I've revised a major plot point of the movie because I realized the original point is much to boring. It would be the same thing over and over. "Oh, hello Bob — oh, sorry you're not Bob" — "What are you talking about Ted, I am Bob!" — "No, I was looking for someone else, sorry" — "Who else do you know named Bob?" — "Umm… never mind… [thinks] why is this weird person talking to me? [/thinks]" — "Stop kidding around Ted, what's up dude?" — "Umm… [runs away]". And it would be like that for EVERY SINGLE person they know. "Oh, hi mom — wait, you aren't my mommy! What are you doing in my house?" — "Teddy, maybe you should stay home from school today" — "No! You are some strange person! Get out of my house!" You know?
Sooo, I've changed it so that that will not happen. At least, not in that way. But sort of. But not at all.
I also had a SUPER FREAKING AWESOME idea as to how I can explain everything. But then, I'd already said to myself that I can't use the first thing that I think of, because it's obviously too obvious, and everyone watching the movie would figure it out right away, and that's no fun. I mean, I could try to make them believe it's something else, but I don't know. I really don't want the ending to be obvious, you know?
Well, actually my original original ending was no ending, and they just never figure out what happened, but that was pretty lame. Like, with that movie with Bill Murray, "Broken Flowers", you like never find out what happened, and my parents were watching it and they were all "WTF that was totally lame". So I don't want that. I want like "Fight Club", you know? Even though I totally saw that coming.
On a completely unrelated note: Def Leppard. I'm going to see them this summer at Sarnia Bayfest, along with umm Nickelback, Aerosmith, and Toby Keith. I mean, how lame is that order? It should be like Toby Keith, Nickelback, Def Leppard, and then Aerosmith. I mean, for a long time, Aerosmith was first! And I was like WTF, stupid. But whatever.
Anyway, they were playing this biopic about Def Leppard on Much Music for awhile, and I watched like the last half of it, and I was like whoa, cool. And my brother gave me a bunch of their songs, and I like a lot of them. I mean, before I just knew "Pour Some Sugar On Me", but now they're like really cool. And I don't like going to concerts where I don't know the songs. It's so much more enjoyable when you know them, you know?
I'm committed to finishing "Lifehouse" by the end of May. That means it will be online tomorrow. Or wait, maybe tonight. Seeing as tomorrow I actually need to do work. Crap. Looks like that's what I'm doing now, then.
And my last point for today is more of a plug. I may have mentioned it before, but if so, it still deserves another mention. Overheard in New York is a pretty awesome site. The title pretty much describes it. Here are some of my favourite examples:
Old man: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… Pie.
Hobo putting hand on Justin Timberlake look-alike's shoulder: Oh, shit! It's Justin Timberlake, everybody!
Look-alike: Uh, what?
Tourist teenybopper: Can I have your autograph, please?
Look-alike: I'm not Justin Timberlake.
Tourist teenybopper: But you are.
Hobo, to look-alike: Dude, you work with me here, okay? We'll do business. [To train] Ten bucks for Justin Timberlake's autograph, everyone! For 20 bucks he'll dance for you.
Tourist teenybopper: I have five dollars…
Hobo: We're in business!
Look-alike: I'm going to kill you.
Hobo, to look-alike: Damn, this is the best plan I've ever come up with! Except for the time I tried to sell Lindsay Lohan's piss for 20 bucks. Well, it was actually my own piss. I think God put me on this Earth to fuck with people.
Dude #1: Plus, I was watching The Sandlot, so that always stresses me out.
Dude #2: It does?
Dude #1: Yeah. Even though I know what's going to happen, I get really anxious… That's also the reason I don't watch Full House.
Conductor: If you do not step away from the doors the train will keep sitting here, you will not get where you are going, and I will still get paid.
Cranky old guy looking at belts: Is this real fucking leather?!
Pakistani vendor: Yes, sir. It is real fucking leather.
Ethnically ambiguous 20-ish male: Are these real fucking hats?
Bag lady: 54, 55, 56, 57, 58…
Hipster boy running by: 64, 23, 17, 81!
Bag lady: No! Stop it! Stop it! This always happens to me!
June 2, 2007 at 1:18 AM
Your Lifehouse game is the coolest thing in the world. I'm Jimmy, and I just found the Acid Queen. I really laughed out loud at 'I guess your a couple of years too early'.
Did you make it with Game Maker?
June 2, 2007 at 8:31 AM
That's awesome, I was afraid no one would understand that joke. :)
I made it with RPG Maker XP, which is sort of similar to Game Maker, although, I think, a little bit easier to use.
June 3, 2007 at 2:51 AM
Hm, Game Maker's pretty damn easy. I mean, I can generally use it and I have next to no knowledge of programming or code.
I'm proud because I finished your game in one day. There are two noticable problems:
1. In the weapons equip menu, one of the required audio files appears to be missing, and because of this, the game shuts down when you try to 'equip' a weapon that doesn't exist.
2. If you try to leave the Grid building when you're looking for Jumbo's tea, a message keeps popping up and you can't move.
I wouldn't bother to change these myself ^, but I'm just pedantic and annoying so I thought I'd mention them.
And I love 'Overheard In New York'.
June 3, 2007 at 11:52 AM
I've just recently found out that my school's computers have Game Maker on them, so I've been trying to figure it out. It may just seem harder because I'm used to the RPG Maker interface.
Thanks for you feedback! I'll fix those problems and reupload the file. :)