Discussion - Guest Author Program for the City of Heroes Mission Architect System
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Acemace,
Posted on: 2009-09-02 14:29 in News, Events and Announcement Discussion
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You spelt DISUCSSION wrong.
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NCsoft® Unveils Guest Author Program for the City of Heroes® Mission Architect System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. About City of Heroes City of Heroes (www.cityofheroes.com) brings the world of comic books alive in this massively multiplayer 3D online universe. Craft your characters identity and join millions of hero and villain characters in a constantly expanding universe. Explore the sprawling online metropolis of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, and battle a host of foes including criminals, villains, heroes, and monsters. JOIN IN THE COMMUNITY DISUCSSION __________________ ~Niviene~ If you have a specific in game, account, tech or billing problem please contact our Customer Support team via The Knowledge Base "Ask A Question" page. |
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While both Rooster Teeth and Scott Kurtz are big, respected names, and I'm a huge fan of their early work, I can't say I've been as impressed by their recent output. The "Captain Dynamic" commercials, for example, were almost anti- funny to me. YMMV.
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Too little, too late, IMHO 
I have no idea who any of these people are beyond the Capt. What-'is-name videos to begin with, so I can't say I'm all atwitter over these (hope that doesn't sound rude or anything). I might give them a go at some point.
But with the upcoming nerf to AE arcs custom-group XP*, will anyone else?
(* Yes I am assuming they will be making arcs with custom-groups, I know)
I'm intrigued by the idea, but I think the authors will be so limited by the system that their stories are little better than the devs. I've tried making a few stories and I've found I'm unable to build what I want because I don't have enough control. For instance, I wanted a mission where you go to collect data from a friend, and then come under attack afterwards. I wanted the mission to start with no bad guys and then spawn a huge ambush after you collect the stuff, but you can't make one with no enemy group. I know I can't do that ...yet, so while this is a good idea I don't think it'll work until they add more features to the MA.
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Originally Posted by Newbunkle
I'm intrigued by the idea, but I think the authors will be so limited by the system that their stories are little better than the devs. I've tried making a few stories and I've found I'm unable to build what I want because I don't have enough control. For instance, I wanted a mission where you go to collect data from a friend, and then come under attack afterwards. I wanted the mission to start with no bad guys and then spawn a huge ambush after you collect the stuff, but you can't make one with no enemy group. I know I can't do that ...yet, so while this is a good idea I don't think it'll work until they add more features to the MA.
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I missed this thread somehow.
To RoosterTeeth, I say:
"I'm so happy you made it in time to die with us."
Well now, this is interesting. Especially with SKurtz in on things. Now we're going to have a lot of dipsh** references in missions, I just know it. lol