- Location
- Uvalda, Georgia
I think now is a fun time to mention that someone wanting to take you to meet their boss is probably the last thing you want to hear in a casino and admittedly that makes things absolutely hilarious.
Hey, Gotta Step It Up! A Sonic The Hedgehog Producer Quest
- Thread starter Small Nerd
- Start date
I think now is a fun time to mention that someone wanting to take you to meet their boss is probably the last thing you want to hear in a casino and admittedly that makes things absolutely hilarious.
Videogamer921
oh god it’s him
- Location
- 10th circle of Hell; Ohio
- Pronouns
- He/Him
They're taking him on a free trip to lake mead, the trip of a lifetime
- Location
- MS, USA
I will leave that up to the imagination. +5 To Endless Possibilities/Whatever it is we're working on this update's Mechanics roll.
[X] Plan Back to the Future (Knight Edition)
-[] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon)
--[] 2.0 Time
-[X] Mechanics: This game has a lot of new power-ups and abilities that will need to be fine-tuned carefully. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +5 due to pitch)
--[] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Story: This is a fairly involved story, and it's almost entirely focused on new characters. The writers will need to make sure the players like them. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +13 due to pitch and sidestories)
--[] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Employee salaries: This doesn't change much. (2 budget automatically allocated, with +3 bonus to production rolls for every additional 1 Budget allocated, up to a maximum of +15)
--[] 5 additional Budget
-[X] Hire some playtesters: A game with so many new things to get right probably needs the help. (Bonus of +3 to Mechanics for every 2 Budget allocated)
--[] 2 Budget
-[X] Gather reference material: Actually sending people to real-life rotting cities is probably too dangerous, but gathering pictures and recordings should still be useful. (Bonus of +3 to Visuals for every 2 Budget allocated)
--[] 2 Budget
[X] Prepare a marketing campaign: A Sonic game where the iconic characters are almost entirely absent is going to be a hard sell. (Bonus of +3 to profit and +2 to reception for every 2 Budget allocated)
--[] 9 Budget
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Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
You got it.
- Location
- New York
[X] Plan back to the Future (but with voices!)
-[X] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon)
—[X] 2.0 Time
-[X] Mechanics: This game has a lot of new power-ups and abilities that will need to be fine-tuned carefully. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +5 due to pitch)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Story: This is a fairly involved story, and it's almost entirely focused on new characters. The writers will need to make sure the players like them. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +13 due to pitch and sidestories)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Employee salaries: This doesn't change much. (2 budget automatically allocated, with +3 bonus to production rolls for every additional 1 Budget allocated, up to a maximum of +15)
—[X] 5 additional Budget
-[X] Hire some playtesters: A game with so many new things to get right probably needs the help. (Bonus of +3 to Mechanics for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
-[X] Gather reference material: Actually sending people to real-life rotting cities is probably too dangerous, but gathering pictures and recordings should still be useful. (Bonus of +3 to Visuals for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
[X] Prepare a marketing campaign: A Sonic game where the iconic characters are almost entirely absent is going to be a hard sell. (Bonus of +3 to profit and +2 to reception for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 9 Budget
-[X] Phoebe the Gymnure
— [X] Amanda Leighton (EN)
— [X] Sora Amamiya (JP)
- [X] Shade the Echidna
— [X] Erica Lindbeck (EN)
— [X] Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)
- [X] Glare the Echidna
— [X] Zeno Robinson (EN)
— [X] Takuya Eguchi (JP)
- [X] Frost the Snow Leopard
— [X] Aleks Lee (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Venus the Robot
— [X] Ciarán Strange (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Nega Eggman
— [X] Clancy Brown (EN)
— [X] Satoshi Hino (JP)
- [X] Sage the AI
— [X] Abby Trott (EN)
— [X] Rie Tanaka (JP)
Let me know if I have to fix anything ok Small Nerd
-[X] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon)
—[X] 2.0 Time
-[X] Mechanics: This game has a lot of new power-ups and abilities that will need to be fine-tuned carefully. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +5 due to pitch)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Story: This is a fairly involved story, and it's almost entirely focused on new characters. The writers will need to make sure the players like them. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +13 due to pitch and sidestories)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Employee salaries: This doesn't change much. (2 budget automatically allocated, with +3 bonus to production rolls for every additional 1 Budget allocated, up to a maximum of +15)
—[X] 5 additional Budget
-[X] Hire some playtesters: A game with so many new things to get right probably needs the help. (Bonus of +3 to Mechanics for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
-[X] Gather reference material: Actually sending people to real-life rotting cities is probably too dangerous, but gathering pictures and recordings should still be useful. (Bonus of +3 to Visuals for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
[X] Prepare a marketing campaign: A Sonic game where the iconic characters are almost entirely absent is going to be a hard sell. (Bonus of +3 to profit and +2 to reception for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 9 Budget
-[X] Phoebe the Gymnure
— [X] Amanda Leighton (EN)
— [X] Sora Amamiya (JP)
- [X] Shade the Echidna
— [X] Erica Lindbeck (EN)
— [X] Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)
- [X] Glare the Echidna
— [X] Zeno Robinson (EN)
— [X] Takuya Eguchi (JP)
- [X] Frost the Snow Leopard
— [X] Aleks Lee (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Venus the Robot
— [X] Ciarán Strange (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Nega Eggman
— [X] Clancy Brown (EN)
— [X] Satoshi Hino (JP)
- [X] Sage the AI
— [X] Abby Trott (EN)
— [X] Rie Tanaka (JP)
Let me know if I have to fix anything ok Small Nerd
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- Location
- Uvalda, Georgia
[X] Plan Back to The Future (but with voices!)
- Location
- New York
By the way @BackwoodsBilly i changed my Relic the Pika character sheet a bit to give her a Australian accent, so that just in case the Lumine game comes out before your done with your pitch this will be Pika will be one who is still in school before she goes off to become what you want her to be in your game pitch
Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
The numbers seem to line up right.
- Location
- USA
[X] Plan Back to The Future (but with voices!)
- Location
- MS, USA
[X] Plan back to the Future (but with voices!)
Surprise!
New
- Location
- New York
I had this spark of inspiration and decided why not. Enjoy @Small Nerd and everyone else!
Takashi Iizuka took another sip from his coffee as he walked to his office as he was in deep thought.
The trip to Las Vegas was good for the team as they got lots of information but he was worried about how the next one would go as while Las Vegas had its dangers of people developing a gambling addiction there were at least less dangers there.
Truthfully he was worried that Endless Possibilities would end up being a flop due to such a big game having a smaller budget and time besides the fact it was introducing characters never seen or mentioned in the Sonic game but it was a calculated risk deciding to make the game.
There's hoping that his math wasn't bad.
As he unlocked his office door and opened he nearly dropped the coffee in hianhand at what he saw on his desk.
A plushie.
Not one of their current ones but a new one, a character from the game he was worried about the most right now.
Phoebe the Gymnure
He took a shaking breath to calm his heart before closing the door turned and walking away.
He didn't ask who made it or how they even got into his office considering it was locked.
He walked faster as he swore he heard the sound of a what his younger subordinates would call a gremlin laughter following after him.
Nope, he's not gonna deal with this today.
Surprise!
Takashi Iizuka took another sip from his coffee as he walked to his office as he was in deep thought.
The trip to Las Vegas was good for the team as they got lots of information but he was worried about how the next one would go as while Las Vegas had its dangers of people developing a gambling addiction there were at least less dangers there.
Truthfully he was worried that Endless Possibilities would end up being a flop due to such a big game having a smaller budget and time besides the fact it was introducing characters never seen or mentioned in the Sonic game but it was a calculated risk deciding to make the game.
There's hoping that his math wasn't bad.
As he unlocked his office door and opened he nearly dropped the coffee in hianhand at what he saw on his desk.
A plushie.
Not one of their current ones but a new one, a character from the game he was worried about the most right now.
Phoebe the Gymnure
He took a shaking breath to calm his heart before closing the door turned and walking away.
He didn't ask who made it or how they even got into his office considering it was locked.
He walked faster as he swore he heard the sound of a what his younger subordinates would call a gremlin laughter following after him.
Nope, he's not gonna deal with this today.
Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
Dread them, run from them, the plushies arrive all the same. I don't think I can call this canon, but you do get +5 to any one roll you like.
- Location
- Uvalda, Georgia
Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
It seems the votes are in, so it's time to roll. Order is Functionality (+40 * 2.0 = +80), Mechanics (+28 * 2.5 = +70), then Story (+28 * 2.5 = +70). So things should turn out well.
Functionality: 79 + 80 = 159
Mechanics: 8
Mechanics Reroll:17 25 + 70 = 95
Story: 37 + 70 = 107
The bonuses came in clutch here, damn.
Functionality: 79 + 80 = 159
Mechanics: 8
Mechanics Reroll:
Story: 37 + 70 = 107
The bonuses came in clutch here, damn.
- Location
- New York
Yep T-T
Damn this sucks, anyone got a reroll or something they are willing to spare?
Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
My bad for not being clearer about this, but the Mechanics reroll is the result that counts. The initial Mechanics roll is getting retconned out of existence.
- Location
- Uvalda, Georgia
Early-Mid 2017: "Flowers In A Storm," You Say?
New
Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
[X] Plan back to the Future (but with voices!)
-[X] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon)
—[X] 2.0 Time
-[X] Mechanics: This game has a lot of new power-ups and abilities that will need to be fine-tuned carefully. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +5 due to pitch)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Story: This is a fairly involved story, and it's almost entirely focused on new characters. The writers will need to make sure the players like them. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +13 due to pitch and sidestories)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Employee salaries: This doesn't change much. (2 budget automatically allocated, with +3 bonus to production rolls for every additional 1 Budget allocated, up to a maximum of +15)
—[X] 5 additional Budget
-[X] Hire some playtesters: A game with so many new things to get right probably needs the help. (Bonus of +3 to Mechanics for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
-[X] Gather reference material: Actually sending people to real-life rotting cities is probably too dangerous, but gathering pictures and recordings should still be useful. (Bonus of +3 to Visuals for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
[X] Prepare a marketing campaign: A Sonic game where the iconic characters are almost entirely absent is going to be a hard sell. (Bonus of +3 to profit and +2 to reception for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 9 Budget
-[X] Phoebe the Gymnure
— [X] Amanda Leighton (EN)
— [X] Sora Amamiya (JP)
- [X] Shade the Echidna
— [X] Erica Lindbeck (EN)
— [X] Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)
- [X] Glare the Echidna
— [X] Zeno Robinson (EN)
— [X] Takuya Eguchi (JP)
- [X] Frost the Snow Leopard
— [X] Aleks Lee (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Venus the Robot
— [X] Ciarán Strange (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Nega Eggman
— [X] Clancy Brown (EN)
— [X] Satoshi Hino (JP)
- [X] Sage the AI
— [X] Abby Trott (EN)
— [X] Rie Tanaka (JP)
-[X] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon)
—[X] 2.0 Time
-[X] Mechanics: This game has a lot of new power-ups and abilities that will need to be fine-tuned carefully. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +5 due to pitch)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Story: This is a fairly involved story, and it's almost entirely focused on new characters. The writers will need to make sure the players like them. (0.5 Time automatically allocated; automatic bonus of +13 due to pitch and sidestories)
—[X] 2.0 additional Time
-[X] Employee salaries: This doesn't change much. (2 budget automatically allocated, with +3 bonus to production rolls for every additional 1 Budget allocated, up to a maximum of +15)
—[X] 5 additional Budget
-[X] Hire some playtesters: A game with so many new things to get right probably needs the help. (Bonus of +3 to Mechanics for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
-[X] Gather reference material: Actually sending people to real-life rotting cities is probably too dangerous, but gathering pictures and recordings should still be useful. (Bonus of +3 to Visuals for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 2 Budget
[X] Prepare a marketing campaign: A Sonic game where the iconic characters are almost entirely absent is going to be a hard sell. (Bonus of +3 to profit and +2 to reception for every 2 Budget allocated)
—[X] 9 Budget
-[X] Phoebe the Gymnure
— [X] Amanda Leighton (EN)
— [X] Sora Amamiya (JP)
- [X] Shade the Echidna
— [X] Erica Lindbeck (EN)
— [X] Miyuki Sawashiro (JP)
- [X] Glare the Echidna
— [X] Zeno Robinson (EN)
— [X] Takuya Eguchi (JP)
- [X] Frost the Snow Leopard
— [X] Aleks Lee (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Venus the Robot
— [X] Ciarán Strange (EN)
— [X] Takahiro Sakurai (JP)
- [X] Nega Eggman
— [X] Clancy Brown (EN)
— [X] Satoshi Hino (JP)
- [X] Sage the AI
— [X] Abby Trott (EN)
— [X] Rie Tanaka (JP)
Mechanics Reroll:
Story: 37 + 70 = 107 Very Critical Success
Maybe the team working on Endless Possibilities decided to take management's lack of confidence in this game as a challenge. That doesn't explain why the programmers decided to create a full-featured Model 2 emulator just to make the Fighting Vipers side mode work (a favor to Suzuki, maybe?), but it does explain the impressive level design and script you've seen. You're not sure how many people will play Endless Possibilities, but at least the people who do will love the game. The cast is all very likeable, and you're sure you're going to be seeing complaints about Phoebe and company not appearing in other games for some time to come. Now you just need the game to look and sound good.
Result: Endless Possibilities is coming together well! In addition to making the main game run well, the programmers have been working on a fully-featured Sega Model 2 emulator for Fighting Vipers, an emulator that could probably be used for re-releases of other games... like the successful and fondly-remembered Virtua Fighter 2. This is probably Sonic Team doing a favor for AM2. The level design and writing are also looking to be excellent. Whoever buys the game is quite likely to become fans of the cast and then be upset when Sonic Team inevitably doesn't use them again for several years if they even show up again at all. Due to the high quality of some important parts of the game, profit cannot go below 55, and reception cannot go below 65.
In the meantime, you need to make sure the other games Sonic Team's got in the works are coming along well. Now how's development for Rose And Sparks doing...?
Time Allocation
Allocate Time in increments of 0.5 for a total of 7
All rolls have an automatic bonus of +15 due to previous Budget allocation
[] Functionality: The game does need to work. (Automatic bonus of +25 due to being made on Horizon0
- [] How much Time?
[] Audio: And the game needs a soundtrack.
- [] How much Time?
Voting
Use Sonic Team's Audio trait?
[] Use the trait
[] Don't use it
Is there any non-game media you'd like to have made?
[] Let's make... (Write in with a pitch)
[] Let's stick to games for now
You've started hearing that R&D's finally started working on the console that will be the successor to the Horizon. Is there anything you'd like to push for it to have?
[] Write in with up to three features you'd like to have Sega's ninth-generation console to have
GM Note: Sega's next console is set to launch in 2021, and management's definitely going to want some good games ready for Sonic's 30th anniversary. But Sonic Team's definitely gonna get that done easily, right? As always, please vote by plan.
Moratorium Begins
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Small Nerd
Meganekko
- Location
- Out There
- Pronouns
- She/Her
There will be a two-hour moratorium on voting.
SolarGemX
The Crystalized Sun
- Location
- Somewhere in the Cosmos
- Pronouns
- He/Him
....Ummmm.... *Looks at available game pitches* I do believe we are running out of Bullets.... I think Yggdrasils Fall is a good contender for the next console in case Paradise lost isnt ready. Sonic Highschool 2 is also a potential bullet. Other than that Im not sure what we could use since The freedom Fighters game and I think Lost world Require Paradise lost as well?
Yeah I got nothing. Maybe make sure it can run well?
Videogamer921
oh god it’s him
- Location
- 10th circle of Hell; Ohio
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Backwards compatibility with the horizon would be cool.
Would something like a VR headset or accessory be possible. Because a VR game would be cool to do
- Location
- USA
Actually, I don't remember saying Lost World needed Paradise Lost? I don't know where you got that idea.
SolarGemX
The Crystalized Sun
- Location
- Somewhere in the Cosmos
- Pronouns
- He/Him
Honestly I dont know. Since Freedom Fighters does I think I just assumed. Unlike other pitches those two only have the "restriction" of needing Paradise lost to be done because I think they have Maw appear? Either way I was just confused.
- Location
- USA
I don't remember Maw appearing in Lost World?
I think your confusing Lost World with what @BackwoodsBilly is making.