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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: T-Man on August 25, 2009, 04:20:36 am
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(sorry for the length; habit :lol:).
Of all the aspects of Freespace modding I have seen, there are two that I have always warmed too; creating fanon to strengthen stories in games, and collaborative projects with others. Naturally, STR, and especially it’s linking to the canon of Blaise Russel’s “Shrouding the Light”, represents in my eyes a true thing of beauty for these reasons, and is an example of the sort of cross-campaign linking I gladly encourage more of (my still-in-planning SAH retcon, for example, links to TVWP, with pirates and civilian factions using their ships, and the legacy of those Unification-war factions playing a major role in the story).
I have recently considered a second campaign, set mostly in the reconstruction era and named “Tests of Faith” that will look at once aspect of FS1 canon that I feel can be weak at times; the Vasudans. Though we have plenty of background material for this side and its culture from GTA eyes, it is rare that people have had the chance to really delve into the race and bring them truly to life due to a lack of assets (head ani’s, interface art etc) compared to the GTA. This has given me the idea of converting my campaign into a quasi-community project, open to all those fans of the Vasudans and interested in exploring the FS universe from their perspective.
While ToF will be the project’s flagship campaign, my hope is for the focus of the project to actually be new assets for current and future Vasudan-based campaigns, such as a separate set of wingman messages for when the player is playing a Vasudan, guides to Vasudan culture and attitudes for campaign makers, more Vasudan weapons (including unique capital guns), possibly even a Vasudan HUD and menu interface. I am especially interested in the project linking with those with already existing Vasudan-focused campaigns, such as SHL and eventually the TVWP when they begin looking at the T-V era Vasudans.
The campaign I am brainstorming at this time consists of three acts, set in three different points of Vasudan history; straight after the Lucifer, Operation Templar (one of my favourite campaigns) and finally Khonsu II’s rise to power. However, it will be open to project members to discuss and modify as the project grows.
So yeah, I thought I’d present this now and see what people’s opening reactions are and how many were interested in the project. To summarise, ToF shall hopefully serve as a hub for Vasudan fans and campaign makers to share their ideas, decide on canon and fanon to adhere to, and pool their resources together. Asset creation will be the primary focus, with the creation of a campaign to showcase the fruits of the labour.
I expect it will be a long-term project, with production proper not starting for some time, though there may be the odd task done here and there (such as a design for a Vasudan station I recently completed, and may ask a modeller to have a shot at some point).
Thanks. Comments/opinions/ideas welcome!
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FS1 era Vasudan campaign?
Do want. :yes:
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Very interested!
You might want to talk to Galemp about his half-dead 'Vasudan Imperium' campaign (basically FS1 again, just from the POV of the Vasudans).
Also might want to contact Mad Bomber about his 'Ascension' campaign, which happens to be about Khonsu II's rise to power and a short civil war.
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Sounds coll, though you might want to change the name, since there's another WIP campaign called 'Twist of Fate', which is very similar.
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You might want to talk to Galemp about his half-dead 'Vasudan Imperium' campaign (basically FS1 again, just from the POV of the Vasudans).
Also might want to contact Mad Bomber about his 'Ascension' campaign, which happens to be about Khonsu II's rise to power and a short civil war.
Cheers, shall get in touch with them :)
Sounds coll, though you might want to change the name, since there's another WIP campaign called 'Twist of Fate', which is very similar.
Whoops, well there's a good start for me! :lol: Shall think up another name over the next few days.
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Quite interested in this.
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I would definitely support a project like this, even if it was just helping with brainstorming.
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Vasudan game assets are always something everyone could use. We'll be glad to help you with them. :)
As for Templar and Vasudan Imperium, it would be nice to have some continuity! I'd really like to hear your ideas on Templar--certainly, flying as a Vasudan would be an acceptable and interesting change of pace--and Goober and I have been real sticklers with who's in the fleet and where during FS1. There can only be so many Typhons and Orions, after all.
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So who wants to create the interior of a Typhon main hall? ;)
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I always liked the concept of slipping into the role of a Vasudan - that's why I am having two campaigns in the making which use that (The Lost Generation (GTVA campaign line) and Words Of The Prophet1)
1 - it's kreeping around...
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I didn't realise there was so many Vasudan campaigns; I thought it was just SHL! :eek2:
Vasudan game assets are always something everyone could use. We'll be glad to help you with them. :)...
I would really apprechiate that; admittedly my skills base is only really in Concept Design and brainstorming at the moment, not much actual modding (which was another reason for going communal with this). i can do standard FREDing and table editing, and have an understanding of texturing and UV mapping (worked with Photoshop and Maya\3DSMax), but that's about it. Hopefully my skills will improve as i get the chance to practice.
So who wants to create the interior of a Typhon main hall? ;)
If someone was able to give that a shot, it would be fantastic! I'm planning to take this slow and steady so they'd be in no rush.