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So im making a secret dmod right now, and its gonna be the best ive ever done...
and yeah... its gonna be a little differant from your usual dmod...

Its going to be an epic btw. Im planning on using every single map screen, as ive already used about half of em.

So wish me luck, and hope i dont lose the motivation to finish it huh?

[watch this space for future information releases]
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Name: Blue harvest
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Cameo list:

Dinkdoodler

Iplayink

msdink

shnapper

Pillbug

Robj

Leprochaun

Absolution
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Screenshots:

Screenshot1

Screenshot2

Random screenshot of desktop
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Polls:

Poll 1: Morality system?
Verdict: Nay

Poll 2: Pie or Cake?
Verdict: PIE!

Poll 3: Half life 1 or 2?
Verdict: TBD
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Information Releases

The Dmod will contain atleast 5 worlds that can be visited by dock, and atleast 2 worlds that can only be reached by certain means.
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I AM SO DUCKING EXCITED!

A DMOD is being made in sort of secret with no details!

It better be a sequel to this.

Ew you posted a link to the worst dmod in existance....

But what about mine?

i actually think yours makes 3rd worse...

Which one though?

a false hero.

What about Dink's Quest in the Icelands?

that wasnt bad was it?

Oh, it's bad. Have a look!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway.... If anyone wants to contribute somthin for some reason, im all ears.

It's kind of hard to contribute to something secret. Good luck though.

Good luck, but if you have half the map squares covered already, surely there's at least some screenshots to show us

I love doin cameos in my dmods, so heres a list of dinkers who are confirmed to appear in the dmod. I will also be releasing the working title which is:

Blue Harvest

List of cameos:

(some names have been changed for obvious reasons)

Bubba - (dinkdoodler)

Emdee - (msdink)

Ippy - (iplaydink)

Shnapper - (shnapper)

Exevn - (Exdeathevn)

Pillbug - (Pillie)

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I may add more cameos as i go on.

Also i will be releasing screenshots soon.

Aww, I can't cameo? I'd provide you with responses to questions.

EmDee chest bumps BUBBA!!
We made the cut fruity one woop woop coff
stops
looks around
..... um
Straightens her skirt
whistles
looks out the window
ok now... where was i....

ok now... where was i....

I believe you were at home, working on your dmod. *nudge nudge*

Hold up..

Blue Harvest? As in the Family Guy Star Wars parody?

And how can ExDeathEvn be in this if he was killed in your other DMOD?

He's a zombie. Someone fed his corpse a bunch of cocaine.

That clears everything up.

Exevn

I do not approve.

What about me?

Sorry Exd it was off the top of my head, go ahead and choose what ya like

And punisher, i Might put you in we'll see

EDIT: oh and abs, it has nothing to do with family guy. with a bit of research you can find out why i called it that

I love 's

I demand to be a boss. My evil needs to extend to a DMOD.

yeah, i might put you in there....

unfortunatly you wont be able to be a boss.

As i mentioned before, it wont be your typical dmod.

Exactly how will this be "different"? Anything new/innovative?

Cheese?

Put me in. Make me be the host of an awesome tea party.. with cookies.

Family Guy fan, eh?

lol quiz, i said before. It has nothing to do with family guy xD

Sure, sure.

I have decided i will make some sort of info release every saturday (it was saturday for me yesterday)

Whether it be info on the game mechanics, screenshots, or announcements.

Also from time to time i will propose an idea to implement into the dmod.

And i will ask all of you to vote on whether you think i should do it or not.

For instance heres one:

Morality system Yea or nay?

I thank you for your help guys Go ahead and vote ploize!

Morality system is only useful if it's actually going to have a strong impact in my opinion

I'm cameo? That's really nice.

Morality System would be welcome

Hmmm yeah youre right there Kyle. So how big an impact are we talking?

Please explain it helps my creative juices flow.

I agree with Kyle here, only use a new system if it is going to be significant. A bit of a loose system that doesn't add anything is more a problem than a feature. Try to keep the amount of systems you use limited.

Whether or not you should use a morality system? Well, if you've got to ask, perhaps not. Such a system can work, but only if you are convinced it works. If you have to ask I fear you're not as unstoppably enthusiastic about it.

Well i like the idea, im just not sure everyone else does. Thats why i put these things up to vote.

I wouldnt wanna put such a big system in if nobody wants it there.

Plus i can learn alot from asking.

I like that you're asking for early feedback, but understand that it's hard for us to know exactly what you have in mind for your d-mod. A morality system that has impact will most certainly mean that there are different paths the player can follow, characters that will act differently depending on your choices, etc... When I hear morality system I think of games like Dragon Age, Mass Effect, The Witcher, ... Those games all have in common that they're big in scope and it might be hard to pull of A) in a d-mod and B) by yourself :/

If you can make it work though, you'd be the first in the community to do it

But if the morality system actually has any impact on the game, you'll have a lot of scripting to do.

It doesn't seem too difficult to implement some sort of basic morality system. Where it gets interesting is if you're going to take a fable approach on it. Where the character can look like an angel or a demon, then you'd have to implement a lot of new graphics.
OR
you could do something like;
if(&moral == 25)
{
///turn dink into slayer
}

if(&moral == -25)
{
///turn dink into dragon
}

But, if it's just going to change the ending, then don't worry about that.

It would involve a choice menu at every story checkpoint. Which actually would be very fun, and I plan on trying that myself sometime, I had started something like that in moon child, but only barely.

I think if you took your time with a morality system, it could be really cool.

I think the main problem with a morality system is that it often turns the characters and the overall plot into a "Good or Bad" worldview. I don't like it when characters are portayed 100% good or evil. I like me some grey

Ooooooooooooooh! See! Im learning HEAPS about game-making just by asking that one question!

You guys rule btw.

Yep, ill tell you guys what, ill finish making the game and if i still have motivation by then, ill try to put a morality system that would make DN history!
Shouldnt be too hard right? Goin back through the dmod and editing for the system?

Thanks you guys. Im not sure if you realize how much help youve been

No, that'd be pretty hard actually. If you're going to do a morality system, you have to set yourself up to go for it from the beginning. You'd have to have some sort of choice menu at every part in the story.

choice_start();
"Give item, expect nothing"
"Give item only for information"
"Say you'll give item for information, then destroy item"
choice_end();

There'd be something like that for everything. It's not something you can go back and add in.

yeah, i actually sorta figured that as soon as i clicked submit for my last post xP

Maybe i should just put some good and evil options here and there and the player can have the morality system in their head

Originally, in Smallwood-Man!, there was going to be an alignment system. I had already made killable NPCs and variables for it.

Then I took it out for some reason.

void die( void ){

    &EVIL += 1;

}

I present to you... *The alignment system*. Something like that, Abs?

say_stop("Trolololol", 1);

But Marpo, can't we make some sort of really confusing pointless system instead?

I present to you... *The alignment system*. Something like that, Abs?

This made my day

@Marpro Hold on...is that a remnant of my alignment system?

SATURDAY UPDATE 1:

Time for some screenies!

Screenshot1

Screenshot2

Random screenshot of desktop

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INFO RELEASE:

As screenshot2 shows, there will be a port system that will enable you to visit many differant places.
So far i have built the landmasses of 2 areas, and am planning to make ATLEAST another 3. The world will also include ATLEAST 2 other areas that can only be reached by certain means.

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POLL 2: Do you think one of the cameos should die in the dmod?

Go ahead and vote!

If I'm a cameo, which you should do, I should die, which you should let me.

I'm sure the DN would appreciate the Dark Lord being destroyed in a game.

Hint, hint.

DO IT!

NOW!

Wow, those are very impressive.

If you do decide to kill one of the cameos, I volunteer, as long as I die a noble death. Or eating something. Or drowning.

Or by not being pillbug and instead being me.

But in all seriousness, it's up to you. >_>

lol ok fine abs, ill put you in as a cameo.

But no promises about your death.

Sweet. Now to go swim in my ego...

I don't approve of the dialogue in Screenshot 2 being said by the table instead of the woman. Other than that, very nice screenshotss indeed.

I like the hunger meter and how you've used old graphics in new ways, like the snake pillars holding up the pier (assuming you're not borrowing ideas from other D-Mods I haven't played).

And allll the cameos should die. Senselessly!

nice screenies zeddybear dont u fail me and not release this - I will be sooooooooooooooo grumpy

Stresssss!

Looks really good, especially the mapping. I just hope you didn't take the screenshots of the only two good screens.

I don't think you should ask other people what to do with your own D-Mod. It's your Mod, so if you want to do it, then do it. Besides, it won't be as fun to us when you release it because we'll know what's going to happen. It'll also give you more strength to finish the D-Mod because you'll get to express your own ideas in your D-Mod, instead of ours.

lol.

Ok Skull maybe youre right.

The polls will now be 10 times more awesome.

POLL 2:

Pie or Cake?

Go ahead and vote!

Cake.

Pie, for obvious non-homosexual reasons.

I'm impressed! Really good job so far Zeddex!

Will the poll "Pie or Cake?" have any clear impact on the game?

Will the poll "Pie or Cake?" have any clear impact on the game?

If Portal is any indication, this is a serious question!

My answer is pie.

Portal's memes are more old than oldness.

The cake is a lie.

The cake is a lie so I'm gonna go and eat some pie.

Wow, i cant believe i didnt think of that......

I choose this moment to confess that I've never eaten pie

Please.... please... tell me youre joking...

P.s i ruined post number 69 yet again! I shall make this a habit.

From this day forth i shall always try to make the 70th post!

EDIT: Wait no i was wrong... DD did it...

Pie. And BTW, why do you call it ''Blue Harvest'' ? What's theme of the DMOD?
Additional unrelated question:
That Mouse Dink's Armour whatever... Is it hard to implement into a DMOD? I downloaded it thinking it was a DMOD once, it looked really cool.

By popularity it has something to do with Star Wars, starring a fat man, hence the inevitable confusion.

SATURDAY UPDATE:

POLL 3:

Half life or Half life 2?

Go ahead and dote! and/or you could vote too!

Half Life 2.

Half Life 2, but this seems to no longer be about your game!

Half life 1 because of freeman's mind and how much crap i can take out of the game.

Your opening post says poll 4.

So, any progress on this?

What about now?

Lol you should know by now that I'm all talk when it comes to making dmods...

Ironically enough though I was serious about this one, unfortunately the laptop I was using to make it broke down, losing the data forever...

I now have a new laptop sporting windows 8.which basically makes it difficult to do ANYTHING I want to do. I mean I couldn't even play sims 3 on it without having to go through numerous property settings!
So my dmod making is on hold till I figure out how to run dink on it.

I know a solution for Windows 8 - Get a cracked Windows 7. It's foolproof. It tricks the computer into thinking Windows is activated and no issues whatsoever have arisen since I did it several months ago.

Then keep making Blue Harvest.

It's always a shame when someone loses projects this way. I just want to stress one thing to anyone making anything they remotely care about: BACK UP OFTEN, and in more than one place, preferably.

ya done yet?

He ded.