Hey everyone, /x/ gamedev here. Ready to make another quick game? Subscribe or follow at
https://www.youtube.com/c/MothDanMedia I've already made an /x/ game for the Ludum Dare 33 competition in 3 days, and it ranked in the top 20% out of 2,700 games!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lri-UcohUkY I'm also working on a main project which is an FPS, whose development time is much longer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97IDWBeohAg but I need another "break", I need another side project to revitalize! The Ludum Dare project was great for that but the next LD isn't in quite a while.
So we're going to make a 2D game in 7 days time. Because I really really want to. I need it.
Why 2D? Because some paranormies might not have a gaming PC, or they might want to play on a mobile device. Also, not everyone is into First Person Shooters. Again, as you can see in the Youtube linked above, I made a 3D FPS style game in 3 days, so a 2D game in 7 days should be no problem. Luckily, I have lots of experience with 2D already as well.
Do you want to help?
There are a number of things that need to be decided before we begin, and we can do that by voting in this thread.
Besides subscribing to the YT
>https://www.youtube.com/c/MothDanMedia You can also keep tabs on the project at
mothdanmedia.wordpress.com after it's finished, in case this thread is gone by then.
Are you ready? Should we do this?
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
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We will run some strawpolls to decide votes, but let's gauge the boards interest first. >What 2D genre will the game be?
Goat
>>16902971 In bump for your gane, I'll support when I'm not working
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
First thing's first, this needs to be a sidescrolling 2D game. It needs to either be an Adventure game (like Monkey's Island) consisting more of dialogue and puzzles than combat, or it needs to be a Platforming game (which is mostly combat, but can have some storyline as well).
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
>>16902971 >I've already made an /x/ game for the Ludum Dare 33 competition in 3 days, and it ranked in the top 20% out of 2,700 games! >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lri-UcohUkY By the way, that game was called Yaya Minya the Skinwalker, and everything from the subject matter (Skinwalker), to the name of the main character, to the weapons was decided by /x/. So we've already had some practice at doing this the ole /x/ democratic way. Here's a screenshot for proof.
This time however I'm going to give /x/ a little more time to make these decisions, we are in less of a hurry since this isn't for the Ludum Dare competition and there's no deadline! I do have an arbitrary deadline of 1 week on myself though, so I won't be distracted too long from the main project.
Anonymous
>>16902971 Can I make the soundtrack?
Anonymous
>>16902971 Also, you should make the game about Someone suffering from the spooky effects of MK Ultra programming.
Anonymous
>>16902971 2D fighting game.
Skincrawler vs Cthulu
Illuminaty piramid vs Elisa Lam
Mothman vs Hermes Trismagisto
Crowley ft Satan vs Cicada 3301
/x/'s fighting game.
Anonymous
>>16902971 Fix'd
>I make a game for /x/ and use their suggestions for my game so I can get more followers Also your thread is in violation of personal advertisements.
MODS!
Anonymous
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>>16903044 A platformer would be awesome.
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
>>16903071 Thank you for offering!
While there will be /x/ OC submissions in the /x/ edition of the FPS game this game cannot accept any artwork or music volunteers unfortunately, it just gets too messy and can lead to our game submissions being yanked from
itch.io and other publishers. So, we have to roll with existing royalty free libraries of content that I already have the rights to use, I hope you understand!
Things that can and will be submitted or decided by /x/
>Dialogue options and lines >The title of the game itself >Names of main characters, weapons, or other ideas and more
>>16903076 That's exactly the kind of ideas we need, nice thinking. This will be added along with other suggestions to the upcoming poll.
>>16903088 A fighting game is not off the table, although it would be more like Smash Brothers than anything (basically a 2D platform game with fighting). Good thinking. This will also be added along with other suggestions to the upcoming poll.
Keep them coming!
I'm going to let the pot simmer for a while before giving this thread another stir. It's all you /x/!
Anonymous
I've messaged you on YT but seriously, /x/ isn't where you post personal advertisements for a video game
Anonymous
>>16903094 You didn't stop the last 2 games and you're not going to stop this one. Why would the mods piss in /x/'s face like that? If you want to sandbag the game, just stalk mothdan or thumbsdown all the youtube videos, I'm sure you'll make a big difference in the world.
Anonymous
Anonymous
Oh no guys! It's the internet police!!!
Anonymous
You PC bruh? Follow the rules bruh?
Anonymous
2D Metroidvania meets Silent Hill. Certain spots will trigger the transformations into a darker variant, which has nastier enemies, and a higher chance of the resident jumpscare/Pyramidhead. No weapons in a metroidvania would be an interesting take.
Anonymous
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>>16903136 Does anyone else remember when some /x/ anon posted a thread where he promised to make urban exploration videos? He grabbed 100 subscribers from /x/ on youtube in like 2 days and then bailed on everyone. Something tells me this is different.
Master Goddess Knowledge Man
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>>16903063 I'm down to collab
We need a new spooks game creeping through the internet
Anonymous
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>>16902971 In
>>16903094 Stream advertising results in bans. There seems to be exceptions for youtubers because they embed their videos in the threads which doesn't steal viewers from 4chan.
Anonymous
You could make a tulpa platformer, with the character switching between themselves and their tulpa for puzzles.
Anonymous
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>>16903157 Check out Lone Survivor, it's seriously a 2D side scrolling Silent Hill game.
Anonymous
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>>16903219 Oh shit. That's a good one.
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
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>>16902971 Over the next 24 hours or so, continue to put your ideas out there! I'll be working on a 2D sidescrolling framework in Unity to prepare for whatever we agree on by then. Online polls may be used if necessary to get an accurate vote so be sure to check back later!
Anonymous
Anonymous
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I like what's happening but where are the ayy lmaos needs more aliums, also anal probes nothings more spoopy than being sodomized
Kaioshin !!wTOnjCFHtFA
Anonymous
>>16902971 we need some skeleton themed music for the game, there's generally not enough skeleton themed music(instrumental-wise) around.
Anonymous
>>16903702 friendly reminder to keep an eye out for stalkers like this one. mothdan has been getting stalked by a couple losers from the amateur game development general in /vg/ ever since he made them feel bad about their complete lack of game and they found out he posts in /x/ with us
Anonymous
Anonymous
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>>16905045 Break out the xylophones.
Anonymous
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>>16903044 I think that an adventure with some combat scenes here and there would be great
like three quarters of the game going around discovering things, teasing the player creating suspence, and one quarter of it with some light combat, where the action really lies (and the scares too)
Anonymous
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>>16905340 Typical reek post
Zeb99
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if you do it it needs skinwalkers and some of /k/
Anonymous
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>>16904509 Hey Kaioshin! Saw you in the stories thread.
Anonymous
Anonymous
>>16903044 Basically we won't have any input, because the game is limited to your already limited skill in creating games
Anonymous
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>>16903088 This sounds like it would be fun
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
Good stuff! Soon we'll start a vote on the concept ideas presented so far, smoke'em if you got 'em.
Anonymous
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>>16907245 Maybe you can make your own game if it bothers you this much?
Anonymous
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>>16907245 >the game is limited to your already limited skill in creating games Also, dat grammar.
Anonymous
>>16902971 Posted a link to a song I made on your youtube vid
Feel free to use it or edit it or whatever for your game
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
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>>16908044 The announcement vid? Thanks! I'll check it out, gotta get some rest right now.
>>16907301 >Soon we'll start a vote on the concept ideas presented so far I think I'll extend the concept idea submission time another 24 hours as I'm swamped with a couple other things just yet! Keep the thread alive and those creative juices flowing /x/.
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
Shit, that was hypocritical of me I wasn't even thinking with that reply - I'll explain later, music bros. Must sleep.
Anonymous
>>16903044 >/x/ related game >supposed to be spoopy >sidescroller adventure story > action if you are actually going to try to make it thematically relevant
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
Freaky friday begins!
>>16908705 >I'll explain later, music bros I was referring to this
>>16903105 >this game cannot accept any artwork or music volunteers unfortunately, it just gets too messy >we have to roll with existing royalty free libraries of content I hope you creatives can understand, imagine if your work consisted of submissions from other people you didn't know or couldn't prove gave you rights to use it, or if their work wasn't royalty free. It can end up getting things yanked. As a principle and safety precaution we simply can't accept volunteer artwork or music for this project. A way to safely accept community submissions may be implemented later, it'll most likely be for the FPS game (the main project). So hang tight!
>>16908847 You make a good point, we need to get as much /x/ lore into this as possible even if the development time is short.
I'm considering making a hybrid of many of these ideas, I'll explain that later. Leaving the concept window open another 12 hours because I have other work today and after 12 hours it will be Halloween anyway!
Anonymous
>>16910223 >You live in a mansion >You like to play in the attic with your baby sister(5-8yrs) >Attic is a large room(24ft tall ceiling), rectangle in shape, in the back side of the room there's a half cylinder platform with a set of stairs on each side(12ft tall, has wood railings) >I'm sure you can work out the other dimensions so the platform doesn't look silly/out of place. >You and your sister are love to explore your house and your family's forest land as well.(two extra routes of the story) >One day when you go to play in the attic, you both notice that there are double doors on the platform's wall. >You know that there shouldn't possibly be any doors there or any space large enough behind the wall to warrant such grand looking doors. >You feel a sense of caution and figure it'd be best not to check it out, but your sister is already halfway through the doorway. >You run after her and as you enter the room it connects to, you notice how very wrong it all feels just standing near the entrance, but once you fully enter it, you dread ever having to go there. >The room feels as if it is alive, it is taller than it should have been, taller than your house would ever allow, the doors shut behind you so fiercely that it was apparent that they were never supposed to be there, they turn into the wall they were supposed to be and you are trapped. >Saving your sister and climbing to the top of this tower of horror is the only way to escape, what things might you find along the way? No idea what gameplay there would be but my dreams involving places that give off extreme fear of never returning from them often don't get that far, Usually I end up escaping before I fully enter anywhere like that in my dreams.
You can also add in a friendly spirit that is able to take control of the hauntings throughout the tower to help you out(the higher you go the hauntings are more difficult to control.)
Anonymous
>>16910679 Oh also the friendly spirit will eventually be unable to control anything past a certain point.
So you can choose to abandon them or take them with you to free your sister and escape.
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
>>16910679 >>16910683 Nice! I like the thought you've put into this.
>Oh also the friendly spirit will eventually be unable to control anything past a certain point. That sounds very much like Teddy in Among the Sleep, to be separated from him causes angst for the player and leaves you feeling without help
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EAeewMmM_k Anonymous
>>16911007 Yeah, I keep a dream journal thing on my pc and I find the only kind of dream to really scare me anymore is the type that leaves you with the feeling that you will never escape if you enter.
Well, that and when dream people tell me I wont wake up.
One time there was even background music where the phrase 'screams and dreams' was shouted repeatedly, it was actually kinda funny at that point.
Anonymous
>>16911007 Also this game looks interesting and spooky, might grab it.
Anonymous
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>>16902971 Contact me I want to be your sexret shill agent
MothDan !MefLSPX1Wg
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>>16911202 Dream journals are excellent lucid dreaming tools.
>>16911216 It's pretty amazing!
Keep it up paranormies! Submission window for concept ideas is still open!
