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SuperMarioKain
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Looking For Help

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Heyo,i'm thinking of making a mod but i need some help. Im not very good at art, Have no idea how to code or any of that but i have some ideas for ships, weapons, drones and other things. I just need some help with things like that. I'll put a couple of my ideas here. Tell me if they arent balanced or whatever. I'm also working on making a game, so these ideas are most likely based off of that.
Also, i like talking about my ideas. Alot. (Didnt have time to completely finish. Might leave it like this, might not) If i should put the rest of my ideas here, tell me! (I have a ton so it might take a while)

Storie Missile (Weapon)
Mark 1: Charge 16 secs, fires from 1-5 rockets at the enemy in an area of effect (Like the Flak cannons), deals 1-2 normal damage each. Requires 2 Power
Mark 2: Charge 13 secs, fires from 3-6 rockets at the enemy in an area of effect, deals 1-3 damage each. Requires 4 power
Basic Design Info: Yellow and Red coloring, would be pretty big.

Fireball Cannon (Weapon)
Mark 1: Charge 10 secs, fires from 2-4 fireballs at the enemy in an area of effect, deals 1 damage each. Requires 3 power.
Mark 2: Charge 12 secs, fires from 3-4 fireballs at the enemy in an area of effect, deals 2 damage each. Requires 4 power.
Basic Design info: would be long and coloring would be a fire design

Shadow Beam (Weapon)
Mark 1: Charge 15 secs, fires a laser that pierces 2 shield levels and does 1 damage per room. Has about 0.75x the range of a Pike Beam. Requires 2 Power
Mark 2: Charge 16 secs, fires a laser that pierces 2 shield levels and does 2 damage per room. Has about 0.65x the range of a Pike Beam. Requires 3 Power

Lumie (Drone)
Mark 1: Fires a fireball that deals 1 damage and has a med chance of starting fires Requires 2 power
Mark 2: Fires a fireball that deals 2 damage and has a med-high chance of starting fires Requires 3 power
Moves slightly faster than other drones
Basic Design Info: Is an orange luma

Storie Power (Augment)
Reduces Weapon Charge by 20%
Increases crew combat damage by 15%
Is not on Storie Striker.
Can be found at a Distress Beacon in the Strange Nebula or Storie Sector.

Shadow Power (Augment)
Reduces Shield Charge Time By 20%
Increases crew repair speed by 15%
Is not on Shadow Striker.
Can be found in Shadow Nebula shops or distress beacon

Storie Striker (Ship)
12 Hull HP (Low HP compared to other ships)
Shields: 3 power
Cloaking: 1 power
Artillery: 1 power
Zoltan Shield
1 Storie Missile Mark 1
1 Fireball Cannon Mark 1
Clonebay: 1 power
Weapons: 5 Power
Teleporter: 1 power
Drones, Oxygen, Sensors, Doors, Pilot: 1 power
Lumie Drone Mark 1
1 Drone Slot, 4 Weapon Slots
Engines: 3 power
Reactor Power: 20
Sacrificies Hull HP for power
Crew: Human, Human, Engi, Zoltan
Basic Design Info: Light blue with red stripes here and there. has a yellow star design near the middle

Shadow Striker (Ship)
40 Hull HP (High HP compared to other ships)
Shields: 1 Power
2 Shadow Blaster mark 1's
Weapons: 2 Power
Oxygen, Sensors, Doors, Pilot Power: 1
Crew: Rock, Rock, Ghost, Ghost
Reactor Power: 9
Basic Design Info: Mostly Shadowy, with parts of a normal ship sticking out here and there

Strikers (Special Ship) (Unlocks after getting Federation Cruiser A, Shadow Striker and Storie Striker and getting to Sector 8 with all 3. If we cant do that then it'll just replace the Crystal Cruiser)
30 Hull HP
Shields: 2 Power
Weapons: 5 Power
1 Shadow Beam Mark 1
1 Storie Missile Mark 1
1 Basic Laser
Oxygen, Sensors, Doors, Pilot Power: 1
Drone Power: 2
1 Lumie Drone Mark 1
Reactor Power: 13
Crew: Human, Human, Rock, Mantis
Design info: Is a fleet of smaller versions of the Federation Cruiser A, Shadow Striker and Storie Striker.

Sector: Strange Nebula
A strange sector who's nebula has a strange energy coming from it.
The Nebula in this sector gives you 2 extra reactor energy as long as you are in it. It also makes your weapons charge quicker, but the opponents are only shadows and are tough

Sector: Shadow Nebula
A strange sector who's nebula has an evil energy coming from it
(Changed) The Nebula in this sector sometimes puts a breach in your hull. (Maybe as an event or something)
The opponents here are Shadow Ships and the occasional Storie Ship

Event: Dimensional Portal
Only in Abandoned Sectors or more likely Strange Nebulas
This is a series of events that allow you to get the special crew members Kain, Sarena and Corrupto. You can get 1-2 of them
It is similar to the events to get the Crystal Cruiser
You find a green gem in an Abandoned Sector and afterwards, if you have an Engi crew, they ask to have it. If you give it to them, they put it in the Medbay or Clonebay. The Clonebay has a 100% chance of success. If it succeeds, the gem turns into Kain and he disappears, taking your Engi crew with him. You will get a message saying "Meet me at the quest marker. It will be in an Abandoned or Strange Nebula sector" (Or something like that i dunno) And once you reach it, it opens a dimensional portal that you have to go through. You will appear in the Storie sector, you will be fighting Storie Ships with star warriors and occasionally shadows on them, and Shadow Ships with shadows and occasionally star warriors on them. At the quest marker, though, you will fight the Storie Castle, which is a miniboss of sorts. It has 25 Hull HP, 1 Fireball Cannon mark 1, 3 mark 1 Storie Missiles along with a Mark 1 Lumie drone. Once you defeat it, you get 1 or 2 of the following special crew members: Corrupto, Kain, Sarena, Damien, Kane, Kelsey,
You also get your Engi crew member back after defeating it.

Event: Shadow Orb
The event gives you these options.
Attempt To Scrap it
Leave It
Rock: Absorb It
Engi: Add It To The Ship

If the Rock absorbs it, it turns evil and you have to fight it, but you gain the Shadow Power augment
If the Engi adds it to the ship, you just get the Shadow Power augment no problem.
If you scrap it, you get 100 scrap. Or it'll explode on your ship.
If you leave it, it explodes on your ship or turns into a shadow ship and attacks you.

Event: Star Orb
The event gives you these options.
Attempt To Scrap it

Miniboss: Storie Castle
Hull HP: 25
1 Fireball Cannon mark 1
3 Mark 1 Storie Missiles
Mark 1Lumie Drone
Sensors, Doors Power: 1
Drone Power: 2
No Piloting
Crew: 3 Humans, 1 Rock, 1 Engi, 1 Zoltan, 2 Mantis
4 Man Teleporter
lvl 3 shields
Basic Design Info: A light blue castle with a red roof, a red and blue flag. It would look like a combination of a castle and a ship.

Special Crew Members
Kain - Max Combat Power, 1 star repair power (Human)
Sarena - Max Pilot Power, 1 star combat power (Human)
Kane - Max Repair power, Max Engine Power (Engi)
Damien - 1 star combat Power, Max Shields Power (Human)
Kelsey - Max Combat Power, Max Weapons Power (Human)
Corrupto - 1 star combat power, 1 star repair power, 1 star engine power (Rock)

I hope i can get some help with this. These are only some of my ideas.
Last edited by SuperMarioKain on Mon Jun 27, 2016 6:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Well you can't add custom races for starters. Many have tried and it simply doesn't work. It's hard-coded. Same goes for achievements.
You can however alter an existing race and make it so that they only appear in certain circumstances (Crystals are popular to be redesigned)

Custom sectors are possible but there can only be one "Hidden Sector" so you'd have to overwrite the Crystal Sector if you want it to be truly unique and only obtainable via a long quest, etc.
But you can do that one. But you can't do things like increase crew combat speed inside a nebula.
SuperMarioKain
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Alrighty, thanks. I still need help with drawing, coding and all that nonsense with the ships and stuff. Lol
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Post by SuperMarioKain »

The Storie Castle Miniboss is currently being drawn by my friend. It should be done within a day or two hopefully.
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