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So getty, I was thinking maybe we could do a civil war story thing. I remember when we talked about collabing earlier you had a lot of civil war projects you wanted to do, so yeah. Any other ideas?

gettysburg11 wrote:

That would work. I had an idea for a touching story about a dying comrade. No blood or anything, so it would be OK for everyone. Sound good?

Or something else, I could come up with that. 

Sure, sounds fine.

Would you be able to draw some of the sprites for this?

Bumpage

gettysburg11 wrote:

Aidan wrote:

Bumpage

OK, here's the main details of the story. The main characters are either brothers or have known each other since a very young age. The regiment they are both in is going to be part of a major assault that will ultimately fail. (If the main characters are Union, it'll be the attack on Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg, if Confederate, Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.)

During the attack, Character A gets wounded. They tell Character B to go on, win the battle for them (sort of a "Win one for the Gipper" type thing; if you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it). The attack fails miserably. On the way back towards their original lines, Character B comes across Character A, who is close to death. There's some touching final words, and Character A dies in Character B's arms.

Sound OK?

Sounds cool. Is it okay if I draw still scenes that sort of fade into each other instead of animating?

In regards to their attire, I think they should be Confederate soldiers. As you know more about the Battle of Gettysburg than I do, which regiment would they be in?

Should they be infantry or cavalry? If they are infantry, the wound should probably be a gunshot wound; if they are cavalry, maybe he fell off of his horse and was trampled?

The story sounds fine.

gettysburg11 wrote:

Aidan wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

OK, here's the main details of the story. The main characters are either brothers or have known each other since a very young age. The regiment they are both in is going to be part of a major assault that will ultimately fail. (If the main characters are Union, it'll be the attack on Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg, if Confederate, Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.)

During the attack, Character A gets wounded. They tell Character B to go on, win the battle for them (sort of a "Win one for the Gipper" type thing; if you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it). The attack fails miserably. On the way back towards their original lines, Character B comes across Character A, who is close to death. There's some touching final words, and Character A dies in Character B's arms.

Sound OK?

Sounds cool. Is it okay if I draw still scenes that sort of fade into each other instead of animating?

In regards to their attire, I think they should be Confederate soldiers. As you know more about the Battle of Gettysburg than I do, which regiment would they be in?

Should they be infantry or cavalry? If they are infantry, the wound should probably be a gunshot wound; if they are cavalry, maybe he fell off of his horse and was trampled?

The story sounds fine.

Pickett's Charge was an all-infantry assault, so they'll be foot soldiers. As far as regiments go, it doesn't matter too much, more that they're in Pickett's division. Armistead's brigade is about as specific as we have to get.

Oh, and as far as the scenes go, sure, that sounds great. 

Alright. Is it okay if I use a photo for the background?

gettysburg11 wrote:

Aidan wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

Pickett's Charge was an all-infantry assault, so they'll be foot soldiers. As far as regiments go, it doesn't matter too much, more that they're in Pickett's division. Armistead's brigade is about as specific as we have to get.

Oh, and as far as the scenes go, sure, that sounds great. 

Alright. Is it okay if I use a photo for the background?

Sure. 

How's this one?

(click for larger; it's a lot bigger than it looks on here)

Last edited by Aidan (2011-08-09 21:32:08)

As far as the picture goes, it'll work as long as we keep the car on the side covered. 

I can also work on some of the scripting and figure out the right way to make it interactive tomorrow.

silvershine wrote:

gettysburg11 wrote:

Aidan wrote:

Bumpage

OK, here's the main details of the story. The main characters are either brothers or have known each other since a very young age. The regiment they are both in is going to be part of a major assault that will ultimately fail. (If the main characters are Union, it'll be the attack on Marye's Heights at the Battle of Fredericksburg, if Confederate, Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg.)

During the attack, Character A gets wounded. They tell Character B to go on, win the battle for them (sort of a "Win one for the Gipper" type thing; if you don't know what I'm talking about, Google it). The attack fails miserably. On the way back towards their original lines, Character B comes across Character A, who is close to death. There's some touching final words, and Character A dies in Character B's arms.

Sound OK?

Just make sure it isn't to gory! (Sounds amazing by the way) 

We're going to make sure it'll be appropriate for all ages.    Also, thanks! 

I've been at IRL camp for all this week, so I haven't had much time at all to sprite. I will upload rough sketches of my drawings over the weekend, for you to add your programming to and submit as oour initial draft. I will then refine these over the remaining time, and then we can transplant them into the programming. Is this okay?

On an unrelated note, should we make an account for our collab (and maybe future ones as well)?

gettysburg11 wrote:

Aidan wrote:

I've been at IRL camp for all this week, so I haven't had much time at all to sprite. I will upload rough sketches of my drawings over the weekend, for you to add your programming to and submit as oour initial draft. I will then refine these over the remaining time, and then we can transplant them into the programming. Is this okay?

On an unrelated note, should we make an account for our collab (and maybe future ones as well)?

Sounds good for the timeline. The collab account will work too. I'll have it up in a little bit.

How far would you like me to get in the programming for the draft?

I don't know. Just do as much as you can. 

Finishing up the line art for Pickett and Longstreet. How's the script coming?