I thought about some of the games i have tried to make on my own but they have gone
terribly wrong.So i gathered some friends off mine to come up with a new game.After hours
of idas we finally settled on a game called Battle Of the Birds dun dun duuun.
basically you live on a farm in America as a turkey...you get teased by numerous seagulls
which go on about you being locked up and them being free. then one day the farmer
leaves the gate open so that you are set free ...you wander around the streets of L.A.
catching birds to become troops to have revenge on the seagulls.....
so what do you think...editing welcome :)
(Rated 15)
www.freewebs.com/battleofbirds/
Original idea.
You probably have taken more insight into a domestic turkey mind, bút... someone teases you and you organize troops to take revenge? Isn't that a bit overreacting? Besides I don't really like the thought of animals getting assigned such human ways of sorting things out among themselves.
Why not make the turkey break free and organize birds in L.A. to protes against animal slavery. Like gang up in hunderds and drop all their $§!= on the mayor or something...
Or at least think of a real cause to declare a war on the seagulls (I can't think of one right now)
btw. isn't it a bit paradox that your profile says you're 13 and you are planning to design a game "rated 15"?
EDIT
If you are interested in the topic of animals oganizing an army, I recomend George Orwell's "Animal Farm". It might give you some really good ideas.
Quote from: Albert Cuandero on Wed 15/09/2004 17:53:34
Original idea.
You probably have taken more insight into a domestic turkey mind, bút... someone teases you and you organize troops to take revenge? Isn't that a bit overreacting? Besides I don't really like the thought of animals getting assigned such human ways of sorting things out among themselves.
Why not make the turkey break free and organize birds in L.A. to protes against animal slavery. Like gang up in hunderds and drop all their $§!= on the mayor or something...
Or at least think of a real cause to declare a war on the seagulls (I can't think of one right now)
Exactly what I wanted to write, but I was too slow :D. Besides, if were a turkey and were set free I wouldn't waste my time in freedom to take revenge on some stupid seagulls. I could just walk away.
I really like Albert's idea to make the birds protest against animal slavery.
Quote from: Albert Cuandero on Wed 15/09/2004 17:53:34
btw. isn't it a bit paradox that your profile says you're 13 and you are planning to design a game "rated 15"?
Yeah, are you going to close your eyes anytime you make a scene that is not rated for you age?!? :P
I agree with all of the above, but I happen to think that this is a pretty stupid idea for a game. I mean, would a turkey really care that much? Personification is all well and good but for goodness sake do it properly.
Also how would you end it? Kill all the seagulls in the world- The End? Kill the 'king' seagull?(Which doesn't/couldn't exist)
The preceeding message was rated PG.
Thats another thing, how can you make a 15 when
A) You are yourself 13
B) The game is about poultry
C) You have't actually made it yet
D) You don't have a board of adjudicators to award it the certificate "15"
Feather Wars : Episode I - The Escape
Gobler is a turkey. He lives on a farm, couped up between walls of chicken wire.
Every day a band of seagulls fly over and taunts Gobler and his emprisoned mates. They shout down things like, "Hey fellas, what's for dinner!?", and "Don't lose your head!!".
Gobler has had enough. He formulates a plan. A plan to escape this cruel life of abuse!
Gobler discovers that the weight of one turkey is enough to force open the gate to their enclosure. The only problem is that bird then can't escape with the rest. So which bird will be the sacrifice? No, this won't do!!
He cooks up a plan to lure the seagulls into a trap, a trap that when triggered, will use the seagull's combined weight to open the gate and trap them in the enclosure (a little revenge!!). He figures if he can lure the dumb birds down with a shiny object, he can make the netting over the enclosure fall over them trapping them on the gate release!
So Gobbler asked Miss Witney (the farmer's cat) if she'd be so kind as to fetch him something shiny? Miss Witney is a compassionate cat who feels truely sorry for the condemned turkeys so she obliges and retrieves for him a shiny spoon. Part A of the escape plan is in motion!!
But there's another problem ... the farmers dog, Sherriff Thunder. Thunder is a nice enough pooch, but he's single minded in his dedication to following the law of the farm. Gobler and his fellow escapees must find a way to out smart the Sherriff.
They decide to make the cows (in the next enclosure) panic into a stampede which will pull Sherriff Thunder's attention away from the turkey coup. But how to make the cows panic? Simple! They know that cows panic at sudden loud noises. So Gobbler uses the loose board on the coup! He makes it fall onto the tin roof of the feed bin fight next to the cow pen. The loud noise will make the cows stampede!
Now all these elements must come together with precision and timing for the escape to work just right!
Will it work? Will Gobbler and his friends escape their lives of enclosure? Will this Band of Feathers escape a fate of becoming Thanksgiving dinner?
You'll find out!!
And Gobbler could be voiced in the speech pack by Mel Gibson.... just like Chicken Run!
/me suspects fowl play, as he takes a gander at the plot
Now you jus need some comedy wheeler-dealer rats and you're set...
I'm also curious about this "rated 15" thing....what on earth were you thinking, Mousemat?
Please respond.
Quote from: SSH on Wed 15/09/2004 19:40:26
And Gobbler could be voiced in the speech pack by Mel Gibson.... just like Chicken Run!
/me suspects fowl play, as he takes a gander at the plot
Good pun!
I was thinking it was very similar to Chicken Run as well.
But then, I thought that from his first post.
I was just trying to propose another avenue rather than a 'war with seagulls'.
i actually liked and went along with the idea that he went to get revenge... but what bothered me was how many turkey coops are in LA?
you all have 'changed' his story, and now it is jokingly turned into chicken run. I say he goes on with his original idea, maybe not a long game, but just a game to get done.
Quote from: Andail on Wed 15/09/2004 20:26:55
I'm also curious about this "rated 15" thing....what on earth were you thinking, Mousemat?
Please respond.
i think it means rated like in the movies, you know, not allowed for 15 and youger, please read this post
Quote from: Mr Flibble on Wed 15/09/2004 18:37:04
I agree with all of the above, but I happen to think that this is a pretty stupid idea for a game. I mean, would a turkey really care that much? Personification is all well and good but for goodness sake do it properly.
Also how would you end it? Kill all the seagulls in the world- The End? Kill the 'king' seagull?(Which doesn't/couldn't exist)
The preceeding message was rated PG.
Thats another thing, how can you make a 15 when
A) You are yourself 13
B) The game is about poultry
C) You have't actually made it yet
D) You don't have a board of adjudicators to award it the certificate "15"
uhh blackman, thats why andail said "I also curious" meaning in agreement. He understood what mr. flibble said.
Mouse its original but personnaly I would rather play a passion of christ game then it. You need an idea that people can relate to.
Quote from: LostTraveler on Wed 15/09/2004 22:27:44
Mouse its original but personnaly I would rather play a passion of christ game then it. You need an idea that people can relate to.
This one in which Jesus puts a sheet of papyrus under Pontius Pilates' door and then inserts a writing feather into the keyhole thus gaining him a key?
Yep you know the game! All in subtitles btw
I thought B.O.B stood for Battery operated Boyfriend.... its the only reason I clicked on this thread...
That didn't sound right at all...
Yeah too much like chickenrun and the like... however something about a turkey leading an army of other turkeys against the cackling seagull army is funny... (and not so much unlike quest for the holy grail.... couldn't you see a seagull yelling "I fart in your general direction") HAHAHA
Wasn't B.O.B a game for the Megadrive?
i was only joking about the rated 15 part...
ok just to tell you that this game isw a comedy adventure and the idea somewhat came from the sims......dont ask why ;)
Quote from: mousemat on Thu 16/09/2004 13:38:16and the idea somewhat came from the sims......dont ask why ;)
.....why? Or more importantly, how?
ok here goes...it all stasrted out when i told my mates about ags and ask if they wanted to make a game....we came up with a sims game idea but then we added ideas like gta .after that one of my mates came up with switching a human into a turkey with seagulls as the bad guys and instead of using a gun we arew gonna ghave a net which equips the turkey. ....................................and thats how we came up with the idea ;D
Relating to the Sims in more ways then one here.... :P
Yes I can totally see how this is derived from The Sims...
*pause*
Can I buy some pot off you??
HAHAHAH how old are your friends mouse
hi all im called chris im 1 of mouse matts mates we all came up with the idea and overall im suprised of all the quoits we got thanks for your oppinion and if u want to help in any way at all send me a message and we wondered if u have any more ideas on how to inprove our idea
ok soz i am new so i dont know my way around the sight and thanks for your comments
Hi ranger, can I draw your attention to some of the cool features of this forum:
1. You can click on someone's username to send them a Private Message
2. You can edit any posts you have made after you make them, if you realise you forgot to say something. Just hit the "Modify" link.
3. In your profile, you should only say that you can help people with, scripting, for example, if you really have a lot of experience using AGS scripting.
Ranger16 - you waited a whole 4 minutes before posting 'hello'.
... adding to SSH's list:
4. Don't post a followup (double) 'hello' post.Ã, People will respond if/when they want to. (part of #2 from above)
5. Be a little more patient.Ã, 4 minutes?Ã, It can take hours sometimes ... not everybody is on the forums reading 1 particular message at all times.
6. Welcome to AGS.
I like the idea of Chicken Run ... I don't think this game idea would suffer from something similar (like what I posted before!).Ã, I don't think the idea of making it some kind of gang thing in the streets of L.A. is a good idea.Ã, Actually, I think that's a dumb idea.Ã, Putting the turkeys into an environment they don't belong and making them thugs seems ... well ... dumb.
And don't use (c)rap music either.
the people who are helping me.....ranger16,k**e,l***S
i thought about adding a new scene on a beach were they meat the seagulls ..what do you think :
Quotewere they meat the seagullsÃ,Â
(have you ever read something by Sigmund FreudÃ, :))
Hmm... this can be very nice to make - I would think of the two bird-gangs trying to impress each other and dancing to and from the others (like in the "West Side Story") all flattering wings and shaking the tailfeathers. And turkey-boss and seagull-chief eyeing each other all the time.
For musical background I suggest some really "fat" blues...
Just my thoughts
B.O.B is actually the name of an old SNES game, I believe.
But that game has nothing to do with birds :P
anyone else sensing a drug induced frenzy?
maybe its just me
what happens in the B.O.B snes game?
Quote from: mousemat on Fri 17/09/2004 13:50:00
what happens in the B.O.B snes game?
http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/SNES/b_o_b/ (http://www.neoseeker.com/Games/Products/SNES/b_o_b/)
or that's what google found...
O.K.......................
Yep, thats the BOB i was on about, it was for the mega drive.
It was an ace game.
Quote from: ranger16 on Thu 16/09/2004 20:22:43
hi all I'm called chris I'm 1 of mouse matts mates we all came up with the idea and overall I'm suprised of all the quoits we got thanks for your oppinion and if you want to help in any way at all send me a message and we wondered if you have any more ideas on how to inprove our idea
Can I ask you at what point you thought that the general opinion was likely to include a person who wants to help you make your game? Someone may have said "I'll help" but I can't remember/ think it likely.
So who's the dealer amoungst you lot?
er i dunno ???
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/mousemat12/goggle1.bmp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v367/mousemat12/goggle2.gif
its goble the turkey
(http://www.2dadventure.com/ags/goble.gif)
Just a quick redrawing with some changes you could make.
NICE
the game is really good
thats because you are making the game with me :P
hi the game idea seems really good
Um, "kyle" we know who you are. We know whay you are trying to do. Don't.
Kyle snap out of you loominous world and post propely
After reading the description of the plot, a few things stand out:
1. Seagulls routinely flying around a rural farming area?
2. A turkey that breaks out of a farm and is suddenly in L.A.? Are there farms anywhere near Los Angeles?
Not trying to beat you down or anything, the plot just seems to have elements tossed together that don't really fit.
yer it does kinda....maybe i will skip the part with LA
Guys, please restrain your posting and only post when you have something interesting to say.
I think what everyone is nicely trying to say is maybe you should come up with a better more original story. The whole thing just seems silly, but if thats what you want to do then, have at it.
Here is my take:
Instead of using turkeys & pigeons don't you think it would be better with chickens & chicken hawks (hehe I luv looney tunes), or a natural predator of the turkeys, like a war against fox's or something??? Any of these are hard to imagine as a game, what would the outcome be at the end, The enemy is dead, the turkeys die shortley after from starvation in there new habitat from generrations of domestication... THE END
Do some research
Have you ever read Animal Farm (George Orwell)? This is a great book maybe you could make a game based on recent current events in the world depicted as animals? Errrr.... I give up... Anyways I hope you can work out a more interesting solid story from everyones ideas :D
OR grow up and work out a real story.
I'm sorry, Mr Flibble, did you not read what I just said?
Quote from: Pumaman on Sat 18/09/2004 23:25:13
Guys, please restrain your posting and only post when you have something interesting to say.
Quote from: Mr Flibble on Sat 18/09/2004 23:37:49
OR grow up and work out a real story.
Ya' know there are just so many hipicrits around these forums - Maybe a few others might wanna grow up along with the rest of us :o
Mousemat good try but yes this very much could be a failing story, but still there are many good ideas so do what ya' will. I think your best bet would be just to start with a new story. This link may prove usefull it even helped me a lot too!
Courtesy of DragonRose - http://teenwriting.about.com/od/gamefiction/
EDIT - I was beat to the post
Quote from: Mr Flibble on Sat 18/09/2004 23:37:49
OR grow up and work out a real story.
Define a "real" story. Is that one where you use someone elses characters and you have to find some ingredients for a troll or it will do something bad?
Okay, I'll grant that was a bit strong, and I apologise to CJ for not fully taking in his reminder.
What I meant was I can't see this story coming off. Perhaps if it was handled in a spoofy farcical type way, but I don't think this is likely (Rated 15: A bundle of fun).
Maybe I'm wrong, but unless the plot is refined a little more, it'll still sound like something some guy made up on the spot. My advice is to leave it for a while. Don't sit down and try to think up a plot. Go on with your daily life and eventually something will inspire you to make a truly great game.
And Krazy, if you checked the most recent version, rather than the one I released half a year ago, you'd know thats all change. Granted I haven't actually released this updated version, but what the hell. Its on whats left of my PC right now, and thats what counts....I think. (Besides thats not a plot. Its a "happpening" which would be explained at a later stage. The ingredients don't make a second appearance after that scene anyway.)
fine but i think its all write now i have a part inbotween things telling a story egt when the turkey leaves the farm the game says something like 'And the turkey traveeled down the depths of the forest and fileds and came accross a huge .... CITY' or something like that.
And i was joking about rated 15......!!!
Flibble is right, youll happen accross your best plots and characters by accident. My game actually started as a joke, which is worrying.
Quote from: Demorgonâ,,¢ on Sat 18/09/2004 23:36:06
I think what everyone is nicely trying to say is maybe you should come up with a better more original story. The whole thing just seems silly, but if thats what you want to do then, have at it.
Here is my take:
Instead of using turkeys & pigeons don't you think it would be better with chickens & chicken hawks (hehe I luv looney tunes), or a natural predator of the turkeys, like a war against fox's or something??? Any of these are hard to imagine as a game, what would the outcome be at the end, The enemy is dead, the turkeys die shortley after from starvation in there new habitat from generrations of domestication... THE END
Do some research
Have you ever read Animal Farm (George Orwell)? This is a great book maybe you could make a game based on recent current events in the world depicted as animals? Errrr.... I give up... Anyways I hope you can work out a more interesting solid story from everyones ideas :D
why not change it and make a looney toones game???
NO WAY
(good idea but there is no way on this earth or somewere else i would ever make a loony toons game!!)
I think everyone's getting a little worked up hereÃ, :-\.
Just a few points I have:
1) Have you made a simple game using AGS mousemat? The reason I ask is because I still don't have the hang of it after many an hour fiddling around.
My first game consisted of three rooms, a hidden key, a "puff the magic dragon" character to talk to (who let you into the next room without recieving his coinÃ, :P) and some attrocious ms paint scribbled graphics. So if this is your first real attempt at a game you should try something simple.
2) Everyone has their own opinions and reservations about game ideas. I wish people would refrain from saying exactly how they feel about it. OK a little constructive criticism is good. Think of films, in many the plot is unrealistic - extremely unrealistic. It doesn't mean it's a bad film. My example is "Being John Malkovich" Extremely unrealistic but a great film.
3) Your game sounds as though it could be good. Could being the operative word. As many people have said, turkeys and L.A. don't really mix (also think about the locations in L.A., thinking about how long it would take me to make the backgrounds scares me). Don't necessarily think about what's realistic and what's not......Think about what would be acceptable. "Chicken run"'s turned into a joke here but I think you can take something from that. In all films and games the makers try to make it realistic (not realistic realistic but believable-ish....if you know what i meanÃ, ???). For instance, exaggerating is ok....but a normal man doesn't pick up cars..
Like someone said before, it seems unlikely a freed turkey would wage war on seagulls. I reckon you could pull this off, but it would take a lot of work and in the end it'd be a complete failure or some would love it and the rest hate it. Not a genre with many in betweens.
Oh and please use a spell/grammar checker for the game ;) not saying my spelling or grammar is perfect but yours sucks, no offence :P
maybe you could have battle of the skies like both armys dropping poop on each other and some that miss hit ppl down below you know like battle of britain but its battle of birds
I like that idea,
I have found a MIDI of The Great Escape for my game. ;D
If anyone can help by making some music for my game and i will include you in my credits.