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http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/lostgold.png?t=1281395184 Chapter 1 - completed Chapter 2 - in the works again Chapter 3 - not yet started Chapter 4 - not yet started Chapter 5 - not yet started Some of you may have heard of this, maybe even played the beta for the first chapter. I thought about publishing chapter 1 right away... but then I got this idea of publishing all the chapters at once! Why? Because the story continues exactly where it left off so I may have to change things in the previous ones. (I actually have changed chapter 1, just some very minor details but still...) Oh so for those of you who haven't seen anything, it is a kinda simple story based in a modern wild west, which means that the town is like something from a western film but you see motorcycles and a helicopter... You are in the search for the lost gold that is in the mountains, but no one knows for sure, many people have disappeared while searching for it. You can read details of the chapters in the spoiler below, although if you don't want to ruin the story for yourself, please don't look at this thread too much Here is the full story, with small details missing but the important stuff is there Chapter 1 So, you start with a screen where you see a bikerboy riding his bike through the desert, the speech bubbles say that he is on his way to a town where the legendary lost gold lies... Then you fall to a place outside the town, see the bikerboy there, he has a package that you need to drag to the sheriff (as the sheriff says, the package has tools in it) Then the gate to the town is opened, you walk through it, through a bar where a lovely lady warns you of the dangers in the mountains... Then you continue to the place where the gameplay starts, you run on wooden platforms and slowly go into a cave... There are some fireballs rolling so be careful... After that you find a waterfall, indicating that there is water and stuff in the caves. You then grab a sponge and get drgged up deeper into the caves, then the level ends when you fall into a pit where there is some gold but also a dead body... level ends. Chapter 2 You continue in the pit where you fell, now a bat is there so you might escape. Continuing in the other direction into the cave because a part of the cave has collapsed and you can't return to the town that way. Then you jump across ledges trying to score an intense bubble combo (it's hard but very fun) Finally after some jumping, a nice waterfall in the background and some "puzzle" gameplay, you find a way out of the cave... but you end up in the middle of the desert where there seems to be nothing. Everything isn't right here, though... you find the bones of a big animal, then a rusted old road sign (although there is no road) and after that a barrel and a wheel for something, indicating that the place is not completely dead... You find a helicopter which is pretty rusty but you decide to (or pretty much have to) use it. The helicopter crashes down after a while and you are now lost in the middle of the desert somewhere and have no clue where you are. There is a mountain ahead of you, which means more platforming... Chapter 3 After climbing over that mountain, you come to a cliff. There is some sort of way down (I'm not sure yet) and down there is a big town. You explore the town for a while, maybe solve some puzzles... Then you find the sheriff and the bikerboy and hear them talking about having followed you and leaving with the gold. You then follow them and find yourself near a train, and the level ends with you on the train. Chapter 4 You are on the train now and it is moving. You have to get to the front, but there are some puzzles and obstacles in the way. At the end you find the bikerboy, and you then have a little boss-fight. When you defeat him, you realize that the sheriff just left with the gold and you fly after him with another helicopter... You then land somewhere near some old house where the sheriff just explains his plan. He wants to kill you so that you can't get the gold. The girl from the bar has been taken hostage and the sheriff threatens to kill her if you try to get the gold. The level then ends... Chapter 5 You fight the sheriff now and after defeating him you can get to the gold and free the girl. Happy end. I would post images of the stuff I have done but I can only take pictures with my phone and the quality sucks... Nevermind, the quality is kinda good with my digital camera, I may post more pictures later... for now only the title screen. EDIT: I started working on this project again, most of the stuff above is old. The story will change a lot.

2010-08-09 22:24:00 Author: napero7 Posts: 1653

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When you beat the beast in the desert you find an old house and an old man lives there,apparently he knows a secret passage to get near the town.You find biker kid and beat him, he tells you the sheriff took the lady close to the middle of the train rails and you take his bike to get there.You see the lady tied up in chains somewhere and to get her free you need a key.Beat the sheriff on top of the train,get the key and save the lady The lost gold is Goldie the goldfish.

2010-08-10 02:49:00 Author: Balgarino Posts: 377

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Tough Idea, but I think this would work out for getting back to town. Have the boss fight be one layer with a thin layer as the background. Once you defeat the boss, the background dissolves and you find out it was just a mirage. That's all I got, but I really like this idea for a level!

2010-08-10 18:10:00 Author: anoken Posts: 1654

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I forgot to comment here again... I have been working on chapter 2, I am running out of space and the whole level is too big to move a little to the left... the right level wall is just too close. This can be avoided by adding a helicopter and making that move the player up and then proceeding in the other direction... this is what I will do. Now, what should I add before that helicopter? A boss would be cool, but I'm not sure if it fits that part too well... maybe a minor one that shouldn't take too long to defeat. Oh btw, I finally uploaded these pictures that I have had laying around Intro with moving background, looks really a bit like a 3D effect http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture001.jpg?t=1283193341 Lady in the bar http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture008.jpg?t=1283193342 Platforming in chapter 1 http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture010.jpg?t=1283193339 First little waterfall http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture011.jpg?t=1283193339 This is after a kinda hard platforming part in chapter 2 http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture013.jpg?t=1283193341 Woaaah, creepy. http://i611.photobucket.com/albums/tt197/napero7/Picture015.jpg?t=1283193341

2010-08-30 19:40:00 Author: napero7 Posts: 1653

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How about beating some scorpians.That would be awesome

2010-09-01 05:27:00 Author: Balgarino Posts: 377

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If you dont want to do a mega boss why not make a guy rolling barrels your way that you have to jump. by the way this looks like its going to be EPIC!

2010-09-01 05:33:00 Author: SketchNZ Posts: 1668

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This looks great. I especially like the 3-D effect. But please no scorpions (especially SCORPIANS). But otherwise I can't wait to play.

2010-09-01 05:49:00 Author: kitcheninja Posts: 211

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Thank you everyone Don't worry, I will most likely not include scorpions... if I decide to add scorpions however, they will not be those already made flaming ones As for the boss, it is kinda hard to make so I'll have to see how that turns out. I haven't started but I have a pretty clear idea of the series is going to end. Maybe I should remove that gold from the first chapter and put it somewhere later into play, that would make more sense EDIT: So, a small update on the progress... Chapter 2 is nearing its epic conclusion (lol), it is actually quite dramatic if you think a little bit outside the hapiness of LBP... You are in big trouble there, big big trouble. So, I ditched the plan of a boss before the helicopter, there wasn't enough space. I added some scraps and boxes and other stuff. The helicopter does also look a bit rusty and it may not be too safe to fly... maybe I had a lot of problems with the level wall, first I realized that it was coming and I had to change direction, I then made a helicopter, fine. The helicopter goes up, the ground that is attached to a piston slides under the helicopter and then the helicopter crashes down. I needed a little bit of logic there, I'm pretty sure I made it waaay too complicated but at least the sounds, magic mouths and the level itself is in sync and nothing breaks. (thank goodness, I had enough of that) So yeah, you find yourself in the middle of the desert once again, this time with seriously no clue of where you are and where you should go. There is only one way so you kinda have to go there. I started to build a mountain there, you have to climb over it. Now, it's a mountain, not a cave. The cave is in the beginning. This mountain is quite ironically on top of the cave... I'm not sure if I should make it so that when you reach the other side of the mountain you find a town. (you have to get to a town at some part, and it shouldn't be the same that is in chapter 1) Also that boss... I'm not too sure about it. It's hard to make and I'm not sure if it fits in anywhere. Why not just have a fancy skeleton in the desert and leave it there. I would post new pictures but I'm kinda lazy and there really isn't too much new to show. EDIT2: So, I have the story finished, I may change little things here and there but for now it seems that there will be 5 chapters. I have started on chapters 3 and 4, those should be ready in a week or two if I can motivate myself to do it. Chapter 2 will most likely be redone from scratch... it's not very inspiring to do that, I had worked on it really hard... At least I am backing up now so if the same happens, I only lose a little bit of the progress, not the whole level. Most of the new information is in the first post, I'll try to update that whenever I can. Maybe I'm revealing too much of the plot... maybe... but the plot isn't really the main thing in this project. I am focusing on amazing levels in general... and I don't want to keep anyone guessing what this is about. Now I'll back up my newest progress so that I don't lose it.

2010-09-01 09:03:00 Author: napero7 Posts: 1653

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