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[NylePudding]

When my game is finished I hope to have about 100 items. These items aren't simply Swords, Shields, Armour, boring things like that. Part of the game's charm will be it's insanely random and hilarious items. At the moment my game is a sort of card game (The items being the cards I guess), but in the future I want to combine more RPG elements.

If you are willing, I would love it if you could suggest me some items. Even if only one item you suggest goes in the game, I'll put your username in the credits under: "Item Ideas".

You can choose to do 4 things with each item those are to: Eat them, Wear them, Feed them to your enemy or Bludgeon your enemy with them.

I am looking for: Handheld Items, crazy pieces of clothing, items you could bludgeon someone with, animals (Not too many though) and strange fruit, vegetables and foods.

Here are the 50 or so items I have thought up which might make it into the game. Take a read through the list if you want before you suggest anything.

Oreo
Dog
Trilby
Cabbage
Coat-Hanger
Lightbulb
Pineapple
Smoothie
Toothpaste
Owl
Anti-Wrinkle Cream
Lump of Coal
Hydrochloric Acid
Night Gown
Keyboard
Calculator
The Bible
Doorknob
Bowling Ball
Fire Extinguisher
Cactus
Extension Lead
Pot Plant
Flamingo
Lava Lamp
Fake Beard
Donkey
Vacuum Cleaner
Welsh Sheep
Diabetes Pamphlet
Pizza
Paving Slab
Cottage Cheese
Baguette
Cotton Reel
Ham Shank
Kettle
Cake
Wizards Hat
Staple Gun
Peacock
Ninja Star
Kilt
TV Remote
Ukulele
Haggis
Shoe Polish
Christmas Pudding
Apple Pie
Shrubbery
Lighter

Edited by NylePudding, 30 May 2011 - 09:01 PM.

[Dark Matter]

What type of game are you making?
What will these items do?
Unless we know that, it's hard to offer feedback.

[NylePudding]

What type of game are you making?
What will these items do?
Unless we know that, it's hard to offer feedback.

Thank you for saying this as there was a pretty huge portion I forgot to add. If you look back at the main post I've added a couple of things.

[Awesomeness]

How about these?

- Math textbook - Bludgeon people with knowledge!
- A copy of your game - if you feed it to an enemy they explode out of sheer paradoxical confusion
- Dragonfruit - Eat it or attack enemies with it
- Newspaper - Yeah, a newspaper
- Candy egg - Hatches if you leave it long enough
- Broken fountain pen - wtf?
- A length of copper wire - make a bracelet with it!
- A toupee that a dog chewed up - it's useless. Get rid of it.
- Model of the CN tower - Tallest building in the world! Oh wait...
- Concert tickets - It had better be good...
- A small Venus flytrap in a pot - Lol
- Cardboard party hats - Festive!

[NylePudding]

How about these?

- Math textbook - Bludgeon people with knowledge!
- A copy of your game - if you feed it to an enemy they explode out of sheer paradoxical confusion
- Dragonfruit - Eat it or attack enemies with it
- Newspaper - Yeah, a newspaper
- Candy egg - Hatches if you leave it long enough
- Broken fountain pen - wtf?
- A length of copper wire - make a bracelet with it!
- A toupee that a dog chewed up - it's useless. Get rid of it.
- Model of the CN tower - Tallest building in the world! Oh wait...
- Concert tickets - It had better be good...
- A small Venus flytrap in a pot - Lol
- Cardboard party hats - Festive!

Thanks for suggesting so many items!

I've loving the Math textbook, Copy of my game, Dragonfruit, Newspaper, Candy egg, Broken fountain pen, Toupee that a dog chewed up, Model of the CN tower, Concert tickets and Cardboard party hats. (So pretty much all of them ) As for the "Small Venus flytrap in a pot" I already have a pot plant but I will change it to that.

Also one thing I didn't mention, you can examine items, so could I use some of your comments next to the items for that? Such as "Bludgeon people with knowledge!" I'm doing most of the pixel art myself, so not all the items you suggested will probably make it, but I'm sure most of them will.

Edited by NylePudding, 31 May 2011 - 07:52 AM.

[Awesomeness]

Lol I'm glad you liked it.
And go ahead and use my descriptions. It's what they're there for.
(I could also help you with some of the pixel art if you want to, like if you don't know how to draw an item.)

- Awesomeness

[NylePudding]

Lol I'm glad you liked it.
And go ahead and use my descriptions. It's what they're there for.
(I could also help you with some of the pixel art if you want to, like if you don't know how to draw an item.)

- Awesomeness

I haven't got round to going the majority of the pixel art yet, but if I come into trouble I'm glad I can ask you for help.

[RZChaver]

My suggestions:
-Book of Spams
-Game Maker Logo (use them like coins or collectibles)
-Football Stuff
-Zombifier (turns the player into a zombie
-SWIMMING EAGLE-BEAKED BEAVER-TAILED RAINBOW UNICORN WITH DRAGON WINGS AND FLAMING EYES!!(TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL)
-Tanks
-LOLcats
-Potatoheads (my favorite )
-Mario
-Luigi
-Toy bricks
-Fake Over-grown mustache and beard

I have more but I don't want to put them unless if you want me.

[Excerpt]

DNA Evidence - Don't look at me.

Laser-Guided Catfish - when normal Catfish just won't do.

Sautéed Gerbil - You monster. How could you do this?

Chicken Sword - Tastes like Granola. Also, sharp.

[Yal]

I'll suggest the one item from Demon Detective with the funniest description:

Egg Sandwich - Poultry sandwich for vegans. Restores 60 HP.


Yup, that game is going to be a bit more serious than this one.

[Excerpt]

(except vegans don't eat egg, last time I checked)

Edited by Excerpt, 05 December 2011 - 12:26 PM.

[Dark Matter]

(except vegans don't eat egg, last time I checked)

Yep. "Vegetarian's poultry sandwich" would be a more fitting description.

[Yal]

I'm aware there's some sort of slight difference between vegetarians and vegans, but I have a character limit for item descriptions (and character names and spell names and normal battle messages and item names and city names and other things).

[Excerpt]

Slight difference? We're spiraling down the off-topic trail already, but this should be cleared up:

Vegetarians do not eat meat (and sometimes neither eggs nor milk). Vegans do not use or eat animal products, period.

A vegetarian would not eat steak.

A hardcore vegan would not carry a leather handbag.

[Dark Matter]

Yeah, absolutely. You shouldn't be inaccurate with your descriptions just because you have a character limit.

[Yal]

It was actually a joke, and I regret making it now. Especially since I realized something in the shower: an even better item description:

Egg Sandwhich
Poultry sandwhich for vegans. Except vegans don't eat eggs.


Thanks for the help with that, excerpt!

[Dark Matter]

Well, you're welcome
The only thing I'm confused about is that you said substituting "vegan" for "vegetarian" would make the description too long, but your new one is much longer...

[Yal]

The only thing I'm confused about is that you said substituting "vegan" for "vegetarian" would make the description too long, but your new one is much longer...

Already answered that one...

It was actually a joke, and I regret making it now.

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