Team Zero (WIP)

YAY FOR SONG CHOICES :>

On a different note: is it rude to ask if you have a dev blog/progress blog? I hope asking this isn’t against forum rules.

@symphomy Right now, the plan is to only be able to lock in one romance, if only because it makes things way easier on my end. The lock in takes place about 3/4 of the way through the game.

@squarelyblue Sorry, I don’t have a dev blog. I don’t think I’d be very good at blogging, I can barely handle Facebook :slight_smile:

Awww. I was hoping for one but oh well.

Back on the subject of songs. During the Paris mission – one of my fave missions solely for the ball, it’s a weakness I’ll admit – I’ve been thinking on what song Damon and MC were dancing to.

So I’ve made a short list. Dolphinzgirl, look at what you’ve done :))

  • The Snowstorm Waltz - Georgy Sviridov

  • If I Didn’t Care - The Ink Spots (Paul Englishby Arrangement)

  • I Have Dreamed - Rogers and Hammerstein (Marc Shaiman arrangement) – this version was used in the American President if memory serves right

Those song choices are great!
I’ve always imagined that Damon/Kat and the MC were dancing to the “Blue Danube Waltz” by Strauss but "The Snowstorm Waltz"is absolutely wonderful! :heart_eyes:
I also like to think that if the MC and Damon decided to get married, they would return to Le Bristol in Paris for their Honeymoon or something (mostly because I’m embarrassingly romantic :laughing:)

I’m personally leaning towards either of the first two (Snowstorm because it fits Damon’s personality, in one way or another imo and If I Didn’t Care for the lyrics). The last one is a bit of bias because I love that arrangement and the movie is pretty nostalgic for me.

I love the headcanon that they go back to Paris for their Honeymoon <3 it’s very sweet though I feel like Damon might try to pass it off as your idea rather than his (unless he’s gloating of course)

If it’s Kat, I think the Blue Danube would fit. Though for some reason the Laendler from the Sound of Music comes to mind for her too.

Oh of course Damon would do such a thing, how prideful :laughing:

And you are right, “If I didn’t care” does fit Damon and the MC relationship but I prefer to imagine them dancing by their own while listening to this song on the radio instead of dancing in such a crowdy ballroom.

Anyway, may I ask if you have any songs you associate with the differents characters?

Oh plenty :)) though for the list below it’s more of from character themes than shipping songs d: so from the top of my head

Sarah: Broken Heels - Alexandra Burke
Kat: Jamie Believes/Still Dream - Alexandre Desplat
John: Main Theme - Lorne Balfe (Assassin’s Creed III OST)
Damon: Nocturne No 1 (F Sharp Minor) - Sergei Rachmaninov
Owen: Moves Like Jagger - Maroon 5
Alex: Uptown Funk - Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars

I got hooked so easily on that game! The whole present/flashbacks/present thing feels very natural, you get attached to the characters so easily (Alex is my favorite, but I’m biaised because I loved the Flash comics as a kid and he reminds me a lot of Wally West, my favorite speedster) and the writing is really nice, flowing really nicely, if that makes any sense. There are some good doses of humor (the ‘Commander Shepard’ made me laugh a lot, as a ME fan) and it doesn’t feel forced at all, which is really great! And I’m really invested in the story because why did the team disbanded? What happened to Alex? Is he really dead? If you had romanced him anyone, why did the two of you drifted away? What went so bad that you didn’t see them for years? No need to say, I’m really hyped for whatever comes next!

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I loved it bit disappointed it ended

@pizzawarrior I’m glad you enjoyed it so much! Wally West is my favorite Flash, too, especially the DCAU version. And I’m glad the mystery elements are intriguing, I just hope I can make the answers worthwhile. I don’t want it to turn into the Lost of choice games :sweat_smile:

@Harley_Robin_Evans All good things must come to an end :slight_smile: I’m steadily working on the next update though, although it probably won’t be up for a while. I want to straighten out the underlying code, have all the unique companion reactions to flashbacks, the first mission flashback, the nightmare stuff, and maybe the first major present day scene done before I post anything. That’ll take the game to roughly the halfway point.

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Can we have scars like with the flash back if we get seriouse injured and you put it in the stat and that

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I’m so glad the thread is back from the (near) dead. @Dolphinzgirl take your time. We’ll be here if you need us. If anything, (my memory is failing me right now) is there a thread/tumblr/submission page for fanfic/art?

@pizzawarrior Wally is one of my fave characters in the DC line up too. Though admittedly I have yet to catch up with the newer issues (been reading Saga and Gotham Academy in the mean time). And on a mildly tangent point: still salty about animated series of Justice League and Young Justice.

Well that is definitely the best thing I’ve heard in a while :slight_smile: this was the second game I ever found on here and fell in love with it immediately. The fact that is still one of my absolute top favourites from having tried an large amount isn’t lost on me. Your game is phenomenal Dolphinzgirl, and I’m extremely thankful it’s no longer a dead thread! I can’t wait to know more of my mercenary :wink: take all the time you need, cause we’ll still be here.

I’ve been stalking this for awhile, even before I make a account here, and I’m happy and delighted you resurrected the game! :smile: It’s one of my favorite games here! :blush:
Can’t help but got attached with all this amazing characters, especially Alex and Damon, for now. Your game is so addicting and can’t wait for the next update. Keep up the amazing worl you’re doing! :smiley:

Ah this thread is back I see! :smile:

As everyone have already said, I’m glad that you are still working on this amazing game and that you are not rushing things, please take your time, I’m sure it will be worth the wait!

I was also wondering, in the game is the MC going to make the first move (as in confess their undying love for one of the member of the Team) or is it going to be the RO?
If we are the one who is taking the initiative, can we be turned down?

I sincerely hope both parties can ‘make the first move’. It always annoys me when the player has to initiate any romances. At the same time, the option for the MC to start things should still be there, for those that would take advantage of it.

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After numerous runthroughs all I have to say is: Damn I love Kat’s character. Being isolated away from the world and how fascinated and excited she gets about social events and simple things (watching Mary Poppins, flying a kite.) makes her the most amusing NPC for me, I’m interested in finding out what caused her to change.

I like how the team is made up of misfits with incredible and unique skill sets, makes me feel I’m running my own league of extraordinary gentleman :smile:

I do hope we see social scenes with the team altogether. Like Alex’s lounge idea and the whole team bonding over games, movies, mutual interests and becoming like a family.

I agree with the ROs being able to make the first move. I say it should depend on the character, Sarah seems fully capable and more likely to ask the MC first whilst somebody like John would need to be given hints to get the idea we’re interested and others will be completely oblivious to it and we may have to be blunt with them like Kat (for now at least.)

For some reason I always assumed Kat was a kid like between the ages of 9-11. I don’t know why I just always assumed she was a kid.

I always imagined her to be 19 to 22, can’t take an 11 year old to a ballroom dance after all :laughing:

you took her to the ballroom dance? well then again I always recruited Sarah first and Kat last or second to last.