If you need to incorporate the human zombies, you could make something along the lines of like you said, first a disaster happening. "Everyone" gets their **** together and takes care of the problem, but Celestia and Luna inform you that its not over. they have been reluctant to tell you, but a mishap with some magical power (maybe the Elements of Harmony or a magical power source near town OR far away) caused a rift to open to a different world, and those zombies/creepers/skeletons started pouring out of the rift and invading the land. This caused those hydras and manticores to become distressed and aggressive, thus also attacking.
The portal could have been left open as the magical power source suddenly disappears and splits into pieces that get misplaced across the land, in ancient ruins, and perilous mountains. You must save Equestria from this evil and close the portal/destroy it.
Thats my idea... sorry for the tl;dr :/
That's the idea, kinda, the backstory is that a general tried to save the city by forming a magic shield around it in his battle with Krastos the glue maker (a Genghis Khan type figure rather than the probably more common serial killer portrayal), the spell backfired however and resulted in human zombies and skeletons being summoned, the inhabitants all either fled or died as the undead took over, the city itself didn't decay as another side effect, so there is still fresh food in chests.
The city's existence was eventually even forgotten about, becoming at most a myth in the mind of most ponies, hence why it's so important that Celestia and Luna are involved.
The players goal is to both find as much loot as they can and make their way into the city to destroy the source of the undead in the city.
Armarillos/Ed: Cutscenes will be in machinima. My plan was always to make videos and put them in a folder with the map, like with notes.
aaroniero: Added you to the team, thanks for joining. Here's the first draft for the intro (warning, wall of text)...
Well, here's the first draft for the intro.
The intro starts with a parody of the first MLP: FiM episode, where Black Belt tells of version of the "Mare in the moon" story that is blatantly wrong (complete with the same art style as the story), resembling Half-Life: Full Life Consequences, most of the differences are in the background gags.
Also, Princess Celestia is Black Belt's bizarre idea of Princess Celestia, while actual, closer to canon Princess Celestia is just referred to as "Celestia".
Narrator: One day, Princess Celestia who is Princess Luna's sister was a castle, writing a royal letter, when suddenly she got a letter from her sister saying manticores and hydras are attacking her place.
*fast forwards*
Narrator: Princess Celestia saw a sign that said "Evertree City" with someons writing saying "you shuldn't come here".
(Applejack can be seen in the background saying (indicated by subtitles to make it more like a joke by someone making a machinima) "darn, welp, looks like we'll just have to do it at Fluttershy's" to Rainbow Dash).
*fast forwards again*
Narrator: Princess Luna yelled "Princess Celestia run out of here" and Princess Celestia walked real fast out-
(Princess Celestia is walking away from Luna, Tank the tortoise is impatiently waiting for Princess Celestia, indicating that she is in fact, moving slower than a tortoise)
*fast forwards again*
Narrator: The future was dark and scarry, Nightmare Moons came and noone new why, Nightmare Moons were dark magic things that weren't dark magic.
*fast forwards again*
Pipsqueak's dad: Nightmare Moons are from dark magic and the moon.
*fast forwards again*
Nightmare Moon: ha ha, stupid pone colt with no head.
Narrator: The Nightmare Moons said with smiles.
Pipsqueak's dad: Pipsqueak no get out of here fast as you can...
Narrator: Pipsqueak's dad said and died.
*fast forwards again*
Pipsqueak: But pones have to fight for freedome-
Celestia (off-screen): Sorry but we're going to have to end this...
(The story is ended suddenly, revealing that Black Belt, Celestia, Luna, Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash are in the same room, implied to be in Celestia's castle)
Celestia: Okay, I'm pretty sure that if you had studied Equestrian history, you would know I didn't die. It was very amusing though.
Luna: DID THOU HAVE TO END THE TALE? WE WERE QUITE AMUSED DESPITE THE INACCURACIES. ESPECIALLY AT THE PARTS WHERE VERY DARK BLUE BELT PRESSED A BUTTON BY SMASHING HIS FACE INTO IT AND THREW A FREIGHT TRAIN.
Celestia: Unfortunately, yes. We have received letters from the Kraven Krastos Archeology Company they have found information on the lost city of "Aliquam lacus".
Black Belt: So why am I here?
Celestia: To pay off your debts for flooding a street.
Luna: Why did you do it, what motivated you to blow up your own basement?
Black Belt: I was just trying to fill some plastic bags with ice to cool the basement down, it's really hot this summer.
Celestia and Luna: ...What?
TITLE SEQUENCE
Scorch: He was having a bad day, he kept slipping on ice when trying to get it into the bags, he was hot, he was tired... So he took revenge on the ice.
Black Belt: How do you know?!
Scorch: You stole my dynamite, and I saw the whole thing trying to stop you possibly blowing up Canterlot.
Celestia: Look, long story short, you're going to work off the money needed to repair damage with Kraven. Besides, it's spring where you're going, and you'll be given a lot more time to relax.
Black Belt: Uh...
Twilight: Nervous?
Black Belt: Heh...
Twilight: Look, you're new to this job, and and you're clearly nervous, but it's okay, it's only going to be for a few weeks. Don't worry, you'll be fine, you're friend Monochrome Dash is going so you won't be bored.
Black Belt: Will there be dragons?
Twilight: Probably not, as far as I can tell, they don't inhabit the region you're going to.
Kraven: Ladies.
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Black Belt: You!
Rainbow Dash: He's just jealous, and melodramatic. Monochrome told me.
Black Belt: Soon, we will see who really gets all the mares!
Rainbow Dash: He's jealous of the accent.
Kraven: So you want to get rich finding diamonds, gold and artifacts of historical significance or not?
Black Belt: Bet I find more than you.
Honestly, I just think I could have written this entire scene better, maybe have a few better jokes then the background gags in Black Belt's version of the "mare in the moon" story, what it does do is establish that Black Belt is a bit melodramatic, and that he's known Kraven beforehand.
Sorry for the late reply I had trouble finding the post again.yes it could be better, but I got that covered, I'll go through iit again and start on the rest of the story, as well as start on some designs for the world, like the castle and cloudsdale.
Sorry for the late reply I had trouble finding the post again.yes it could be better, but I got that covered, I'll go through iit again and start on the rest of the story, as well as start on some designs for the world, like the castle and cloudsdale.
Hang on, Cloudsdale?
Look, I really don't think that's a good idea, I'm trying to focus on just one large city (Aliquam lacus) and the countryside around it to explore as opposed to smaller ones, I just feel that this would be better than making smaller cities. Probably should have made that clear.
There's one scene in Celestia's castle and another in the Kraven Krastos Archeology Camp, but that's it.
Look, I really don't think that's a good idea, I'm trying to focus on just one large city (Aliquam lacus) and the countryside around it to explore as opposed to smaller ones, I just feel that this would be better than making smaller cities. Probably should have made that clear.
There's one scene in Celestia's castle and another in the Kraven Krastos Archeology Camp, but that's it.
When I'm off break we start discussing the story.
All right then. In that case, how about i make some rough designs as to how lacus, the country side, and kraven will look like, as well as re-write the beginning?
Can I offer some criticism? I know im not put in on the "writing" section, but...
Some of the script could be touched up grammatically as well as a little change in story here and there (my opinion). What you have so far sounds like a pretty solid background story though :tongue.gif: Can't wait to get this started!
Since im going to be doing some stuff to it, what were your ideas?
aaronio (about the script): Let me know when you're done with the draft.
aaronio (about the character design): I kinda already did design Kraven's look (he's the unicorn to the left in the pic), but yeah, you can do the countryside.
MrJasonguppy: Do you want to be builder, writer, or both?
okay, so should we delve into the main characters past even further?
some unknown complications that link the three heroes even before they met?
Well, when I thought up the story I did come up with a basic idea for what their pasts and personalities would be, so no there aren't unknown complications.
Black Belt is a northern pegasus (usually lives in colder areas, has thicker fur, can't manipulate clouds) born and raised in Canterlot (northern pegasi are rare in Equestria, that's the in-universe reason for them not having appeared in the show), he's met Kraven, but before Mine Little Pony takes place he's only known him as "that guy who trolls him".
Kraven is an ex-spy for the Stalliongrad Empire (based on modern Russia, or maybe the Russian Empire, not Stalinist Russia, but I can't think of a horse related pun so I went with the obvious one for now), after he retired he started the Kraven Krastos archeology company, which is he knows Scorch as Scorch joined up soon after, but like Kraven and Black Belt, they only know each other as "that guy at work". Prior to Mine Little Pony, Black Belt and Scorch never even knew of each others existence.
Scorch's past, well, I never really got into that, so maybe you could figure that out.
I still came up with an idea for what Monochrome Dash would be like, a goth mare who's surprisingly good at calming ponies down when they're stressed or might do something dangerous. Her special talent being... Not sure how I could put this better, so I'll just say dealing with ponies, her flaws being occasionally being a jerk and somewhat of a snob. Also, she works at Trot topic.
I like where this is going! How soon do you think we could be up and building?
Once were done with this map, im turning it into a full server, so i will be doing some editing over the week, and we should be up and ready to go by the weekend.
Once were done with this map, im turning it into a full server, so i will be doing some editing over the week, and we should be up and ready to go by the weekend.
That's the idea, kinda, the backstory is that a general tried to save the city by forming a magic shield around it in his battle with Krastos the glue maker (a Genghis Khan type figure rather than the probably more common serial killer portrayal), the spell backfired however and resulted in human zombies and skeletons being summoned, the inhabitants all either fled or died as the undead took over, the city itself didn't decay as another side effect, so there is still fresh food in chests.
The city's existence was eventually even forgotten about, becoming at most a myth in the mind of most ponies, hence why it's so important that Celestia and Luna are involved.
The players goal is to both find as much loot as they can and make their way into the city to destroy the source of the undead in the city.
Thats my approach on this. The better the story, the better the map. A good story will give us a really good image to go off of and build from.
Sorry for the late reply I had trouble finding the post again.yes it could be better, but I got that covered, I'll go through iit again and start on the rest of the story, as well as start on some designs for the world, like the castle and cloudsdale.
Look, I really don't think that's a good idea, I'm trying to focus on just one large city (Aliquam lacus) and the countryside around it to explore as opposed to smaller ones, I just feel that this would be better than making smaller cities. Probably should have made that clear.
There's one scene in Celestia's castle and another in the Kraven Krastos Archeology Camp, but that's it.
When I'm off break we start discussing the story.
All right then. In that case, how about i make some rough designs as to how lacus, the country side, and kraven will look like, as well as re-write the beginning?
Since im going to be doing some stuff to it, what were your ideas?
aaronio (about the script): Let me know when you're done with the draft.
aaronio (about the character design): I kinda already did design Kraven's look (he's the unicorn to the left in the pic), but yeah, you can do the countryside.
MrJasonguppy: Do you want to be builder, writer, or both?
Ed: Show me your ideas while you're at it.
2. Lets see what you've got.
Black Belt is a northern pegasus (usually lives in colder areas, has thicker fur, can't manipulate clouds) born and raised in Canterlot (northern pegasi are rare in Equestria, that's the in-universe reason for them not having appeared in the show), he's met Kraven, but before Mine Little Pony takes place he's only known him as "that guy who trolls him".
Kraven is an ex-spy for the Stalliongrad Empire (based on modern Russia, or maybe the Russian Empire, not Stalinist Russia, but I can't think of a horse related pun so I went with the obvious one for now), after he retired he started the Kraven Krastos archeology company, which is he knows Scorch as Scorch joined up soon after, but like Kraven and Black Belt, they only know each other as "that guy at work". Prior to Mine Little Pony, Black Belt and Scorch never even knew of each others existence.
Scorch's past, well, I never really got into that, so maybe you could figure that out.
In the intro script draft Rainbow Dash mentions "Monochrome", Monochrome Dash is a reference to this: http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/asksurprise/11333401362/1/tumblr_lsxbq1TjOW1r2ulme
I still came up with an idea for what Monochrome Dash would be like, a goth mare who's surprisingly good at calming ponies down when they're stressed or might do something dangerous. Her special talent being... Not sure how I could put this better, so I'll just say dealing with ponies, her flaws being occasionally being a jerk and somewhat of a snob. Also, she works at Trot topic.
(I'm guessing draft, but I want to make sure)
I like where this is going! How soon do you think we could be up and building?
Once were done with this map, im turning it into a full server, so i will be doing some editing over the week, and we should be up and ready to go by the weekend.