Idea for a mod. Any takers? Created 18 years ago2006-03-19 20:38:39 UTC by Boxtop17

I just came up for a new idea for a HL1 mod, but due to my poor mapping and coding skills as of now, I can't act upon it, so I'm offering it to you guys if you want it.

The mod is called "My Bretheren." You are X, an innocent houndeye caught in the middle of the Resonance Cascade fiasco. On Xen, you and your pack discover a human campsite and suspect something is amiss. Suddenly, you are caught in a portal storm and are transported to BMRF. At this point, you are alone, wandering the complex aimlessly trying to figure out where you are. Luckily, your houndeye bretheren were teleported to the facility as well, and with their help, you try to find a way home. As you wander around, you find out your mother, Yah, has been captured by the researchers. Freeing her, you and she go alone and continue the journey. Unfortunatly, Yah is shot down by a group of marines and left for dead. Too heartbroken to go on further, you stay with her body and die with the complex.

I had different ideas on how this mod would function, namely:

a) Third person view. I think it would be rather difficult to have the game in FP, because there aren't many interesting things you can do at that level.
b) Three attacks: A melee bite, the sonic burst and a burst jump that allows you to jump higher.
c) Like in OP4, you'd be able to lead a squad of your buddies into battle.
d) Multiple spieces of houndeye, like a Jungle Houndeye, Cave Houndeye, etc. Adds more variety.

This isn't a demand for someone to make my mod for me. I'm just throwing out ideas to anyone who has writer's block. Enjoy.

I think it would one of those things that would make you go.

"Aaaaaawww..." /cute barfiness

Its like the idea of playing as a Slave, or a Headcrab. I like these ideas even though no one rolls through with them ever.

Third person requires more coding then FP. Pick wisely.

It's very possible with help. I think you should hold onto the idea for a while.

Who wants to play as an unarmed dog like creature with no communication we can understand? It might work as a very short mod, but then why bother with all the work envoled?

Basically people want to play games as character they can relate to, no one can related to what is effectivly a dog with an energy grenade up its ass.

Sorry dude, but my thoughts are that it will never work.

I think you're overlooking what could be and just focusing on what is. Have you ever thought that maybe X has a personality of his own? He loves, he fights, he thinks. A houndeye may be of lesser intelligence, but that depends on your definition of intelligence.

Also, to combat your "no communication we can't understand" argument: An alien slave can't communicate in language we understand, but Point of View turned out to be a good mod. This mod was, of course, made before HL2.

And the sonic attack can always be altered. Plus, it would give the player more of an incentive to keep his squad alive, since houndeye usually can maximize the power of their attacks when they're in a group.

My guess is that you'rea dog person. No offense, but being a houndeye doesn't appeal to me. I always viewed them as the weakest creatures I fought. Even headcrabs were more dangerous. I think it'd be cooler to like be a garg or something, and sack an entire town. But that's just me