MASSAGI!

[Andrew_Baker]

I had an idea, and even wrote up a formal proposal for an AGI project in which everyone who wanted would contribute a piece.  If enough people were interested, I'd post the full proposal.

The concept would be that the player was stuck in some sort of crazy nightmare world where he would move from one area to the next (From one contributor's section to the next), but the different areas would be separate from each other, so each contributor could do whatever they wanted in each.

I'm not sure of its viability as a concept.  I used to publish small indie comics, and the group in which I was a member had a comic idea that was similar called "Carpal Tunnel Syndrome".  I don't know if they EVER finished it, but they had the limitation of making it continuous from beginning to end, and they had to deliver the work snail-mail to each author in succession.

Anyway, I just wanted to throw that out and see who bites.

[Cosmic R]

hey, not a bad idea.  that way all of those who cant get a whole game finished, can at least contribute something towards a game.

[Nick Sonneveld]

it might even encourage people to cram more puzzles per room.  I'm assuming you can't go back a section, so you don't have to worry about problems with reusing vars/flags?

- Nick

[Andrew_Baker]

Exactly, once the Massagi team is assembled, all the resources will be divvied up equally.

[Sami Tervo]

  Great idea! In a weird way it reminds me of film called Cube.

Although you couldn't go back to previous section I think that there would be enough variables, strings, items (could be used as flags) and flags, if everybody would get like 5 (except strings) of each data-thingie.

Why? Perhaps choices/actions you made in sections could be connected somehow to the final section?? Who knows.

[Nick Sonneveld]

Well, even if they're all mostly disconnected from each other, they could all share a theme.  Perhaps you could make it so each puzzle has to have multiple solutions and depending on your solution, you get varying amounts of karma..  this karma could be used to get to three different sections at the end depending on the karma.

You could always replace karma with money or small children or something...

- Nick

[Andrew_Baker]

Beer?

[Nick Sonneveld]

I don't know many people who collect beer though..except in their stomach.  I guess the ending could depend on how blind you are though.

- Nick

[Andrew_Baker]

All right, I'm laying on the official proposal for Massagi!

Recruitment will start NOW!
Recruitment will end at the end of October, at which time development should commence.

I will provide a board where recruits can discuss the various aspects of the project.

Each recruit will be given an equal share of all resources (pics, views, logics, vars, inventory items, flags, etc.).

Recruits working in teams will only be given one share.

Each share should, ideally, be independent of the other shares.  Special concessions shall be awarded when the dependency works, is robust, and is sensible.  It is assumed that we will be democratic about this and allow each recruit an equal vote.

When each share is complete, it will be submitted through a channel I will establish.  This will either be a direct upload or a crude e-mailing.  Each share should be accompanied by source (defines.txt, words.tok, etc.).  The source code should also be well-documented.  All of these considerations will be for the other recruits working alongside.

Finally, while I am a complete ogre, I will say for the record that I am not the Massagi! leader.  I will be a recruit just like everyone else.  I will provide the forum and web-space for this project because I think it is a good idea.  I will also be developing my share of the project because I want to have a piece of work that I developed alongside my friends and talented peers in the AGI/SCI community.

If anyone has anything they would like to add or modify to the proposal, please reply to this thread.

If anyone would like to recruit themselves, please reply to this thread.

[Joe]

I'll give it a try.

[Cosmic R]

hangon, I think you're getting a bit carried away with it.  Remember Jack and Julia?  You dont want it to be another one of those...

I think you should just create the first section in the game and let others submit their secions at will and you can add them accordingly to the game, releasing a version maybe each time a section is added.

If you police it, then you'll scare people away, because no-one wants to commit themselves and nothing will ever get done.

[Corby]

This sounds fun! Count me in!

[Andrew_Baker]

Uh, no Cosmic R, I am not going to police it.  I will be an equal member, the same as anyone else involved.  One of the advantages of having the different sections be independent is that if someone decided not to do the work, then we would still have a collection of modules that could be assembled into a finished project.

[Adam]

This is a very interesting idea, and I think it could definitely work.  I'd like to give it a try.

[Joey]

i gotta quickly post this thread before my mom relizes im on. im not supposed to be. anyway, i would love to help! if it is made under agi studio, i would love to write some source. i am alright i guess. thanx to chris, he tought me a lot. but i am not good making pics and views. i would enjoy programming though.