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Will Sharber · Post by **Will Sharber** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 11:52 pm

I'm sure all of you are sick of me talking about TMC, so this rant is for those who don't know of it.

TMC is about a man named Loki Anders, who is hired at corporate headquarters for the biggest television network in the continental United States, (sadly) only as an errand boy. (After some drab gameplay where Loki runs errands for different people on different floors and cutscenes) Loki quietly walks into a room where a secret meeting is occuring without the company's consent. After hearing some information that he is sure he wasn't supposed to hear, the men conducting the rendezvous spot him and - (I cut the preview off here so as not to spoil anything.)

In my opinion, TMC has original gameplay, challenging puzzles, and a strong storyline. (except for the turning point, which the game couldn't have progressed without.) There is another PC but I don't want to give away too much.

Hopefully MadTom got the screenshots I sent him so I can post them here.
Please give me your comments. As I will take them seriously.

Post by **Dr. Dos** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 12:22 am

ok so I read that and all that was going through my head at the time was...

"This is Rupture farms. They say it's the biggest meat processing plant on Oddworld. That's me. My name is Abe!"

ok so I don't have it memorized, but it reminds me of the intro to Abe's Oddysee.

Rupture... rapture... repture... I don't know

570 · Post by **570** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:19 am

HURRY WITH THAT GAME. I need a good game to play!

It sounds good, I would really like to beta test. Tell me once you finish! The story, (From what I just read), sounds kinda 'bland', but Im not sure what that secret info the people were talkin about so who am I to judge?

Good luck on the game.

Will Sharber · Post by **Will Sharber** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 1:44 am

That small percentage of the story was meant to be, as you put it, bland. If I revealed the entire plot then no one would be, for lack of a better word, surprised when I release it. But I assure you that the story has made a few of my peers feel compelled to compliment me on my story telling ability. It's even made a couple of them laugh at points. (They told me that the points in the story meant to be dapper are, and the serious ones are serious.)

And sorry again but I don't want to reveal too much of the story at present.

Dr. Dos: I played it, but I don't remember it.

Oh and mr.bob: Sorry, but I have a full list of Beta testers. If one of them drops out, or just doesn't want to use all their time tesing a multi-file game, then yes you can beta. And If I hurry with the project then it won't be at its best when I finish it. Patience is a virtue. These are not the droids you're looking for.

One last thing: Where is MadTom? He has my screenshots. Or maybe I didn't properly send them.

Homz · Post by **Homz** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 2:16 am

Sounds nice, I'll have to download the demo.

Post by **MadTom** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:07 am

Please excuse the lateness.

Click for full screenshot.

The above picture is entitled 'City at Moonlight'.

Incidentally, I can vouch for zane's competence, if any of you remain in doubt.

Mooseka · Post by **Mooseka** » Wed Feb 25, 2004 11:49 am

MooseKuh: http://zzt.org/madtom/screens/tmc-2.gif I was about to say "what the hell is this shit" but I looked at it and I actually like the way he was messing with camera angles, as it were =o

624 · Post by **624** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 2:39 am

Multi-file? How many files are you planning on putting on this game?

In other news- Cool looking screen shot there!

Will Sharber · Post by **Will Sharber** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 3:41 am

It'll probably bleed out into four files.

nps · Post by **nps** » Thu Feb 26, 2004 9:39 am

I give this three, maybe four weeks?

It'll be interesting if this actually works out, though.

Will Sharber · Post by **Will Sharber** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 12:44 am

NPS: I've been working on this game for 11 months now. And I'm not planning on scrapping it.

Homz: The demo really has nothing to do with the actual game. I just wanted to release the RPG engine included with the demo. The only thing the two have in common is their names.

Homz · Post by **Homz** » Sat Feb 28, 2004 1:59 pm

I realised that shortly after loading it up. It still is nice, though.

Will Sharber · Post by **Will Sharber** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:05 am

Production on TMC is going smoothly, but since I don't plan on releasing any more of the plot or screenshots, then I wouldn't protest if anyone deleted this thread. It was a waste of time to brag if I'm not at liberty to tell anyone exactly what I'm doing.
but it will be out soon enough, hopefully.

Ryan Ferneau · Post by **Ryan Ferneau** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:41 am

No, just keep on bragging about the stuff you can't mention! Like, make vague brags. Yeah.

646 · Post by **646** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:42 am

I sure can't wait until whatever we're waiting for to come out to come out.

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