We shut down the Kickstarter campaign, because we need to change the game's name and we also need to decide what will be our goal now. Before the next step, we must discuss and answer the following questions in our team:

1) Should we continue with the same aliens?
2) Should we make a brand new aliens?
3) Should we change the whole alien side?

Until these questions are answered, we paused the development.

My suggestion: Change everything + humans weapons and characters.
Just to don't copy Tremulous...

As long as you keep the same kind of fun, fast gameplay and the granger, I am up for anything!
There could be the same area's of alien, e.g: Small fast alien, stealthy alien, big charging alien, jumping aliens and so on.

This opens up the possiblility for more buildings and and weapons (and aliens). You can personally balance everything and so on. Its a shame NS2 has mech suits, it would be cool to have them but it would cause quite a few people to get angry and shout "Oh god you're copying NS2!"

I do have numerous idea's for alien designs that I will post in the surgestions area when I get time.

Also, since there is no kickstarter, what are you doing with the reward items? Are you going to keep them and give them away if you start a new kick starter? Or are you going to sell them?

Personally, I'd say use new models, but I would really like to see the same gameplay, if not the same balance.

It would be refreshing to see something new introduced into the game, like new models and sounds.

As far as the game itself goes though, It'd take me a while to get used to the idea of changing the gameplay behind it, although I don't think I could ever completely part with a Lasgun or equivalent forever.

The one thing I ask is that no matter what the team decides, is that we can still have some form of 100% accuracy at 300 rounds per minute. 



Good times with Ye Olde' MX-605.

Also, since there is no kickstarter, what are you doing with the reward items? Are you going to keep them and give them away if you start a new kick starter? Or are you going to sell them?

Rewards would be created only when Kickstarter campaign would be successfull. There is only plushy Granger. We will offer him for sale later.

I would really like to see the same gameplay.

That is sure thing.

Make a short list of the things that you think make Tremulous into Tremulous, instead of a random FPS game.
Make a short list of the things that you think break Tremulous and turn it into a random FPS game.

Once you have nailed down the things that make Tremulous and the things that break Tremulous, you will have an easier time to think outside of the Tremulous box and make it into your own game.

In short: As long as you adhere to the things that make and break Tremulous, it doesn't matter how things look or act. It's the heart/spirit/soul that matters.

We shut down the Kickstarter campaign, because we need to change the game's name and we also need to decide what will be our goal now. Before the next step, we must discuss and answer the following questions in our team:

1) Should we continue with the same aliens?
2) Or, we could make some brand new aliens?

(Altered 1 and 2 to sound more together so that they could be answered together)

Exactly original aliens could backire again, especially with promises to make the game very different.

Unfortunately, there's also the Natural Selection roadblock to work around. Since keeping the same aliens is a gray area, but making sure not copying NS aliens, actually leaves a good boundary to work from. We know to almost stay away from the original Tremulous, but not get so far out from NS that no one can relate to any part of the game.

at 300 rounds per minute. 

WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAH
Lasgun fires only 5 bullets per second you know?
We might as well revert it back to quake's lightning gun   

It's the heart/spirit/soul that matters.

I should attach this to my sig. If i can be bothered...

@rota: You can try sticking to the same/similar gameplay. First thing I recommend due to tremulous' balancing fault is the dragoon and tyrant, being fast classes and being huge doesn't really suit most people.. Try thinking of the tank from L4D that can teleport. That's just.. fked up

Another thing is to make the bsuit more useful without overpowering it. For example, allow it to absorb 90% of the impact damage while claw damage stays the same. That is, if you're using gpp balance which i doubt.

NS aliens

They are too creepy. That is not our goal. We want to have alines that can be loved/liked as granger for example.

This may not really help much but MAKE HUMANS LESS UGLY!!! 

   

at 300 rounds per minute.

WOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAH
Lasgun fires only 5 bullets per second you know?
We might as well revert it back to quake's lightning gun

Virus.

I'm not even going to say anything.

In fact, I'm going to give you a chance to think about just how stupid that post was before I tell you myself.

Nothing personal.

<3

300 rounds per minute

Lasgun fires only 5 bullets per second

Here's your sign.

Here is Timbo's view on this situation: http://tremulous.net/forum/index.php?topic=16997.msg236067#msg236067

Lava Croft: I hope this is right word: meh. It is not about rights, it is about feeling and my feelings was hurt. But I do not care anymore.

After all it is good that this happen. It openned my eyes. We will have OWN game now and even better. Truthfully when I will look at our new Rifle weapon, it looks nice. But for who? Common player? No. Only for tremulous fan. Thanks god that I realized it now. It was very hard (for me) to throw away previous design, because I loved it, but it is for good.

Lava Croft: I hope this is right word: meh. It is not about rights, it is about feeling and my feelings was hurt. But I do not care anymore.

After all it is good that this happen. It openned my eyes. We will have OWN game now and even better. Truthfully when I will look at our new Rifle weapon, it looks nice. But for who? Common player? No. Only for tremulous fan. Thanks god that I realized it now. It was very hard (for me) to throw away previous design, because I loved it, but it is for good.

GG Rotacak. All respect.