Good to know, then I won't feel as bad about not making them!
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Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Suggestion: add Telepath RPG as a campaign
March 22, 2022, 03:45:56 PM #2
Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Suggestion: add Telepath RPG as a campaign
March 22, 2022, 02:39:50 PM
Yeah, I think the biggest challenge to doing this will be getting the assets. At a glance, for a direct port we'd want
-Energy golem sprites, animations, portraits
-Bug sprites, animations (and big unit for the queen? Is that possible?)
-Custom sprite/animation for Niven
-Custom sprites, animation for suits of armor
-New assets for Somnus tents etc.
And optionally some aesthetic changes would be nice; custom sprites for CHARNAME, Guy, Anya, Festus, etc.
All of that is beyond my skill level; I'm happy to write dialogue, design combats, create new characters etc, but I don't think I can provide these.
At the moment I'm planning to proceed and rewrite as necessary to take advantage of existing assets. But if anyone has the know how to do these sorts of things it would be a massive help.
-Energy golem sprites, animations, portraits
-Bug sprites, animations (and big unit for the queen? Is that possible?)
-Custom sprite/animation for Niven
-Custom sprites, animation for suits of armor
-New assets for Somnus tents etc.
And optionally some aesthetic changes would be nice; custom sprites for CHARNAME, Guy, Anya, Festus, etc.
All of that is beyond my skill level; I'm happy to write dialogue, design combats, create new characters etc, but I don't think I can provide these.
At the moment I'm planning to proceed and rewrite as necessary to take advantage of existing assets. But if anyone has the know how to do these sorts of things it would be a massive help.
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Telepath Tactics Liberated (2022) / Re: Suggestion: add Telepath RPG as a campaign
March 20, 2022, 03:50:25 PM
I've been playing around with this as a way to familiarize myself with the engine. The verdict so far:
I think porting the *battles* over would be quite easy. See attached; I was able to reconstruct the first battle in all of 2 minutes. You could probably get them done with a free Saturday.
But, I'm not sure how well that would stand up. TRPG was TRPG, not Telepath Tactics. And because you lose the overworld, exploration, and decision making, you've lost a lot of what made TRPG2 a great game.
At the same time, by reusing the battles exactly, you're not taking advantage of the Telepath Tactics engine. Everything is so small scale compared to what's possible.
A direct port will have some real nostalgia value and be a worthwhile product; I would play and enjoy it!
But I think it could be done even better, by rewriting (scaling up) most of the battles, modifying the script, adding in some new characters, etc. Into a sort of "Telepath Chapter 2 Redux" that blends the story of TRPG2 with the new capabilities of the engine.
I'll be spending some time and effort on this! We'll have to see how far it goes. If you're interested in collaborating, get in touch and let's see what we can come up with!
Most of the battles are uploaded online, so you could get the information from there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7kkkpCZ2Bs
I think porting the *battles* over would be quite easy. See attached; I was able to reconstruct the first battle in all of 2 minutes. You could probably get them done with a free Saturday.
But, I'm not sure how well that would stand up. TRPG was TRPG, not Telepath Tactics. And because you lose the overworld, exploration, and decision making, you've lost a lot of what made TRPG2 a great game.
At the same time, by reusing the battles exactly, you're not taking advantage of the Telepath Tactics engine. Everything is so small scale compared to what's possible.
A direct port will have some real nostalgia value and be a worthwhile product; I would play and enjoy it!
But I think it could be done even better, by rewriting (scaling up) most of the battles, modifying the script, adding in some new characters, etc. Into a sort of "Telepath Chapter 2 Redux" that blends the story of TRPG2 with the new capabilities of the engine.
I'll be spending some time and effort on this! We'll have to see how far it goes. If you're interested in collaborating, get in touch and let's see what we can come up with!
Most of the battles are uploaded online, so you could get the information from there.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7kkkpCZ2Bs
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