[WIP][TOTAL CONVERSION] UFO: Alien Takeover (old tread)

[Cooper]

I've been considering a similar Research/Mission structure, where completing research on project A generates missions B, C or D, which then trigger additional missions. Research would be called instead Intelligence or Operations or Planning.

Yeah it provides some interesting opportunities!

Wow that's gonna be a load of work!!!

Thats very true However, a lot is already done. I am currently working on the last endgame items, and the "research"-tree is pretty much completed. But still there is a lot to do when it comes to balancing, testing, sprites, strings, soundtracks, ++

[Cooper]

Large UFOs are nice (early draft)

[Cooper]

A much cooler version of Alien Abduction! (early draft)

[Axebeard]

Yeah, it has the potential to become a cult thing, heavily referencing movies like They're Alive!

You mean They Live. I like the idea of this mod, I love starting out (and usually remaining) fairly low-tech throughout the game. That's why I've been obsessed with Piratez lately. Hope this mod comes to fruition!

[Solarius Scorch]

You mean They Live.

Sorry, I'm a bit like those web toys which automatically translate a phrase from language A to language B and then back and forth, until both versions are stable (and normally pretty far from the original).

And yeah, this idea is pretty awesome.

[Cooper]

Thanks! Staying low-tech for a long time is definitively the plan. Not until mid game will firearms of some significance available to buy. End game will be more high tech.

The new Abductor (and a few other UFOs, and a ton of other things) are now completed. And this mod is getting larger than first planned. Have even started working on new terrains now (and its super fun ):

[new_civilian]

A much cooler version of Alien Abduction! (early draft)

Now that is an awesome idea!   

[Cooper]

Some of the stuff I've been working on recently:

Picture 1:
New Battleship variant

Picture 2:
Horror ship
New mapblocks for the farm terrain

Picture 3:
Multiple UFOs in the same mission (kind of)
New terrain
New items

Picture 4:
New type of vehicles (using the scout tank sprites)
Abductor with built-in lights
More new mapblocks for the farm terrain

Picture 5:
A strange new mission with a small Harvester

[7Saturn]

Seriously: Even if there's not a completed mod, yet, is there a chance you might make these ufos stand alone? They are awesome.

[SIMON BAILIE]

Agree +1

[davide]

Seriously: Even if there's not a completed mod, yet, is there a chance you might make these ufos stand alone? They are awesome.

Yes I am interesting too.
The important is that you do not change tilesets or at least that you rename eventualy changed original files
Thanks

[Solarius Scorch]

Oh yeah, I'd like them for grabbing too!

[Phoenix7786]

Wow this looks ambitious and cool! Color me interested!

[Cooper]

Alright then

Was actually already planning to release the battleship variants as a standalone mod. I'm just gonna make one more interior variant and then it will be released.

The other UFO's will need a little more time as they are not yet completed. And I have no skills in creating dogfight images, and that have to be done somehow too. 

The important is that you do not change tilesets or at least that you rename eventualy changed original files

I don't even know how to do that yet, so that's fine

[hellrazor]

hm.. interior Battleship variants.

Something i always wanted, but so far didn't had the time to make.

You don't mind if i take a look at them right?