The Thing! (Ideas, Other)

[Aztec_devil2000]

Hey, the true story is that last night i had a dream about this, pritty scary it was. Me and my mates were running from this thing, it could shape shift in to anything but its main shape was very large and very hard to beat.

But what if i make this in to a warcraft III game?

The thing is, the humans would start with a big base? Something the thing can't destroy at the start of the game, lets say he needs to level up. But the humans job, either a builder or so is to kill this thing. And ta da? game ends? No, killing one thing for the game to end is very boring. But this is the job for you to give ideas to make this happen!

Edit: Some ideas,
When your human dies via the (the thing) you are spawned in his cave. Yes this will be scary trying to rescue them, so i'll need to think of an idea for the ones who have died (captured in his cave).
The thing can shape shift to anything, the world will be covered with wild life, he could even shape shift in to one of them. So this would need some heavy coding.

Sample Terrain

Sample Terrain

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[Drunken_Jackal]

How about humans cant die. They are captured by this thing and then sent to his cave. In the cave they are like trapped by stuff like tentacles and may not be removed, unless saved by an ally. In the cave, there are mini-things. Smaller versions of it, or like hatchlings controlled by AI or by the same player controlling the thing. If time pasts, these mini-things become the regular things then the mega-things. They all die when the main mega-thing dies.

 

[Aztec_devil2000]

How about humans cant die. They are captured by this thing and then sent to his cave. In the cave they are like trapped by stuff like tentacles and may not be removed, unless saved by an ally. In the cave, there are mini-things. Smaller versions of it, or like hatchlings controlled by AI or by the same player controlling the thing. If time pasts, these mini-things become the regular things then the mega-things. They all die when the main mega-thing dies.

That is a great idea! ,
I was thinking that when a human dies, they will get stuck in The THING's cave but they have 2 choices,
1. Comit Suicide
or
2. Wait for a player to save.

While comiting suicide lets you join and help The THING, but lets just say, The THING is God. The THING has the ability to do anything in the game. Such pretending etc. But this isn't like Who's the Killer, everyone knows who the Thing is, its just how they present them selves.

Thanks though, i'll definitly use that hatchling idea

 

[noob]

If we make something like the movie all humans who touch the thing is controled by it

 

[Aztec_devil2000]

If we make something like the movie all humans who touch the thing is controled by it

Yeah, that would be good. But how long should the control last for, don't want to get the human player bored :\

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Touch makes the game play short. Shorter=more boring, less excitement.

 

[Aztec_devil2000]

How ?
I was thinking if it touches passive units the thing gets full access.
If to a human, a very short amount of time such as 10 seconds or so

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Not touch. Maybe something like spitting a gooey substance or like a scratch/slash/bite.

 

[Aztec_devil2000]

Yeah i guess, spitting is good. I requested for that to be done. I hope your right :\

 

[noob]

Eternity like in the movie the human become a part of the thing

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

I like that idea. How about to infect one, he joins with the target, pauses for x seconds and then splits into two and creates a duplicate copy. The duplication is stopped if the thing is attacked.

 

[noob]

Off topic
(Did you see the movie)

 

[Aztec_devil2000]

Well, no ...
I should watch it, the old one or the new one?

 

[noob]

The two. also if anyone know who is the thing it will not be like in the movie. thing under human form is impossible to differiencate exept with the test