Dawn of the Dead 78' fan game project......

[jka12002]

Im planning to start working on a fan game project based on Dawn of the Dead using Game Maker, you can help out if you want to.

Here is the plan:

Title- Dawn of the Dead
Genre - Konami 90's style arcade beat em up (TMNT)
Playable characters - Peter, Roger, Fran, Steven, Blade (hidden)



Music ive gathered to use in the project:

Title Screen/Player Select/Some Cutscenes:www.youtube.com/watch?v=sieLA7gRkew
Level 1 "The Apartment Complex" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM9esu5SXng
1st Boss "Wooley" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOZ0NDh1GX4
Level 2 "Abandoned Airport" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSFjDSmpOF4
Level 3 "The Docks": www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEHtaQ4NVbY
2nd Boss "Dock Officer aka Rhodes": www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSuPZWqOGiY
Level 4 "The Mall Pt.1" : www.youtube.com/watch?v=K90j2VKSsbY (IDK this might sound too modern for the mall)
Roger's Last Words/Fran meets Stephen the zombie : www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUN0Vtx35-o
3rd Boss "Blade and his gang": www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7XPSVtAhuo
Final Stage "Escape from The Mall": www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0YeNPK-2eM

Ill keep you guys posted on my progress, share ideas if you got them!

[The Dead Walk!]

Sounds awesome man, please do keep us in the loop!

[jka12002]

I defintly will ;D

hey what do you think of the music i plan to use?

[The Dead Walk!]

They all sound good... the only 2 I think could use reevaluation are the title screen and the mall pt. 1.

[jka12002]

ive done a few cutscenes and a W.I.P concept of the title screen, here is a preview video of them & ive added the music ill use for them so you can get an idea of how it could be in the finished game:

Cutscenes and Title screen concept video: s60.photobucket.com/albums/h18/jamesdude_2006/?action=view¤t=Dawnfangamepreview.flv

[UndeadNed]

Sounds awesome Jka can't wait to see the end product.

I can't watch the vids at work so I'll let you know what I think later tonight of the music.

[jka12002]

ok no problem

[UndeadNed]

Sorry I haven't gotten around to watching the vids yet jka. My Internet connection at home is on the fritz so its a struggle to view any videos or download large files. They tell me the problem will be rectified shortly though.

[UndeadNed]

Sorry about the delay my connection is finally working fine again. Does the music for the game have to be 8-bit like in those old video game soundtracks?

I'm not a huge fan of the title Theme, Blade and his gang theme and the Escape from the Mall theme; however this is because I tend to prefer my music a little more ambient and slower while the pacing of the latter 2 songs is quite frenetic. Also I find the title theme a little jarring. With that said though I'm not sure my tastes for Background music would be well suited to a side scroller such as yours, and also with such a game you're more focused on the action rather then the ambience so some frenetic music would probably assist the action. Overall though I think you've got a nice selection already and probably don't need to alter it

What do you think of these tracks?

Goblin - La Caccia

Max Payne - Max's Nightmare

Strider - Siberian Tunnel

Dawn of the Dead Intro Theme

Oh and I liked that Preview flash video. Look forward to seeing it when its fully completed.

[jka12002]

Thanks for the imput, yeah i wanted 16 bit music because im trying to give it that retro/nostalgic feel to it.

[UndeadNed]

Then definitely stick with your current selections.
Is that game software freely available, or do you have to buy it?

[deryk]

great idea although it would make an awsome first person shooter ;D

[jka12002]

Hey sorry for the really late update, my laptop crashed a while back and i lost all the data for the game. Im canceling this one but i am considering a Day one. But im not sure yet.

[UndeadNed]

Sorry to hear it. Sucks that you've lost all your hard work, I hope you didn't sink too much time into it.

BTW was this the program you used?
www.yoyogames.com/make

[jka12002]

Yeah thats the one.