Present day time mod

[hiln]

I think it would be neat if someone made a modern times mod. A game centered in town. A sort of Role-playing game without statistics, but like you're living in the town. You have freedom to do what you want. You buy guns and bullets at a gun store. You get money for whatever, maybe you have a P.I. job and you do quest sort of things. The idea in my head is the town is sort of like Postal 2 (minus all the graphic shit) where people walk around about their day, have houses, stores, a theatre. Things like that. No voice acting, just lots of text with the facial animations. Hopefully fallout/arcanum/baldur's gate style of talking with multiple choices.
edit: also, I'm thinking realistic damage. One shot to the head the baddies dead, organs and heart are serious as well. I dunno about the PC though, maybe it would be less severe (or maybe alot less severe?).
Also, heavy on plot. But we would also try to make the combat as enjoyable as we can.

By the way, I'm just brainstorming, if you like what you're reading or you are already making a mod like this, PM me, I'd certainly love to be a writer for a mod like this.

I haven't seen many games that are set in modern times, and plus, with the HL2 engine, you can make a wonderful little town. I just think it would be neat.

Anyways, just throwing out a broad idea that I would absolutely love to see as a mod someday. I'm tired , and please don't say "make it yourself", I've heard that before. Just an idea maybe someone will pick up.

 

[hiln]

Hmm, since I recently played a deus ex mod that was set in modern times (though sadly, it was a joke mod, more of an adventure to get beer for a party), I've started to write a story for my idea above. The theme would be dark. A private investigator addicted to some drug (original for the game world) does some ordinary jobs before a darker plot gets unravelled in the town. Haha, I don't know what the dark plot is yet, but, I do know the character will have baddies after him for knowing the truth, and maybe for him resolving the conflict in the town?

I dunno if I'm alone, but a story-based present time mod like that would be neato. Shit, maybe I'll even try to start a mod after I get a story mapped out (I wouldn't be the leader or anything, just recruit people and I would be one of the writers).

Ahh, I'm all giddy for nothing :dozey: .

 

[hiln]

Ahh, and you have a car and you can drive around. For simplicity we could use alot of the same weapons from HL2 just with a different skin/model for the hands (just the more modern ones, the two pistols and the sub-machine gun eventually maybe?) plus some custom melee weapons like a metal pole and a katana and maybe a knife.

I've changed my mind, to make it easier for the deveopment we wouldn't use too much of the multiple choice style dialogue (at least for the story parts in the game. Since the story is pretty linear except for things like, kill this man in the plot or let him go) And we won't have too many branching ways you can go in the story, it would be linear. Because I want the character to really have a personality to him.

The P.I. would have an office and secretary.

So yeah, I'm actually get pretty excited about this. I think I will try to get a team together after I have written the story. Once again, if you're interested in doing something like this, PM me somtime.

 

[hiln]

I've got some of the story down. Without spoiling too much:

The P.I. is doing a regular job or two, then two different people ask him to investigate two different murders which the police have closed without catching the murderers. The two (maybe more) murders are linked, but I won't say how. While he is working on a (or the) job(s) he goes through an alley towards a building he needs to go to. While in the alley a young man yells at the PC to help him. Then the kid drops to his knees screaming in pain, then he disappears. That scene is where it starts to get interesting.

Any more than that and it would spoil the story (I know it's not much, and it might seem shabby now, but I think the rest of it is good. At least for a mod ).

Another thing I'm wondering about. Is it copyright infrigment or whatever to use covers of songs (someone other than the artist who wrote it, playing it live or recording it) and putting them in a mod (I wouldn't charge for it)?

Because if there's no legal stuff, I'll be playing the music on it as well, I would record this music anyways, but it seems like a good way to put it to use.

 

[Bio]

Well its many who are trying too build source world now, you should go look at it.

 

[hiln]

Yeah, source world seems like it would be more like the sims where you just sit around and talk, and so some fun things here and there.

I'm talking about a dark, heavy story mod set in a modern times town/small city.

 

[dassbaba]

interesting. i can't say much without giving a lot of thought..

 

[hiln]

haha, delete this thread mods. I had sleep deprevation. What a horrible idea.