Discussion - Guest Author Program for the City of Heroes Mission Architect System
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Posted on: 2009-09-02 14:29 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
Whoo, I was wondering when they were finally going to do something with this.
Edit: wait, posted yesterday? Was it hiding?
Good stuff. BTW, the links for RoosterTeeth and pvponline need fixing.
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Very neat idea. Can't wait to try out what they come up with.
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Wha-wha-what? CoH has sold one meeeeelyon units? Holy crap.
Also: awesome news. Please tell me the Penny Arcade guys are interested.
Also also: the links to Rooster Teeth and PvP Online have a '%29' in them which breaks them.
Also also Oslo: For those not familiar with LolBat.
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As much as the direction of this game has annoyed me as of late I am intrigued by this news.
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Wha-wha-what? CoH has sold one meeeeelyon units? Holy crap.
Also: awesome news. Please tell me the Penny Arcade guys are interested. Also also: the links to Rooster Teeth and PvP Online have a '%29' in them which breaks them. Also also Oslo: For those not familiar with LolBat. |
Fixed! Thanks! Now back to setting up the PAX booth heh
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Originally Posted by Demobot
Wha-wha-what? CoH has sold one meeeeelyon units? Holy crap.
Also: awesome news. Please tell me the Penny Arcade guys are interested. Also also: the links to Rooster Teeth and PvP Online have a '%29' in them which breaks them. Also also Oslo: For those not familiar with LolBat. |
. I'm gonna need to try to recruit more people to join this game. *cries*
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Ohhh! Can we get Randy Milholland to give us some of his heroes and/or villains from "Super Stupor"? (Being that the main cast of "Something Positive" are far too evil to be cast as megalomanicial omnicidal masterminds)
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Sweet, I used to watch Red Vs Blue all the time so it'd be nice to see what they come up with and I read pvponline every day.
Now, how about the boys from Penny Arcade and Brad Guigar, creator of Evil, Inc.
Lolbat?
Freaking LOLBAT?
I mean, PvP Online is... okay, I guess, but I always throught Lolbat was a throwaway joke character, and not a very funny one either. Why not approach Howard Tayler, resident overachiever of the webcomics community? Or T Campbell with a long-running comic about geeks in a superhero world? Or how could we forget Phil and Kaja Foglio with their track record of mad science?
I mean, come on.
Lolbat.
Those of you who will be at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle this week should make time for the City of Heroes panel discussion entitled, Mission Architect: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Story.
I take it that means Stephen Sondheim will be writing a story arc. Also, will Patti LuPone be a hero or a villain?
Nice, I'll have to keep an eye out when the missions are done. I love the RvB stuff.
While I don't begrudge the folks who like humorous stories their fun, I am not that enthused with broad parody and nudge*nudge-wink*wink designs. Can't say that LolBat is going to draw me to a Misson Architect storyline.
Though I would be on a Foglio authored MA set up instantly....
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Now, this is indeed very good news... 
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While I don't begrudge the folks who like humorous stories their fun, I am not that enthused with broad parody and nudge*nudge-wink*wink designs. Can't say that LolBat is going to draw me to a Misson Architect storyline.
Though I would be on a Foglio authored MA set up instantly.... |
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I personally am not familiar with Lolbat, I am Very familiar with Red v Blue, and very excited anout RoosterTeeth being involved with CoX, and I'm sure they will add/attract other writing talent at some point.
I like that the CoX team is looking to poke fun at their own creations and efforts. Perhaps it is one thing that sets this game a little apart from all the others.
Now, I can't say I wouldn't be excited to see, for example, Stephen King, do a good super-horror story...
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Until the MA implements some sort of placeable layouts, at least akin to the base editor, and a more sophsiticated scripting system (even a simple version of NWN) this seems a bit meh.
Otherwise, I guess it's good PR to attract potential new gamers but I don't expect high profile DC or Marvel folks contributing a whole lot either.....
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One of the earliest Pioneers in Computer Gaming, Scott Adams of Adventure International, actually plays CoH, mostly on the Virtue server. This is one guy who should be asked to do an MA mission. He had a huge impact in the early gaming industry. I have chatted with him on the boards and in game.
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Cool feature, but I'm very disappointed that there's been no follow-up on "Dev Choice" awarded missions for "unknown" players since April 2009. Electing player-created missions for Dev Choice awards should've been the first priority before promoting this feature. Please try to award even a couple "Dev Choice" missions to your player base between now and when these "Guest Authors" start posting.
The player base worked hard to put new content out there; the Devs should recognize their contributions appropriately before moving on to "established" writers - even if its only 2 or 3 story arcs out of thousands.
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Those of you who will be at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle this week should make time for the City of Heroes panel discussion entitled, Mission Architect: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Story.
I take it that means Stephen Sondheim will be writing a story arc. Also, will Patti LuPone be a hero or a villain? |
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Incredible. This news, coupled with the incoming AE nerf may just be enough to bring the AE nay-sayers back.
Even after all these years, this game never ceases to amaze and surprise me.
Huzzah!
I'm interested to see how this turns out for the authors. I wonder: Will guest authors be compensated? Will they be required to follow the same AE rules/restrictions as the rest of us? Seems to me the "rewards" for a pro to say leave an established niche/following (where they are well liked and where just about anything he/she can imagine is doable) to enter the world of AE in many cases isn't worth the "risks" (to reputation due to snark or comparsons that "my arc is better", etc.). How many will want to open themselves up for what could be some major abuse?
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NCsoft® Unveils Guest Author Program for the City of Heroes® Mission Architect System
Popular user-generated content system attracts industry and comic book notables to try their hands at mission design
NCsoft and Paragon Studios today announced the Guest Author program for the Mission Architect user-generated content system in City of Heroes. This program invites influential writers and aspiring game or story designers to collaborate with the team behind the City of Heroes MMORPG and publish custom missions directly into the City of Heroes game using the revolutionary Mission Architect system.
Participants in the Guest Author program will be announced on a rolling basis. The first participants of this program comprise notable industry veterans from the gaming and online comic industry:
- Rooster Teeth (www.roosterteeth.com) The machinima producers that brought the gaming world the Red vs. Blue series and created a series of live-action shorts for City of Heroes and Mission Architect (starring Barenaked Ladies front man, Ed Robertson, as Captain Dynamic) is ready to put their designer skills to the test. Rooster Teeth plans to bring Captain Dynamic and his nemesis, The Great Face, from YouTube to City of Heroes.
- Scott Kurtz (www.pvponline.com): The creator of the popular PvP web comic has already begun collaborating with the City of Heroes team on bringing LolBat to life within Mission Architect.
City of Heroes is currently one of North Americas most popular MMOs, having sold more than 1 million units in North America. The City of Heroes Mission Architect system offers all players an opportunity to hone their storytelling skills in an established game and social media environment.Those of you who will be at the Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle this week should make time for the City of Heroes panel discussion entitled, Mission Architect: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Story. Two guest authors, Scott Kurtz and Rooster Teeths Joel Heyman, will be on hand with City of Heroes developers to talk about their experiences creating their own unique, personalized missions for the game. The panel will be Saturday, Sept. 5th, 2:30pm - 3:30pm Raven Theatre at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
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