Populous: The Darkages (working title) Thread

Hi my name is Brian and i got a good idea. Well atless all my freind say its a good idea. So i made up my mine to post a forum about it. Well if you ever played Populous for the pc. and want a better and big one here is your chance.

The mod is Populous: The Darkages. It would be a mod for warcraft 3 ft. The reason for this is becuz the warcraft 3 engine looks amazing for rts games. and the spells look amazing aswell. I know that war 3 is not a easy game to edit but it not like i want to edit all the races. We would only need to edit the humans. There would be a few new units like the bezerkers, archers and a air unit. There would be as well some new builtings like postion shops. Most of the building could look the same as in Populous: the beginning. A new story line to go with the new look and the new units.

Well if u got any Questions post them here or email me at bam10@hotmail.com.
If u want to help me out or got any ideas drop me a line.

I would be cool if you could pull off the knockbacks and such like from populous the beginning. That game had a combat systen much better than you're average rts. How would you handle maps (i.e the globe?)?

i think in this one there will be only one world witch would be your true home world. the one where your shaman be can a shaman and it could even be the stroy of when she got her powers.

- Edited By deathtome On Fri 5th, Mar 2004 @ 8:30:30pm

Well i have come up with a story ill post it on here in a few days when i get more details in it.

wht about copyrights, besides isnt black and white the continuation of populous ?

no black and white has nothing to do with populous: the beginning. populous and b&w r made by two different companys. copyrights fuck them you now how much illegal shit gose on in one day. But hey dont get me wrong i dont want to get sued or any thing. So well make shotcut to get around them. Like a little different look and a little different title but the game play and story will be kinda based like populous. The buildings well look about the same but alot better looking and were going to add units. and the storie well be take place be for populous the beginning. trust me i make up some of the weirds ideas but if i was in a good team or had a good team the mod would own so much.

But remember this is only a idea but if u want to help in any i would very much like to make this mod ever if its the only mod ill make in my life. so pm if you got any ideas.

- Edited By deathtome On Sun 7th, Mar 2004 @ 8:32:35pm

Firstly, im pretty damn sure that both populous and black and white are made by the same man. Maybe not the same company but the brains behind sure are.

As far as help goes, well im pretty tied up with my own project, good luck, also i strongly advise you email the company and ask for permission for starters.

i plan to ask for permission. an its ok if your busy with other project.

Correct me if im wrong but wasnt Populus made by bullfrog?

ya is was and Black and white was made by Loinhead Studios.

Ok i got a question to ask is bullfrog a die company know be cuz i can think of any new games made by thyem or did the get bout out?

- Edited By deathtome On Mon 8th, Mar 2004 @ 4:31:24am

I think they got bought by EA who got rid off them after a while so hopefully the populous idea isnt really owned by anyone. Though EA have been known to get 'angry' about copyright.

I'm willing to help with triggers / unit editting and those sort of warcraft 3 things.

Good idea. I think black and white was a cool game Never heard of populous. Hope it all works out

yes and the people behind bullfrog decided to start lionheart studios. BAH, does notbody listen to me

here click on this link

- Edited By teh_fonx On Mon 8th, Mar 2004 @ 4:47:50pm

ok so Peter Molyneux is the creator of Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Black & White. And so Loinheart Studios is a new and better bullfrog. And the chance of a new Populous game coming from them is most likely not to happen becuz they r makeing b&w 2. I cant wait for b&w 2 to come out. But i want a Populous 2. Dont get me wrong b&w is sweet but i like the game play in populous way more.

So if i want to make a mod like Populous who would i ask?
And if i get premission well any one help me.

K here is the Plan for now i just emailed EA and bullfrog to get permission to make this mod if i dont get a answer in 3 days i am going to post my mod in the moddb here. I am going to start to get a team togetther now i need some one that can edit units,someone that can do triggers, someone that is a good webmaster, someone that can ripp sounds off populous or that can make new sounds, and some one that can program.

if you think u got any skill that may help pm me. we need as many people as we can get. I am going to be doing planing and story line and artwork. But we need some one good at photoshop. i am going to go all hand art work.

can you give us any more info about the gameplay itself? It sounds like a good idea I just would like to hear more if you don't mind

ok what do you want to hear more about like what units r in the game, or what the storyline is?

well everything would be nice though

Here is a list of units spells and buildings. The ones with New* are the new units i still need to think of a few more and i have removed some spells and may remove some more and i may add some.

Here is a list of the units.

Workers
They build buildings and get would for the buildings

Warriors
They are you basic fighting units.

Priests
They preach to enemy units and make them join your side.

Fire warriors
Fire warriors pack a punch with their fireball flinging antics.

Spies
Able to sneak past some enemies and sabotage their buildings.

New* Berserker
Has the ability to Blood lust

Boat
Use the boat to cross masses of water.

Airship
Another way to cross water or forests.

Wild men
A unit that can be preached too an converted to your team.

And there will be 1 more air unit and 3 different shaman witch will be Hero but u r only allowed 1 hero.

I got to figure out how Spell system will work still. But here is a list.

Convert
Spell Most levels require you to rush around at the start converting wild men. The 'blast radius' of the convert spell is quite large, so you can often shoot between a number of wild men rather than aiming for one.

Fireball
Not very powerful, but used cleverly can be just as effective as a lightning bolt. Ideal for wiping groups of invaders off the side of a hill, or sending your enemy flying into the sea. And their cheap, too.

Killer Hornets
This is a diversionary spell, but should not be underestimated. Ideal for rescuing your troops from the clutches of enemy priests, it can also be used to empty balloons and causes sailing enemies to fall overboard and drown. Often used defensively by enemy shaman from a tower, the reach of the spell is then immense.

Lightning
Sends a lethal lightning bolt great for ruining buildings, particularly effective against watch towers. Direct hits on the enemy, including the shaman will kill.

Invulnerability
Cast on your own followers the invulnerability spell makes them become immune to fireball and magic attack. They can still be killed in hand to hand combat, but most spells bounce off and detonate somewhere else.

Hypnotise
This is a short range spell, and has a small 'blast radius'. Best used on a large group of baddies heading toward you!

Land Bridge
Basically builds a bridge between two points. Best used to build fornications, you can also use it to extend land into the sea. Stand as close to the sea as you can get, and cast a land bridge along the beach. Very useful.

Tornado
Tornado's can be hit and miss: they wander all over the landscape sucking followers into the air and trashing buildings indiscriminately. Not necessarily fatal for its victims. Not a good defensive spell as it usually does more damage to you than to an attacking army.

Swamp
Kills 10 people, then disappears.

Earthquake
This is a devastating but erratic spell; you can never tell which way the crack is going to open. Good for splitting open defences and wrecking the enemy settlement.

Rain of Fire
Another short range spell, causes fireballs to rain from the sky, sending people running away in flames and setting fire to buildings. A good spell to soften up an enemy before an invasion.

Angel of Death
This spell results in a scary winged beast that preys on your enemy. An angel of death cannot be harmed by the shaman, but fire warriors can blast it. The only problem is that it takes quite a few hits to kill it, and it will immediately try to eat anyone who attacks it.

Volcano
The most powerful of spells; less subtle than the angel of death. Buildings are destroyed by the cone as it raises, then it spews out lava which burns people and buildings a like. The only problem is you have to get close to cast this spell, and this usually means a balloon. Takes a devil of a time to charge even at maximum charge rate.

New* Blood lust
Makes your warriors REALLY ANGRY. And do twice as much damage and attack rate increases.

Armageddon
This spell make all hell brake loss.

Here are some of the buildings.

Hut

Warrior Hut

Priest Hut

Guard Tower

Fire Warrior Hut

Boathouse

Balloon Hut

Spy Hut

New* Berserker Hut

Well i hope this will give you a better idea of the mod there will be a storyline add in a day or so.

- Edited By deathtome On Thu 11th, Mar 2004 @ 3:50:37am

Woooa thats quite about. Itll take alot of work . but anywayz so its kinda a rps/fps ??

its a rts look for a demo of populous the beginning then you'll know what type of game it is

deathtome, i justl looked at the list of people you need, what exactly are you going to be bringing to the table. I'm not sure how new to moddb or modding itself you are, but as a general ruel if you want people to help you, you need to be able to contribute in some major way (coding, modeling, skins/textures, maybe even mapping.)

(coding, modeling, skins/textures, maybe even mapping) And to be in a mod you ant got to do ant of those skills there r a crap load more skill that you can have to help with a mod like ( sounds, beta testers, and artists) Well See i ant got any good skills but seeing how we are editing war 3 i can map. But i am just the idea guys. Ill most likely be making up the storyline, the missions, and the units/building/spells. Any way this is just in the idea state. And i ant new to Moddb.com i have been here for like 1 year or so. And i have posted lots of idea sure i may have never mad a mod but like i said i am just a idealist.

- Edited By deathtome On Thu 11th, Mar 2004 @ 3:54:20am

And one of the biggest contribute to modding is making up ideas because that what mods and games start from. It take a idea to make a game. Sure it may look like easy but its not that easy to come up with some of the things to make a great game. The hard thing ill got to do i think up all the missions and story lines. That not as easy as it sounds. Sure its not as hard as coding or even skinning or any of the other part of making a mod. But you know what its still is helping even if its a little bit. And i am good at it but i am learn to map.

- Edited By deathtome On Thu 11th, Mar 2004 @ 3:56:05am

well sadly i dont know if i am going to get the storyline up to day becuz i need MS word to type it and i ant got it i hope to get it from my bother tommorrow.