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#1
Wow I am actually learning a lot about grammer. I have another story, Big Brother, if you would like to look through this one please. You don't have to go into so much detail though. I wrote this peice last year as well, it's more of a comedy/horror.


I stepped into the dark alley. There were walls on either side with the same graffiti that was plastered all over town. The brick walls, the sides of two buildings towered over me, locking me in. The wall at the end was also as tall but it had a fire escape running up it like a snake. At the end of this dim abyss were a few dumpsters and rubbish bags.
I was here on a mission, at midnight. I thought I saw a shadow fly across the two buildings, but it could have been a bird, couldn’t it? The faint sound of Michael Jackson’s Thriller echoed off the walls.
I knew they were close.
I was a hunter; the living dead had no chance. But they were developing a new tactic. The era of the 70’s still fresh in their undead brains was enough to start a chain reaction. Disco, the dance of the 1970’s was their weapon, with more kicks that Jacko, more spins that Travolta these disco dancing demons were killing the human world.
Sucking it dry of rap and pop, by the way they killed people.
I flipped out my shotgun, a 1940’s Winchester. The other hunters called me old fashioned I called them Bob, Joe, Moe, Ritchie, Lindsay and Fonzy.
I could smell the rotting flesh. I pulled the pump action grip, Cha-chik. Not to load the gun, mainly because doing that before an action scene was cool.
I stepped into the darkness. At that moment the full moon moved right over the alley, filling it with light. The music pumped up ‘Ah, ah, ah, ah Staying Alive!’ was all I could hear.
The low scraping noise started behind the first dumpster. I aimed my shotty ready for some disgusting corpse to come scraping out. The surprise was that the scraping wasn’t caused by the broken bones but by the zombie stud’s new shoes. The moon walking freak came sliding out, I was in shock. It slid right up to me and I could see the green flesh of the back of its head, falling off the lifeless bones. They were still that same old zombies, the walking dead…. Make that the moon walking dead.
I couldn’t move, I guess it was the shock of seeing such a grotesque sight or it could have been something more sinister. At that moment I didn’t care. I raised my gun but a sudden spin knocked it out of my grasp, I could now see its face. The eye sockets stared glumly and the pink suit glistened in the moonlight.
I was prepared, or so I thought. I reached into my jacket for my Desert Eagle, a great gun that was hell powerful. A swift wacko Jacko kick sent me flying, at least ten meters. I slid even more, right out into the street. I flipped over backwards just as the school bus drove by. I pulled out my gun and blasted at least twelve holes in my friend zombie stud.
The clip empty, the idea of a school bus driving at midnight hadn’t registered in my head yet as I stepped up to the corpse. I crushed his skull under my boot, knowing that he would be back.
At that moment the screeching brakes frightened me, I stepped back out into the street just in time to see the school bus spin around. Whilst it was still screeching the driver gave a toothless grin and pounced through the windscreen onto the road. Behind him the bus plundered through a fire hydrant and into an apartment block. Luckily there weren’t any kids on it at 12:05am.
This new menace reattached his arm while I reloaded my gun. With the smoke from the tyres still in the air we quickly closed the gap between us. I stared him down; we were at least a ruler’s length apart. He also stared at me; this one had one eye still. I was holding my gun, my last weapon against evil.
I felt so safe with this gun; it gave me a safety that I couldn’t find in such a surreal world. And with one swift John Travolta move he removed my gun from my hand and my safety with it. I looked over to my gun and slowly back towards zombie stud#2.
He was standing in that classic Travolta pose with one finger in the air. I could see his chest rising and falling, as if he needed to breathe. I was angry now. I knew it was fists now, all the way. Life or Death.
“You’re mine punk” I said under my breath, these things couldn’t talk so I wasn’t expecting a response.
“Bring it on you jive turkey” was what slipped out of his rotting vocal cords. The ‘jive turkey’ part was extremely stressed, as if it was making a point.
This one was different, talking, breathing. I didn’t understand.


Now how was that? did you like the story? the grammer? the WEIRDNESS?
#2
Thanks for the website and the very deep editing of my writing.
Do you know any websites about how to NOT write in the Passive voice. or could you explain it to me?
#3
Thanks for the crit Andail. No seriously be as harsh as you want. BRING IT ON!... please be gentle.

ok since my new story isn't getting off on the right foot I decided I'll post something that i wrote last year. Now bear with me Andail it is a gangster story  :o and has a tiny bit of violence but you surely don't mind that  ;D

Chapter 1: December 20th 1932

I lay in the dark…
The only light into the room was the sliver of white moonlight shining through the Venetian blinds. The silence ringing in my ears, the only noise was my thoughts echoing around my mind. It was two in the morning. I lay on a metal bed, which creaked and groaned whenever I moved and I couldn’t sleep no matter how hard I tried. I was in a small dark room, in a seedy out-of-town motel. My face was towards the ceiling, lying on my back as if I were awaiting death. Memories of times long past flickered in my mind like a motion picture, a drive by, a gunshot, money stolen, innocents killed. I was a hitman, trained to kill, to do my orders and then to piss off. My name was John Avery, Irish hitman for Jack Molloy, my boss. Thinking of Jack made me uneasy, everyone feared him, he was crazy, a psycho, sometimes he was like a wild animal full of hate, but then again sometimes he was charismatic business entrepreneur. His mood changed with the wind, I pity all the fools who have tried to beg with him when he was pissed off. Ah but thinking of his daughter Helen Molloy, now that was completely different. She was attractive and sharp-witted, her eyes, innocent and naïve while at the same time being intimate and passionate. She was also my age, twenty-two. Pretty young for a hitman eh? It was comforting to imagine her beautiful body warming the whole room. I could see her sitting on the end of the bed, beckoning me over. I crawled over to her and she tilted her head willing me to kiss her. I did the same, slowly progressing towards her face. We were so close now, ready for the kiss.

Suddenly I jerked up in bed. I looked around the room; there was sunlight seeping in from the blinds to get rid of the darkness. It was silent except for a static murmuring in the corner of my room the radio was switched on. I put my head in my hands and wiped my eyes. I must’ve been dreaming again, I was so close to kissing her too. All my dreams of Helen Molloy ended with us just about to kiss. I silently laughed to myself, oh what a fool I am. I suddenly stopped; sweat beads appeared on my head, I jerked my head towards the table where my radio stood. My eyes searched the corner; it was still pitch black, who turned on my radio? As if in answer a figure buried in shadow emerged from the corner. The instant passed so suddenly, on instinct my hand clasped the handle of my holstered pistol and guided it towards the figure. My finger squeezed the trigger and in the brief gunshot flash I saw my best friend’s eyes wince in pain. I heard a slump as I rushed to turn the lights on. I saw my best friend’s body lying face down on the ground.
“Billy? Billy McGregor?” I questioned as I edged forward, my gun trained on the figure’s head.
“It’s me Billy,” the figure groaned in response. I holstered my pistol and scrambled to his side. A low moan came from his stomach.
“Ah, Billy tell me where I got you,” I pleaded whilst trying to flip him over to see the wound.
“You…” mumbled Billy.
“Where? Where does it hurt?” I asked as I heaved him over.
“Right in… The wall, my god your aim is of this morning,” chuckled Billy as he got up, dusted himself off and placed his hands on his hips. Still in shock I watched as Billy wandered over to the wall and poked his finger through the fresh bullet hole.
“Bastard!” I yelled as I hit him in the back of the head. He fell forward.
“Hmm, ha it was worth it” he chuckled as he wiped the fresh blood off of his head. I examined his head; the blood shouldn’t have surprised me, as I was the city boxing champion.
“But your aim is still off” he said as if he knew I was admiring my work on the back of his head. When I didn’t answer he added,
“Been dreaming again?” I looked at his face as he turned around.
“Yeah, Helen Molloy if you must know” I confessed.
“Oh, hmmm, she’s a real looker eh? Ha, just don’t let Jack catch you thinking about her like that” he said with a playful yet menacing glare. I stared back, if that crazy fool was so protective of her then why is she seeing that rat Tony Lionella?
“By the way, she’s only seeing that Tony Lionella because Jack wants to mend things with Don Gino Lionella after that firefight in his restaurant. If the Molloy’s and the Lionella family ally then they will be the most powerful gang this side of the U.S.A” said Billy as if he knew my question. That was impossible, I just thought it in my mind, didn’t I? Sometimes I wondered about that Billy McGregor, he always knew what I was thinking.
“Lets go now, we shouldn’t be worrying about these political things we’ve got a that big bank heist today with Eddie.” Billy stated as he stepped out of the door, he held it open as I grabbed my trench coat and my other gun. It was a Colt .45 1911, a gift from Jack. The black metal was cold in my hands, as cold as the night before had been, as cold as the day outside was going to be as I would soon find out. I remembered the heist now, I must have forgotten. We were robbing Chicago City Bank, one of the richest banks around.
“Hey, hurry up. John Avery sometimes I wonder about you, always dreaming and thinking. You had better wake up your aim is off” chuckled Billy as he walked off down the hallway. I ran after him and locked the door.
“Yeah, well you’d better wipe your head, you’re bleeding.” We both laughed, in this world, in this life, you never knew when you’d laugh next.

We stepped out of the damp hallway and into the cold day. I shivered as I buttoned up the black trench coat. Clouds covered the sun and the slight snowfall almost seemed peaceful. Also I was glad to get out of this week’s dank motel. I tried to walk slowly along the metal balcony but Billy, behind me, was a fast walker and kept on nudging me forward. We rounded the corner and headed down the metal steps. ‘Heart O’ the City Motel,’ I read the sign as I opened the door to our black Ford Model A.
‘Humph’ I grunted to myself as I thought of the irony. This motel was on the outskirts of Chicago. I sat in the car and Billy got into the driver’s side. My thoughts of Helen were halted by Billy’s cursing.
“Start you stupid” He yelled to the dashboard whenever the engine coughed.
“No, just press gently on the gas” I directed him. He tried it but the engine continued to cough.
“Here, like this” I slid my foot over onto the gas,
“Now start it,” I pressed gently down and the car spluttered to life.
“Ha, what do you know? Nice” Billy remarked as he inspected the fuel gauge, but I was too deep in thought to respond.

Now that might seem a bit cheesy but I was planning on finishing it off and making some form of game out of it, but I never got the time.
C&C please... BE BRUTAL!!!
#4
thanks for the crit BB
No I haven't ever fired a pistol before, only an air-rifle. i get what you mean about the gunfight thingy and as for the .45 's being heavy I heard that from an interview on the Reservoir Dogs DVD. There is an interview that they did with a convicted armed bank robber about his thoughts on the movie. He said that a .45 is too heavy for use in a bankjob or robbery. If you get a copy of the DVD it's quite fascinating.

Also with the lunging at me thingy these guys are idiots. The usual king of petty thug that a mafia crime lord would hire to do their dirty work so lets just say they are about as sharp as a bowling ball, if you get what I mean.

THe knife thing. I was going for a McGyver type character who could do anything with anything. example make a bomb out of chewing gum or pick a lock with a strand of hair. The kind of stupid stuff that would never work in real life.

thanks I'm editing it to get it better and more exciting. I want the main character to be cocky but also sorta evil. He thinks he can take on anyone and the truth is he probably can.
any tips on how to achieve that?
#5
Critics' Lounge / Re:New Background
Wed 11/02/2004 12:17:26
try making the tables circular.
Love the neon sign, try putting a music note on the end or something.
Looks great keep up the good work! ;D
#6
Thanks. It was meant as a game idea so I wasn't to worried about grammer and stuff. But thanks for the suggestions Bigbrother and Andail. THat gives me some great ideas for making my writing better.

I seriously have had bad experiences with copyright. I posted a few paragraphs on a forum once and some guy copied my story word for word and entered it into a Short Story Competition. I think he cane third or fourth. The point is that I have to say it just in case.
But I can trust you guys right?

P.S Bigbrother, the knife was used to pick the lock of the handcuffs  ;D
I didn' think it could cut handcuffs either.

Ok I wrote this after the first paragraph but I want to do some serious edits with the info Bigbrother has enlightened me with but anyway what do you think about the actual story and/or my writing style:

I used the knife to unlock the cuffs. They fell to the floor with a click. The chattering form the next room stopped suddenly. Let them come. I grabbed a small bit of PVC pipe and quickly, sneakily ran to the door. I stood next to the doorway waiting for the impending search party. I guess a few guys come in see the empty chair and POW before they know what hit them I break a few skulls. I waited; one minute passed then finally some activity. I heard one of the thugs mutter,
“Must be the wind.” The wind! The fucking wind!? What was this fuck three years old or something? My God who says ‘Must’ve been the wind’ this is fucking LA. This pissed me off. I was ready for cracking heads now and this shit was first.
“Hey. Fucker, come get me you pricks!” I called from the doorway. Waiting for them. This time they came, slower than I thought but maybe they were more careful than I thought.

With my knife in one hand and my new friend, a half-meter of PVC pipe in the other I waited. I saw the door handle turn, if slowly. The shadow of someone blocked the light from under the door the room was dimly lit anyway. This would be fun.  The handle turned faster and the door swung open. Time for action. One thug stepped in and walked over to the chair. As he turned around I broke his face with the pipe. Another thug was standing in the doorway. He lunged at me, so I stepped to the side. As he stumbled past me I whipped around and slashed his spine from bottom to top, with my knife. The 5-inch blade went all the way in and up. I was surprised he didn’t scream but he must’ve been either dead or incapacitated. Either way I’ve learnt that someone is never dead until you kill them so I slashed his throat as he lay on the ground trying to breathe. As for the first thug, I gave him a good ole’ golf swing to the temple with Mr. PVC. That should take care of it.

I grabbed their guns and my handcuffs. After all I might need to make an arrest…. On second thought there won’t be any arrests tonight. The guns found on the victims were a Colt .45 and my police issue Barretta. What a dickhead, everyone knows that a .45 is too big for it’s own good. It weighs a ton, like carrying a brick in your pants. Good for scaring someone, when you stare down the barrel of a .45 your whole life means nothing and you’ll do anything to get out of that place. But .45’s are too heavy for a gunfight, unloading a 7 round clip (which is pretty small) with your arm outstretched is like trying to hold out a bucket full of sand for a few hours. My Barretta on the other hand, light, effective and well it looks cool. The one thing I like about the US police force is the Barretta 92DS, what a work of art.

How do you like them apples. I think it will make a fine game but the action sequences might be tricky. thoughts? C&C? whatever?
#7
Well being the type of guy I am I decided to write a paragraph or 2 for a game concept i had:

I woke to the sound of evil and the smell of death. My body shook with the cold and the fear of what was to come. I tried to move my hands to cover the open gash above my left eyebrow but the police-issue handcuffs did their job, and did them well. The small wooden chair I was bound to was uncomfortable to say the least. The legs were at least 4 inches too short and being tied to a chair for God knows how long in such an uncomfortable position would surely be hell on my posture. But still I had been in worse situations. The amateurs had forgot to search me. Those ignorant fucks were more of an annoyance than a threat. Their “macho” gang members were all fucking bugs that would scream for death before I was done whipping their fucking hides. I pulled the flick knife from my back pocket and tried not to laugh out loud. When tying a cop up with his own handcuffs usually you search him. Unfortunately for them I was a bit crooked to say the least. I had major dealings with three of the biggest crime families in the Los Angeles area. But why bother them; I’ll take out the trash myself.

Well what do you think?

P.S Don't copy my story, sorry but I've had bad experiences in the past.
#8
General Discussion / Re:Don't Copy that Floppy
Mon 09/02/2004 08:58:42
Lol what a great find.

He says if you buy a disk don't copy it buy one copy for every computer you have. gee how much were games back then?

no, seriously about the time this video was made how much would an average game cost? Surely a few floppy disks weren't $99 (thats Australian money) $50 or something for americans.
#9
Critics' Lounge / Re:New Artwork
Mon 09/02/2004 05:31:48
Looks great. I'm glad you didn't call the boat Daisy. It wouldn't be right.
#10
GinnyW: yes that is exactly what I meant about everything making sense.
and i totally understand where your coming from with the dream thing. I dream about a lot of weird stuff but during my dream I never say to myself "Gee this is too weird to be real" I just take it for granted. I also get all that stuff about immersion in the game experience.

Barick: I also get what you mean about the small talk. I love it when a character gives you so much info that is entirely irrelevant to the story. Take "Under a Killing Moon" for example. I love this game  ;D Well anyway the dialog goes into each characters back story. e.g why are they here? what in their life brought them to act like they do? and other main questions. Instead of just having the merchant stand there and offer jackets and fake eyeballs, you get an idea of why he is offering jackets and fake eyeballs? even though you don't need to know why.

Also I realize that my first post sort of phrased my question wrong but you all seem to be getting what I meant.

#11
Gonzo, when I said "gee that could have happened" I meant it as in that could happen in the weird far out world the characters are in. So in the Sam & Max world yes these 2 animals can run a detective agency.
do you understand what I mean? I can't seem to get the right words.

In Gabriel Knight you believed that the supernatural stuff could happen because the characters reacted to it in a real lifelike way. Like Indiana Jones you believe this can be real, you believe this could happen because of the way the story and characters react to it.
But in something like.... Friday the 13th. You knew that Jason wasn't real because the characters didn't react to him in a lifelike way. (mainly due to bad dialog and bad acting)

So I think I answered my own question but still what are your thoughts on the subject?
#12
Just a quick question. What makes a game seem more real to you? what is it that makes you care what happens in the story? Is it better more photorealistic graphics? It is great dialog? it it the characters or the story and the conflicts they get into?

I have no idea but I want to make a game that people would think "gee that could have really happened" or " Gee that could happen to anyone anytime ANYWHERE!"

I know that the game genre prehaps isn't the best method of doing this and a book or movie would be ideal but this is the AGS forums and I'll ask a question related to AGS.

thanks for your input
#13
Hey NightRaven I read your other post in the chat about the copyright and the creepy rembrandt paintings. Well I would love to see a few pics of your game. Warewolves, zombies, creepy rembrandt paintings. sounds like a really cool horror game. I look forward to this!
#14
Ohhh tough prehaps if your going for just a boss or something do the second one. If you have a room packed out with zombies the second one definetaly. you have zombies in your game don't you? If its just one zombie then maybe the first one. for pleb soldiers and guards just use the first one.

If you decide for using the second one on the warewolf then make hm hard to hit. like make him dart around the room.
#15
the walk looks a little awkward. try making him lift his legs a bit when they go back and bob up and down not front to back. Do you get it?

heres an example: one of my own  ;D



Don't be afraid to bend the knees and elbows. you probably don't want it as exaggerated as mine though, unless you have disco in mind.
#16
Critics' Lounge / Re:Rock midi... ?
Thu 05/02/2004 07:19:39
Quote from: Penguinx on Wed 04/02/2004 20:33:40
The second version was catchy. It reminded me of the countless hours I incidentally spent listening to the Doom midis when I'd play that in marathon sessions.

I agree sounds just like that Doom song. Man I loved that music. If your going for an action feel in your game this is great
#17
Critics' Lounge / Re:New Cop Char for C&C
Thu 05/02/2004 04:56:09
thanks remixor just imagine in your head "Staying Alive" by the BeeGees while watching the animation.

I like Tutch because Touch sorta seems weird like "Hi I'm John Touch". At least Tutch can be short for something like "Hi I'm John Mattutch, but my friends call me Tutch" or something along those lines.
The reason it is so blatantly copying is that it is intended as a parody. Don't expect this to be a serious game folks. I will have references to Max Payne Pleurghberg Magnum P.I Hawaii 5-0 Matlock whatever material I can get my hands on.
Ever seen Space Balls, it was weird yes but the blatant copying and exaggeration of everything was very funny. EXPECT TO LAUGH WHILE PLAYING THIS PEEPS. and just to annoy some people I'm gonna do this !!!111!!!!11!1!!!!!11! MWAHAHAAHAHAAHAH
thanks
#18
well how old is MM? The first place i heard of it is on DOTT.

and how old were u when you had this c64. My dad had one when i was heaps young like 3 or something.

my first LA adventure was probably DOTT or Sam & Max hit the road man that was a funny game. When your a kid the references to Indiana jones just seem more funny

EDIT- what TXT-style writing?
#19
im only 15 so these older games are fairly new to me. Is maniac mansion that game you could play in DOTT on that guy's computer? because that was almost more fun than DOTT itself.

Man haven't played DOTT in years
#20
Critics' Lounge / Re:What is on my face?
Wed 04/02/2004 09:02:44
Sorry off topic but who's the chick on your avatar colossal?
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