Blog - Qube|Mapper

0 comments by Qube|Mapper on Oct 14th, 2008 digg this super bookmark

I moved apartment last weekend and is left without a internet connection, it's ordered though and will hopefully show up this week, just writing this at work. Due to this, not much progress on the mod have been done except for screenplay and backstory writing ive done in notepad late and lonely nights without the intraweb, its pretty helpful when writing a post-apocalyptic story though to be alone in an empty, old apartment so some breakthroughs have been done on the story front. Furthermore i have a question; why can't i access steam in offline mode? Also, why the hell can't i access steam in offline mode?!?!

So, some story teasing? Well, your characters name is Victoria Clay and have lost her memory at the start of the game (real original, right?), to justify this, as i hate to be unoriginal it's really quite needed since you havnt lived inside of Victoria her entire life and having her entire life reflected in the story, as your discover your past. also i'd like the player to face things victoria have done in the past without nessecarily agree with what she did, and she is you so that is important. Either i could make a really generic hero so you can put yourself into the character or i could make an interesting character that i then wipe clean so to speak so you can project yourself on to her without her nessecarily being boring.

A third option is to tell her story right off the bat before you take control of the character but this rather puts the story behind the character instead of ahead, and since this is a story and not gameplay focused game that would be a problem.

The backstory is about the state of the world, the active story is about who Victoria is.

Comment if you have any feedback.

Anton

0 comments by Qube|Mapper on Oct 8th, 2008 digg this super bookmark

A list of over-rated entities in the game-world:

Will Wright
Nintendo Wii
Blizzard
The Force Unleashed

With that out of the way, the progress of the mod currently titled Red and Pulp is coming along fine. Probobly next weekend we will be able to show some of what we've done. Hang tight.

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0 comments by Qube|Mapper on Oct 2nd, 2008 digg this super bookmark

A few weeks ago i decided to whip myself back into source mapping shape after a long vacation changing home and geting a new job for HP as a support tech. Looking around for a project to release my creative itch on i came out pretty emptyhanded and decided (like i always end up deciding) to make my own thing. Fueled by the influences of excessive True Blood watching (new tv series on HBO), Fallout and storytelling games like Dreamfall i realised i wanted to make an immersive story-driven singleplayer experience in a post-apocalyptic city setting with vampires.  A new project was born. When out drinking at the local bar i ended up in a games conversation with someone who, as it turns out, was a programmer. I asked him if he wanted in on this project im working on and the rest... isn't history just yet.. But dammit it will be!

Read my forum posts for information about later developments: Moddb.com

I'm just about ready to go into crank mode and make some progress on the mod, soon after i will register it on ModDB along with a few screenshot and a larger information release. I will however keep some details about the mod under wraps so it wont be spoiled when you get to play.

If you wish to join the team just contact me by PM or mail anton_qvarfordt@yahoo.se

More blog entries to come.