Comments - Cadh20000

Actually, it is a flag for a fictitious country called "Corran".
I should have done so, but I didn't bother naming individual images when I uploaded it. These were basically random pieces of my work. The only three from this set that have to do with my game are the first three, the Aerial Sentry-Drone, the Eye-Sentry, and the Rift Guardian.

Finally found the comment!

I really wish the system would notify us to new comments...

Anyway, thanks for the feedback. I'll keep it in mind.

Hello everybody! ^_^

I head "Golden Dragon Studio" Indiedb.com and we are working on a project called "Silver Symbiosis" Indiedb.com

So does "Silver Symbiosis" interest you?

If you haven't read up on the game yet, it is a single-player RPG.

Main objective: To seal Satan back in Hell where he belongs!
Primary weapons: Psion-Sword, Psion-Shield, and Psion-Tether
Secondary weapons: Whatever ranged weaponry you can acquire

Basically you play as a teenager, either Evan or his twin sister Aina. The one you choose encounters a symbiote that bonds with them and grants them a plethora of abilities. The Psionics are the most obvious aspect of this. The other ability is that of fusing temporarily with other creatures and permanentally gaining powers from that fusion. You must battle the evil that comes through some of the rifts, befriend the good that comes through others, and NOT get the two mixed up! Mixing them up gets the good killed and/or you killed.

You also gain the ability to fuse up to 3 of the Fusion abilities together to create new abilities, the only requirement is that the powers being combined came from different creatures.
The rifts that are opening are connecting Earth to various other realities, including Heaven and Hell. Heaven has sent an Angel through to help you defeat the demons being sent from Hell. The final boss is Satan himself who comes in the form he had before being banished from Heaven, and is under the glow of false glory. Don't be fooled!

The only actual companion character is the Rock Goblin Champion, AFTER you defeat him. Attacking any of his people(after he joins you) permanently loses you his help.

Friendly races:

Human - Balanced, stats unaffected by environment “Foraging” skill starts at lvl 3

Drakkon - Humanoid lizard, high attack and defense, “Sniping” skill starts at lvl 2, “Medicine-Making” skill starts at lvl 1. Cold-blooded(speed affected by temperature);
high temp = high speed(x1.5) (desert, tropics, or magma-caves)
average temp = average speed(x1) (temperate lowlands)
low temp = low speed(x0.5) (high mountains, Arctic, or Antarctic)

Rock-Goblin - Rocky appearance, high stealth rating, poor eyesight in bright light (ex. daylight) but can see in the dark (ex. nighttime or underground), “Medicine-making” skill starts at lvl 3

Gnoll - humanoid canine, high attack and defense, low speed, “Trade” skill starts at lvl 3>

Right after the end of “Silver Symbiosis”, someone gets a sample of the symbiote’s DNA after all skill’s have been acquired. Symbiote was then cloned from the sample, however the skills have become dormant during the cloning process and can only be unlocked through leveling up.
The portals are still open so many creatures are coming through, some good, some evil. The player picks both gender and species from among the “friendly” races and is given a symbiote clone. Bad guys have also gotten a sample of symbiote DNA, but rather than straight up cloning they are experimenting with genetic engineering and have corrupted it, creating monsters that make the creatures coming through the portals seem harmless by comparison. This corruption of the DNA has twisted the dormant abilities into completely new abilities. For example, the “Water” element abilities have morphed into “Ice” element abilities. As the symbiote was supposed to be totally unique in any/all realities, they share a connection with the bioengineered monster-clones and can absorb these new abilities from them after defeating them in battle. Only one new ability can be gained per battle however and this new ability has to come from among the ones that have already been awakened but not yet acquired by the player. Exactly which ability is selected randomly from among those remaining from among the awakened ones. Acquisition of these new abilities changes the symbiote, along with the host’s hair and eye color, from silver to gold.(Lacking hair, the Drakkon race’s scales change color instead)
Some of the demons were trapped, physically incarnate, in this world when the portal to Hell was closed at the end of <b><u><i>“Silver Symbiosis” </i></u></b> and are thereby still around to be among the bosses in this sequel. Also among the bosses are both “normal” and symbiote-enhanced versions of some of the bosses from the first game.

Thanks!

Me too, me too... >.<

Wish I could, but I'm on my uncle's comp most of the time I'm online. I'm mainly coordinating the work of others on Golden-dragon-studio.deviantart.com and doing the design side of things.

Basically I have the entire team EXCEPT the programmer assembled... >.<

Programmers who have the time, the skill and the determination are hard to find. :p

Oh-well. Have fun with whatever project you end up working on!

Yeah, but serious ones, ones who will stick to a project, are mostly already taken. Not all are though.

Personaly I'm looking for one who is good with C++ or C#
(I'm not exactly good at writing help wanted ads either, so that doesn't help.:p)

What would you rate your skill level?

Mind checking out mine then? We aren't ready for voice actors yet but we will be needing some.
Indiedb.com

Welcome to the community! Please enjoy your time here! ^_^

Do you have any particular project yet?

Welcome to the community! Please enjoy your time here.

So do you have any projects you are working on at the moment?

Programmers are one of the hardest things to recruit, trust me on this. Most are already devoted to a particular project and can't be shifted.

Qunit wrote: Hey all,

Yaron, Israel, 26.
Currently working on my own project VITAL.
I don't want to be the annoying newbie that post thread in the wrong place, so i prefer to ask here -
where do i post progress on my project?? (sry,sry sry for being a noob...)

Welcome to the group! ^_^

As to your question, mainly here on your page. You can do a blog, post artwork, videos, "news" reports, etc...

That's always good!

Congrats! ^_^

Any idea when stuff will slow down though?

Congrats!

This might give a better idea what the overall game is about: Indiedb.com

Sorry about all the HTML tags, I wasn't paying attention when I posted it. Mainly it was just to establish an ordered list. :p

Thank you for the advice! It is very greatly appreciated! ^_^

Anyway... The problem I have with communication with the team is that not only do we live a long ways apart, but I also don't have the internet and the only phone is a prepaid cell with no indoors reception and limited time... >.<

Wish I could afford to bring the team together to discuss it, but the best I can manage is "notes" on DA or messages on here.

P.S.
I recently found a couple actual game design textbooks in the library system that I'm going over! ^_^

They are outdated (2004), but a lot better than what I had which was basically nothing except what little I could think to ask of you.

It brings up many things I hadn't even considered and has a section on coding to get me started there.(I can already do small programs on Windows and scripts in Linux, but nothing of the type needed for a game)

Friendly races:
<ol><li><b>Human - Balanced, stats unaffected by environment “<u>Foraging</u>” skill starts at lvl 3</b></li>
<li><b>Drakkon - Humanoid lizard, high attack and defense, “<u>Sniping</u>” skill starts at lvl 2, “Medicine-Making” skill starts at lvl 1. Cold-blooded(speed affected by temperature); </b></li>
<ol><li><b>high temp = high speed(x1.5) (desert, tropics, or magma-caves) </b></li>
<li><b>average temp = average speed(x1) (temperate lowlands) </b></li>
<li><b>low temp = low speed(x0.5) (high mountains, Arctic, or Antarctic)</b></li></ol>
<li><b>Rock-Goblin - Rocky appearance, high stealth rating, poor eyesight in bright light (ex. daylight) but can see in the dark (ex. nighttime or underground), “Medicine-making” skill starts at lvl 3</b></li>
<li><b>Gnoll - humanoid canine, high attack and defense, low speed, “Trade” skill starts at lvl 3</b></li></ol>

As the symbiote was supposed to be totally unique in any/all realities, they share a connection with the bioengineered monster-clones and can absorb these new abilities from them after defeating them in battle. Only one new ability can be gained per battle however and this new ability has to come from among the ones that have already been awakened but not yet acquired by the player. Exactly which ability is selected randomly from among those remaining from among the awakened ones. Acquisition of these new abilities changes the symbiote, along with the host’s hair and eye color, from silver to gold.(Lacking hair, the Drakkon race’s scales change color instead)
Some of the demons were trapped, physically incarnate, in this world when the portal to Hell was closed at the end of <b><u><i>“Silver Symbiosis” </i></u></b> and are thereby still around to be among the bosses in this sequel. Also among the bosses are both “normal” and symbiote-enhanced versions of some of the bosses from the first game. Examples: <b><u><i>Golden Drail</i></u></b> and <b><u><i>“Golden Talon of the Death-God”(Drakkon assassin, one of six high-priests/enforcers of the terror-inspiring Death-God cult. “Talons” are only outranked within the cult by the leader, known as the “Voice of the Death-God”)</i></u></b>.

Bad guys have also gotten a sample of symbiote DNA, but rather than straight up cloning they are experimenting with genetic engineering and have corrupted it, creating monsters that make the creatures coming through the portals seem harmless by comparison. This corruption of the DNA has twisted the dormant abilities into completely new abilities. For example, the “Water” element abilities have morphed into “Ice” element abilities.

Well, eventually you'll find something that holds your interest!

Just out of curiousity, would this game interest you? My current project i a single player but I've been told it would make a great MMO by a lot of people. This is my idea for an MMORPG sequel to it:

<h1>Possible <b>MMORPG</b> sequel to <b><u><i>“Silver Symbiosis”</i></u></b>;</h1>
<ol>Possible titles;
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis 2: Silver Brigade”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis: Silver Brigade”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis 2: Metal Mania”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis: Metal Mania”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis 2: Metal Menace”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis: Metal Menace”</i></u></b> (Has 0 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li><b><u><i> “Silver Symbiosis: Golden Evolution”</i></u></b> (Has 2 vote(s) so far) </li>
<li>…</li></ol>
Right after the end of <b><u><i>“Silver Symbiosis”</i></u></b>, someone gets a sample of the symbiote’s DNA after all skill’s have been acquired. Symbiote was then cloned from the sample, however the skills have become dormant during the cloning process and can only be unlocked through leveling up.
The portals are still open so many creatures are coming through, some good, some evil. The player picks both gender and species from among the “friendly” races and is given a symbiote clone.

Well, eventually you'll find something that holds your interest!

Unfortunately I can only communicate with my team online so direct isn't exactly practical... >.<

I'll read over this more carefully later but don't really have the time right now. I saved your post to a word document.

Oh well, to each their own! ^_^
So what ones do you enjoy?

I use Sculptris mainly for fun, but it also helps for character design. I designed two of my game's bosses in it.
The "Demon Lord" and the "Drail"

You know, a program (usable only for still figures unfortunately) that is very easy to learn is Pixologic.com by Pixologic, the same company as ZBrush. I'm only an amateur with it, but you can see some of the stuff I did with it here: C-hillman.deviantart.com

Sorry about the delayed response but it apparently doesn't notify about replies to comments on other's profiles...

So you make music for games? Wish I could but nothing I make turns out decent. >.<

Ever try "Blender" for making/animating characters? I stink at it personally but I've seen some excellent animations made with it.

Unfortunately for me my current project is my first so I don't really have any experience to draw upon except as a writer.

My game is a variant on the portal theme. The character cannot place portals, but has to deal with ones opening in their world that are dropping alien creatures into it. Some of the creature are friendly, some are hostile. Even among the hostile some are good but believe you to be the one responsible for dragging them away from their homes while others are truly evil.
Therefore gameplay is a mix of negotiation and combat. In fact, most of your combat skills are obtained through negotiation amidst combat conditions.

"<a href="https://www.indiedb.com/forum/thread/silver-symbiosis-prologue"><b><u><i>Silver Symbiosis - Prologue</i></u></b></a>"

My biggest problem is ensuring that my game design document is easily understood and translated into programming. Perhaps I could get you to look over part of it and letting me know if anything needs clarifying?