im about 75% into making my first game and i was wanting to give it a name like the dr who episodes have ie Caves of the androzani . Spearhead from space. something with that sort of ring to it anyway.
The main thing the characters up against is small hairy cataerpillar type monsters.
so if anyone has any good ideas for the title then please post them here.
the best one will be used as the title and the submitter will get a credit in the credits
What are the catepillar monsters called? I've always like titles like, "Vengeance of the [Monster Name]" or "In the grip of [Monster Name]" or something. That old scifi serials type of titles like [gasp!] The Phantom Menace or Attack of the Clones.
I was going to call them the "Solonoids"
i wanted to get a list of titles going but they dont have to have solonoids in the title but something to do with haairy catterpillars
How about "Revenge of the hairy caterpillar thingys", "Attack of the Solonoids". Or u could have just plain "Solonoids!!". If i heard more about your game i could give you some better game names.
allow me to suggest another name for the solonoids because:
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=solenoid
that is what i think of, not monsters
i dont really want to give to much away but its not going to have jokey conversations like monkey island but then again its not going to be to emotional like that mags game with the pirate
(i cant remember the name it was a bit like monkey island and made by some german guy i think). It is my first game so im not aiming to make it a 5 days a stranger or anything.
I think vengeance of the solonoids would be a good name for a sequel
i only just read that damn what about "satsumoids"
OK, ummm u could call the caterpillar things 'The Labour Party' cuz they probly look like Tony Blair,lol. A funky name for the caterpillars could be "THE UTINALS". bit cheesy :D but its the best i can come up with.
'Going Solonoid'
'Space Caterpillars from Outer Space'
'The wrath of the Solonoids'
'Insert Title here'
'Caterpillar Catastrophe'
'Joe the carpenters big adventure in dream land'
I like the sound of "Wrath of the Solonoids" more titles along those lines
Night of the Living Solonoids
For Whom the Solonoid Tolls
I Was a Teenage Solonoid
Arsenic and Old Solonoids
Vengeance, Thy Name is Solonoid
The Fellowship of the Solonoids
The Two Solonoids
Return of the Solonoid
The Solonoid Before Christmas
Meet the Solonoids
Solonoid This!
Avoid the Solonoid
The Solonoid Who Shagged Me
Solonoid Reloaded
The League of Extraordinary Solonoids
The Emperor's New Solonoid
Solonoids, Inc.
The Sixth Solonoid
Chasing Solonoids
El Dia de la Solonoid
Eight Legged Solonoids
The Solonoid Horror Picture Show
Dude, Where's My Solonoid?
Abbot and Costello Meet the Solonoids
Crouching Satsumoid, Hidden Solonoid
Dr Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Solonoids
King Solonoid's Mines
Seriously though, I'd either avoid putting the word in the title, or use only the word, like in "Alien" or "Predator". If you're going for a serious game, titles like "Revenge/Wrath/Attack of the..." is likely to give a cheesy impression.
Also, and this is pure personal opinion, to me "Solonoid" sounds like someone describing a lonesome geek while using a Brooklyn accent.
you said Night of the Living Solonoids twice...
well, here's what i think for a title, it's a game about caterpillar creatures, and caterpillars have lots of legs, so, why not call it something like "Legs", it has the horror theme about it, bit like "The Birds" or "The Thing"...
Thanks Boyd, corrected.
I like your suggestions. Perhaps something like "The Crawling" or "The Scuttling", if those aren't movie titles yet, in reference to the werewolf movie "The Howling".
A final suggestion: Wait until the game is 100% or 99% finished - most of the time a title will occur to you at the very end when you have a complete mental overview of the whole project. Otherwise your name will likely shape the rest of the project and you may find yourself forcing your original story into different directions just to fit the title. Happened to me more than once when I was younger...
The Satsumoid Situation
Caterpillar Catastrophe
Creepy Crawlers
Invertebrate Insanity
Song of the Solonoids
Something like that?
Hungry hungry Solonoids
Wormaggeddon
Solonoids Strike Back
Solonoidistic
Rise Of The Solonoids
Solonoids, Annoyed!
Crawling From the Depths Of Space
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Crawling From the Depths Of Space
Very lovecraftian, with a dash of Rocky Horror Picture Show End Monologue. I like it.
Oh, forgot to mention this before... not sure about Satsumoid. It sounds like "something in the manner of a tangerine (http://www.melissas.com/catalog/index.cfm?info=Yes&Cat_ID=50&Sub_Cat_ID=100&Cat_Name=Fruits&Sub_Cat_Name=Citrus&product_ID=13)".
I pretty like names with alliterations, like:
Save the Solonoids!
Suck my Solonoid!
something like that ;)
"The Story of the Evil Hairy Catterpillar Space Creatures Trying To Take Over The World, or Solonoid This!"
"Solonoids ate my Babysitter"
"Soul and Solonoids"
"Solonoids Ahoy!"
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/gens/bmovie.html
The Lovely Thirst of Solonoids
SolonoidsÃ, from The End of Time
Solonoid Nine from Venus
Venus Nine from Solonoid
Venus Solonoids from Venus
edit- this one is good: "The Bikini of Violent Predators"
I second Wormaggedon
King solonoid
Going Solonoid
Soilonoid this!
Solonoids 'r' us!
The Solonoid Factory
The Solonoid Effect
It came from beneath the solonoid!
It came from the planet Solonoid!
The Solonoids are back!
SOS ( Save Our Solonoids)
The Solonoids From Outer Space
Killer Solonoids
Slithering Solonoids
The Top Solonoid
When Dave met Julie
"Main characters name" and the Solonoids
Living with a solonoid
It came from beneath the sink!
Avoid the Solonoid
just a few suggestions, lol.
"It came from beneath the sink"Ã, sounds well funny but im going
to go with
"WRATH OF THE SOLONOIDS"
which EGGY suggested but cheers everyone for putting in your ideas and i thought to be fair ill give everyone who replied a credit in the game along with there suggestion.
Well done Eggy (Doody head, lol). It came from beneath the sink sounds cool :D How long u rekcon until ya games finished?
Id say 2 weeks but dont quote me on that its not going to be massive but it will have some red herrings and stuff.
ill maybe post some screenies nearer the release.
Cool, i will be willing to test it :D and to see my name in the credits (i hope) if i can get to the end, lol. cant wait :D