Where should I start designing?

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Rosycat Infiltrator Member # 2445	written Friday, January 3 2003 17:11 Profile #0 Hello everybody! I'm Rosycat and I have just joined these boards, although I have been reading them for answers and entertainment for quite some time. I am registering Blades of Exile(I have the demo) in March and am preparing for this by designing a scenario on paper. I'm writing dialologue, designing towns, writing plot, and so on. But I'm a bit bewildered. Where should I start? I was thinking of an archipelago saga, about twenty towns. And whose scenarios should I play? Tatterdemalion or whatever-it-is? An Apology? Remember, I'm just a beginner. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated. I really admire you people, especially Alorael :cool: and Drakefyre, because of the mastery you seem to have for the games. I'm still trying to beat the golems in Exile 3! Well, please reply. Thanks, - Rosycat [ Friday, January 03, 2003 17:32: Message edited by: Rosycat ] -------------------- Aces off. Posts: 611 \| Registered: Friday, January 3 2003 08:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Friday, January 3 2003 18:19 Profile #1 First, think out the plot a little. Get an idea of what you want to do. Make sure you give all your characters good motivation for what they're doing (Insanity and "pure evil" are bad excuses for a villian. Give them a better motivation.) and make sure you know how it will end, and some big points that will get it there. From there, it's up to you what order to do things in. You'll find the way you like best eventually. I know the editor pretty well, and I know most of the major bugs. If you need help, feel free to contact me. My AIM address is Zeeqon5. Other people you might you might want to ask for help from: AnamaFreak (Drakefyre) Barcoorah (The Creator) SeekerBB (Brett) TerrorsMartyr (TerrorsMartyr) There's other helpful members here who are good with the BoE editor, but I'm too tired to think of any more. Oh, and one more thing: Don't talk about your scenarios before you finish them. You can ask for help programmingthings, but no more. Otherwise, you probably won't finish. Take Drakey's scenario, Rhapsody in Blue, for example. (HURRY UP AND FINISH, DRAKEY! It better be good, since we had to wait so long!) Anyway, good luck! -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Saturday, January 4 2003 03:42 Profile Homepage #2 Definitely plan out your plot and the steps you want the characters to take. You may want to reduce the number of friendly towns from 20 to 12 or 10. Writing dialogue gets tedious quickly. Oh, and my scenario is still in progress, Zeeqs. It will be finished. Eventually. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Rosycat Infiltrator Member # 2445	written Saturday, January 4 2003 10:08 Profile #3 Thank you! I'll do the things you suggested. This is great! Now I have some idea of what to do. -Rosycat -------------------- Aces off. Posts: 611 \| Registered: Friday, January 3 2003 08:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, August 15 2004 02:41 Profile Homepage #4 Hehe. I noticed this thread when saving... First post ever? I wonder how many oldbies are here whose first post is still in existence. :P Edit: Simultaneously using the opportunity to try for the record of the oldest topic revival ever. [ Sunday, August 15, 2004 02:42: Message edited by: Aran ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, August 15 2004 02:51 Profile Homepage #5 My first post was on Misc somewhere, probably in one of the political topics. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Tristrana BANNED Member # 4623	written Sunday, August 15 2004 07:05 Profile Homepage #6 Mine was in ET. Something about Sliths and Nephilim, I think. -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 417 \| Registered: Sunday, June 27 2004 07:00
Djur Revolutions Babelicious Member # 3149	written Sunday, August 15 2004 08:17 Profile Homepage #7 quote: Originally written by Aran: Hehe. I noticed this thread when saving... First post ever? I wonder how many oldbies are here whose first post is still in existence. :P Edit: Simultaneously using the opportunity to try for the record of the oldest topic revival ever. Aran, Rosy's user number isn't much less than you. She isn't an oldbie by any stretch. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 \| Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Sunday, August 15 2004 09:21 Profile Homepage #8 Compared to you despers, most people are newbies. :P Am I though? Seriously, how long do I have to be here before I escape noobhood - ten years? Look, I've been here a year and three months. I know who people are already, no matter how often they change accounts and names. I know all the major satellite boards of Spiderweb and have posted at most, at some time or other. I first visited these boards (without registering) when misc was open. When I registered, Scorp was still here! What do you want, people? <_< -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
Tristrana BANNED Member # 4623	written Sunday, August 15 2004 10:20 Profile Homepage #9 Your virginity. -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 417 \| Registered: Sunday, June 27 2004 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Sunday, August 15 2004 10:25 Profile #10 I believe Imban pulled something out of the bowels of Misc a couple months ago. I'm pretty sure that's an older topic revival than this one. -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Sturg Master Member # 4614	written Sunday, August 15 2004 11:38 Profile Homepage #11 My first post is still in existance, but then again, I wouldn't be considered an oldbie. :P BtW, what's the line between an oldbie and newbie? A certain number of posts? -------------------- -ben4808 Posts: 3360 \| Registered: Friday, June 25 2004 07:00
+rosycat</b> Infiltrator Member # 4389	written Sunday, August 15 2004 16:30 Profile Homepage #12 Nope. It's a generational thing. Aran and I will become oldbies if we're still around when TM is gone. If anything, join date has more to do with it than post count. Also, I wouldn't call Arancaytar and myself newbies, either. Middle of the road, maybe, a bit on the new side. -------------------- fame fame fatal fame it can play hideous tricks on the brain Posts: 407 \| Registered: Friday, May 14 2004 07:00
Drakefyre Triad Mage Member # 7	written Monday, August 16 2004 00:51 Profile Homepage #13 Oldbies are generally those who were around before the spidweb boards or present on the ikonboard. -------------------- "At times discretion should be thrown aside, and with the foolish we should play the fool." - Menander ==== Drakefyre's Demesne - Happy Happy Joy Joy Encyclopedia Ermariana - Trapped in the Closet ==== You can take my Mac when you pry my cold, dead fingers off the mouse! Posts: 9436 \| Registered: Wednesday, September 19 2001 07:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Monday, August 16 2004 01:34 Profile Homepage #14 Yes, let's not forget that there were other boards before the official SW ones. I may not look it, but I predate pretty much every active community member except Alec. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 \| Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Monday, August 16 2004 09:14 Profile Homepage #15 I make four categorical distinctions. There are the elders of the community, like Alec and Thuryl, who have been here utterly forever. There are the real oldbies, who showed up no later than 2001, which includes people like Djur, Drakey, and most people that just about everyone thinks of as oldbies. (For some reason, 2001 seems to be the dividing line. If I set it any earlier, TM would be a newbie. :P ) Then there are the people who are new-ish, kinda, but showed up earlier than me. That's people like Rosy and Aran. And then there are people who are newer than me, who are definite newbies. Well, except some of the the 4000-4200 member numbers seem like they're slipping into the third category at this point, no longer real newbies and just sort of new-ish members. Why I felt the need to explain that, I don't know. EDIT: Nitpickers. TGM has so many accounts it's impossible to keep track of him. He feels newer than, say, Djur, though. [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:40: Message edited by: Kelandon ] -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 \| Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Djur Revolutions Babelicious Member # 3149	written Monday, August 16 2004 09:26 Profile Homepage #16 I don't consider myself an oldbie, either, and I predate both the SW boards and the ezBoard Lyceum. That still means that compared to Alcritas, Brett Bixler, Stareye, Caligula, Thuryl, Alec, Drakefyre, Big Words, and so forth, I'm a spring chicken. I wasn't around for Dencity Lyceum, for example. I wasn't around in Zaloopa's heyday, nor Aceron's. It's all about perspective. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 \| Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00
Arancaytar Law Bringer Member # 2984	written Monday, August 16 2004 09:31 Profile Homepage #17 quote: Your virginity. You can't tell me all you oldbies had to lose yours, did you? I don't think we'll see the day that TM leaves, Rosy. That'd be almost like waiting for the day Jeff Vogel leaves Spiderweb Software. :P Edit: Oh, and I think the time to outgrow newbiehood isn't constant by any means. For instance, I instinctively consider Kelandon less of a newbie than people like FBM. ;) [ Monday, August 16, 2004 09:34: Message edited by: Aran ] -------------------- Encyclopaedia • Archives • Members • RSS [Topic / Forum] • Blog • Polaris • NaNoWriMo Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair. I have a love of woodwind instruments. Posts: 8752 \| Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:12 Profile #18 TM actually did leave in a bout of anger once. He came back a month or two later (I don't actually remember how long) to support Logalot in the Misc. moderator elections. As far as I know, TM didn't show up in 2001. He first joined much earlier, I think. It's just that Spidweb switched from Ikonboard to UBB in September of 2001, so that's the earliest you'll see in the Registered field. And I would hardly consider myself an oldbie. EDIT: I think this holds the record for the most times I've ever edited a post. I think I just edited it about 8 times. :) [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:19: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
go baby go (TGM) Veteran* Member # 2286	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:18 Profile #19 TM was a mod at IkonBoards, yes? -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 911 \| Registered: Sunday, November 24 2002 08:00
+rosycat</b> Infiltrator Member # 4389	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:22 Profile Homepage #20 quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Then there are the people who are new-ish, kinda, but showed up earlier than me. That's people like TGM and Aran. Wait... just how old is TGM? Cause I was positive he was pretty well-established by the time I rolled around, and Aran didn't come till about six months after I did. I never would have put them in the same era. Not to nitpick Kelandon, just... is TGM an ageless man? o_O [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:25: Message edited by: There is only love in my house ] -------------------- fame fame fatal fame it can play hideous tricks on the brain Posts: 407 \| Registered: Friday, May 14 2004 07:00
qwd BANNED Member # 3121	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:25 Profile Homepage #21 I only came here a thousand member numbers earlier than Aran, of course we've been here the same time. You silly girl. ^_________^ No, sorry, ~1900 member numbers. My bad. [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:26: Message edited by: Secondary Account #1 ] -------------------- The Great Mister kommari@gmail.com[/url] Posts: 761 \| Registered: Thursday, June 19 2003 07:00
Milu Shock Trooper Member # 1249	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:26 Profile Homepage #22 I was a lurker for a long time back when there was the BoE mailing list. I've even saved some of those emails and now it's nostalgic to read them :) . However, I didn't join the boards until... ... 2002, apparently. [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:28: Message edited by: Milu ] Posts: 259 \| Registered: Saturday, June 1 2002 07:00
The Almighty Doer of Stuff Shaper Member # 73	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:26 Profile #23 NEVERMIND [ Monday, August 16, 2004 10:27: Message edited by: The Almighty Doer of Stuff ] -------------------- My Myspace, with some of my audial and visual art The Lyceum - The Headquarters of the Blades designing community The Louvre - The Blades of Avernum graphics database Alexandria - The Blades of Exile Scenario database BoE Webring - Self explanatory Polaris - Free porn here Odd Todd - Fun for the unemployed (and everyone else too) They Might Be Giants - Four websites for one of the greatest bands in existance -------------------- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Posts: 2957 \| Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00
Djur Revolutions Babelicious Member # 3149	written Monday, August 16 2004 10:27 Profile Homepage #24 I remember when TM showed up at the Lyceum. Wasn't long after the whole Solberg controversy. -------------------- I've got a pyg in a poke. Posts: 999 \| Registered: Friday, June 27 2003 07:00