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Title: Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: on Mon 11/08/2003 09:10:01
Hi there, im new to this forum, but ive had AGS for quite awhile now(bout a year n a bit) and its  occurd to me when i was watching back to the future after buying it on DVD that an Adventure game like that would be cool, i have already started on the graphics part, im also trying to find a counterpart engine for the Delorean driving part, which would, i think be rather cool to drive around in, just like in mafia(if uve ever played it, then ule no that the driving part is actually one of the coolest parts of the game, though this would be the only 3d connection, everything else would be in point n click style interface, hopefully using lucasarts interfaces) so, now all i gotta do is write a story line for it, and then im ready to get some real scripting started....


Tell me what ya think chaps


Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: evilspacefart on Mon 11/08/2003 09:14:26
welcome
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Privateer Puddin' on Mon 11/08/2003 09:25:11
Could work, but you'd have to get the whole atmosphere and the linking between different times and how one affects the other (might wanna play DOTT for some inspiration) Good luck
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Joseph DiPerla on Mon 11/08/2003 16:05:30
Go for it! You could always try and make the game, if you dont succeed your not hurting anyone.

I would love to see a game like this on Bttf.

And yes, I agree that you should use DOTT as a base of idea's on how time travel could work.

Joey
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Ginny on Mon 11/08/2003 16:10:11
Oh, DOTT was definetly brilliant in this aspect.
Another game to my replay list.. :P ;)

Good luck with the game! :)
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Scummbuddy on Mon 11/08/2003 16:48:30
many people over on the back to the future forums are now dwindling on wanting a fourth film, but turning to the idea of making back to the future 4 a game.  That way, they could get the voices right, and the characters could be at any age needed.  I think that is a brilliant idea, and i wish you good luck on this game.  I hope you see the movies at least a billion times to stay true to the films, they are my favorite trilogy ever...so be nice.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Raggit on Wed 13/08/2003 02:52:11
I love the BTTF movies!!  ;D

Like Scummbuddy says, be respectfull or we'll have to kick you in the butt.

And make sure you don't infringe on any copyrights.

Sounds neat!

Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Gonzo on Wed 13/08/2003 10:13:20
Sounds like a cool idea, the Back To The Future series are some of my favourite films. A really special trilogy. My VHS tapes of them are worn out now, but I've yet to get hold of the DVD set, can't wait to get my hand on it though.

It would be tricky to make a game like that with the attention to detail and general atmosphere of the trilogy, but I'm sure it is possible. It would probably be a huge undertaking though, definitely way beyond my capabilities. Good luck to ya though, I'd love to play a game like that. The Delorean sections sound like they'd be a nice touch.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: on Thu 01/04/2004 01:31:05
I like the idea. Im a big fan of the series.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Darth Mandarb on Thu 01/04/2004 01:44:28
This'll probably be moved into 'Adventure Related Chat' section as it's not really in production ;)

However ...

I think it's a great idea!!  Somebody about a year ago hinted at making a BttF game ... can't remember who/when.

I have an idea for a game I'm eventually going to make that deals with Time Travel.  It's such a fascinating subject!

Good luck!

~ d
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Scummbuddy on Thu 01/04/2004 02:52:50
I've been writing a story for a BTTF game for awhile, but I haven't much to talk about, so I hadn't announced anything more.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: IntentInsane on Fri 02/04/2004 22:12:16
I'm toying with the idea of a Time-travelling game, but it would be a short one, probably using Rogers. I may even release it as you know, like a template. What do you think?
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Migs on Sat 03/04/2004 22:07:59
Yes, a time travel theme is a guaranteed instant hit.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Trapezoid on Sat 03/04/2004 22:17:12
I think Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure was a more realistic depicition of time travel, really. BTTF, although a great series of movies, was loaded with too many paradoxes and inconsistancies. Bill and Ted, however, dealt with an unchangable timeline and everything worked in a perfect circle in the end. Screw that "accidentally preventing your parents from getting together and then fading away" crap. Bill and Ted was more like 12 Monkeys, where everything that happens is supposed to happen and always did happen. Rock.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: ElectricMonk on Sun 04/04/2004 06:43:23
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I think Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure was a more realistic depicition of time travel, really.

Hm... I do kinda want to see an adventure game which has an air guitar as an inventory item  ;D
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Jockstrap on Sun 04/04/2004 07:18:47
Ah...12 Monkeys...
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: TerranRich on Sun 04/04/2004 08:20:25
Actually, if you wanna be specific, time travel most likely works in the way that if you went back in time and prevented your own existance, you'd generate an alternate timeline (much like BttF 3) and if you travelled to the future, nobody would know who the hell you were, since you don't exist. :)

Perhaps you could keep that in mind? It's tough to create a nonlinear time travel game. You'd have to program years worth of what-ifs and what-would-happen-as-a-result's. :P

EDIT:

Perhaps I could write a guideline for time travel (one theory, anyway), that people could use when creating time travel games. A sort of "time travel bible" to get all your "facts" squared away so you don't have any inconsistencies and paradoxes created as a result of innacuracy. :P
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Trapezoid on Sun 04/04/2004 09:04:04
Depends on whether you believe in free will or not. I guess I'm not sure.
BTTF's "fading away" was still pretty silly.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Jockstrap on Sun 04/04/2004 09:19:44
I like the 12 Monkeys principle: if you go back in time, everything that you do will be what you need to have done in order for the present to occur the way it does.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Kweepa on Sun 04/04/2004 10:53:28
"...time travel most likely works [this way]..."

:)

"...I could write a guideline for time travel (one theory anyway)..."

I think it's more interesting when people aren't constrained. Let's see the other theories!
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: on Sun 04/04/2004 12:40:10
A Back To The Future adventure game would probably be quite a challenge to make, tho you'd probably have fun implementing "paths" and such alike. BTTF, though with some great "action" moments always struck me as being a puzzle solving movie, and I often used to wonder about making a BTTF game.

It should be done, sometime. But justice would need to be done with the game. No MS Paint backgrounds, etc. But, thats just my opinion ^_^
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: Trapezoid on Sun 04/04/2004 19:45:51
Come to think of it, BTTF's style of time travel would be more suited for an adventure game. The 12 Monkeys/Bill and Ted style of an ultimately linear timeline needs to be designed as such by the author, and doesn't lend itself to player control.
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: MrColossal on Sun 04/04/2004 19:49:24
Time Out has Bill and Ted style time travel, and I don't mean phoneboothery [sadly]

but that's mostly due to the game taking place in the first 2 games

er.. first 2 RON games that is... not many people remember Time Out so I didn't want to cause confusion
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: LordHart on Mon 05/04/2004 04:37:38
Dudes... for time travelling stuff...

www.johntitor.com

:P
Title: Re:Back to the Future Adventure Game
Post by: LordHart on Mon 05/04/2004 04:38:24
Um... see, i've travelled back in time and altered what this post said originally... so it doesn't... no, it wasn't a double post...

/me looks around all shifty like... :-\