Red Dwarf RPG

[No Haggle]

Note: "with no original intent of profit"

Now that that is out of way. I've been screwing around with RPG Maker VX Ace, and instead of coming up with anything TRUE and HONEST I decided to learn my way around the program by making a Red Dwarf RPG.

If you don't know what Red Dwarf is, then go watch it on Netflix or something.

Its just a very basic outline right now, all characters are built and most of the locations. Have a story to the point where they pick up Kryten....After that, not sure... so looking for any suggestions or ideas.

Oh and sorry for the crappy video capture lol

 

[Some JERK]

YES!

As far as story ideas go, oftentimes in the show they reference something that has happened recently but wasn't shown in an episode (flying around a moon shaped like Felicity Kendal's bottom, etc... ) It would be awesome to be able to play those things. It would make a show with an already astronomically high (no pun intended) rewatch value even better.

If you want/need help with anything here (story ideas/writing character/backdrop design or even programming help/ideas, just let me know. I'd love to help with this.


edit: one maybe interesting idea would be a prequel mission where you play through the exodus of the cat-race. They never show anything about that (with the exception of the episode "Waiting for God" with the old dying Cat-Priest of Cloister the Stupid)

edit edit: I would advise against watching red dwarf on netflix. last i checked, all they have are the "remastered" episodes, which even the people who made them admit didn't come out so great.

 

[No Haggle]

@Some JERK, thanks. Are you familiar with the program? Like I said, I'm just learning it, and some of the stuff is taking me a while to figure out, so it'd be nice to have someone to ask instead of having to spend hours trying different things.

I still watch the episodes often, as my wife is a bigger fan than me and we usually watch one before bed.

I like the prequel idea with cat race...that might actually be pretty cool.

 

[Some JERK]

@Some JERK, thanks. Are you familiar with the program? Like I said, I'm just learning it, and some of the stuff is taking me a while to figure out, so it'd be nice to have someone to ask instead of having to spend hours trying different things.

I still watch the episodes often, as my wife is a bigger fan than me and we usually watch one before bed.

I like the prequel idea with cat race...that might actually be pretty cool.

I've never seen the program before, but it says it's built on a simple scripting language, so as long as it's somewhat robust and maybe allows for things like for/while loops, if/then/else, cases, etc... then I shouldn't have a problem getting up to speed and throwing out some ideas.

 

[No Haggle]

I've never seen the program before, but it says it's built on a simple scripting language, so as long as it's somewhat robust and maybe allows for things like for/while loops, if/then/else, cases, etc... then I shouldn't have a problem getting up to speed and throwing out some ideas.

It's something call Ruby. Seems pretty easy so far but I've seriously never done it before, so all the switches and variables, etc...are all sill somewhat foreign to me for now. This is the meat of it though.

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You can also use custom scripts though, but I'm still learning that.

 

[Some JERK]

It's something call Ruby. Seems pretty easy so far but I've seriously never done it before, so all the switches and variables, etc...are all sill somewhat foreign to me for now. This is the meat of it though.

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You can also use custom scripts though, but I'm still learning that.

ruby is ok. not my favorite but i can definitely work with that

 

[GV 002]

Hell yes!

Would you possibly be wanting some soundtrack? Maybe 8-bit remixes of the theme tune, and some of the little melodies they play in the show? Me and the mister are huge fans of the show, and we'd love to contribute!

 

[No Haggle]

@Chanbob That would be amazing!!! I was actually wishing I could do it, but I no longer have the resources or time.

@Some JERK I'm having an issue with a few things. I'm gonna send you a PM when I'm by my pc, see if you can give me hand.

 

[Ti-99/4A]

Good luck to you. I actually tried to do the exact same thing 14 years ago in RPG2000. Got as far as making some passable character sprites and a StarBug vehicle before moving and starting real life over again got in the way.

 

[Ariel]

Needs scutters and curry.

 

[John Titor]

It's something call Ruby. Seems pretty easy so far but I've seriously never done it before, so all the switches and variables, etc...are all sill somewhat foreign to me for now. This is the meat of it though.

Spoiler: img

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You can also use custom scripts though, but I'm still learning that.

Ruby is the custom scripting which allows features into the game that doesn't exist in RPGMaker, it's not those buttons if that's what you were thinking.

I mostly used the older versions but I can help you if necessary.

FYI.

Condition Branches. This is probably the most important function in the program. It basically checks to see if you met any requirements. Example: Is Switch A on, yes or no. If yes, go do Event A. If No, go to Event B.

Switches = on/off function. In RPG terms, this can be used to determine if a treasure chest has been opened or you activated an event.

Variables = Like switches, but has more values than on/off since it's numbers that range from 0 - 5000.

I hope this helps in any way.