Follow the Angel: The Path Continues

[Anonymous]

WOW  amazing  you are a God in animation m8

[Anonymous]

Wow. Just wow. That's practically better than I could have pictured it...

[Anonymous]

Idea for pre-intro: When you go to followtheangel.org, all that's there is a monochrome (or maybe Zion Control Construct) motif screen with just a login. Maybe some decoration. Valid logins log you into this, the forum, etc. Failed logins start the intro.

Also, I suggest the user has to complete multiple challenges. I'm getting from you that there will be eleven. I say make it ~23, and make them complete 5 to 9, randomly chosen from the 23. Why? Reduction on solution page effectiveness.

Oh. This intro...
It's almost too good to be true.
I almost can't Beleev it.

[Anonymous]

That is bloody sweet man. In the words of Cypher: 'jesus what a mind job!'

[Anonymous]

Somebody get that man some info! I love the way that mini-map looks over lucero. So cool... It's just like when Neo is searching for Morpheus. So cool....

[Broin]

That rocks... You rock...  Nice job my friend

[Ketamininja]

Right folks, still to receive any pictures.
Please send them to ketamininja@followtheangel.org

Beleev:
I don't know what version Flash you are using (MX 02 or 04)?
Below is basic Actionscript that would call a PHP file. You would put this on the frame of the layer of the MC.

lvIn = new LoadVars();
lvIn.load("test.txt"); //should really be the path to the PHP file, but this will work for testing.
lvIn.onLoad = function (success) {
   if(success){

//CODE IN HERE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT WITH WHATEVER THE
//PHP FOUND. EG:
recordsFound = lvIn.recTotal;

//USE IT FOR SOMETHING, HERE IT OUTPUTS TO A DYNAMIC TEXT BOX:
recBox = recordsFound;
}
}

The PHP output (or in this case the text.txt) would contian just this:
recTotal=-20&anotherVar=This is a message&x1=53
This contains 3 variables, already set by the PHP, so you can read anything in, and then display it on screen ;) HTH with any further prompts in the tweening etc. I haven't tested that code btw, just typing it here... but it SHOULD work. Oh, you will also need to use the sendAndLoad command so that the user can input username and pass into the database.

EVERYONE ELSE
Ok this is a little crazy, but hopefully not too much work.
I want to help on the storyline for when you find who you are looking for.
I would like an RPing story happening, where different responses will give a different answer.
This means I need to build a crazy answer tree for everyone, see this pic to get what I mean: http://pbc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/rp.jpg

If everyone can come up with a quick story for each "node"... ie start at the greeting, and imagine 2 possible answers.. continue each answer with another question with two possible answers again....

31 questions I think .... don't do it for the last lot of nodes, only answers go there. I'm thinking RPing remember... not specific to the journey, but it would help if you imagine Neo trying to get into the FA.

If lots of us do this, then it means that we can have a very diverse path ;).
I would then hook a different challange onto each node, or something like that.

This seems like a lot of work :(

[Broin]

Work you say.... Awesome I say.... Man this is where the fun truly starts... I'll be working on mine and will have it to you as quick as I can probably Mon. Tues. Wed. at the latest.  Again I just want to make sure I need to take screen shots of myself in the loading dock at various angles right?

[Ketamininja]

Loading dock, yes...
That way, everyone will have the camera the same distance away, so the shots will all be similar.

Thanks man

EDIT
BTW, the best way to label it all is like this:

Top question is "1".
Second questions are "1.1" and "1.2".
Third questions are "1.1.1", "1.1.2", "1.2.1", "1.2.2".

Get it? Its easy if you just write one whole branch at a time.  :S

[Anonymous]

So did we decide if we would be using the FA outfit or our normal fighting clothes for the pictures ?

[Anonymous]

Yea, I'm a little in the dark about the screenshots too.  The thing that I'm not sure about is if we are going to have an animation for each an everybody in the faction with their own screenshot.  I think I read that we could make it so they could use any crew member as a variable, and then it would go to their ss.  This seems a little much to me.  If I'm wrong on my assumption of the process then let me know, but I think we could use one 'generic' ss, maybe 2 (1 male, 1 female) otherwise you will have a massive swf file or just one for every member in the faction and that is too much.

Also, I'll try that actionscripting you gave me as soon as I finish polishing the animation for the first step.

As for everybody else, If you can come up with even one step (branches are even better) post it up here.  Ket had a good idea going on in his(earlier in this thread) with a good roleplaying theme.  So try to think along those lines.  Anyway be on the lookout for the refurbed anim coming up this week.

[Ketamininja]

I thought the idea was that we would have multiple screenshots of *random* characters (who are supposed to be us perhaps). You would see this during the "search". When the user is found, it can stop on the same screenshot (doesn't really  matter). A quick example is this: http://pbc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/faces.gif

I think NON-FA clothing would be best, so that we get a real mixture of pictures (colours, styles). Also, not everyone has the FA dress code yet (including me).

[Anonymous]

Well, when the NDA lifted - I think there ought to be some sort of Tbone sillouette picture flash by on the search screen for the thing, in a newspaper headline - like from the movie when Neo was searching for Morpheus.  On the screen you see the newspaper roll by, and there's a sillouette of Morphy.  I think it's awesome so far,

[Ketamininja]

Quick example of the faces search... just made it quick.
Hurry to get your face included!

http://pbc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/faces.gif

[Broin]

Nice, very nice... Don't leave me out though I'm gettin' to you