Topic: The Mayor: The Game (Read 18409 times)

Arc · « **on:** June 07, 2008, 06:46:29 PM »

Our hand has been forced.

We can top... That. In our own way, maybe not in the flashy eroge presentation way.

I'll understand if you will want to take a baseball bat to my skull for suggesting such a thing, but I think after so many years of our brainstorming, our writing, and our independent designing, it is time to pool resources and create a videogame.

Based on The Mayor.

As a spoof of JRPG's.

In episodic content.

I'm not promising big fat McMoney bucks, although I imagine a sponsor or two could be pulled in. However, I sense loads of raw talent in design, penmanship, and other venues here that are going untapped.

It would not only give The Mayor another lease on life, but also a clearer purpose, and possibly encompass more of our membership. The thought of a brash character, The Mayor (of the InterWeb), swinging in and out of brash adventures is a teasing image. JRPG's are known around here like the backs of our heads, and could employ plenty of terse writing, nonsensical items, and skillful self-insertion*. Episodic in nature, so that a short runtime can be justified, and new ideas can be implemented later.

Going for an amateur presentation angle could be apart of the appeal, with economical traits and every play in the book being used. Complete with "buggy" levels, meme monsters that need slaying, and catchphrases that will never catch on.

An episode zero, once constructed, could prove to our team if this is a feasible enough plan, if it needs reworking, or if best to never to hit episode one.

... That's my take. I'm 100% sympathetic to scheduling conflicts, disinterest, or just untrusting of me once again storming up another Project of Annoyance. It has just been screaming out to me as the more direct purpose of this community than even Snarky Website Hipsters. Could be wrong. This community may not have a purpose at all, but that obviously isn't stopping me from poking it with a stick to find out.

So, tell us your strengths, your concerns, your ideas, and your angles. Best to know if this is a worthwhile usage of our time, or complete drivel right out the gate. Best case scenario, a better method of attack, mode of play, or all-around superior idea comes to light. Worse case scenario: Bees.

EDIT: Art Concept By Lee-Ham / LaserBeing

Brentai · « **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2008, 06:53:39 PM »

I think at least two of us here are making JRPGs of their own already.

...the problem is going to be pulling them off their own ideas to work on yours.

Arc · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:03:05 PM »

Ours. Ours.

Kayin is working on his Metroidvania fighter (which I fully intend to provide services for), and Kazz is creating Pod, and... I'm out of the loop with everyone else.

Brentai · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:10:53 PM »

I think Kazz abandoned Pod. I was referring to myself with The Plot-Branching Game.

Classic · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:14:48 PM »

I thought Newbie had a persistent plot-branching NWN project...?

Arc · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:48:14 PM »

Hey, The Mayor can have branching! I mean, we are a room full of monkeys at a typewriter. And what is the most important aspect of a good Mayor? Outside of their piledriver?

Decision makin'!

Arc · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:53:08 PM »

Wait, no, I'm being informed it is actually alcohol tolerance.

Huh.

Brentai · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:54:11 PM »

I thought it was the 'stache.

Catloaf · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2008, 07:54:43 PM »

Well, it could work. But, I think that it would be best that we postpone any large amount of work on it until everyone is done with their own projects.

Also, if we did any real amount of plot branching, that would make episodic stuff kinda hard. "Oh. I'm sorry you took the left path instead of right, you have to wait for the next episode."

Arc · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2008, 08:03:24 PM »

I see it as helping, as we're now looking at a more manageable four hours of gameplay as opposed to forty. Loose threads could be created (to be started off in the next installment), but the episodic nature is more intended to keep productions short and the content fresh.

Kazz · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2008, 08:26:46 PM »

Quote from: Change it to Brentai on June 07, 2008, 07:10:53 PM

I think Kazz abandoned Pod.

Wrong!

I'm going to school! I've already planned a functioning (if not polished) multiplayer 3D Pod for my final project. You'll see it in Summer 2010!

So, Arc, that's my contribution timetable, unless you just want me to write silly dialogue. I am like some kind of silly dialogue machine.

Arc · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2008, 08:37:33 PM »

Whatever will make you bring back Captain Condom in some fashion, baby.

Kazz · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2008, 08:42:59 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rR37MxVQ7U

Koah · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2008, 09:52:57 PM »

...

Yeah, okay, gimme a couple days to come up with something. Anything you got in mind or should I just toss shit together and see what happens?

Arc · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2008, 09:58:01 PM »

I needed a twelve point scenario with three love interests and a fishing mini-game on my desk yesterday, O'Hax.

You. Are. Fired.

Also this is just an assessment stage, but the shit tossing will begin in earnest when appropriate.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2008, 10:39:14 PM »

... Magic needs to be based on the Mayor's sexual prowess.

Arc · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2008, 10:41:37 PM »

...

Yeah, gonna need four love interests, O'Hax.

Yesterday. Chop chop.

Brentai · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2008, 10:41:44 PM »

I. Departure - Disc 1
A. The Call to Adventure
  - The Mayor receives a phone call from ~~THE HERALD~~ Harold.
  - "Greetings, Mr. Mayor!" exclaims he, "We have kidnapped your daughter. You have A SYMBOLICALLY IMPORTANT NUMBER days to give us ~~THE CITY~~ Mayor City or we will VIOLENT ACTION THAT MAINTAINS AN E RATING her."
B. Refusal of the Call
  - "Who gives a fuck? The bitch didn't get into Harvard, anyway." Click.
C. Supernatural Aid
  - The Mayor meets Dr. Wright.
  - Dr. Wright suggests that lowering the rate of kidnappings in ~~THE CITY~~ Mayor City would improve The Mayor's standing with the citizenship.
- The Mayor realizes that he can directly lower the rate of kidnappings by rescuing his daughter.
- Dr. Wright complains that this is not what he meant, but goes along anyway.
D. The Crossing of the Threshhold
- The Mayor fights the ~~THRASHHOLD GUARDIAN~~ SOME BOSS.
- The Mayor enters The Slums.
E. The Belly of the Whale
- Two-hour long sewer dungeon with no bearing on the main plot goes here.
II. Initiation - Disc 2
A. The Road of Trials
  - The Mayor completes a meaningless fetch quest.
  - The Mayor completes another meaningless fetch quest.
   * A new character joins the party. He's black and has a gun.
  - The Mayor completes a third meaningless fetch quest.
   * A new character joins the party. She is spunky teenager with a heart of gold.
B. Sacred Marriage
  - GIRL WITH A HEART OF GOLD reveals that she was The Mayor's childhood friend.
  - HEART OF GOLD confesses her true love for The Mayor.
  - HOG sleeps with The Mayor.
  - Hog is killed by ~~THE MAIN BAD GUY~~ ~~THE MAYOR'S BROTHER~~ Royam.
C. Woman as Temptress
  - ROYAM'S BIG-BREASTED HENCHWOMAN has a change of heart and joins the party.
  - ROYAM'S BIG-BREASTED HENCHWOMAN sleeps with The Mayor.
D. Atonement with the Father
  - The Mayor kills Royam.
  - Royam reveals that he is The Mayor's father.
  - The Mayor kills Royam again.
E. Apotheosis
  - The Mayor discovers his true hidden powers and changes class. He becomes The Governor.
  - Harold appears and easily defeats The Governor in an unwinnable scripted battle.
  - Harold taunts The Governor a bunch and then wanders off, leaving him alive.
F. The Ultimate Boon
  - The Governor rescues The Mayor's Daughter. She joins the party.
  - The Mayor's Daughter sleeps with The Governor.
III. Return - Disc 3
A. Refusal of the Return
  - The Governor refuses to go back to being just The Mayor.
  - Harold tries to take over Mayor City in The Mayor's absence.
  - Dr. Wright beats The Governor over the head with a shovel until he agrees to fight Harold.
B. The Magic Flight
  - The party finds an airship in The Slums.
  - It's actually more of a dirigible.
C. Rescue From Without
  - The Governor calls in the National Guard to help fight Harold.
  - The party stages a daring assault on The Mayor's Office in The Dirigible while the National Guard fights Harold's forces.
D. Crossing the Return Threshhold
  - The Governor kills Harold.
  - Harold reveals that he's not actually a cripple.
  - The Governor kills Harold again.
  - Harold reveals that he's actually a demon from another galaxy.
  - The Governor kills Harold again.
E. Master of Two Worlds
  - The Governor is now both Mayor of Mayor City and Governor of East Governor, in clear violation of the laws of The United States of President.
  - Nobody cares.
F. Freedom to Live
  - The Governor gets all sullen and distant and stops having sex with anybody.
  - The Governor goes fishing.
  - CREDITS

Brentai · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2008, 10:46:16 PM »

Hidden characters include SOMETHING ORIGINAL and A VAMPIRE.

Bongo Bill · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2008, 10:51:03 PM »

Obviously there needs to be a stupidly obscure way to bring HEART OF GOLD back from the dead, with no effect on the plot. Preferably it will be something involving skipping certain treasure chests.

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