Original Project Discussion Thread

Ok ok, sorry, I've been quite busy yesterday, and I see a lot of new propositions, here. That's great. Thanks everyone for getting this thread alive.

First, we need a lot of organisation here. Since for the moment we're not allowed to have a sub forum, I'll try to make it as clear as possible.

About the leader thing :
Thank you everyone. But I'd like this project to have at least two or three leaders, because it's not China, and because I won't be able to lead alone. So I was thinking to ask Qjimbo, The Shade, and Iceknight to lead this with me. I'd like to know if those members agree, and if everyone here agree too.

It looks to me that this scheme idea is the best so far :


If later we have a sub forum, it will be divided like that I think.
And each "important" decision, like the sprite styles, etc... will be taken with polls.
So I've been looking who, here, could be in those teams, and the best choices so far, if the members agree, would be :

Chraphics/sprite team :
Armada
Rika Chou
GameNerd Advance
(And me, if it doesn't bother)

Art/sketches team :
Resel
Matwek
Sonic Warrior TJ

Level Design team :
Not the priority right now since we havent started to make some maps, but I think it has to be someone with good hacking skills.

Ideas/Concept Team (It will be mainly to organize this part and sum up the interesting ideas) :
Malevolence
STHX
Zeldrak

Programming team :
Saxman (I'd like him to be part of the project, and especially this part if we're using his engine)
Damizean
And some that proposed his help but I don't remember his name, sorry!!...

Music team (but since we havent had a lot of propositions here, it could change):
Muteki
Tweaker
Dioxaz (I'll ask him if he wants)

Remember : Everyone's propositions is welcome, and that's not because somebody is in the art team that you can't submit some art propositions.

Now, my opinions about what's going on here :

First, I'd like everyone here to introduce his post by a "XXXX part" now (XXXX would be Sprites/Art/programming etc...) to make it more understandable.

Sprites/graphics part :

First, I think Armada's sonic sprites are the best so far, and I don't think gloss is a good idea.

Now, about the level ideas, I'd like everyone here to stop giving some propositions for now, since we really have to decide what kind of level the game will have. I mean :
It won't be good if we have like 8 tropical zones. So I'd like that we think about QJimbo's post :

<!--quoteo(post=210220:date=Jul 24 2008, 01:38 AM:name=Qjimbo)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Qjimbo @ Jul 24 2008, 01:38 AM)

This is awesome. Really. And I think a zone like that would be great. But the Backgrounds doesn't have sonic feeling for the moment. I'll try later to make something about that if you don't mind.

About GameNerd Advance's zone : It looks a bit too "advance" for me, but it looks good.

And... I'm looking for an old thread in the hoaxes zone, were a member did some great job by making time zones in Sonic 1 and 2. (Cosmic's background is based on it) I'd like to find who did that...

Now, something really really important here : You have to remember that levels are based on 16x16 tiles, I know this is stupid, but try to make 16x16 tiles if it isn't already the case.

Art/sketches part :

The amusement park looks great, but the background will need to have some work on.
It kinda remembers me Sunset Park. And that's great, because I really think we need to take some inspiration in the GG games.

Ideas/concept part :

I'd like every one here to take a look at the Green Hill Zone site, here :

http://www.theghz.com/sonic/son1/son1.html

It helps a lot to have some look at the main objects, ideas, and environnements of each game.


Well... I think that's all for the moment, I havent finished to read everyone's answer, so... Plus, not easy to talk in english :p