I’m starting a side-scrolling adventure game.
It already has:
Main character
Weapons: Glowsword, pistol, fire.
Accesories: Top hat, cap, cowboy hat, hairpiece, short legs, evil space helmet.
Items: 10 20 30 and 40 coins, gem, crystal, large and small barrels.
Sorry it’s in the wrong thread, the game thread wouldn’t let me post.
My basic idea is that there are so many things that can be built in Lego’s, there’s no limits to what could happen in the adventure!
The way I see it, Legos are really ideal for an RPG sorta deal:
-customizable characters: there are already hundreds of different torsos, legs, heads, hats, props, tools, and weapons made by LEGO. In a lego game, it only makes sense that the player get access to these and get to make their own character (plus, there’s so much room for unlockables and so on)
-grid system: legos are already based on integer space- each nub/bump/thingy is one unit of space, so grid based gameplay, as seen in pretty much every 2d RPG, is a natural choice.
-player-created content: I figure if there’s no level designer in a lego game, it can’t really be a lego game, can it? They’re legos, for crying out loud! (bonus points if building is worked into the gameplay)
not to shoot down your idea, but I don’t really think a 2d game really suits legos
(can you tell I’m one of those kids who grew up on legos?)
Nice job on the models so far : )
Looks like a mario game to me! lol…well the came concept! good job! really!
want help? (I am currently bored… and this could be interesting)
You should use the Set Smooth option on a number of those pieces.
I can do texturing and python!
If you need any help in texturing or python (I’m good at modeling real people but I never tried legos, you seem to be good at modeling legos though)
I tried a lego game a while ago and I have a few models (LEGO PALM TREE FTW!)
Minifig et al,
Please be aware that the name “LEGO” is a trademark. You can use it in conversation of course, but you cannot use the word LEGO (or any variation of capitalization or punctuation of that name) in your game (in the title or otherwise). There are a lot of generic snap together plastic building blocks, though, so I don’t see a problem with a game featuring snap together plastic building blocks and associated characters. Just remember that the moderation team is required to delete threads if projects violate trademarks.
Edit: Darth Vader and Yoda are also trademarks, and you should probably be careful about the term “lightsaber.”
Use Lightsword or Lasersword. Also you should use something like: Brick Adventure. Here’s a short list of trademarked things:
Minifig, Minifigure (they are registered trademarks or LEGO inc) LEGO, Mindstorms, Technic, Mega Bloks, and there’s more!
Just be VERY careful. Always research pages. This is what you want to avoid:
LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Company.
Star Wars® is a registered trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd.
If you violate these you could get sued… Or you could get these forums shut down. The ESA already shut down fan games before.
Use caution, this is unlikely but surely POSSIBLE!
god companies are gay -.-"
Edited name;)
Some of the faces are overlapping, so set smooth makes them have strange coloring.
I am open to any help I can get!
(should I organize a team?)
Just try flipping some normals. The barrel and stuff needs to stay not smooth. But the hat and his head needs smoothed. If you have weird black lines first hit “w” then remove doubles. If that didn’t do nothing then hit Shift+ctrl+n to recalculate normals.
You can make some faces solid. Like his leg and the front of his shirt. Same with his hat brim and such. If it’s too hard I can do it for you.
I’m just not sure what looks best. How is the gameplay so far?
I don’t have blender on this computer. I’ll download it when I get home.
Anyone else got crits on this game?
I know that lego has made a number of 3d applications for building and designing sets and models. Is it at all possible to import any of the models from those apps? I am not very familiar with python, but I am sure it will require a script. If you could manage to do this it would give you a very complete library of models to use…
Just a suggestion.
It looks great, keep it up. 
Really cool cant wait to play it when its done
