The Lost Two: The Clone War
And so, the gods of words decreed that there shall be a new article to grace the land of The Dink Network, and all were repulsed in its horror. Instead of focusing on random things, funny questions, abandoned discussions, it would instead focus on the utter horror gnawing at the underbelly of The Dink Network: D-Mods that were started, but never saw the light of day.
Or at least, that was the plan, many a month ago when I started this article. And then... I sort of stopped. And now, I return with a D-Mod that I released a demo for. And yet this demo disappeared shortly thereafter, never to be played again. If you never heard about it before, I am thankful.
To have your eyes, ears, and nose hair experience the torture, press on and read the article. I personally wouldn't recommend it, but hey, maybe your eyes have been pretty crabby lately and you're ready to dish our some revenge?
I decided that I would finally make an epic... an awesome D-Mod that would make Prophecy of the Ancients look like Teletubbies on Ice.
The Clone War seemed like a good title (at the time), so I decided to write the most awful D-Mod script that has ever been written. In retrospect, it was simply agonizing. And I can't even remember any specific details about it, as I've undergone extensive therapy to erase all visages from my mind. Well, mostly.
I remember at one point, you'd team up with Seth for some reason. Seth was all camped out in a cave, and was like "Yo Dink Dude, why'd you kill me!" and Dink was all like "You killed my homy Milder! You didn' give him proper respekt [flange arms around wildly]" and Seth was all like "Dude, I thought you hated that prickly piece of white trash! My bad! Can we be friends again?" and Dink was all like "Holla, let's bust a cap in some bass." You see, Seth's cave had an entrance to the ocean, where bass fish could be caught. I was really going to have Dink team up with Seth, but minus all of that faux-gangsta stuff.
However, it would have several unique gameplay elements. Each time you started the game, it would force you to play a slightly different version of the game. In one version, you would have to collect sea-shells to open a door. In another, you would have to find a key. I thought this would lead to replayability. You could also trigger a hidden 'evil' version of the game somehow, and access a hidden menu by clicking on the 'L,' 'O,' 'R,' and 'E' letters on the title screen.
I started working on it, and I completed a small island portion. Dink wandered around a prison island, did some stuff, it was awesome! I thought that I should release a demo, and I could sit on my lofty throne decked out in my spiffy crown as the adoring hordes of Dinkers would writher in delight.
I think The Clone Wars had the potential to be a good D-Mod, and maybe even an enjoyable D-Mod, but all hope of this was squandered when I botched the demo release. I released the demo *very* haphazardly, deleting files to save space that were required to enjoy the game, and making many other stupid mistakes.
Without any sort of positive feedback, any motivation I had to continue the D-Mod shriveled down into an insignificant speck.
Shortly thereafter, I saw the word 'fiat' in an English book in high school, and I decided to cancel The Clone Wars. I'd focus my efforts on a small, easy prequel to The End of Time... heck, I could complete that in a month...
I don't think that it is as bad as Richard's Attack, but it probably belongs in the Tolerable review category.
Or at least, that was the plan, many a month ago when I started this article. And then... I sort of stopped. And now, I return with a D-Mod that I released a demo for. And yet this demo disappeared shortly thereafter, never to be played again. If you never heard about it before, I am thankful.
To have your eyes, ears, and nose hair experience the torture, press on and read the article. I personally wouldn't recommend it, but hey, maybe your eyes have been pretty crabby lately and you're ready to dish our some revenge?
The Foundation
Shortly after releasing Dink Smallwood & The End of Time, I realized that I'd have to create a sequel. The ending didn't leave much question to that.I decided that I would finally make an epic... an awesome D-Mod that would make Prophecy of the Ancients look like Teletubbies on Ice.
The Idea
I remember playing a Duke Nukem 3d level set in a movie theater, and it had some neat movie posters, including four for Star Wars. Each movie from the original trilogy was featured, as well as 'The Clone Wars.' It was just some fan-art predicting how cool the Star Wars prequels would be. Mesa thinks their fortune telling abilities weren't so good.The Clone War seemed like a good title (at the time), so I decided to write the most awful D-Mod script that has ever been written. In retrospect, it was simply agonizing. And I can't even remember any specific details about it, as I've undergone extensive therapy to erase all visages from my mind. Well, mostly.
I remember at one point, you'd team up with Seth for some reason. Seth was all camped out in a cave, and was like "Yo Dink Dude, why'd you kill me!" and Dink was all like "You killed my homy Milder! You didn' give him proper respekt [flange arms around wildly]" and Seth was all like "Dude, I thought you hated that prickly piece of white trash! My bad! Can we be friends again?" and Dink was all like "Holla, let's bust a cap in some bass." You see, Seth's cave had an entrance to the ocean, where bass fish could be caught. I was really going to have Dink team up with Seth, but minus all of that faux-gangsta stuff.
However, it would have several unique gameplay elements. Each time you started the game, it would force you to play a slightly different version of the game. In one version, you would have to collect sea-shells to open a door. In another, you would have to find a key. I thought this would lead to replayability. You could also trigger a hidden 'evil' version of the game somehow, and access a hidden menu by clicking on the 'L,' 'O,' 'R,' and 'E' letters on the title screen.
I started working on it, and I completed a small island portion. Dink wandered around a prison island, did some stuff, it was awesome! I thought that I should release a demo, and I could sit on my lofty throne decked out in my spiffy crown as the adoring hordes of Dinkers would writher in delight.
The Downfall
But that didn't happen. I released the demo to a very tepid response. There weren't any real compliments to speak of, and there were a few negative comments. What was the problem?I think The Clone Wars had the potential to be a good D-Mod, and maybe even an enjoyable D-Mod, but all hope of this was squandered when I botched the demo release. I released the demo *very* haphazardly, deleting files to save space that were required to enjoy the game, and making many other stupid mistakes.
Without any sort of positive feedback, any motivation I had to continue the D-Mod shriveled down into an insignificant speck.
Shortly thereafter, I saw the word 'fiat' in an English book in high school, and I decided to cancel The Clone Wars. I'd focus my efforts on a small, easy prequel to The End of Time... heck, I could complete that in a month...
What Survived
After looking around my collection of backup CDs for longer than I anticipated, I located the demo copy of The Clone Wars. Against all better judgment (both the angel on my left shoulder and the bonca on my right insist that I don't release it, and getting those two buggers to agree on anything is pretty amazing), I've decided to unleash it upon the world. Just click here. That's a direct file link, and it weighs in at 1.29 MB.I don't think that it is as bad as Richard's Attack, but it probably belongs in the Tolerable review category.
Looks like redink1 has captilated to the joshriot lobby. CAN NO LEADER GO UNTAINTED?!
Well, yeah, basically. He pm'd me a couple weeks ago to note the lack of articles, and his most recent message board post provoked me to actually see when the most recent articles were posted. The Lost (Mythago Woods) was posted in September, and the closest one before that was like in March.
That's quite a long time.
I'm hoping to post at least an article a week, not focusing on any one article. Expect updates to Recondite and Complaint Chaos within the next couple weeks, and maybe I'll even delve into Discussions.
I'll try updating The Lost as I have the time... but right now it seems like I'm focusing on my own projects, or at least projects I've been involved with, while it would be nice to detail other lost projects. But then I'd have to try to track down old D-Mod authors who pimped their stuff, which could get difficult.
That's quite a long time.
I'm hoping to post at least an article a week, not focusing on any one article. Expect updates to Recondite and Complaint Chaos within the next couple weeks, and maybe I'll even delve into Discussions.
I'll try updating The Lost as I have the time... but right now it seems like I'm focusing on my own projects, or at least projects I've been involved with, while it would be nice to detail other lost projects. But then I'd have to try to track down old D-Mod authors who pimped their stuff, which could get difficult.
parts of the intro were kinda cool but yeah this wasnt all that good, but its cool seeing something that is a part of the dink smallwood history. i remember seeing references to "the clone war" and such alongside goblin wars or zolton wars or whatever such dmods people had planned to release. now if we can only see how one of those "9 part epics" everyone likes to talk about turned out.
i could actually have two of these myself. one for 'the evil empire' which as of this month was started 4 years ago, and one for 'the super poop goblin' which was maybe a year later. then theres 'crotches of destruction' which was lost in a hard drive failure, but i have the first 2 on disk still.
i could actually have two of these myself. one for 'the evil empire' which as of this month was started 4 years ago, and one for 'the super poop goblin' which was maybe a year later. then theres 'crotches of destruction' which was lost in a hard drive failure, but i have the first 2 on disk still.
Teletubbies on Ice might be awesome, if you added fire or explosives. Sorry for the Necromancy, I had to add that.
Does anybody still have this? That link doesn't work.
