Camerch

Technomancy: Magic and Metal

@MonkeyBusiness@Yorutenchi@Camerch@Rekaigan@Maki Casanova@Inkdrop @Dead Cruiser@That AWFUL Guy@Pox

Just a poke at everyone who expressed interest. If you don't respond, I'll assume I lost you somewhere and bother you no more.

@Gisk

I'm not sure I am able to join. The technology/magic combo doesn't quite work for me. Sorry 'bout that.

Power Research Laboratory (PRL)

Crud. I don't think I'll be able to join in this one. Sorry for that.

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Alton refused to get up. He was in the phase of regaining consciousness, but was adamant to force himself back to that wonderful darkness that is sleep. His alarm hasn't even gone of- "CRAP! I FORGOT TO SET THE ALARM!"

With a jolt, he sat up and looked around for his... room? All he could see is a group of very confused-looking characters, standing somewhere is an empty white void. "I'm just dreaming, right?" Alton thought to himself, "This is a lucid dream, my alarm is still ticking and I'm still in bed. But why does it feel so real? And- is something on my face?" He reached up and felt the beak of the rooster mask that covered his entire head. As he did so, he noticed his arm was wearing a beige sleeve. Alton looked down.

"Holy crap, I'm Jacket."

He took another look at the band of characters in front of him. We had Kirby, Link (female), a mage, that girl from Borderlands, that guy from DMC, and a crazy popsicle-stick guy attacking a black wolf. "This can't be a dream." Alton thought, "My brain can't have just made this up. What the hell happened?"

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@Happy Go Lucky

Basically, you create a Player (e.g. Joe Smith) who is participating in the virtual world. He/She has been put in the body of an Avatar of their choosing (e.g. MasterChief) and has the abilities of said Avatar (Regen Health, Vehicle Flipping etc.)

Now, for the most part, your Player would be in control of the body, but he/she may inherit personality traits of the Avatar. How your Player's personality and your Avatar's personality mesh is up to you.

For example:
Nicholas is cynical, lazy and apathetic, but in the body of Gaige, he became a little friendlier.

Alton tries to be emotionless, but in the body of Jacket, became incredibly prone to rage.

Hope this helps!

Clash of the Cliques: Class Warfare

"I guess I'll sort out the paint then." Artemis said as he stood up from the table. He started to walk away, but noticed his half-finished meal, sitting almost forgotten on its tray. He turned around, picked up his soup bowl and drank the rest of the cold tomato soup in one go, placing an empty bowl back down. He took the bread to eat on the way.

"Right then," He said to himself as he strode out the cafeteria doors, "Let's give this horse a nice coat of paint!"

Clash of the Cliques: Class Warfare

Question: Is there anything stopping the students from walking out of the cafeteria? Are they allowed to wander the hallways at this time?

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Alton Clef a.k.a Jacket

Appearance:

Name: Alton Clef

Gender: Male

Character: Jacket

Personality: In public, Alton is a very stoic person. He seems to be able to take a lot of grief from others without affecting his emotions. However, the important word here is "seems". In the privacy of his room, he can rage incredibly hard out of stress and anger. As a result, he's taken to letting out his emotions on cathartic video games like Hotline Miami or Call of Duty. His philosophy is like poker: If you let your emotions show, you lose.

Powers:

• Bezerker Rage: When Alton is hurt, or sufficiently angered, he will fly into a murderous rage to try to kill the offending party.
• Increased Dodging: Normally, he can only take one hit before he dies, but because of reasons of balancing, his dodge skill has been increased to compensate.
• Increased Strength: With a weapon, Alton can kill a person in one hit. Or he can knock them out with an unarmed punch or by throwing something at them. (Damage with weapon = 2x health of generic enemies)
• Aerial view: Alton can see a full 2D aerial view of the level he is on and is able to see enemies, weapons, points of interest and so on.
• Faster respawn: Alton can respawn at the entrance of the level 10 seconds after dying.

Equipment:

• Wooden Bat: Lethal in his hands.
• Rubber Rooster Mask: He can't take it off.

Other: Choosing Jacket as his character was Alton's mistake. Psychotic, uncaring, and the embodiment of Rage, Alton will be spending a lot of time trying to beat his new personality into submission.

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I can see one hit kills working on humans: after all, humans (and dogs) were the only physical opponents. I can't see it working on something like, say, a giant crab. Not even if he had a machine gun.

@Scarifar

That's a fair point. I should change it from "one hit kills" to something a bit more standardized across enemies. How about "Damage is 2x the health of generic enemies of that area"?

Are you sure you don't wanna make him more powerful? I understand "One-Hit Kill" is a powerful skill, but don't you want something a little more? Maybe Biker's throwing knives? Maybe x-ray vision or some variant, in vain of the games' top down perspective?

@Kafka Komedy

Again, a fair point. Having x-ray vision or map awareness sounds useful. I might add that.

Question: What's the rules regarding Death? Can I have it so Alton can respawn faster/at all?

Irrelevant Hotline Miami 2 stuff

Yes! I love Hotline Miami! I wonder why so many people said 2 was bad? It wasn't as good as the first one in some respects, but I think the increased variety makes up for it.

@Kafka Komedy

I personally thought the level design of HLM2 was its biggest problem. The cramped spaces of HLM1 lent itself very well to improvisation, running and killing; it's very messy and chaotic. With HLM2, the game had mainly open areas with very little cover, meaning if you tried to run around like a madman, you would get shot 99% of the time. This made game require more planning and executing like a one-man-SWAT-team, which can be interesting, but it cut down on a lot of the chaos that made HLM1 so fun.

Of course, HLM2 is still a good game. The playable characters there have much more distinct playstyles than the masks in HLM1 and the old over-the-top violence is still there. Plus there's a level editor, so the old game isn't gone yet.

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Alton Clef a.k.a Jacket

Appearance:

Name: Alton Clef

Gender: Male

Character: Jacket

Personality: In public, Alton is a very stoic person. He seems to be able to take a lot of grief from others without affecting his emotions. However, the important word here is "seems". In the privacy of his room, he can rage incredibly hard out of stress and anger. As a result, he's taken to letting out his emotions on cathartic video games like Hotline Miami or Call of Duty. His philosophy is like poker: If you let your emotions show, you lose.

Powers:

• Bezerker Rage: When Alton is hurt, or sufficiently angered, he will fly into a murderous rage to try to kill the offending party.
• Increased Dodging: Normally, he can only take one hit before he dies, but because of reasons of balancing, his dodge skill has been increased to compensate.
• Increased Strength: With a weapon, Alton can kill a person in one hit. Or he can knock them out with an unarmed punch or by throwing something at them. (Actual lethality depends on the weapon)

Equipment:

• Wooden Bat: Lethal in his hands.
• Rubber Rooster Mask: He can't take it off.

Other: Choosing Jacket as his character was Alton's mistake. Psychotic, apathetic, and the embodiment of Rage, Alton will be spending a lot of time trying to beat his new personality into submission.

Reboot: Please Select Player

Hang on! Don't start without me! I'm almost done!