Individual Roles - Everyone needs to read this, before making any more posts.

Okay, so we've figured out the basics for our gameplay. Before we can plan anything else, I'd like to start assigning roles to people for this project. We also need to figure out who's going to be in which group.


Obviously, the programmers' are the most crucial towards their decision for which group to be in, as they have to actually use the programs. Any programmer who uses Clickteam products will be involved with the Mario Bros group. Any programmer who uses Game Maker will be involved with the Wario Bros group.

As for the rest of the people, the artists, story writers, etc, you won't have to worry too much about which group to be in, as it won't matter too much which program you sprite/draw/write/blah blah about. But you still need to choose which group you want to be in.



Now, here's the format your replies should be.

Type your top 3 abilities, and put a dash beside the one you're the best at/would like to contribute the most to the project. If you only have one or two abilities, that's fine as well.

Please also say which group you want to be in. Remember:

Mario Bros group to Clickteam
Wario Bros group to Game Maker

Let me just put up my abilities for example sake:

- Lead Organizer
- Music Artist
Programming

(I put 2 dashes, because I already am the Lead Organizer, but I'm also primarily making music for it, you can have two dashes if you want, but you don't need to.)

I'll be adding the people to the following list and categories, and I'll add categories if there are people that have a ability in a seperate category.

Programming
Mario Bros:
- Xgoff
- Cubehead
- Mega Vitiman Z
Wario Bros:
- King Razz
- Demon Lizardman
- Your Name Here
- Elyk
- Best Games Forever
- MegaTailzChao

Spriters
Mario Bros:
- Kombo Breaker
- GeneralGuy
- Officer Marty
Wario Bros:
- Peardian
- Omega
- SuperSonic Yoshi
- Hyperjerk
- Bacteriophage

Plot Design - NO MORE POSITIONS
- Dark Yoshi
- Bottles98
- Strong414bad
- Flamy
- Evang

Level Design
Mario Bros:
- Dark Yoshi
- Bottles98
- Cubehead
- Evang
Wario Bros:
- King Razz
- Kane]Deth[
- Littlink
- Yoshbert 1-Ups

Character Design
- Demonic Jello
- Shyguy Grey
- Kane]Deth[
- SuperSonic Yoshi
- Fawfulhasfury

Background Artist
Mario Bros:
- YoshbotX000
- GeneralGuy
- Jas
Wario Bros:
- Peardian
- SuperSonic Yoshi
- Jas

General Artist
Mario Bros:
- YoshbotX000
- Startscream
Wario Bros:
- Peardian
- Startscream

Music Artist
Mario Bros:
- DJ Yoshiman
- Pucifer
- Adan
Wario Bros:
- DJ Yoshiman
- Flamy
- Pucifer
- Adan

This roster is subject to change, depending on the quality of submissions.

-music
-plot
programing

wait so how many people can fill each role

This post has been edited by Xgoff on Dec 19 2007, 12:13 PM

We will see.

Will there be voice people for the characters? I'd really love to try that, it's about the only thing left I can do.

Voices in fangames have always prove to be unnecessary.

So, no.



Also, Flamy, you need to say which group you're in.

- programming

that's pretty much it on that list

if you need the group i'm supposed to be in i should slap you >:(

Well great. Guess then I'm now entirely useless to this collab. -.-

4+ years on here and I have no skills, I can't do a goddamn thing for this big project, it's seriously starting to make me feel useless around here if I can't even do anything for this big magnum opus here.

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Dec 19 2007, 12:27 PM

UH OH...

GM - Wario bros

You can always try for another ability, or help the plot, or do something else.

Already tried, everything I've said/suggested in that thread has been ignored. -_-

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Dec 19 2007, 12:27 PM

I can do Plot Design for Mario Bros, and if Background Design is Level Design, I can think up some gimmicks and stuff.

Also, I can think up moves and power-ups for Mario Bros. to give to the programmers when the time comes.

5+ Years here. I have no reputable skills myself, but I can get better. And so can you. I'm using this project as a chance to hone my skills before I release the demo of Project Epic.

This post has been edited by Dark Yoshi on Dec 19 2007, 12:28 PM

yeah way to follow the format

Even what I do have, there are others that do it worlds better, and they will will get the job and do it better.

I could try thinking of different like, powerups and aspects and stuff, but they will probably get ignored too.

I just really want to contribute to this big magnum opus, and if I keep getting turned away, and end up contributing nothing, then what's my point in the fangaming community if I can't do anything?

EDIT: So yeah I'm taking this pretty hard.

This post has been edited by Parakarry on Dec 19 2007, 12:42 PM

Parakarry, you just try and improve. Again and again. No one ever got anywhere attempting to get sympathy from everyone, even unintentionally.

I'd enjoy programming for Game Maker, but I'm only decent at it.

I'd also like to work in the musical department, for either game. I could sprite a little too, if need be...

ALSO. I don't like these "im going to get better" people behind things, especially for something as crucial as the story. No offense to anyone, but I think there are better choices for some things. I'm not the greatest at programming, but that's why I volunteered for something else I am good at.

For me:
- Music (Mario/Wario)

If you want help with sprites, I could also work with that.

And that's pretty much the reason why even if I try to improve on the things I'm bad at, there will always be someone better for the position.

I know I want to join the Wario Team on the artsy side, but I don't know which group... If spriter does sprites, and background artist does backgrounds... what does general artist do? And does spriter do all kinds of sprites, player and foe? I'll need a little more information before I decide, but I'm leaning towards background artist...

-Plot Design (Mario Bros.)
Level Design (Mario Bros.)

I really want to be involved and those are pretty much what I'd be best at :p

You sure the game wouldn't benefit from even any of those super short less-than-a-second-long "Wah!" "Yah!" "Wahoo!" "Oh no!" or "Wario is the winner!" type deals? You know, the kinds of quips you'd hear in a platformer like this, or like in the Mario Advance games.

Full-on voices for cutscenes I can see not being useful, but little stuff I don't see the problem.