I thought of an interesting idea, and I was wondering if I could do it once I get enough badges.
Basically its going to be a series of allgear and visual battles, but either the tin cans or top 3 will be used as assets in a game. The game would be free, with proper crediting to everyone who participated.
I could probably code it on my own if needed.

I just think it would be neat to code a game with almost everything coming from the wacky land of BOTB.

The game itself would probably be a visual novel or RPG since those could probably be done with assets of random sizes and styles without too much animation.


Anyone else can start this up if they want, I'm just pitching an idea.

I was thinking more of a fighting game or bullet hell shooter but a
Undertale 2 like RPG would be cool too.

We can probably assemble a good team but I'm not sure if we'll be able to find anyone to provide music.

I'd be happy to provide any voice over if this does happen.

So, birdrun, the idea is that it would be a series of XHBs and the winning stuff would be put into the game.
Proper crediting and everything.
Almost like an ultimate hum type thing.

@birdrun: "I'm not sure if we'll be able to find anyone to provide music."

I feel like that would be the least problem here lol.
*looks at the tons of musicians present on BotB*

_{edit: by that haet I got, seems to have revealed my initial bad vibe of my comment that this was some sort of accidental roast? (I wasn't sure at first, I'm socially naive sometimes. It think it was even worse before, which I noticed, but I didn't think it all was meant like that)
I'm sorry Birdrun, that came out wrong.}
edit #2: resolved, it all good :D. Still sorry for ruining the joke golgi xD

everybody collabing 4 1 game? or a game jam kinda thing? heh competiitive or gallery like? :p

@birdrun you card! :D

no, birdrun has a point, every musician is too busy participating in xhbs to help _/j

imo would be better if there was just another game jam. probably with tic80 because the last html5 jam was kinda ugly with the new browser security defaults.

But then the game jam would have to make one whole game in the end, how would that work?

Regardless of doing collaborative assets, it would be cool to see more game jam type stuff on here.

I have a game I'm planning to work on that I might (keyword might) do this for, but not for everything in the game. It'd probably also be reserved for music only.

@ASIKWUSpulse No offence taken or intended :) I was trying to speak sarcastically but sarcasm is ambiguous and difficult on teh internets.

@Lincent:
> Undertale 2 like RPG would be cool too.
Concept: Undertale but instead of bullet hell battles it's a chiptune based rhythm game. Could have areas based on popular chips, maybe with the game getting more complex as you move to more complicated chips.

(Might need to do something clever in NES land for the expansion chips...)

(SID land is in a civil war / generational divide between the 6581s and the 8580s)

SNES chip: Slightly fuzzy creatures living in a big echoing cave.

Not sure about genesis but I think they'd have some ladders lying around.

love this idea. would be cool to see some game dev portfolios

I am distracted by the defunct BOTBmon project... dead due to the disappearance and loss of entries of who I recall was at least a showrunner from this very website.

oh hey this sounds cool

@birdrun I love that rhythm RPG idea!

@ASIKWUSpulse

you boldly edited your comment to express discontent with the haeit i gave you, and i empathize deeply with "socially naive". out of respect for putting your balls on the line, i'm now forced to derail this thread. sorry haha

i felt like your comment was explaining the joke to everyone, so that's why i haeited it. no hard feelings!

Thanks that relieves a lot, guess I can revert xD
Man does communication have to be a mess sometimes...

Ah yes, goluigi! I remember you among the developers of BOTBmon as well... when it was still alive. Been at least eight years since then.

Actually, I remember an abandoned project by dforce3000 called Chiptune Rocker where the battle system was rhythm-based.

If we do this, I absolutely promise not to abandon it!
It's always been my dream to help develop a game!

Also I like the idea of an rpg with rhythm elements to it's combat. Reminds me of mother 3 a bit.



@vilxdryad I was thinking everyone on 1 game
That said, what should we call the project if we end up doing it?
Just so I can name the battles correctly

put in some weird time signatures and keep switching em every 2 measures

rpg of the rips

edit: rpg of the rhythms

I kinda like that name!
Any other ideas from other botb members?

Title idea from me: Battle of the Bits of the World

birdrun, your concept seems... different, instead basing around the chips themselves. I kind of like it! I'll confess I haven't quite translated some of this conceptually yet from audio to inhabitants, but I've got some more land ideas, some of which can act in a more auxiliary capability. In addition, depending on the chips involved, some of them can reoccur in different lands simply because they are of a similar variant (Yamaha's FM synthesizer comes to mind)...

NES Land - The inhabitants are split between those that weren't made for the expansions (and/or can't afford the modifications to do so) and those that were AND are constantly trying to produce the best sound.
(Citation: Non-Japanese Famicom computers didn't support expansion audio through the cartridge if I recall...)
What's running through my head is a conflict between getting fancier audio or not. SID land is a generational gap due to overall audio output, whereas the NES land would have a different kind of conflict caused by regional differences between the consoles.

Master System Land - Similar to NES Land with the regional problem, but this time it is even more built-in.

Genesis/Mega Drive Land - Spun off from Master System Land where the two chips now coexist peacefully with each other, though it occurred after the Yamaha side got an upgrade.

MIDI Land - Specializes in lots of wares related to interfacing to various sound devices. Their own sounds can vary hugely, and they don't have a default sound per-se, though technically they have a most common one.

S3XMODIT Land - Has a working relationship with lots of other lands due to being able to adapt to their various chips, though unlike MIDI Land, they attempt to replicate their sounds too, to mixed results.

Wildchip Land - Either refers to a land where there's way more mixing of chips (as well as other inhabitants that otherwise don't live in a specific land) OR can refer to a combination of lands of the various chips. If it's the former, I'd put this as a later game land.

Allgear Land - Insert grand finale here. I otherwise have not yet formed any ideas on this land other than that I know it has the fanciest sounds... and thus, is probably the most grandiose of them all, but probably at some cost to the chips themselves.

Boom Land - Abandon hope all ye who enter here... unless you're heavily armed. Main source of income comes from all of the battle it hosts, but also may have a bit of a brutality problem. Technically this can be the bonus challenge place.

Lunar Magic Land - Refers to a secret zone in SNES Land that can only be properly found when lit during a full moon (due to the entrance being magically hidden otherwise).

TIC-80 - Sounds like this should be a character instead of a land, maybe even your guide?

Also, I can't help but thing of my own SPC BOTB entry, I Wub Robot Invasions. I know at least one of them wished it was in a game...

I absolutely love these ideas, perhaps the main character could be named Tic-80?

Also an idea for wildchip is that it doesn't have it's own land, but perhaps it appears whenever there is conflict between the lands.
Like say a conflict between NES land and genesis land, would have wildchip incorporating both soundchips?

"The Wildchip Wars" isn't a bad moniker for those kind of situations. Yeah, that would make sense for Wildchip to not really refer to a land. Wildchip itself could refer to situations where chips are somehow being merged together or could involve some sort of alliance (alternatively, it could just be a marker for contested territory, as in "unknown" in general).

Now that I think about it...
Fakebit Land - Spun off of Allgear Land by trying to maintain more of a working relationship with the other lands. However, due to their origins, they can be prone to cases of uncanny valley, though they also have the benefit of audio enhancements from the fancier Allgear Land. Opinions of their results can be mixed at times.

Perhaps the story could mainly deal with relations between the different lands, with a lot of wars, alliances, backstabbing, etc.

Also perhaps "The Wildchip Wars" could just be the name for the whole project.

Yeah, that sounds like a good idea.

And that title works! If a BOTB reference is still requested in the title, "Battle of the Bits of the World - The Wildchip Wars" is my idea.

I love that

The standard healing potion item should be called the 'Bottle of the Bits'