Firefly RPG Project - Team Needed
POSTED BY: GhostTown
UPDATED: Thursday, October 12, 2006 18:33
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Oops ghost, i cleverly sent you an email without checking mine. clever me. Just got your thing on the 5th, give me a day or two at least, i'm busy in afternoons so i cant get started now.
P.S. Give me a timeline? Post movie, so lucid river and no book/wash? A little pre movie, so crazy river, wash and no book/inara? Or just series, disregards to movie?
"But, these strong women characters?"
"Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't write strong women characters?" -Joss Whedon
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Originally posted by CaliforniaKaylee:
Just a word of advice: You might want to check into the legalities of the project before you pay anyone. You're talking about making a video game without being given the rights by Fox/Universal, which is fine as a fan project, but as soon as you start paying *anyone* you may be on dangerous ground. Just something to consider.
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
I'll definately take a look into that, thanks for the heads up. Although, long as I'm not selling the game for a profit I don't think they will care to much. I'll mkae sure to cover my tracks though.
Cory
"That's A Dumb Planet"
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I will cover a few of the questions I've gotten multiple times on the project. Feel free to message me with any other concerns.
Q)Will this RPG take place before or after the BDM?
A)This is still debatable, though the current direction of the the plotline would make more sense after the events after "Serenity". Once some of the finer plot points have been settled then we can say for sure where this will take place.
Q)Will you play as Mal and crew or as a unique character independant of the main characters?
A)Both. The main character, temporarily named Kent, is his own person with his own story. Through a series of events he ends up flying with the crew. But this game is about his story and his adventure, not thiers.
Q)What can you currently reveal of the plot?
A)Not very much. As stated before, much of it is still undefined. Once we have firmly decided the beginning, the climax, and the resolution then I will make a prepared description of the game and it's marketed plot direction.
Hope to hear more questions and ideas! Feel free to message or post here!
Cory
"That's A Dumb Planet"
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Well i sent you my take on your scene, ghosttown, enjoy.
"But, these strong women characters?"
"Why aren't you asking 100 other guys why they don't write strong women characters?" -Joss Whedon
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Awesome, I'll check it out.
Cory
"That's A Dumb Planet"
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I'll definately take a look into that, thanks for the heads up. Although, long as I'm not selling the game for a profit I don't think they will care to much. I'll mkae sure to cover my tracks though.
That is the common perception, that as long as you aren't making a profit off it, then it isn't a problem. I think that's more or less true (though there's a gray area where even if you aren't making any money, but you're taking away profits from Fox/Universal because your product is competing with theirs (ie, if Fox/Universal made a Firefly/Serenity game), then they can still come after you). But that gray area aside, the thing to be careful about is how you define "profit". If you pay an artist for their work for the game, then the artist has made money off Fox's/Universal's license without their permission, which I think would put you in the same boat as if you sold the game for profit. I'm not a lawyer, but having to scrap all your hard work because of a Cease & Desist letter from Fox or Universal would be a major downer.
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
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I'll definately take a look into that, thanks for the heads up. Although, long as I'm not selling the game for a profit I don't think they will care to much. I'll mkae sure to cover my tracks though.
That is the common perception, that as long as you aren't making a profit off it, then it isn't a problem. I think that's more or less true (though there's a gray area where even if you aren't making any money, but you're taking away profits from Fox/Universal because your product is competing with theirs (ie, if Fox/Universal made a Firefly/Serenity game), then they can still come after you). But that gray area aside, the thing to be careful about is how you define "profit". If you pay an artist for their work for the game, then the artist has made money off Fox's/Universal's license without their permission, which I think would put you in the same boat as if you sold the game for profit. I'm not a lawyer, but having to scrap all your hard work because of a Cease & Desist letter from Fox or Universal would be a major downer.
~CK
You can't take the sky from me...
Yeah, that would really suck. I'll talk to my uncle, he's a lawyer and see what his take is. It may be that I have to do it under the table or something...again, art school college kids looking for a fun project might be a resource to tap into. Not sure. I may luck out and find some artists willing to do it for the love of the series...we'll see.
Cory
"That's A Dumb Planet"
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Hey my brother is quite good at altering exising charater sets for rpg maker. I asked him if he thought he could do it for the firefly characters and he said he'd play around with it a bit and see what he could do.
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That's impressive! I would love to see what else he can do. That would make things go really smooth. Real shiny!
Cory
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I sent you my second script writing thing. Just so ya know.
Actually, the main point of me posting in this is to keep this thread closer to the top.
:)
-Beth
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