I find Wikipedia's listing of fictional elements to be pretty awesome.
What do yinz got?
Useful links for inspiring game ideas
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Josh_Kablack
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Useful links for inspiring game ideas
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the_taken
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Re: Useful links for inspiring game ideas
Why do I fell offended by that?Josh_Kablack wrote: What do yinz got?
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I got a big pile of VHS tapes, some recorded TV shows of old, some emulators and ROMs, and Google when I'm feeling stale.
I had a signature here once but I've since lost it.
My current project: http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=56456
My current project: http://tgdmb.com/viewtopic.php?t=56456
Oh, dear God, where do I start...
Well, okay: In the short version, anything can set me off. I keep a dumpster-diving list of favorites. Let's see...
-Planewalker.com used to be an excellent resource for items and monsters, then they changed the format of the website and now it's a pain in the ass to browse.
-http://wen-m.deviantart.com/gallery/. This guy. Just browse his stuff. Be sure to look at the pictures full size.
Well, okay: In the short version, anything can set me off. I keep a dumpster-diving list of favorites. Let's see...
-Planewalker.com used to be an excellent resource for items and monsters, then they changed the format of the website and now it's a pain in the ass to browse.
-http://wen-m.deviantart.com/gallery/. This guy. Just browse his stuff. Be sure to look at the pictures full size.
He jumps like a damned dragoon, and charges into battle fighting rather insane monsters with little more than his bare hands and rather nasty spell effects conjured up solely through knowledge and the local plantlife. He unerringly knows where his goal lies, he breathes underwater and is untroubled by space travel, seems to have no limits to his actual endurance and favors killing his enemies by driving both boots square into their skull. His agility is unmatched, and his strength legendary, able to fling about a turtle shell big enough to contain a man with enough force to barrel down a near endless path of unfortunates.
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
--The horror of Mario
Zak S, Zak Smith, Dndwithpornstars, Zak Sabbath. He is a terrible person and a hack at writing and art. His cultural contributions are less than Justin Bieber's, and he's a shitmuffin. Go go gadget Googlebomb!
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My list of online sources for inspiration is ever-growing and bigger than I can keep track of with active memory. I'll post good ones as I find/remember them.
http://www.mattmakesgames.com/showgame.php?id=13
A freeware platformer game. I've adapted some plot points into my own creations.
http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html
Some interactive fiction. I've only played Shade, but that was enough to add it to my list.
http://www.blastwavecomic.com/
A webcomic I intend to adapt ideas and ambience from.
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=1
Blog entries describing a finished campaign.
http://mspaintadventures.com/
Another webcomic that makes me want to try a new narrative style.
http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/
Playthroughs of videogames in video or screenshot format. Generally come with commentary, some screenshot-based ones are written in-character.
That seems a decent start. I'll look a few pages deeper into my bookmarks next time.
http://www.mattmakesgames.com/showgame.php?id=13
A freeware platformer game. I've adapted some plot points into my own creations.
http://www.eblong.com/zarf/if.html
Some interactive fiction. I've only played Shade, but that was enough to add it to my list.
http://www.blastwavecomic.com/
A webcomic I intend to adapt ideas and ambience from.
http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?cat=1
Blog entries describing a finished campaign.
http://mspaintadventures.com/
Another webcomic that makes me want to try a new narrative style.
http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/
Playthroughs of videogames in video or screenshot format. Generally come with commentary, some screenshot-based ones are written in-character.
That seems a decent start. I'll look a few pages deeper into my bookmarks next time.
Atomic Rockets, if you want to know about space flight.
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Heh... heheh.... campaign generators, the death of creativity... or the rebirth?
I've been using this one for fiction as well, although Sanskrit provides more names than anything random (for the setting).
http://chaoticshiny.com/chargen.php
And of course the gratuitous Seventh Sanctum. Both links courtesy of Anon on /tg/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/
I've been using this one for fiction as well, although Sanskrit provides more names than anything random (for the setting).
http://chaoticshiny.com/chargen.php
And of course the gratuitous Seventh Sanctum. Both links courtesy of Anon on /tg/
http://www.seventhsanctum.com/