As I can't do much for the new characters yet (data changing), I want to start doing some stuff for the original characters. I really like melee fighting, so I'd like to start making new moves for existing characters such as Dennis/Woody/Davis.
I thought it would be good if we'd discuss the story, the skills and the attitude for each character a bit. This is basically how I feel about the characters we have untill now:
Deep
Strong, not very fast, dominant, often disagrees with others (Davis). Fights using his sword, short distance fighter
John
Smart, strong special skills, weak melee. Has always been there to protect others.
Henry
Agile, great at dodging, great at long distance fighting, terrible at short distance fighting
Rudolf
Independent. Very agile, very fast, great ninja skills (hiding, changing appearance), not so good at short distance fighting
Freeze
Born as a normal boy in a small village just below the icy mountain. His parents never allowed him to walk the mountain, but he was always very attracted to it. As a result, he walked away from home when he was just 8 years old. He got in a fight with a bandit that was looking for treasure, and he somehow managed to beat him by putting him in ice. He wasn’t able to do that before. It seemed the wizard had helped him by releasing his inner powers.
Better with special moves than regular melee fighting.
Firen
… not sure yet
Dennis
Cool attitude, takes pride in his fancy fighting skills, a master at melee fighting and a good all-round fighter. Best friends with Davis.
Woody
Very independent. He can easily be alone, but can work together with others quite well, too. The only thing he really doesn’t like is when other guys try to stand above him in hierarchy (guys that act "bossy"). He’s fast, strong and he likes to surprise the opponent with sudden outbursts of power or sneakattacks
Davis
Cool attitude, likes to take lead and make the decisions, both fast and strong
Nino
Woody/Dennis’ nephew. As he failed at school, his new purpose in life is to become the best in hand-to-hand combat. His fighting style is melee-based, he’s got one projectile move only that he uses in strong, fast-paced combos.
Wizard
An old man with a good heart. Lives to protect the icy mountain. Has incredible special attacks (ice related), but he is very bad at short distance fighting.
So if you guys agree, the main focus for Dennis/Woody/Davis will still be melee, with some extension of the original ball moves maybe.
I will try to make some things for them anyway, and we'll just see how everyone responds to it ^_^
Oh, yeah...
Perhaps you'd like to know the reason why I asked if you guys could speak Chinese. Have you seen the topic "this is the real little fighter"?
I thought moves like those fit in great with our own idea of a great LF2 mod, so I wanted to see if he'd want to join forces with us (I'd ask you guys for your opinion too, of course). But it probably won't happen as we all don't speak the language, and he might not speak English either. So that's too bad
So, best to stick with our own plan. But even so, I think we can get some inspiration from that mod. We should just try to make it even better than that mod, and I think we can
PS TheNave would like to help us with AI scripting when we got some data done