Comments on: Planet In Action – Ships

By: Wulf

Wulf — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:32:02 +0000

That sounds like fun.

But this idea of mine will never get created, an FPS map set inside a creative, modern setting? It’ll never happen. FPS developers, players, and map creators like playing it horribly safe, and have for years.

But I would be very, very happy for someone to prove me wrong.

Frankly, I’d love that as a TF2 map. TF2 needs maps which are both less safe and more interesting.

By: Richard Beer

Richard Beer — Thu, 21 May 2009 09:14:46 +0000

Actually that’s not a bad idea. I once created a Star Wars map for the original TF that was two Corellian Corvettes side by side trying to destroy each other with boarding actions. And when I say ‘created’ I mean ‘half finished before discovering the poly count of being able to see a whole, life-sized Corellian Corvette whilst you were on the way to it made the thing largely unplayable’.

Such a shame, too, I had so many great ideas for people being blown out of airlocks to travel between the two, and shuttles that had timed departures for rapid transit etc etc.

By: Wulf

Wulf — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:29:07 +0000

I have a brilliant idea…

And Jim’s going to hate me for this because it really is a brilliant idea and no one’s ever going to make it, you’ll see.

Now consider the Manned Cloud airship, but not just one of them, two of them, they’re damaged, they’re on fire, and they’re plummeting to Earth, Hindenburg style. There are gangplanks running between them, which are very easy to fall off of, and to one’s doom.

Then we make it a TF2 capture-the-briefcase map! So we have two teams running back and forth between completely trashed modern Zeppelins. Then there’ll be the clever buggers who’ll find their way up into the framework of the balloon to snipe and setup turrets, but they’ll have to be careful that there’re no Pyros around, or it’s firey doom for everyone!

No, wiait, that’s a horrible idea, isn’t it?

…nevermind.

/wanders off

By: LionsPhil

LionsPhil — Wed, 20 May 2009 23:25:07 +0000

Well, Daikatana was at least released.

We just wish it wasn’t.

By: ZIGS

ZIGS — Wed, 20 May 2009 22:57:32 +0000

I think we should get John Romero to lead this project. What could possibly go wrong?

By: Baris

Baris — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:35:28 +0000

@ACESandEIGHTS: Split that six pack 50/50 and we have a deal.

By: ACESandElGHTS

ACESandElGHTS — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:31:37 +0000

Baris: I’ve got $35 and a six pack to my name, and I’d be happy to invest a large part of that in this project. I’ve always wanted to be a venture capitalist.

That Manned Cloud is fantastic. Hopefully the “French designers” will be done with that “in another year or so.”

By: Nick

Nick — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:31:27 +0000

That manned cloud would be perfect for me to contro my agents from as they minigun their way around the dystopian cityscape.

“Selected”

By: Baris

Baris — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:21:22 +0000

Shoot. Why are all the great ideas taken before I get to them…

Maybe I can make space airships! They’re like normal airships, but all big and science-like, yeah.

By: Pags

Pags — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:20:51 +0000

Weren’t those the things that attacked Number 6 in The Prisoner?

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:12:43 +0000

Googling “Airship Media” brings up this rather disturbing page: http://robotairshipfacility.mcgill.ca/airship_media.html

I, for one, will fight our airship overlords using smaller, faster airships that can hide in the jungle.

By: James G

James G — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:07:07 +0000

Yes!This is a fantastic idea.