Deepground: A steampunk RP in need of ideas, and more - Games

I'd love to help, though I'm a lowly English major with no programming skills. I do, however, have some extra income that I don't mind using to help with a server.

Wow, I already got a lot of people willing to help. Thanks all, the help is really needed. I will be starting on trying to make that server so we can build sometime during the weekend, as I got midterms this week and if I start now, it would cut into my studying. I will put up those who want to help on my little list for future reference. Once again, thanks! Oh and about the facepunch steampunk pack, I will check it out.

I will help.

[url]http://www.minecraftforum.net/viewtopic.php?f=1021&t=48884[/url] x100 please. Would love a steampunk server hosting this tex pack + airship mods and more.

I=join. Please. :buddy:

Big ol' steamy fanatic here. I would like to join very much, for the floating city i was thinking we could do a scaled down, version of Laputa Laputa: Large image [media]http://www.zerochan.net/src/zerochan.Laputa%3A.Castle.in.the.Sky.333295.jpg[/media] if you haven't seen Laputa: Castle in the sky, I suggest you do, its very steamy.

[QUOTE=coco911231;28500359]Big ol' steamy fanatic here. I would like to join very much, for the floating city i was thinking we could do a scaled down, version of Laputa Laputa: Large image [media]http://www.zerochan.net/src/zerochan.Laputa%3A.Castle.in.the.Sky.333295.jpg[/media] if you haven't seen Laputa: Castle in the sky, I suggest you do, its very steamy.[/QUOTE] The image is broken for me, though I know what Laputa is. Floating cities would be one thing that people can travel besides living in Deepground and all that, being the place where the airships went to when the Mechanicus attacked.

Does your skin have to be steampunk?

[QUOTE=dill6869;28502412]Does your skin have to be steampunk?[/QUOTE] Not really, but it has to fit in a way.

I might try making some skins today. Perhaps some ideas for buildings later tonight too.

I'd love to help. Perhaps connect the towns with railways and suchlike. And perhaps ports for the airships/boats/minecarts/pigs.

my skin is ready.

I designed a skin. My first one ever actually. What do you think, will it be suitable? [URL]http://www.minersneedcoolshoes.com/2011/03/09/steampunk-gentleman/[/URL]

[QUOTE=dookster;28506940]I designed a skin. My first one ever actually. What do you think, will it be suitable? [URL]http://www.minersneedcoolshoes.com/2011/03/09/steampunk-gentleman/[/URL][/QUOTE] Thats a good skin, better then my first. [QUOTE=Nubsy;28506356]I'd love to help. Perhaps connect the towns with railways and suchlike. And perhaps ports for the airships/boats/minecarts/pigs.[/QUOTE] Thats an idea I had, with the railways I mean. Allowing quick travel to and from the underground cities and towns without having to go to the surface. I also though of a town embedded in a mountain with a airship port sticking out in a alcove opening in the side of the mountain, basically being outside yet not fully outside. Something like this here, but with a airship port in it. [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/MoabAlcove.JPG[/url]

[QUOTE=Neo222;28507078]Thats a good skin, better then my first. Thats an idea I had, with the railways I mean. Allowing quick travel to and from the underground cities and towns without having to go to the surface. I also though of a town embedded in a mountain with a airship port sticking out in a alcove opening in the side of the mountain, basically being outside yet not fully outside. Something like this here, but with a airship port in it. [url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/73/MoabAlcove.JPG[/url][/QUOTE] Yea that would be good. By chance have you ever played the game Metro 2033? I think the structure of their towns would be absolutely awesome for this.

If you put the airships and steamboats mod on the server, would we have to download it too?

[QUOTE=crackberry;28507267]Yea that would be good. By chance have you ever played the game Metro 2033? I think the structure of their towns would be absolutely awesome for this.[/QUOTE] I have not played Metro 2033, but I heard its a good game. What idea would you have from that? [QUOTE=Oscario;28507307]If you put the airships and steamboats mod on the server, would we have to download it too?[/QUOTE] I am not too sure myself, I will have to read over that topic to see if there are any mentions of using it in SMP.

It would be cool to have a mod that allows you to control pigs when riding them with a saddle. Along with a robot walker skin for the pig, I can see this server becoming quite wonderful. Also, remake dungeons to look like underground bunkers of a previous civilization. Add dead skeletons and shit would be so cash.

[QUOTE=Birdman101;28507708]It would be cool to have a mod that allows you to control pigs when riding them with a saddle. Along with a robot walker skin for the pig, I can see this server becoming quite wonderful. Also, remake dungeons to look like underground bunkers of a previous civilization. Add dead skeletons and shit would be so cash.[/QUOTE] Hmmm, the pig idea would be a bit difficult, specially being a source for food and all that. If we use a robot skin for the pig, then how would meat come from it? The dungeon idea would be more possible, I think, on the other hand.

[QUOTE=crackberry;28507267]Yea that would be good. By chance have you ever played the game Metro 2033? I think the structure of their towns would be absolutely awesome for this.[/QUOTE] My only doubt about building it like Metro 2033 is the fact that, traditionally, Steampunk is grand and impressive, with huge stainglass windows and light pouring in from all over and what have you. Metro 2033 is [i]really[/i] dark and gritty. I'm not saying it would be a bad idea, because you're right, it would be perfect for train tunnels or factory areas of cities and battle torn areas where the machines have attacked.

[QUOTE=dookster;28507934]My only doubt about building it like Metro 2033 is the fact that, traditionally, Steampunk is grand and impressive, with huge stainglass windows and light pouring in from all over and what have you. Metro 2033 is [i]really[/i] dark and gritty. I'm not saying it would be a bad idea, because you're right, it would be perfect for train tunnels or factory areas of cities and battle torn areas where the machines have attacked.[/QUOTE] So, we combine them. Keep the impressive look of steampunk but use some parts from Metro 2033. Like for example a Gears of War style of destroyed beauty, I guess.

I always imagine Steampunk to be light and bright only for a select few. The highlife. The rest of the citys and denzines all live in sqaulid, cramped, dark and smokey industrial factorys. [editline]when[/editline] Also, I've been to the Moab Alcove. Really cool.

We will have that in a way for the cities. As I know, there are two kinds of steampunk themes that are popular: The victorian theme that you see a lot, and the post-apoc theme. Deepground would combine them both, using the light style for the Deepground cities and sky cities, while using the post-apoc destroyed beauty style for the ground world to get a sense that the world humanity used to live in was destroyed. [img]http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2010/078/c/4/NoM___The_Undercity_of_Artygia_by_UNGDI_SEA.jpg[/img] This is what possibly some cities would look like, with a train(minecart) system running through them.

When this gets up and running ima build a huge airship with crippled engines hovering aimlessly over an ocean (or lake, depending on the availability of large bodies of water). [editline]9th March 2011[/editline] also, would TNT or fire be disabled on this server? flaming ruins of deserted cities would be a nice effect.

Awesome. Are we going to build huge avenue caverns or like one giant cavern for the entire city?

[QUOTE=dookster;28509296]Awesome. Are we going to build huge avenue caverns or like one giant cavern for the entire city?[/QUOTE] Hmmm, possibly both. Depends on the city size of course, and basically I got a large cavern for one city already started as seen in the picture i posted in the first page. Though the cavern needs to be larger.

God damn I love the art style of steam punk. Something about it just seems so appealing and exciting. Neo222, would it be cool if I let my imagination run away with me and try building a ideas for houses and what have you?

[QUOTE=dookster;28509315]God damn I love the art style of steam punk. Something about it just seems so appealing and exciting. Neo222, would it be cool if I let my imagination run away with me and try building a ideas for houses and what have you?[/QUOTE] Sure thing! I could use some ideas from other peopl. On a side note, I decided some names for the leaders of the sky cities and Deepground cities, giving them the title of Sky Lord and Terra Lord respectively.

Well, I'm intrested as I said yesterday so I guess I could help if you need help with anything.

I could use some ideas in terms of lore and location, such as the names of cities in Deepground and in the city, the names of cities that were destroyed by the Mechanicus, the works. Basically some brainstorming and all that good idea making stuff.