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« Reply #2100 on: July 24, 2012, 06:51:44 AM » |
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Good idea   but maybe 'Cities in Stone'? I'm not a native speaker, and I'm not sure which has a better 'ring' to it... Liosan |
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« Reply #2101 on: July 24, 2012, 01:07:15 PM » |
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It's a subtle distinction. 'Cities in Stone' makes you think of 'flies in amber'. In this version of the name, stone is a generic material, so you're saying the game is about cities made of stone, as it were.
'Cities in the Stone' is a bit of reference to 'Sword in the Stone', but also, putting 'the' in front of 'Stone' makes it a specific place, even a mythical place. It can evoke Platonic ideals-- calling it 'the Lake' implies that it is a special lake, versus 'a Lake' which says it's just any old lake.
Your mileage may vary, of course! I just figure dwarves would mutter prayers to 'the Stone' as if it were some sort of all-encompassing deity.
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« Reply #2102 on: July 26, 2012, 11:46:18 AM » |
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To The Top
Stupidly hard vertically-scrolling platformer, both generally tricky platforming and some rare IWBTG-style fuck-you can't-possibly-see-it-coming tricks. No/very few checkpoints, one really really tall level, if you fall too far you fall all the way to the bottom/the last checkpoint.
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« Reply #2103 on: July 26, 2012, 11:08:31 PM » |
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Your mileage may vary, of course! I just figure dwarves would mutter prayers to 'the Stone' as if it were some sort of all-encompassing deity.
Oh, now I get it. It's not a bad idea, that 'the Stone' thing, but it wasn't immediately obvious for me at first glance... will it be obvious for the player? Or will they just think it's some silly guy from Poland who can't use his articles correctly? Liosan |
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« Reply #2104 on: July 27, 2012, 02:36:23 PM » |
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Sure, 'X in the Y' is totally legit.
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« Reply #2105 on: July 27, 2012, 02:38:32 PM » |
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The Sleeping Garden, Screamed
Title actually quote taken from a book with similar narrative style as this tentative game.
What type of game comes to mind with this sort of title?
Hint: It is not survival horror.
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« Reply #2106 on: August 01, 2012, 04:27:19 PM » |
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« Reply #2107 on: August 03, 2012, 01:50:01 PM » |
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"Ox" or "Secret of Ox" or "Ox: [Some Clever Subtitle]"  It should sound mystical and whatnot  |
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« Reply #2108 on: August 03, 2012, 09:55:32 PM » |
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A mystical ox? Liosan |
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« Reply #2109 on: August 04, 2012, 02:09:47 AM » |
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"Ox" or "Secret of Ox" or "Ox: [Some Clever Subtitle]" It should sound mystical and whatnot What secrets can an ox have? |
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« Reply #2110 on: August 04, 2012, 03:06:33 AM » |
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An ox can have many secrets |
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« Reply #2111 on: August 12, 2012, 02:38:18 AM » |
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Mawar Putih
Translation from "White Rose", which is too common a name on Google.
Planning to base my "company" name around it. Also Mawar in Malay also has a bit of a sexy, classical appeal. Similar to something like Marilyn.
Going to do mostly deep (turn-based) strategy, RPG type of games, or sim-type games. Adding a bit of culture/history to the game.. not quite Civ, but more like Magna Mundi.
Target market would be 25-40 year old people. Intelligent, former hardcore games who don't have time for many heavy games today, but don't want to stoop to casual/facebook style games.
Lesser target market would be as like a history/educational thing for kids that doesn't bore the hell out of them.
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« Reply #2112 on: August 13, 2012, 10:54:09 PM » |
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An ox can have many secrets You have a great concept here, I'm already interested in your game and the secrets oxen have.  So, go with the "Secret of Ox". |
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« Reply #2113 on: August 14, 2012, 03:19:15 AM » |
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I'm making a game that takes place largely on the moon Titan.
I want Titan in the title. But I don't know that I want it to be just "Titan". I was thinking of Living Titan but I don't feel like that's as easy to keep in the head as a title ought to be. Titan Alive maybe?
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« Reply #2114 on: August 14, 2012, 03:26:43 AM » |
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Cities in the Stone, IMO!
After discussion with my teammate and friends, we decided to go for Mountain Homes: Cities in Stone. Thanks for the help! I'm making a game that takes place largely on the moon Titan.
I want Titan in the title. But I don't know that I want it to be just "Titan". I was thinking of Living Titan but I don't feel like that's as easy to keep in the head as a title ought to be. Titan Alive maybe?
What is the game about? What kind of game is it? The thing about 'Titan' is it makes my think titan, not titan. You could do something along the lines of 'War on Titan' or 'Aliens from Titan' or 'Titanquake', to make it sound more "planetary", but I can't help much without knowing something about the game Liosan |
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« Reply #2115 on: August 14, 2012, 04:47:29 AM » |
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I would describe it as ANSI + Deus Ex + Blade Runner + Myst
lots of exploration and atmosphere. the gist of the plot will be that it looks like an alien destroyed an installation on the moon but it was actually staged by humans and it's your job to find out by who and bring them in.
there's not actually any war, and not actually any aliens
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« Reply #2116 on: August 14, 2012, 07:25:53 AM » |
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I'm making a game that takes place largely on the moon Titan.
I want Titan in the title. But I don't know that I want it to be just "Titan". I was thinking of Living Titan but I don't feel like that's as easy to keep in the head as a title ought to be. Titan Alive maybe?
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« Reply #2117 on: August 14, 2012, 12:39:03 PM » |
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Those both imply a giant (Titan). I'd advocate something like 'On Titan' or maybe 'Saturn Rise' since Saturn is more likely to be perceived as a celestial body, putting you into the right frame of mind.
Also, be wary of conflicts with the already existing game series under 'Revenge of the Titans'.
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« Reply #2118 on: August 15, 2012, 12:15:15 AM » |
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lots of exploration and atmosphere. the gist of the plot will be that it looks like an alien destroyed an installation on the moon but it was actually staged by humans and it's your job to find out by who and bring them in.
Hm... 'Titan Station'? Nah... Maybe 'Dark side of Titan'? (Nice plot idea btw). Liosan |
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« Reply #2119 on: August 15, 2012, 05:24:23 AM » |
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Those both imply a giant (Titan).
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