I'm thinking about giving up my board game map (Smallworld) in favor of another minigame, much more random and funny to play, which I'll probably call "Paparazzi" or something similar. Please do not steal the idea, and feel free to tell me what you think about it... anyone willing to join is welcome to PM me or leave comments in this thread (especially 3D modelers and animators)... :)
The main idea: 2 teams, one is a group of celebrities/heroes (Jim Raynor and such), while the other team controls groupies (ie. fans of the said celebrities).
The goal for celebrities is to gather a certain amount of money, which can only be earned by successfully reaching places in due time (ex: a theater for a film preview, an interview on TV, etc...). If they fail in their task because they arrived too late, they will simply lose some money... The goal for groupies is to collect a maximum number of autographs from the celebrities. They will have to team up with the other groupies to find the celebrities and force them to sign an autograph. The celebrities will obviously lose some time while doing so, so they absolutely need to avoid being caught too often. The game ends when a celebrity has reached a certain amount of money, or when groupies have collected a certain amount of autographs (at least one from each celebrity).
Celebrity abilities:
phone call: lets the celebrity call for a taxi, which will bring him closer to his current destination (costs some money).
bodyguard: drops down a overpowered bodyguard that will protect the celebrity from groupies and fans (the longer you keep it, the more it costs).
private helicopter: the celebrity can use his own helicopter to move freely for a short period of time (does not last long).
disguise: the celebrity will just look like a normal civilian, but will only be able to move slowly (long duration).
look-alike: the celebrity can ask his look-alike to scout a place for groupies. This unit has no special skill but can be used to keep groupies busy by signing fake autographs. (last some time but reveals its position to all groupies before expiring)
Groupie abilities:
autograph: the groupie catches the celebrity and asks him for an autograph. (lasts a few seconds)
adrenaline: allows the groupie to run insanely fast for a short period of time, but slowing it down temporarily when it expires (medium cooldown).
girl power!: summons a horde of fans controlled by the groupie, which will help her block streets and/or watch for celebrities all across the map (very long cooldown).
bribe: the groupie can buy information from specific buildings (ie. celebrities targets), which will ping the position of the nearest celebrity (costs a lot of money).
photography: each time a groupie takes a photo of a celebrity (ie. casts the spell), she can sell the photo to earn money. The closer she was, the more money she will earn (short cooldown).
scream: the groupie can scream, which will slow down anyone in range and reveal disguised celebrities (and identify look-alikes as fakes). (medium cooldown)
There are different types of buildings, each allowing to buy upgrades/items:
book store: buying a newspaper will allow the groupies to know which building is the next target for the celebrity of her choice (costs some money). They also buy any extra autograph groupies have collected.
gun shop: the celebrities can buy smoke bombs to cast fog and cloak themselves for a short period of time. Can also buy a taser to paralyze a groupie for a short period of time.
hospital: safe spot for the celebrity, where he won't lose money if he doesn't reach his objective in time (but groupies will know).
monument: place where civilians can be hired by a groupie to join her (costs some money).
phone booth: allows a celebrity to earn extra money with quick missions (secondary missions not involving loss of money if failed), and also allows groupies to call for a taxi to move from place to place.
I think it's far from being impossible to make, you're free to share ideas here if you want! ;)
It's a cool idea, but I'm not sure if Bnet is the right place for it. I mean most bnet players are morons that simply refuse to read. This system with all its little tricks and twists might be too much to handle... I would love to see me being wrong, though... =)
To be completely honest, I don't care anymore about the BNet players... I totally agree with you, most of them are morons that won't understand a thing, and I kind of gave up playing SC2 (melee or not) if not playing with friends. I'm making maps for my own pleasure now and if my maps become a bit popular (here or not), it's good enough for me...
I started to build the map anyway, in the worst case it will still help me understand how abilities are made (and I'm also learning how to import models in the process). I've done 70-80% of the groupie spells (with custom sounds, icons, and probably custom 3D effects too), I'm laughing my ass off each time I launch a test. :D
I'll probably record a video just to show what it is... It seems I'll also have to modify a few things though, some abilities are not that necessary and I'll need to improve the gameplay a bit... But so far, it's still funny.
Looks great. I feel like this could catch on even among the masses - the fact that you have all of the concepts fleshed out as simple and effective gameplay features will probably help the most in that respect - but applause for the cute concept as well.
I'm thinking about giving up my board game map (Smallworld) in favor of another minigame, much more random and funny to play, which I'll probably call "Paparazzi" or something similar. Please do not steal the idea, and feel free to tell me what you think about it... anyone willing to join is welcome to PM me or leave comments in this thread (especially 3D modelers and animators)... :)
The main idea: 2 teams, one is a group of celebrities/heroes (Jim Raynor and such), while the other team controls groupies (ie. fans of the said celebrities).
The goal for celebrities is to gather a certain amount of money, which can only be earned by successfully reaching places in due time (ex: a theater for a film preview, an interview on TV, etc...). If they fail in their task because they arrived too late, they will simply lose some money... The goal for groupies is to collect a maximum number of autographs from the celebrities. They will have to team up with the other groupies to find the celebrities and force them to sign an autograph. The celebrities will obviously lose some time while doing so, so they absolutely need to avoid being caught too often. The game ends when a celebrity has reached a certain amount of money, or when groupies have collected a certain amount of autographs (at least one from each celebrity).
Celebrity abilities:
Groupie abilities:
There are different types of buildings, each allowing to buy upgrades/items:
I think it's far from being impossible to make, you're free to share ideas here if you want! ;)
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Curse Premiumlol. That sounds like it could be fun. :D Nice idea
It's a cool idea, but I'm not sure if Bnet is the right place for it. I mean most bnet players are morons that simply refuse to read. This system with all its little tricks and twists might be too much to handle... I would love to see me being wrong, though... =)
make a cops & robbers now thats fun ;P
@Obatztrara: Go
To be completely honest, I don't care anymore about the BNet players... I totally agree with you, most of them are morons that won't understand a thing, and I kind of gave up playing SC2 (melee or not) if not playing with friends. I'm making maps for my own pleasure now and if my maps become a bit popular (here or not), it's good enough for me...
I started to build the map anyway, in the worst case it will still help me understand how abilities are made (and I'm also learning how to import models in the process). I've done 70-80% of the groupie spells (with custom sounds, icons, and probably custom 3D effects too), I'm laughing my ass off each time I launch a test. :D
I'll probably record a video just to show what it is... It seems I'll also have to modify a few things though, some abilities are not that necessary and I'll need to improve the gameplay a bit... But so far, it's still funny.
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short preview of what the groupie can do! Have fun! :)
@ZealNaga: Go
Looks great. I feel like this could catch on even among the masses - the fact that you have all of the concepts fleshed out as simple and effective gameplay features will probably help the most in that respect - but applause for the cute concept as well.