Voice Actor: NiRa Muso

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

There's no script department yet. There's barely a gameplay department and a pretty decimated art department.

 

It would be good to organize a script department attached to the history department.That officially we don't have one.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

Don't be discouraged, guys... 0AD's bar is high in many aspects.

We just need to be here, working until we achieve professional quality.

 

Apart from the campaign of  "lolly poppy" There's the idea of the learning campaign.

All of that will take time; ideally, we should start writing a generic script for a presentation of the next release. That's how we test audio.

 

[NiRa Muso MIOZOTO]

I cannot do female voices but I could narrate a Mulan centered learning campaign .

Her legend dates to between the 4th and 6th century according to Wikipedia .

[ShadowOfHassen]

2 hours ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

It would be good to organize a script department attached to the history department.That officially we don't have one.

Uh, we kinda already have some people that are kinda doing the script writing/ history stuff. We have the community historians and @Vanthaand I have worked on the encyclopedia initiative. 

1 hour ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Apart from the campaign of  "lolly poppy" There's the idea of the learning campaign.

Yes, the tutorial is currently being worked on, we have an idea on it, a script and a vision on how we want to run narratives. There would be some more obvious progress but @Vantha is hard at work putting the underlying infrastructure in place so we can get going on it.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

27 minutes ago, ShadowOfHassen said:

Uh, we kinda already have some people that are kinda doing the script writing/ history stuff. We have the community historians and @Vanthaand I have worked on the encyclopedia initiative. 

Yes, the tutorial is currently being worked on, we have an idea on it, a script and a vision on how we want to run narratives. There would be some more obvious progress but @Vantha is hard at work putting the underlying infrastructure in place so we can get going on it.

We have historians on the forum.

But we've never coordinated a department or a forum for campaigns; there are things like that where I don't know which current photo should go, in general, or gameplay...

I'm thinking of giving him some script that you have.

[Stan`]

11 hours ago, NiRa Muso MIOZOTO said:

Somebody should start a git repository for the writing department, with one folder for "promotional" video scripting and another for "campaign" writing, for starters.

What do you think @Stan` ?

I am not against it and it should only be done if someone is dedidcated. Else it's gonna be dead real quick

[NiRa Muso MIOZOTO]

@lilypoppy

Do you like the idea of a git repository for writing story campaigns ?

[lilypoppy]

 @NiRa Muso MIOZOTO

I don't know by what telepathic mechanism, but I happen to be wondering with

@Nicolaus_von_Kues.

He suggested having a primary instance (GitLab) and a secondary one. Another question is that I’m going to have five scenarios—one involving an .xml file, another a .Pmp file, plus some JavaScript files.

 

and I’m wondering how to organize all these scenarios into a single mod ?

[Perzival12]

48 minutes ago, lilypoppy said:

 @NiRa Muso MIOZOTO

I don't know by what telepathic mechanism, but I happen to be wondering with

@Nicolaus_von_Kues.

He suggested having a primary instance (GitLab) and a secondary one. Another question is that I’m going to have five scenarios—one involving an .xml file, another a .Pmp file, plus some JavaScript files.

 

and I’m wondering how to organize all these scenarios into a single mod ?

There are ways to turn it into a single campaign, when we have more than one scenario put together I can set it up.

[lilypoppy]

19 minutes ago, Perzival12 said:

There are ways to turn it into a single campaign, when we have more than one scenario put together I can set it up.

I already have a basic Scenario 2; we could go ahead and create this git.

[Perzival12]

22 minutes ago, lilypoppy said:

I already have a basic Scenario 2; we could go ahead and create this git.

Oh yeah, the git… I’ll get to that this Friday.

[NiRa Muso MIOZOTO]

@lilypoppy

What about a git for writing pre-production audio scripts , such as the sample you gave me or one for promotional videos ?

Would you like to use something like this ?

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

2 hours ago, lilypoppy said:

 

@Nicolaus_von_Kues.

He suggested having a primary instance (GitLab) and a secondary one. Another question is that I’m going to have five scenarios—one involving an .xml file, another a .Pmp file, plus some JavaScript files.

 

and I’m wondering how to organize all these scenarios into a single mod ?

Let's do a screenwriting exercise. Write a one-paragraph synopsis of each scenario.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

14 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Let's do a screenwriting exercise. Write a one-paragraph synopsis of each scenario.

 

I did a little research cross-referencing data on how to do it for an RTS scenario.

The first step, as in any effort to tell a story, is this:

Stage 1— Establish the historical period, belligerents, political situation, strategic circumstances, and events leading to the battle.

What happened before the scenario?

Why does the battle or operation matter?

What are the commanders trying to achieve?

Output: Historical briefing and narrative premise.

Edited 2 hours ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

40 minutes ago, NiRa Muso MIOZOTO said:

@lilypoppy

What about a git for writing pre-production audio scripts , such as the sample you gave me or one for promotional videos ?

Would you like to use something like this ?

We would need to find a volunteer who enjoys writing.

[NiRa Muso MIOZOTO]

52 minutes ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

We would need to find a volunteer who enjoys writing.

I would enjoy helping the writing department but I can’t be the only one !

 

[Thalatta]

1 hour ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Write a one-paragraph synopsis of each scenario.

We've gone through this with @lilypoppy around a month and a half ago. I polished what he wrote, and each scenario has a two-line description now (Edit: the aim was not to fill things with too much text anyway). I can volunteer for these kinds of tasks (research, writing, editing) if needed since they don't represent much effort for me (having gone through a complex PhD thesis traumatises you that way).

Edited 1 hour ago by Thalatta

[lilypoppy]

1 hour ago, Nicolaus_von_Kues said:

Faisons un exercice d'écriture de scénario. Rédigez un synopsis d'un paragraphe pour chaque scénario.

Yes, I understand. But right now I'm waiting on a script revision—we already have the 5 base campaign scenarios with Appian text, done with Thalatta.

As soon as I get the first scenario, I'll move on to the dialogue tests with @NiRa Muso MIOZOTO. I'll also need an intro video to promote the campaign.

@Nicolas von Kues, my biggest challenge right now is finding a musician—an original track is what makes a campaign memorable. Can you help look for one? That would be a huge help. The iconic instrument is the aulos; I'm currently contacting a specialist.

[Nicolaus_von_Kues]

1 hour ago, lilypoppy said:

Yes, I understand. But right now I'm waiting on a script revision—we already have the 5 base campaign scenarios with Appian text, done with Thalatta.

As soon as I get the first scenario, I'll move on to the dialogue tests with @NiRa Muso MIOZOTO. I'll also need an intro video to promote the campaign.

@Nicolas von Kues, my biggest challenge right now is finding a musician—an original track is what makes a campaign memorable. Can you help look for one? That would be a huge help. The iconic instrument is the aulos; I'm currently contacting a specialist.

I have a taste for music and appreciate it, but finding musicians is difficult.

 

 

 

Edited 7 minutes ago by Nicolaus_von_Kues