I am starting a little game series based on the Lord of the Rings books. Seeing I am lousy at graphics I was wondering if anyone would be willing to help. The main game is going to be written in VB using the DirectX API (which I will be coding myself ). If anyone would like to help please let me know.

[ This Message was edited by: dxprog on 2002-04-16 12:12 ]

ok, if it was in C/C++ with OpenGL I'd love to help
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Kagez, u know that you just said if it was usin the exact opposite of what he said he was goin to use!

I forgot a
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what kind of graphics do you need? [addsig]

dxprog: be careful. if more than 5 persons know about that game, you'll be sued, put into prison, and executed as soon as you turn 18.

fsvara: Isn't executed going a bit far? Also it's not like I'm going to SELL the game. Maybe not even distribute it. Just something to do.

moondude: Sprites mostly. I'm can do some BGs on my own. It's just when it comes to sprite I'm pathetic.

DirectX for sprites???? Direct DraW?

You just cant sell this, other was they cant sue you, look how many ppl made and distrubute Lord of the Rings screensavers, using pictures direct from the movie!

Try to sell it...try to find somebody who will spend his money on it...and finish the game first [addsig]

I know someone who has spent the last several days downloading the a pirated copy og the movie. THEY should be tossed in the slammer. AND I'M NOT SELLING IT. [addsig]

though laws on movies is very stumblin now, I imagine they trin to tighten it, but I doubt we will see it anytime soon, I would say dlin a movie, as long as its not a CAM is legal, though nothings like seein it on cinma screen, with massive surround sound speakers
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Saw the movie. d/les it. Been one more time to the cinema...don't feel like doing illegal stuff... [addsig]

It has to have been recorded by someone. It's not supposed to come out on video until August. We're going to reserve a copy of the DVD. And what does d/les mean?


[ This Message was edited by: dxprog on 2002-04-19 23:25 ]

d/les mean downloading it, Yer, the DVD of movies has heaps of sweet features on it too.

I know. I want to see the Two Towers preview.

I wana see SpiderMan, Star Wars Episode II: Cole one, Cross Roads, Blade II, Matrix 2, MiB II, they should be out soon. I fogotten most of the others I want to see, these are just the important ones.

I can't wait to see Star Wars either. Great movies.

I'll probably buy the DVD too. Sure it is better than the downloaded stuff, but I needed it now [addsig]

I got the DVD of SW: episode I last week. There are a whole bunch cool extras on it.

yer, I usualy dl it, like 3 months before its on cinima, watch it, then see it at cinima, then buy DVD.
I want the X-Files DVD sets too, like $3000 worth.

Too bad I don't even have a DVD player yet

Thought about buying one this year...maybe when LoTR is out [addsig]

They are so cheap now compared to when they first came out too, and they are so much better.

yeah, I know...I guess I just did not find the time to buy one. [addsig]

My parents bought a DVD player a few weeks ago and it was only $90. All the extras and the quality makes it a zillion times better than VHS.

[ This Message was edited by: dxprog on 2002-04-21 23:49 ]

VHS...tape... [addsig]

My dad says that someone is making a new type of tape that is supposed to be better than DVD. I doubt they can make a system quite like DVD. Interactive menus and all the extra stuff on a tape. HA.

no, no tape will be as good as Disc style, VHS means tape, for those wonderin, and NTSC is the american format of the old video tape.

A tape better than a disc, huh?

Maybe it fast-forwards with light-speed [addsig]

imagine the ware you would get from fast/rewinding a tape at high speeds. Crystals might be the next big storage thing.

Oh maybe i can make some taxture
for your game.

Henning [addsig]

Yah someone back to the original topic.
sorry for my tangent again.,

Henning: Great! If you could e-mail me (bro25sibs@aol.com) so we can discuss this further that would be good too. [addsig]

so whats happenin, I have moved on, I love resident evil now, make a resident evil clone.
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Anyway, hows this Lord of the Rings game goin???

Well, I'm working on a Direct3D\DirectDraw engine. I asked Henning for a Frodo graphic but haven't heard from him yet. I have most of the levels mapped out (in my head) and I need to get them on the computer.

dxprog: Great idea for a game! I used to use VB also.
I had an idea for a Lord of the Rings RPG on the Web using Perl.

This seems like a good idea, and don't worry about those movie companies,
they get enough money already, just put a nice disclaimer on the game to show that this work is "not ment to infringe the rights of New Line Cinema Co."
You probably aren't worried anyway.

An idea: make an online multiplayer system.

Lord of the Rings rox!

Thanks...

Thanks. If you could explain how I would work the multi-player system...

Recently (some weeks or months ago ) there was an interestign article on this topic on slashdot. I _strongly_ recommend to read it before you go and start with an online RPG... [addsig]