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Which name is best for half-deads?

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#1 True Lord of Chaos

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 07:00 AM

I'm thinking about learning how to make a zombie MMORPG, similar to I Am Legend, except with a lot of people, and you aren't looking for a cure. What I've got now is some types of zombies I'm thinking about putting in and some pics of one, the Piercer. The model isn't nearly complete, that's just something I did real quick.

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Edited by True Lord of Chaos, 17 February 2009 - 06:01 AM.

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 09:40 AM

I think it's a pretty cool model and a decent concept, although of course it's been done before. However, I still think you're too hung up on categorising everything. So far you've only got four types. Maybe you should experiment with just making a load of models and shoving them all in together in a big fat conglomeration of undead.
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#3 True Lord of Chaos

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 06:05 PM

BTW, that's only my first model.

Yeah, I should make a bunch of different types. But, if there's too many types then people will get confused, and might stop playing.

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#4 True Lord of Chaos

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 06:49 PM

The jumper. It can jump and glide, is moderately fast on land, and will swoop down, pick you up, and bring you to it's nest, where there will be many other jumpers waiting to devour you. While being carried, you cannot shoot at it, just at the ground. However, your teammates can shoot him down, and you will suffer some falling damage depending on how high you were. They have low health.

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 07:26 PM

Why would lots of different types of zombie make people stop playing? Unless you give them all long-winded explanations that everybody has no choice but to read it won't make a difference. If anything, people will like it more because it's not just more of the same thing over and over again. That's the problem with every game, they all get boring after a while because nothing new happens once you've done everything. So make it as interesting and varied as you can. Deliberately limiting yourself to four types is just plain foolish, the way I look at it.

Remember, you don't have to categorise everything.
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#6 True Lord of Chaos

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Posted 07 February 2009 - 07:29 PM

I didn't deliberately limit myself to four types. Those are the first four I've come up with.

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Posted 08 February 2009 - 01:45 AM

Still, the point remains. Just have a mess about on the designing front, come up with all sorts of wacky designs, whatever takes your fancy. Make something with wings and claws and a sword in its head if you like, just make as many variants on the theme as you can possibly think of and then discard the ones that aren't worth keeping. And then you can classify them if you must, but that just leads to complications that nobody really cares about. Only a few of the really important ones need naming.

If you need a comparison, which does seem to make things easier, remember the Witch from Left 4 Dead. It only turns up a few times and it's hard to kill, so it has a name. It's not a nameless member of the horde which doesn't deserve classification.
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Posted 08 February 2009 - 02:54 AM

Now I'm working on a map.

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Posted 08 February 2009 - 06:24 PM

UPDATE:Added on to map.

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Posted 09 February 2009 - 01:19 AM

Update:Piercer model. The Piercer is slow, and has a powerful shank-like hand, which can pierce armor. It has high health, and are common in the Corporate area.

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Posted 09 February 2009 - 01:51 AM

One of the looks for the Shambler, aka regular zombie.

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Posted 09 February 2009 - 11:13 PM

What do you think would be a better name for a gun-wielding zombie then half-dead?

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Posted 09 February 2009 - 11:15 PM

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 01:17 AM

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 02:38 AM

How about The Fading? As in, they are aware and still intelligent but are deteriorating, fading, into animal instinct.

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 02:47 AM

Hm... I'll add it!

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 03:19 PM

I voted for The Faded, but I'd like it to be The Fading instead. They're not already faded, after all, they're in the process.
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Posted 10 February 2009 - 04:04 PM

Why not call them the fallen?
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#19 True Lord of Chaos

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Posted 10 February 2009 - 10:35 PM

Vote for other and I'll put it in.
EDIT: They're faded, not fading. They're as devolved as they're gonna get.

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Posted 13 February 2009 - 06:59 AM

Come on people, last chance to vote! Poll comes down 6:00 PM on 2/14/09, my time.

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