Making a horror mod - Games

im making a half life 2 horror mod and im looking for modelers, scripters, and animators if you would like to volunteer just make a post below

So what are you doing? Thinking?

no no i am the mapper and the story writer so i just need modelers, animators, and scrpiters

alright

Any reasons why we should join? lol - having nothing kind of interests no one. Except for the beginners who want to join anything to get started.

Outline your story or show us some of your maps before you try to recruit people. People won't care to join unless you show some effort of your own.

Show us a bit of your mapping, and give us a brief synopsis of the mod's story. Also, if this is a horror mod, PLEASE don't let this be a zombie mod, or generic ghost mod, or psychological horror mod that uses ''psychological'' as an excuse to be 100% atmosphere but never actually does anything to keep the player's fear to a maximum (yes, jump scares). On the other hand, don't overdo jump scares because they're still cheap if they're the only source of anxiety in the entire mod. Most importantly, make your story unique. Be careful not to write something like ''you wake up in bla bla bla no memory bla bla ZOMBIES AND GHOSTS bla bla bla SKELETON POPPED OUT bla ba'', your mod [B]will[/B] fail if the story is something like that. Just a heads up.

I doubt someone who can't even spell the word "scripter" is going to make for a particularly good writer.

kahgarak its not going to be anything like that its going to be a lot of atmosphere and zombies will occur rarely because obviously in a town you dont have 1 billion people to mow down. it will have atmosphere keeping tension and fear and when things do come out they wont particularly be pop ups. yes they will happen but they will mess with you more psychologically than just jumping out of your chair for a second. I did play amnesia a lot and i have been studying how it makes its horror good. and cone there is a difference between grammar and creativity you dont need good grammar skills to be a creative person. [editline]11th May 2012[/editline] also im still working on the story writing i do have a lot done story wise but not finished

To clarify, your primary qualification for leading this modding team is you played Amnesia a lot, correct?

HOLY SHIT! where do i sign up ???????????????? this sounds like very good mod !!!!!!!! i not ever played horror games but i watched a lot of scary stoof !!

[QUOTE=~ZOMG;35916487]To clarify, your primary qualification for leading this modding team is you played Amnesia a lot, correct?[/QUOTE] no no no i am making this mod because it seems that horror has gone down the toilet and is now action with monsters that pop out of closets. and i kinda not the leader it was my idea yes but i like to see it as a full team effort [editline]11th May 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=atttapi0;35916839]HOLY SHIT! where do i sign up ???????????????? this sounds like very good mod !!!!!!!! i not ever played horror games but i watched a lot of scary stoof !![/QUOTE] if your being serious then what is it that you can do scripting, modeling,ect

Check your PMs.

Why do you need "scripters"? C++ is a programming language...

[QUOTE=sparkie1j;35916042]zombies will occur rarely[/QUOTE] So there are zombies. knew it

Do you need an ideas guy?

[QUOTE=sparkie1j;35916042]and cone there is a difference between grammar and creativity you dont need good grammar skills to be a creative person.[/QUOTE] So if there's a character that says "my husband is now die, my revenge is begin", I'm just supposed to ignore that and focus on the tragedy before me because it's "creative"? You'd best be on par with Lovecraft to make up for bad grammar, and I'm fairly certain someone like that wouldn't be writing for a Half-Life 2 horror mod. [editline]12th May 2012[/editline] also zombies are way overdone, they're good if you get them right but that's [I]really[/I] hard to do

I get the feeling his mod has zombies just for the sake of it being a horror mod. Like Cone said, zombies are [I]extremely[/I] overdone. sparkie1j, I suggest being a little more creative with your enemies. Try making stuff that isn't directly scary, but instead unsettles purely with its bizarre (almost Lovecraftian) appearance. Here's a self-drawn example, laughably poorly drawn, but it gets the point across: [IMG]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/133/a/6/seraph_by_doctornuriel-d4n1f7j.png[/IMG] boxes! admit, this thing is scarier than zombies

Show me some of your mapping, then I'll consider.

OP, read this thread and see why it failed... [url]http://facepunch.com/threads/1093472?highlight=[/url]

[QUOTE=Kahgarak;35926981]I get the feeling his mod has zombies just for the sake of it being a horror mod. Like Cone said, zombies are [I]extremely[/I] overdone. sparkie1j, I suggest being a little more creative with your enemies. Try making stuff that isn't directly scary, but instead unsettles purely with its bizarre (almost Lovecraftian) appearance. Here's a self-drawn example, laughably poorly drawn, but it gets the point across: [IMG]http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2012/133/a/6/seraph_by_doctornuriel-d4n1f7j.png[/IMG] boxes! admit, this thing is scarier than the OP's zombies[/QUOTE] I could kind of see this giant thing lumbering towards me in a dark, nearly pitch-black hallway. Pipes run along the metal walls on both sides of me, the only light illuminating the hallway being this bright red alarm glowing in and out. I'd be hearing the screams of some tormented soul, somewhere distant, yet so close, and the heavy breathing of a horrible abomination about to murder me in cold blood.

[QUOTE=C:\;35932311]Show me some of your mapping, then I'll consider.[/QUOTE] He made [url=http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=129769]this[/url] and considered it to be good, and thought of himself as a good mapper. When I told him it wasn't that great, he said it was "exactly how he wanted it to be".

[QUOTE=TCB;35942138]he said it was "exactly how he wanted it to be".[/QUOTE] well that sure is dumb He has all right to make a shitty map with a reason like that, of course, but he fails to realize that though you can make something exactly how you want it to be, it also has to be something that people would want to play. Clearly, he doesn't understand this. Sparkie, if you want people to play your mod, first thing I'd do if I were you is VASTLY improve my mapping skills. Let's be realistic here, you're not a good mapper (yet?).

[QUOTE=sparkie1j;35916963] if your being serious then what is it that you can do scripting, modeling,ect[/QUOTE] >The joke >The Clouds >The air >The ground >the caves >The center of the Earth >Your head

I cando tha modelanimation, nothing better on my mind. Not like people offering their skill for free want to contribute a promising project that will boost their skill and internet rep. Fuck it, I'll work a day job and model for some random kid any day, because i've got nothing better to do

[QUOTE=Marcolade;35935997]I could kind of see this giant thing lumbering towards me in a dark, nearly pitch-black hallway. Pipes run along the metal walls on both sides of me, the only light illuminating the hallway being this bright red alarm glowing in and out. I'd be hearing the screams of some tormented soul, somewhere distant, yet so close, and the heavy breathing of a horrible abomination about to murder me in cold blood.[/QUOTE] welcome to the hood, my nigga.

I can be a concept artist and a plot writer, if you'd like. Granted this happens, which it probably won't.

Let this god damn thread die, already!