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showmaker

showmaker

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hey friends...i think about to start a new project...the game will take place in the vietnam war between 1965-1967.
The idea is to make a more realistic game and will show the player the brutality and senselessness of the vietnam war conflict.

here some first impressions:

 
Why not ...never try a game like that before ... it will be interesting to try the game play to make an idea  ;)
Just one level to try.... the idea is cool, but the game must stay fun to play, to give player the motivation to finish it.
 
jey i know what you mean mate...this is why i think about a more komplex/realistic gameplay where you can jump in dif. rolls...a medic, rto, machine gunner etc...you can call air strikes and you will be in a camp or an firebase and start your missions from there and fly with the good old Huey into difrent kind of missions like seek and destroy etc. you will also take part in large combats with AI like hill 936 or better known as hamburger hill. there will be a map with random events etc...so many ideas man  ;D ... my problem will be to code all that...the frames/ animations are easy so i have to improve my coding skills  8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJVpihgwE18
 
Good start. Are these sprites custom made?
Try to make something and we can help you when you are stuck ;).
 
showmaker said:
jey i know what you mean mate...this is why i think about a more komplex/realistic gameplay where you can jump in dif. rolls...a medic, rto, machine gunner etc...you can call air strikes and you will be in a camp or an firebase and start your missions from there and fly with the good old Huey into difrent kind of missions like seek and destroy etc. you will also take part in large combats with AI like hill 936 or better known as hamburger hill. there will be a map with random events etc...so many ideas man  ;D ... my problem will be to code all that...the frames/ animations are easy so i have to improve my coding skills  8)
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Ok excellent, so excited to try all of that  ;D
It will take you a long time to dev ....
And please, make it in 16/9 like all modern games now :)
I tell it to you because the video is in 4/3  :(
 
the sprites are not custom made by myself...i found a good page with all kind of vietnam era stuff in pixel style so good to use...I still have to make a lot of changes on the sprites...there no walk or reload sprites so...there is a lot of room to be creativ! i will use this sprites more as tamplate...Did somebody here knows a good openbor game that i can use as tamplate?
i need a game with gun shooting and reload animations...

Darknior...the video is just a music video from youtube so dont worry ;-)
 
here i found the vietnam era stuff:

US Army
https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/USMarines683

Navy Seals:
https://juniorgeneral.org/index.php/figure/view/USNavySeals522

place vietnam in the search box...there are tons of stuff!
 
Great find showmaker, don't forget to credit the authors ;).
Something similar has been made here, "When I was young" by the wallrus group:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1059230/When_I_Was_Young
 
i played when i was young allready :) its a great game! from 2011 - 2015 i was part of the unsung vietnam mod team...thats a mod for the game ArmA. i was a  terrain builder there...here is one of my maps: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=28221... then i lost motivation...to much modding and no playing...i think there is no vietnam war game that i dont played lol... the next days i will start making the characters for this new project  ;)
 
Did somebody here knows a good openbor game that i can use as tamplate?
i need a game with gun shooting and reload animations...
 
showmaker said:
Did somebody here knows a good openbor game that i can use as tamplate?
i need a game with gun shooting and reload animations...
Click to expand...
The demo of Demon Sluga that i stand for from so many years ...  :-\
 
Ok, good start with basic moves. You can use apowersoft online video recorder for your video capture; it's free and has good results.
 
jey i know mate...i just make a quick vid with my mobile phone and load it up...normaly i use fraps and a converting tool on my PC'eee
i will finish the sprites the next weeks and then think about a good story etc...
 
Now that's something I don't see everyday.

I think that the last time I saw this war being portrayed in a videogame was with NAM1975 (or whatever it's called).
 
I'm not into war stuff. But I really appreciate the fact you create something with interesting different genre of type.
Visually, I would recommand avoiding black lines for sprites.
If you try a very dark brown instead, the result could be better.

Just a suggestion.
 
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