nova*pilot*!
- drive around in a little robot, using fantasy OS as interface.
- nova computer is a fantasy computer.
- the city is the mainframe
- dodge bullets in action
- strategize tactics in passive
- main view is top view turn-based.
- second view is fps
- using FPS mode, ‘jack in’ to terminals
- explore networks, connections, caves, regions
- two sides of the world? from within, sub-world and from without ?
- language is: Objective-CAML
- libraries are: glfw, cairo, opengl/webgl
- audio: Csound
- editor is: emacs
- Local native
- Web Canvas
- finish porting the “game/system” modules.
- using cube tiles, or full geometry in parts but connecting doorways ?
- turtle
- draw, lift pen, stroke, path, bitops, et
- polygon windings?
- map tiles aka FF:T and RO and FF:CC.
- mandala textures/tiles
- lots of drum patterns
S-expression; or raw OCaml type constructors.
- levels/maps
- models
- vector paths, models
- sound waves
- skeletons and animations
- rendered waveforms
- sprites?
- images?
- chipmunk or bullet or..
- users can edit levels. like bangai-o and super mario maker.
- players can edit/upload rooms and fit them in the world.
- file save, open, list
- able to merge. compare and binarily operate on tree models. (sexp)
- filesystem represents live/streamed/persistant object ecosystem
- 2D grid view with Z view like QuakeEd.
- polygon winding editing
- tree browser like oldschool Finder.
- basic code editing
- shader/procedural/synth editing
- animation and key frames with scrub.
? easy/normal/hard?
- sound on/off
- music on/off
Called Nova
his grand and complicated magical (blessed) organ can travel in the galaxy. it is made of junk parts from things given to him. each part has sentimental value. (karma) he lands it on a planet , and this is head quarters. he can return here with parts he found, new items to mix in the lab, save and heal. there is a lot of traveling back to novaphone, many items need to be analyzed nova has everything he needs to live a long life of peace inside novaphone. how it was created, revealed in pieces during game, of nova’s past: during a great mission, partners and friends he thought he trusted has turned on him so easily. he was left with nothing and stranded in a barren junk planet. he started to build a home here, with junk parts. he was later able to make it travel on land, where he found other people. he was doing services for the good and not for the bad, helping others – in this way his home became greater exponentially and was able to travel in space soon. when he was first abandoned in the barren wasteland area, he spent 3 years and 3 months in solitude.
in the ship there is a lab for making various potions, concotions both bad and good here many items are made, like fire attack bombs, regular bombs, even bullets. it also works with metal and can make some special parts for upgrades and progress.
he travels alone in space until the federation sends him a message but they haven’t met until his help is requested by them. they know of him from his mercenary name, The Whistler. they had a hard time to track him down and find him. nova notices the message in a public place like a Wanted sign, he decides to set up a safe meeting from a distance to see. never does he visit them personally until the relationship between nova and the federation are more secure, where both sides have what the other wants; in such a way that either party can abort safely. at first they are both afraid of each other; nova doesn’t want to get caught or somehow harmed, and the federation does not want to be destroyed knowing of nova’s past life and reputation. he accepts the federation’s dire request because he thinks even from his painful and evil past, that he can do something right by having an idea that he has a purpose and this is it. in the end he realises his chosen peaceful life was the real purpose, where he had everything.
at first they are good guys with no harm. in the end, they end up being the bad ones, and they themselves did not even know it. so through the adventure, nova using his morals finds more and more that the federation is indeed the true enemy, not the harmless creatures he is sent to planets to either:
- eradicate those that seem hostile
- collect for study those that seem harmless/helpful
- or to change and modify and interrupt those who are neither harmful or helpful.
so in the end nova finds out the federation is just scared of the 5 planets because they don’t understand them. nova along the way helps them to get rid of the real enemy, inside themselves
- takes place on galaxy federation planet or ship run by robots and machine
? hero can disengage her suit to zero, for certain areas or environments ? then, when engaged or spotted by robot or camera detection, robots come and samus must change into suit… will give a great sense of human fragility.
- zen chozo masters
- story telling but not like fusion, instead like castlevania, but computers
- hero is a wandering alchemist.
- he has a mechship.
- he is known around the galaxy for helping others.
- his dressing is in tattered robes
- he is always happy, even at very scary and threatening large bosses to hurt him
- he has great knowledge of the 5 elements
- he also has great knowledge of the two opposing forces, light and dark. neither are good or bad.
- he is a retired bounty hunter a long time ago,
- now is in a life of peaceful living and music and helping those who he encounters in his passive/reactive travels
- starting gun is default pistol-like single shot arm cannon
- mid way through game upgrade is rapid fire machine-style shooting with shells. this weapon is rapid but overheats.
- green laser that might bounce one time. toothpaste green, bright and spilly and splashy and with travel. might push a little, samus and/or enemies.
- actually a railgun, it shoots for 1 second and has 1 second delay. pushback for samus prevents her from movement. so it is a precise weapon like sniper.
- E-tank
- missile tank
- electric whip/grapple ?
- three skills: beginner, normal, advanced.
- melee? smash brothers maybe auto, charging into them, kicking them
- mouse to aim.
- buttons on keyboard to move left right, down is duck, up is jump
- button for fire (selected weapon/item) and bombs in morph
? there are curving geometry for morph ball requiring acceleration/momentum ?
- gravity changes in some areas like mario galaxy
- screen can turn and rotate left and right, and zoom
- gravity weapons that attract samus to it because of the suit, gravity suit can overcome it
- space, tech, earthy, cyber
- gears and clockwork!
- the inner architecture of planets.
- lots of engines and pipes and gears and machine and pits and mystery spots.
- but not dark.
- neat doors and room-changing
- geometry able to become destroyed in some areas. it should be obvious to the player.
- all are robots.
- bland colors such as grey, greyish blue, greyish green, brown, etc, are defeated with any weapon.
- strong colors such as green, red, use certain aquired weapons to defeat
- armor plays similar role with the suit of samus
nova is requested by the federation to be the only one who doesn’t fear. and he is known for his strong powers that they can only 50% understand with science, enough that they are not scared. so he is sent to missions on the planets to help the federation with their goals.
the future city is the hub planet. it is the start and the end of the journey, the center of all 5 main planets, it is floating in space. this is where the federation and the population are. in the beginning it is a city, but progressing in the adventure it ends up to be a military fortress. nova observes the changes and helps with many of them through his missions on the planets.
is where wood bombs are useful. there are insect creatures here.
is where metal bombs are useful. there are plant creatures here.
is where fire bombs are useful. there are cold machines here.
swap 3 & 4?
is where earth bombs are useful. there are mysterious forces of nature here.
is where the water bombs are useful. there are hot lizards here.
- Bangai-O
- Metal Slug
- Battletoads
- Super Metroid
- Another World
- Celeste
- Textorcist
- ..?
Dharma in a game. Turn based RPG (roguelike)
- Arabian desert.
- Samurai!
- Robots.
- Camels.
- wind, sand
- lots of empty space and large distance
- cities are cramped clausterphobic labyrinths
- there is a train that goes around. a spiritual one and otherwise
- central place near world tree.
- right to left for Hebrew and Arabic.
- make your own maps. which influences the RNG/procgen.
- carrying
- buying and selling
- many shops sorted by type by streets.
- combinations
- al-kemia (alchemy)
- turn based.
- rooms are single screens (can fit vector anywhere)
- mouse and keyboard
- four buttons: attack, jump, special, defend.
- screen rotates for player always facing either N or E. (inshallah)
- there is a map on the top right.
- Map shows current position, save points, boss rooms.
- Item screen shows your items.
- world is one (invert) sphere
- space/heaven is in the very center.
- water is surrounding on the very outsides.
- earth is built into this. can dig.
- gravity pushes out from the center.
- water surface can expand or shrink
- moving closer to center shrinks object due to vacuum.
- can never reach center (black hole?)
- orbiting luminaries for navigation and discovery.
- cubes with curvepaths cutting into them? ie. CSG the paths from the tiles, one for each of the six faces.
- using subdivided surfaces (subsurf) using corners as weight points.
- this is easy for mass physics and thunks of any size and resolution.
- great for distances, rendering, and so on.
- arabic/hebrew
- arabic trap
- vector (SVG)
- generate random stats