Date: 11/10/99
From: Sabre_Edge

First off I want to thank all of you who replied to my post about your interest in a Sliders PC game.

I would like to ask you guys now: What do you think constitutes exploring a PC world?

We have our own ideas but I would like to hear what you expect exploring a world would entail.

Too what depth would you expect to explore?

Just the exterior terrain? Maybe interior? How about the culture's social behaviors? The economics? The governments?

What would disappoint you about exploring one of the worlds?

Some examples of Some of the worlds we are creating:

1. A world where the Aztecs rule North America
2. A world where there was no communist revolution in Russia
3. A world where Napoleon was successful and the world subscribes to the Napoleonic code.
4. A world where the Chinese colonized North America

Here is just a few examples and I am sorry I can't go into detail but I still have to protect alot of ideas!

I look forward to read your responses.
Out!

The Hunter says

Date: 11/10/99
From: HunterD_Raven

I deas for worlds are,
1-OUR OWN, heck use San-fran during a sliders convention, you can even name a guy after me (heck PLEASE DO)
2-Norse colonized America(they did land here before Columbus)
and Native Americans still rule america.
As for hwo to explore, i'd want to know the history of the world, i don't really care how the "economics" of the world work, but i'd love to know if the Norse colonizers had to fight England Spain years later (Norse didn't exactly tell the world about their discoveries)
The ability to enter public places would be cool, and to talk to people, kind of like an RPG game.

My recommendation.

Date: 11/10/99
From: Brand_S

Watch Season 2 Sliders episodes, watch how the Sliders interact with the people, and try to capture as much of that as possible. I find it VERY important that the worlds are NOT visited sequentially, but generated randomly.

S

Incidentally, I have a request.

Date: 11/10/99
From: Brand_S

Could you tell me where the Sliders 3D Maze is? I forgot its location, and it didn't download right last time I tried, so I wanted to get it this time.

S

More ideas.

Date: 11/11/99
From: Nobuyuki

For each world, try creating non-linear objectives, where not all of them are required, only a few need to be done, such as breaking someone out of jail or recovering the timer.

The game should also have the odd humor that was present in the first two seasons, like subtle, but funny lines of dialogue or off the wall clothing.

Also, if you can, try to make the atmosphere like the episodes made in Vancouver. They had more of an air of flavor compared to the stale backdrops of the LA backlots.

Try including a Logan-like character that after coming in contact with on a certain world, meets up with the player at certain points.

As far as particular worlds go, I like the ideas you used. Try to keep them more the alternate history oddity type than the movie ripoff type world. (i.e., avoid dinosaurs, twisters, etc.)

I really like the idea of this game, and think that it could be really good. My only question is, are you allowed to make it? Do you need the permission of the people behind the TV show? Other than that, more power to you!

ok

Date: 11/11/99
From: slider409

you definitely need to have randomly generated worlds. Also, you need to make tons of worlds, doesn't matter how much ram it takes up... can't just have 10 worlds or so. Definitely need a Krommag Prime.....but whatever it turns out to be will be great.

Slide ON!

disagree with 409 and more ideas

Date: 11/11/99
From: HunterD_Raven

PLEASE NO MAGGS.
Anything but that!
Use Logan as an adversary, or evil versions of our sliders.
But please no maggs, maybe 1 or 2 words with them but don't make them the main focus or on every world.
Also please go with S1-2-3 or Pre Peckized origions, no Quinn being from Magg prime, make them from 1 world not a Kromagg Quinn crap.
I like Mallory and all and id love to see him & Diana in a game, even Colin, but don;t make the storyline of the game "Find magg prime"
(Good idea for plotline of the game:/Trying to find coordinates to real EP or a double that has them, a cenimatized (like Tomb Raiders 2s CGI movie start) that shows Quinn(OR whoever you chose to play, say i chose Bennish then we see Bennish) inventing slideing, then you go gather your "Team" (It can include any of the orig cast, Pavel and Bennish)and slide, we get another CGI movie of them slideing too early due to some disaster and discovering they can't get home. Our characters then explore the multiple random worlds,on each world you try to find the timer or info on the world, or someone who slides and knows of your home world.)
Also a good idea, have the lot of worlds and a secret deal in each world, like TR2 did with the dragon statues. The Secrets can be parts from Sliders eps...like VR glasses from Virtual World, or an anti-war poster from Summer of Love, and if you find them all you get something special (Great idea for this is to try and get all the casts from all ages together to just say "Great Job Slide On", Even JOC should make time out of his 'busy career' to do that. If nto try and get Torme or Weiss to do it...or an animated movie of us killing Peckinpah!!!!!!!!

Ideas and questions

Date: 11/11/99
From: NDSlidersfan

The goal is to get home ofcoarse. The campaign could be packed with different worlds each getting a little harder as the game goes on. For instance, a time limit would be set to make right what is wrong on one world before the Slide and then for a change on the next world a time limit would have to be overcome just to survive to make it to the next level or world. The timer could be lost and the key to excaping would be a hide and seek mission on another world. Multiplay would be a must to have on this game! I can't wait to see the finished product! I'd like to preorder. What did you have in mind anyway? a Real-Time-Stratagy game, a 3D-shooter or what?

Parallel Earth Ideas

Date: 11/11/99
From: jersey_slider

I posted these a while ago, they are just some of my ideas. Let me know what you think and if you are interested in any more. I don't know if you have any that are similar of if they've been used.

1. a world where vietnam never took place.

2. a world where russia never fell to communism. the czar is the most powerful ruler in the world, the US could be threatened. I think this is similar to an ep in s1, but i'm not sure.

3. the germans built the A-bomb before the US in WWII.

4. a world where the rotation of the earth is opposite of ours. i.e counter clockwise instead of clockwise. time is not the only thing affected (i.e weather and people's emotions).

5. a world where the poles were reversed one month before the sliders arrived. Basically, Earth flipped over. the strange and severe weather patterns cause problems for the sliders and the timer.

6. the french won the French Indian war in the 1750's and took over all british colonies in the US. Think of the many different possibilities in history.

Hope you like, Talk to you soon.
Jersey_Slider
:)

How did you get the rights to do this?

Date: 11/11/99
From: jlbanker

Just curious. and will this be ported to Mac as well.

Krommags= Slider's History

Date: 11/11/99
From: slider409

I can't see a Slider's game without atleast 1 Krommag world, I'm not saying a lot of them...just Krommag Prime.

Slide ON!

World Ideal>>

Date: 11/11/99
From: vortex62

How about a world where everyone lives in Biospheres due to
the atmosphere was wasted from WWIII. Just a thought.

Vortex62
Steve's Parallel World (Earth 62)
http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/gibson/405/

well

Date: 11/11/99
From: HunterD_Raven

So are Mallory & Diana and i bet lots can see the game wityhout them (I want them in it myself)
Heck so are Dinosaur Vampire and Zombie worlds, they are all part of sliders history i don't want in the game.
If they do put Maggs in 1 or 2 worlds would be ok, so long as thye don't make them 90% of the game or the goal of it (And if they do use them i REALLY hope they use Invasion Maggs and not Nazi-Maggs)

My ideas...

Date: 11/11/99
From: Afl

I like the ones you are working on. The governement and economic differences have always fascinated me about the parallel worlds concept. I'm pulling a blank at the moment about some other parallel worlds to suggest but have some other ideas that might make the game amazing, at least to me. Maybe you have already come up with some of these ideas, but here I go anyway.

1. Let the people view the worlds as if they are one of the characters looking through their eyes and let them choose what character they would like to be. Include all characters from all seasons, including maybe some new ones.

2. Give people choices of what kind of vortex they want to see (color, design, etc.). There have been so many different versions over the past 5 years and everyone has their favorites. You could even throw in a few different ones that haven't been seen on the show, like...oh...fushia (sp?).

3. Include the Logan St. Clare character as one of the bad guys, since most of us wish they had done at least one more episode that dealt with the female version of Quinn. The Sliders could even think she was a good double of the original St. Clare they ran into.

4. Maybe bring in a character like a sister Quinn never had. The only time they mention the possibility of a sister on a parallel world is in the pilot episode and they are looking at a picture they found in the house on "Ice and Tornado World". She could be one of the characters the player can be or someone the bump into along the way.

5. Give the player story choices, sort of like those books they used to have where you can make decisions as to what you want to do and continue the story based on the decisions you've chosen. Maybe even starting at the beginning when Quinn first shows the vortex to the professor and Wade, starting the game with the player(s) being sucked into the vortex.

My mind just goes wild with ideas. Like I said, you may have already come up with some of these ideas or with better ones. But just thought I'd put in my 2 cents worth. :)

AfL :)

Tying 'em together...

Date: 11/11/99
From: Yeontoo

Dear Sabre Edge,

What I think was the best of the options above (not different worlds, the other stuff) were these.

HunterD - ability to go in public places, kinda like an RPG game.

Brand S - Random Worlds! I think this is a must.

AFl - Getting to pick which character you are, and seeing it thru their eyes. Picking your own story (next time you are in this world, you can make different choices)

And a combination of everyone:

MAIN OBJECTIVE: TO GET HOME. PERIOD.
Sub Objectives: 1)Make sure this world aint' home.
a) Learn some history.
2)Make it to the next slide.
a) Solve or fix problem or conflict

Good Luck!

Blessings
Yeontoo

whoops, more opinions

Date: 11/11/99
From: Yeontoo

Dear Sabre Edge,

I sure do wish SciFi would set it up where we could edit our own messages!

I've got two more opinions (imagine that!)

You've got to have some Kromaggs. (even if the Cromagnum man here is a hoax) They are a part of Sliders. I wouldn't wish them in multitudes, but there they are.

Dinosaurs ARE a part of our history. Wishing them away won't erase them. Besides, a world or two with dinos is interesting.

Blessings
Yeontoo

What I would like to see..

Date: 11/11/99
From: Slidersfreak

Is to have actual dimensions from the show. I would love to explore some of those worlds. But then again, you guys probably can't do that because of Copywright. Unless you want to fork over the dough.

Slidersfreak

An Important Factor ...

Date: 11/12/99
From: SLIDER5

... would be to not make it INSTANTLY obvious what was different about each world. One of the great things about Sliders is that you have to FIGURE OUT what is different. Make us do research in a virtual library or glance at that day's newspaper! Give us little clues but make us dig some!

Additional alternate histories:
1. Reagan's Secret Service agent slips while trying to block a bullet during the assasination attempt and Reagan dies from the gunshot. Bush becomes President, has a totally different foreign policy, and the Cold War escalates.

2. After Russia throws off Communism, their economy grows substantially while we suffer economic depression. Russia becomes a US-like benevolent superpower, and the US becomes a third world nation.

Original URL http://www.scifi.com/bboard/browse.cgi/1/5/545/14701
Nominated by Sabre_Edge