dammit
18-06-2009, 06:35 PM
So, sometime today when I should have been doing other things, I logged onto IRC and happened to mention that my mind had been abuzz with ideas for this comp (regardless of the fact that I haven't finished my entry). I mentioned the idea of Portal as a Boardgame and after some persuading (by Nandrew) Goraan decided he would enter the comp using this idea along with his programming skills.
Since he cannot start a thread, I did for him.
Portal as a Boardgame
[13:14] <Goraan> So my prototype is going to be in windows forms
[13:14] <dammit> okay, so what does it look like?
[13:15] <Goraan> Without the art
[13:15] <Goraan> Like a chess game
[13:15] <dammit> hahaha
[13:15] <dammit> I can perhaps draw a little
[13:15] <dammit> to help us out
[13:15] <Goraan> No stress
[13:15] <Goraan> I have the art covered
[13:15] <Goraan> Just need photoshop
[13:15] <Goraan> It has a number of forms open at one time
[13:16] <Goraan> The top bar has the dice and the cards
[13:16] <Goraan> The bottom form has the board and the sprites
[13:16] <Goraan> The dice is an array of 1-6 and it selects a number randomly
[13:16] <Goraan> After a spiffy animation of course
[13:17] <Goraan> And then on the board the player moves that number of blocks
[13:17] <dammit> high freaking five
[13:17] <dammit> so
[13:17] <dammit> will it be a snakes n ladders type board
[13:17] <Goraan> The blocks are jagged
[13:17] <dammit> or perhaps a monopoly type?
[13:17] <dammit> with chance cards?
[13:17] <dammit> to make the game interesting
[13:17] <Goraan> Its snakes and ladders
[13:17] <Goraan> With chance cards
[13:17] <Goraan> Some rewards
[13:17] <Goraan> and some snags
[13:17] <dammit> ^5
[13:18] <dammit> ^5
[13:18] <Goraan> I have some of the cards planned out already
[13:18] <Goraan> Also
[13:18] <Goraan> I want to add in the energy balls
[13:18] <dammit> yeah
[13:19] <dammit> and the killer robots
[13:19] <Goraan> Like you need to create a path between 2 blocks to carry on
[13:19] <Goraan> Yeah and the turrets
[13:19] <Goraan> The portal system works as such:
[13:19] <Goraan> There are only 2 portals on the board at any one time
[13:19] <Goraan> One Blue and one Orange
[13:19] <Goraan> But
[13:20] <Goraan> I've used a timer so that at certain intervals the portals change location
[13:20] <Goraan> So you can't plan out which portalk you land on like you can plan your ladders and snakes in Snakes and Ladders
[13:20] <Goraan> portal*
[13:21] <Goraan> At the moment the timer works in 1 minute intervals but I'm planning on making it random
[13:21] <Goraan> So that you never know when it happens
[13:21] <Goraan> I want to make it level based as well
[13:21] <Goraan> So that you complete one boared and move on to the next
[13:22] <Goraan> I'll make it single and multi player. All turn based obviously
[13:22] <Goraan> Up to 4 players
[13:22] <Goraan> So that the game doesn;t slow down too much with everyone takign their turns
[13:22] <Goraan> taking*
[13:22] * Goraan breathes
[13:22] <Goraan> You happy with that?
[13:25] <Goraan> Oh right. Like create a thread when you get a chance if you like the idea so I can get the entry in. The prototype should be done by tomorrow
[13:25] * Goraan prods dammit
Since he cannot start a thread, I did for him.
Portal as a Boardgame
[13:14] <Goraan> So my prototype is going to be in windows forms
[13:14] <dammit> okay, so what does it look like?
[13:15] <Goraan> Without the art
[13:15] <Goraan> Like a chess game
[13:15] <dammit> hahaha
[13:15] <dammit> I can perhaps draw a little
[13:15] <dammit> to help us out
[13:15] <Goraan> No stress
[13:15] <Goraan> I have the art covered
[13:15] <Goraan> Just need photoshop
[13:15] <Goraan> It has a number of forms open at one time
[13:16] <Goraan> The top bar has the dice and the cards
[13:16] <Goraan> The bottom form has the board and the sprites
[13:16] <Goraan> The dice is an array of 1-6 and it selects a number randomly
[13:16] <Goraan> After a spiffy animation of course
[13:17] <Goraan> And then on the board the player moves that number of blocks
[13:17] <dammit> high freaking five
[13:17] <dammit> so
[13:17] <dammit> will it be a snakes n ladders type board
[13:17] <Goraan> The blocks are jagged
[13:17] <dammit> or perhaps a monopoly type?
[13:17] <dammit> with chance cards?
[13:17] <dammit> to make the game interesting
[13:17] <Goraan> Its snakes and ladders
[13:17] <Goraan> With chance cards
[13:17] <Goraan> Some rewards
[13:17] <Goraan> and some snags
[13:17] <dammit> ^5
[13:18] <dammit> ^5
[13:18] <Goraan> I have some of the cards planned out already
[13:18] <Goraan> Also
[13:18] <Goraan> I want to add in the energy balls
[13:18] <dammit> yeah
[13:19] <dammit> and the killer robots
[13:19] <Goraan> Like you need to create a path between 2 blocks to carry on
[13:19] <Goraan> Yeah and the turrets
[13:19] <Goraan> The portal system works as such:
[13:19] <Goraan> There are only 2 portals on the board at any one time
[13:19] <Goraan> One Blue and one Orange
[13:19] <Goraan> But
[13:20] <Goraan> I've used a timer so that at certain intervals the portals change location
[13:20] <Goraan> So you can't plan out which portalk you land on like you can plan your ladders and snakes in Snakes and Ladders
[13:20] <Goraan> portal*
[13:21] <Goraan> At the moment the timer works in 1 minute intervals but I'm planning on making it random
[13:21] <Goraan> So that you never know when it happens
[13:21] <Goraan> I want to make it level based as well
[13:21] <Goraan> So that you complete one boared and move on to the next
[13:22] <Goraan> I'll make it single and multi player. All turn based obviously
[13:22] <Goraan> Up to 4 players
[13:22] <Goraan> So that the game doesn;t slow down too much with everyone takign their turns
[13:22] <Goraan> taking*
[13:22] * Goraan breathes
[13:22] <Goraan> You happy with that?
[13:25] <Goraan> Oh right. Like create a thread when you get a chance if you like the idea so I can get the entry in. The prototype should be done by tomorrow
[13:25] * Goraan prods dammit