Sorry for not posting anything yet... ::hangs head sheepishly::
I've run into a small problem. While working on ideas for the animated series, I keep coming up with ideas for the FPS and the Pen & Paper Wargame. So, I've decided to work on all three. You'll probably want to know where I'm going with this...
Pen & Paper Wargame - I'm actually halfway done with this project. In fact, this whole thread came about because I had hit a roadblock in the design (which I have overcome) and started questioning whether anyone would even play the damn thing...
First Person Shooter - I've come up with some great ideas for this one and I'm very excited. I know some of you were thinking, "Doom 2? Why such an outdated game?" There are three reasons for this... AVAILABILITY: Everyone either has or can purchase Doom 2 for under 10 dollars (I saw it at Walmart last night!)... ARTISTICALLY: The game I'm thinking of takes place in the Wing Commander I and II time frame and I thought a game that looked graphically similar to these games would be fitting... PRACTICALITY: I'm a designer and artist. I am not a programmer or modeller. I know how to modify Doom 2. In fact, I'm fairly confident that you wouldn't recognize that it is Doom 2 when I'm finished. More on that later...
Animated Series - As I sat down to start writing the plotline last week, it became extremely apparent that this is going to be alot bigger than I thought. This is mainly due to the story I'm developing. Here are highlights...
1. The story will take place 3 years before Wing Commander 2. It will follow 5 pilots fighting in the Enigma Campaign. The main story line (still a secret) will continue each episode. There will be no "filler" episodes. In fact, as of right now, the first several episodes take place over the course of about 12 hours.
2. As it stands, each episode will be about 6 minutes long and there will be 13 episodes in the "season". My current outline stands at about 3 seasons long...
I am realistic, though. It has taken me a week just to hack out the outline for the series and I plan on writing all 13 scripts before I even start animating. This is going to take me a while. Until I actually start production, you probably won't be hearing much about this for a while. I've decided to take on the other two projects as a diversion. When I start to burn out on writing episodes or animating, I'll work on these.