be an insect to be called a beetle. A koala isn't a bear and
yet they're called bears. This place is, as Luigi put it, "a whole
new world." There's no reason things need to be classified in the
same way that they are here on earth. Buzzy beetles, as far as I
can tell by the sprites and such, have only four legs, so that's
the way I drew them. Besides, the legs are the only things reptilian
about them, and they're generally covered up by the shell.
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Straziante
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It's your pic. You've decided for
us. Works for me!
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friendlyHunter
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Apparently strawberries aren't
berries, but bananas are. So I don't think that the beetle's name
should necesarily show the number of legs. Although there's nothing
whrong with a six legged buzzy beetle, we've already got some cool
goombas with four legs.
Anyway, I think there should be real SMB pipes. Like sewer pipes
and stuff, they'd be all under the cities, but they'd show above
ground more than in human cities. They're also big, so toads can
go in them for maintainance, but tall enough that toad kids can't
climb up them. Maybe they're made out of green metal, or metal that
turns green like the statue of liberty. Or painted green, just like
painted fire hydrants. Actually, some unpainted shiny metallic pipes
would look kinda cool too...
The transportation system thing could simply be another use for
the toads' sewers, the toads use "underground" levels to travel
long distances. Maybe they were going to house a big subway, but
they collapsed/got bombed, and now they're infested by goombas and
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Straziante
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Apparently strawberries aren't berries, but
bananas are. So I don't think that the beetle's name should
necesarily show the number of legs. Although there's nothing
whrong with a six legged buzzy beetle, we've already got some
cool goombas with four legs.
Anyway, I think there should be real SMB pipes. Like sewer
pipes and stuff, they'd be all under the cities, but they'd
show above ground more than in human cities. They're also
big, so toads can go in them for maintainance, but tall enough
that toad kids can't climb up them. Maybe they're made out
of green metal, or metal that turns green like the statue
of liberty. Or painted green, just like painted fire hydrants.
Actually, some unpainted shiny metallic pipes would look kinda
cool too...
The transportation system thing could simply be another use
for the toads' sewers, the toads use "underground" levels
to travel long distances. Maybe they were going to house a
big subway, but they collapsed/got bombed, and now they're
infested by goombas and pirahna plants. |
I wasn't looking for a way to use the underground properties of
the warp pipes, but the actual travel aspect. I agree that there
should be sewers, which are infested with enemies. But the idea
of having to trek by foot across the continent to go talk to someone
cos you forgot something just irks me. After a certain point in
the game, a quicker travel means should be available.
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friendlyHunter
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| Maybe instead of subway cars, they
use subway BOATS in partially water-filled pipes with swift currents.
Just an idea... |
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How about at some point Mario acquires
a raft or something with which has has to traverse an underground
sewer system full of rapids, waterfalls and such (think mini cart
scene from Indiana Jones Temple of Doom for an idea on speed and
danger level)?
This idea actually occurs in a mild form in the SMB universe. In
SMB2 you have the waterfalls (I think already in the first level)
where logs fall down the waterfall. From there it's not really a
large step to white-water sewer rafting.
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CTcronoboy
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| Straziante Synthesized wrote: |
| CTcronoboy wrote: |
| Bean wrote: |
| CTcronoboy wrote: |
| Well the only things that
I could be considered good at are photoshop
and writing, so if there is anything I can
do tell me where to go. |
Just work on stuff you'd like to see. Even if
it's not picked for the game, it's still something
and will be useful and entertaining nonetheless.
You can make stuff that's already posted that
you'd like to see differently, or things that
haven't been thought of yet. Since you say you're
good at PS, you could simply color works that
others haven't gotten around to coloring. I for
one, am really bad at leaving my drawings uncolored.
Heheheh.
On another note, Straz, you should post your outline
so other people can get an idea of how it looks.
We also might want to tweak a few things. It would
also get a lot of the work off your shoulders
by allowing the other writers to work on other
pieces of the story. Just a thought I had.
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Sounds like a plan, when I get home tonight, Ill check
the database Citrus made to see what still needs coloring.
And if Straz is interested in conceptual editing I would
be glad to help out there (my grammar is horrid). |
Stuff that doesnt coinside with above quotes |
So do you want any help? I didnt see a direct answer out of the
post.
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DarkMagnus
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| Straz, are you ever going to get
on Yahoo? I've been dying to read those new scripts! |
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1link-jing1
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Wart from SM 2:
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carra
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| friendlyHunter wrote: |
| Anyway, I think there should be real SMB pipes.
Like sewer pipes and stuff, they'd be all under the cities,
but they'd show above ground more than in human cities. They're
also big, so toads can go in them for maintainance, but tall
enough that toad kids can't climb up them. Maybe they're made
out of green metal, or metal that turns green like the statue
of liberty. Or painted green, just like painted fire hydrants.
Actually, some unpainted shiny metallic pipes would look kinda
cool too... |
Careful!! We have not spoken yet about the concept of a city in
Mushroom Kingdom. If we think of a city similar to human ones, we
could end in a world much like SMB the movie. |
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Bean
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That's a very nice Wart there,
1link-jing1. He's got a very sophisticated, and regal sense about
him. Quite different from some of the other designs and thoughts
on him. If we're adding the Magikoopas into the story, and they
do indeed worship Wart, that pic would make a really cool relief
in one of their ceremonial chambers or possibly two statues of them
facing a central alter with elaborate patterns on the bases or something.
| carra wrote: |
| friendlyHunter wrote: |
| Anyway, I think there should be real SMB
pipes. Like sewer pipes and stuff, they'd be all under
the cities, but they'd show above ground more than in
human cities. They're also big, so toads can go in them
for maintainance, but tall enough that toad kids can't
climb up them. Maybe they're made out of green metal,
or metal that turns green like the statue of liberty.
Or painted green, just like painted fire hydrants. Actually,
some unpainted shiny metallic pipes would look kinda
cool too... |
Careful!! We have not spoken yet about the concept of a city
in Mushroom Kingdom. If we think of a city similar to human
ones, we could end in a world much like SMB the movie. |
Good advise. We're definately gonna have to keep that in mind. I'd
hate this to be considered another SMB movie.
Alright, I have another picture... only it's Electronic Samurai's.
He asked me to make him a sig image so I colored his thwomp.
I figured they'd basically be one solid color. I chose a blueish-gray
because it would obviously be the best for hiding amongst cave and
dungeon walls, not to mention that's the color they were in the
games.
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Specter
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Hey, I just had an idea for the
shyguys. They could be like the KKK of the MK, but to an extreme.
They're toads who are obsessed with the idea of toad supremacy,
and they will kill/attack anything that is not a toad. That way,
we could have them as sorta-allies and enemies, since they would
be trying to kill the Koopas as well. Think like the Sentinels in
Halo; they would attack you, but they would also attack the Flood.
this is just kind of a random comment, so feel free to ignore it,
or not use it.
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Thanks!
If you wish, you can add some of the
new stuff at Downthepipe as well 
I hadn't drawn any bullet yet since
I had no ideas to make tha classic "bullet bills" a bit scary, but
your robotic style bullet is just what I was looking for. Of course
I can make some small modifications on the cannon mechanism if we
need them.
