4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 2 hours ago, cookie said: Rest assured it's not cancelled but with more pressing projects at hand I'd rather not rush it. When I know I can finish it I'll let you know. At this rate I'll circle back around to the infinitely gestating Chrono Heist before this gets released Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 minute ago, 4815162342 said: At this rate I'll circle back around to the infinitely gestating Chrono Heist before this gets released Is that a Chrono Trigger project?! Sounds cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 8 minutes ago, 4815162342 said: At this rate I'll circle back around to the infinitely gestating Chrono Heist before this gets released I'll side with @Slambros in not knowing what this is. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Slambros said: So I'm writing a short story for a creative fiction class right now. It's a genre blend of romance and horror, and it has elements of faith in it. I think, after my classmates read it, I might want to share it in CAYOM; would you guys be down for that? I'm sure there'd be room on the schedule for a horror film if I wanted to add one. Yeah go for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xillix Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Just a heads up; I still intend to fully try to get my stuff done, because I'm really excited about a lot of it, but I just got over an awful cold less than a month ago (shortly after the opening of Part 1) and I'm now coming down with more or less the same damn thing. So a lot of my writing time while I'm sick will become naptime. So if I start cancelling stuff that'd be why. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 16 minutes ago, Xillix said: Just a heads up; I still intend to fully try to get my stuff done, because I'm really excited about a lot of it, but I just got over an awful cold less than a month ago (shortly after the opening of Part 1) and I'm now coming down with more or less the same damn thing. So a lot of my writing time while I'm sick will become naptime. So if I start cancelling stuff that'd be why. That's unfortunate to hear. Hope you get better soon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 In other news, I've put up the opening to DragonBorns if anyone fancies a read. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 6 hours ago, Slambros said: Is that a Chrono Trigger project?! Sounds cool! Not even remotely close 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 7 hours ago, cookie said: I'll side with @Slambros in not knowing what this is. It was something I tried to make during the middle of 2.0 over the course of a few game years but got burnt out. I'm sure I talked about it a few times then. Technically still on the back-burner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 In terms of the main projects I’ve canceled or pushed back in game exponential at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 @cookie @Slambros The premise of Chrono Heist was that it took place a couple hundred years in the future, after a world war or two had devastated the planet, and it focused on a team of people who would travel back in time to "steal" priceless historical artifacts and artworks that were lost because of the intervening wars, etc. The cold open of the film was the team stealing the Mona Lisa in early 16th Century France. I had all the time travel rules worked out, and I had the first act complete and I knew where I wanted the third act to generally go, but I was bogged down with the second act. It also was getting very long with what I had already put down for it, so I burned out. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) 15 hours ago, 4815162342 said: @cookie @Slambros The premise of Chrono Heist was that it took place a couple hundred years in the future, after a world war or two had devastated the planet, and it focused on a team of people who would travel back in time to "steal" priceless historical artifacts and artworks that were lost because of the intervening wars, etc. The cold open of the film was the team stealing the Mona Lisa in early 16th Century France. I had all the time travel rules worked out, and I had the first act complete and I knew where I wanted the third act to generally go, but I was bogged down with the second act. It also was getting very long with what I had already put down for it, so I burned out. That actually reminds me of an idea I still have for Countdown and potential follow-ups: Spoiler Basically in order to circumvent the issue of branching timelines while also remove a whole lot of raised questions in regards to the story, humans had discovered through space science that every million years or so time "corrects" itself through an event dubbed a "Butterfly Congestion". Basically any timeline broken off from the original would cease to exist at a certain crossroad while only the original remains. The last known congestion would be in the early-to-mid 1800s, so TISCA (the governing body that provides the time rovers) can go to any point in time earlier than the last congestion and change/grab whatever they want, and it would have no effect on the present as it still resides within the original timeline. An early scene had them showing a whole bunch of artifacts to the main characters, including a fresh copy of the U.S constitution. This does mean however that should any time traveler still be around when the congestion hits they'll be erased from existence along with every trace left in their wake. And since the rules of branching and altered timelines still apply when traveling to any point after the last congestion, doing so is a capital offense (meaning people aren't allowed to go back to any point in their own lifetime). TISCA has systems to keep track of this so they'll know if a post-congestion alteration has occurred. (plot spoilers below) Spoiler An idea for a mid-point twist was/is that it would be revealed that you could still emerge in one of the already created split timelines pre-congestion, so Chiwetel and his gang could still appear in split timeline A/B/C even if it's set to be erased once the next congestion hits. Edited January 26, 2019 by cookie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddroast Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 2 hours ago, 4815162342 said: @cookie @Slambros The premise of Chrono Heist was that it took place a couple hundred years in the future, after a world war or two had devastated the planet, and it focused on a team of people who would travel back in time to "steal" priceless historical artifacts and artworks that were lost because of the intervening wars, etc. The cold open of the film was the team stealing the Mona Lisa in early 16th Century France. I had all the time travel rules worked out, and I had the first act complete and I knew where I wanted the third act to generally go, but I was bogged down with the second act. It also was getting very long with what I had already put down for it, so I burned out. i really want to see this now @4815162342 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, cookie said: That actually reminds me of an idea I still have for Countdown and potential follow-ups: Reveal hidden contents Basically in order to circumvent the issue of branching timelines while also remove a whole lot of raised questions in regards to the story, humans had discovered through space science that every million years or so time "corrects" itself through an event dubbed a "Butterfly Congestion". Basically any timeline broken off from the original would cease to exist at a certain crossroad while only the original remains. The last known congestion would be in the early-to-mid 1800s, so TISCA (the governing body that provides the time rovers) can go to any point time earlier than the last congestion and change/grab whatever they want and it would have no effect on the present as it still resides within the original timeline. An early scene had them showing a whole bunch of artifacts to the main characters including a fresh copy of the U.S constitution. This does mean however that should any time traveler still be around when the congestion hits they'll be erased from existence along with every trace left in their wake. And since the rules of branching and altered timelines still apply when traveling to any point after the last congestion, doing so is a capital offense punishable by death (meaning people aren't allowed to go back to any point in their own lifetime). TISCA has systems to keep track of this so they know if a post-congestion alteration has occurred. (plot spoilers below) Reveal hidden contents An idea for a mid-point twist was/is that it would be revealed that you could still emerge in one of the already created split timelines pre-congestion, so Chiwetel and his gang could still appear in split timeline A/B/C even if it's set to be erased once the next congestion hits. Without going into detail since I'm on mobile, time travel in Chrono Heist is based around the primary principle that the universe abhors a paradox. The time travelers cannot do anything that would essentially prevent the future from which they originate from existing. This means that in some instances, the universe simply will prevent something from happening. Like a gun misfiring to prevent a death. Or causing a slip on pavement to prevent rushing over to interfere in an event. This can't prevent everything, like say throwing a person off a giant cliff. It also doesn't work when the resulting change is minor. This results in two different reactions when changes occur. For minor changes, the universe engages in course correction, minor alterations going forward that paper over the difference (like Joe Schmo Soldier dying and being replaced at a certain point by his friend Bob Blob Soldier) For major changes that would render course correction essentially impossible by the sheer difference in historical effect (killing Hitler), the universe engages in severance. The timeline is broken into two, the original, and the severed, essentially instantly amuptating a limb to avoid the paradox from rendering events impossible. Any time travelers in the severed timeline cannot return to the future, because there is no future. The severed timeline is essentially growing a "future" via the progression of the present. In the original timeline, time travelers can no longer travel back in time prior to the moment of severance. So if that occurred at 12 pm on January 1 2000, the furthest back they could go would be 12 pm and 1 second on that day. Edited January 25, 2019 by 4815162342 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 2 hours ago, Reddroast said: i really want to see this now @4815162342 I may revisit it at one point. If I do, I wouldn't announce it, it'd just appear in Part 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup23 Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Who wants to be the lucky devil and pre-read Giovanni? I should have the rough draft finished tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Just now, Hiccup23 said: Who wants to be the lucky devil and pre-read Giovanni? I should have the rough draft finished tonight. Perhaps I may be able to assist but my day is pretty busy tomorrow. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiccup23 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 On 1/26/2019 at 5:31 PM, YourMother the Edgelord said: Perhaps I may be able to assist but my day is pretty busy tomorrow. Okay, I'll send it to you either tonight or tomorrow! It is not gonna be a 10K+ story like the previous films FYI! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 I think I have an idea for the next shitty cartoon I make a shitty live action adaptation for. Like Johnny Test, it’s also a Canadian cartoon. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reddroast Posted January 30, 2019 Share Posted January 30, 2019 50 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said: I think I have an idea for the next shitty cartoon I make a shitty live action adaptation for. Like Johnny Test, it’s also a Canadian cartoon. as a Canadian I'm scared is it totally spies or Marvin mystery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
