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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 1:05:11 GMT
Maybe... Like I said, how you are currently explaining it, I'm not really a fan, but as a whole, I like the idea.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 1:08:47 GMT
Maybe... Like I said, how you are currently explaining it, I'm not really a fan, but as a whole, I like the idea. Any idea on how to improve it?
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2015 1:12:10 GMT
Maybe... Like I said, how you are currently explaining it, I'm not really a fan, but as a whole, I like the idea. Any idea on how to improve it? I'm not sure if improve is the word. I think it's just my own personal preference. I mean, if you go ahead with it, I'd still read them. But how you described it was like doing only one, maybe two chapters for each character. I just, personally, think it would be better to maybe do a spin-off Season or episode featuring several characters. I mean, it's not impossible that characters like Hector and Bennet would run into each other. I don't know, I'm just kind of against the idea of having a single chapter for a character and then, that's it. I'll change my vote to yes, simply because I do want to see more of characters like Bennet and Hector, no matter how the story(stories) is(are) organized.
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Post by Hunter1324 on May 2, 2015 8:14:08 GMT
I voted "maybe" mostly because in the end it should be your choice, if you want to do them do them, if you want to do it the way you originally planned do it that way, I'mj sure it will be good regardless.
Is your story.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 4:01:27 GMT
More trivia:- When planning "Don't Look Back" I referred to Deborah as "Max's Mom" for way too long. I originally named her Cass, then switched her name with a different characters' (who was then named Deborah).
- Jackson and Cass are intended to be twins. Though... early on when Becca mentioned Vince, Jackson was going to laugh and say "I used to have a brother called that."
- Anders was originally gonna be part of the State Border Checkpoint, not the Eastland Mall. He was the first character I designed for the Season (Jackson being the 2nd), but I didn't decide he was Swedish until later on.
- Lyle was originally called Damien/Dameon (Keep in mind he was introduced before GOT Ep2 came out). I don't think anyone caught it, but the name "Lyle" was sort of a rhymey easter egg for Miles, in that they're both kind of similar in terms of personality as well as both being killed by bandits.
- Maya was originally known as Sara. Renamed her because the pronunciation (at least the vowel sounds) of 'Maya' sound a bit like those of 'Wyatt', meaning that her name would subconsciously blend with Annie's better. People are used to saying "Annie and Wyatt", so changing to "Annie and Maya" wouldn't be too much of a shift. If that makes sense. She was also gonna make a reference to the Mayan calendar or something like that but I just couldn't think of a good place to put it.
- There was originally going to be a character riding a horse appearing in Unto The Breach. The idea likely turned into the Foragers over time.
- Church's first chapter was gonna be him meeting with the Foragers, but I skipped ahead to a point where they trusted him more. I have other facts about Silas's story but I might reserve them in case I do Survivor Stories.
- Silas was originally gonna kill Hector outright, forcing the name of the town the Eastland Mall was located in before he did so.
- The Foragers were originally known as the Poachers ("the illegal hunting, killing, or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights").
- The "Unnamed Man" whose son bumped into Annie is actually called Darren. He was going to be kidnapped in Sal's place but Sal had at least shown up once before. The reason I have a picture of him in the statuses page is because he was originally going to be a bigger character.
- Thomas was originally known as Bryan. Almost kept accidentally calling him Bryan early on. That would've confused the hell out of you guys.
That's all I've got for now. Should be enough, though.
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Post by Rock114 on May 4, 2015 4:11:09 GMT
- Thomas was originally known as Bryan.
In Inferno, Conner's last name is Bryant. So... U FOOKIN' THEEF. jk But seriously, you're ded. not really. probably.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 4:19:40 GMT
- Thomas was originally known as Bryan.
In Inferno, Conner's last name is Bryant. So... U FOOKIN' THEEF. jk But seriously, you're ded. not really. probably. /spoiler] The name comes from a character called Brian, who Thomas inspired. Zyphon and I once had a discussion about reiterating the same character over and over throughout projects until they found their place, and that's what happened with Brian/Bryan/Thomas. As a comparison, here's a drawing of the 'Brian' version of the character I found on my tumblr, dating back to about July 2013 (I was pleased with it then, but now... not so much): And then Thomas again: You can see that at least a little bit of the character carried over. Brown hair, scarred face, creases around the eyes, beard, sandy coloured shirt and so on. Not to mention the personality is almost exact. Well, Brian wasn't a cannibal but he was like a fierce outlaw rogue knight or something. Both are completely mental. It's not exactly the best image of Brian to compare, though. He's way past his prime in that one.
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Post by Rock114 on May 4, 2015 4:24:43 GMT
In Inferno, Conner's last name is Bryant. So... U FOOKIN' THEEF. jk But seriously, you're ded. not really. probably. /spoiler] The name comes from a character called Brian, who Thomas inspired. Zyphon and I once had a discussion about reiterating the same character over and over throughout projects until they found their place, and that's what happened with Brian/Bryan/Thomas. As a comparison, here's a drawing of the 'Brian' version of the character I found on my tumblr, dating back to about July 2013 (I was pleased with it then, but now... not so much): And then Thomas again: You can see that at least a little bit of the character carried over. Brown hair, scarred face, creases around the eyes, beard, sandy coloured shirt and so on. Not to mention the personality is almost exact. Well, Brian wasn't a cannibal but he was like a fierce outlaw rogue knight or something. Both are completely mental. It's not exactly the best image of Brian to compare, though. He's way past his prime in that one. I know it wasn't intentional, I'm just poking fun. It's funny (I know I've said that a lot, but it's because I really think it is).
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Post by Autobot Sonic on May 4, 2015 11:15:29 GMT
In Inferno, Conner's last name is Bryant. So... U FOOKIN' THEEF. jk But seriously, you're ded. not really. probably. /spoiler] The name comes from a character called Brian, who Thomas inspired. Zyphon and I once had a discussion about reiterating the same character over and over throughout projects until they found their place, and that's what happened with Brian/Bryan/Thomas. As a comparison, here's a drawing of the 'Brian' version of the character I found on my tumblr, dating back to about July 2013 (I was pleased with it then, but now... not so much): And then Thomas again: You can see that at least a little bit of the character carried over. Brown hair, scarred face, creases around the eyes, beard, sandy coloured shirt and so on. Not to mention the personality is almost exact. Well, Brian wasn't a cannibal but he was like a fierce outlaw rogue knight or something. Both are completely mental. It's not exactly the best image of Brian to compare, though. He's way past his prime in that one. Oh yeah! I remember Brian from your Sentinel Fanfic on DA. He was awesome!
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Post by Hunter1324 on May 4, 2015 15:24:02 GMT
Nice trivia! Also kinda funny that you initially planned Jackson to mention that he had a brother called Vince, considering that in your story you decided to leave his brother fate still unresloved and it didn't follow on the way too popular idea that he was Glenn's brother (I mean, thir not the only brothers of Asian ancestry on Macon, for f*ck sake).
Also the name pronunciation similarities was something I didn't realize but now that I think about it was a good idea.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 17:16:01 GMT
The name comes from a character called Brian, who Thomas inspired. Zyphon and I once had a discussion about reiterating the same character over and over throughout projects until they found their place, and that's what happened with Brian/Bryan/Thomas. As a comparison, here's a drawing of the 'Brian' version of the character I found on my tumblr, dating back to about July 2013 (I was pleased with it then, but now... not so much): And then Thomas again: You can see that at least a little bit of the character carried over. Brown hair, scarred face, creases around the eyes, beard, sandy coloured shirt and so on. Not to mention the personality is almost exact. Well, Brian wasn't a cannibal but he was like a fierce outlaw rogue knight or something. Both are completely mental. It's not exactly the best image of Brian to compare, though. He's way past his prime in that one. Oh yeah! I remember Brian from your Sentinel Fanfic on DA. He was awesome! He wasn't in that.
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Post by Autobot Sonic on May 4, 2015 17:20:50 GMT
Oh yeah! I remember Brian from your Sentinel Fanfic on DA. He was awesome! He wasn't in that. Oh. I thought I remembered the name in there. I read it back when you were still working on Season 2 so it's been awhile.
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Post by Teacakes on May 4, 2015 21:28:04 GMT
So, Jake, how did you go about naming your OC's? Were there many name changes during planning stages or just a select few that we've seen in trivia? How did you settle on the names they now all have?
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 21:33:32 GMT
Nice trivia! Also kinda funny that you initially planned Jackson to mention that he had a brother called Vince, considering that in your story you decided to leave his brother fate still unresloved and it didn't follow on the way too popular idea that he was Glenn's brother (I mean, thir not the only brothers of Asian ancestry on Macon, for f*ck sake). Also the name pronunciation similarities was something I didn't realize but now that I think about it was a good idea. Just to point something out, that's not the only reason people think Glenn is Vince's brother... Well, most people do just leave it at that, but there's other stuff, too. For example, the fact that in the comics Glenn tells Rick when hot wiring a car something along the lines of him not just being a pizza boy. I don't remember exactly, but it definitely implies that he used to steal cars and sell them.... or, something. I'll look it up if you want some specifics. Anyway, that could have had something to do with Glenn getting in trouble with whatever bad people, which leads to Vince killing that guy. There's nothing else to imply that he was involved in something serious like that in the comics(aside form the fact that he does mention that he has siblings in the comics), but you can also point out that Telltale implies something like that. When Lee asks Glenn about his family, he's hesitant to talk about them. So basically, that's enough evidence for me, at least, to believe that Glenn is Vince's brother.
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2015 22:14:41 GMT
So, Jake, how did you go about naming your OC's? Were there many name changes during planning stages or just a select few that we've seen in trivia? How did you settle on the names they now all have? Sometimes it's just a random name I come up with that sticks, other times it goes through multiple different names or there's a deeper meaning behind it. Let me just preface it by saying Daniel, Mitchell, Fuad and most of Sanctum/Eastland/Foragers were just random names. - Annie, Miles and Laura were all in the game files.
- Marshall came from that failed flash game I spoke about after Season 2 had ended.
- Lucia was originally called Zoe until I decided to pick a name that suited her ethnic background a little better.
- Ivan and Ethan were originally the same character (called Ethan), split them into two characters so there were more Captors. Ivan's name came partially from Ivan the Terrible, because he's terrible. All the Captors also had an 'UN' or 'DUN' sound in their name to make them seem more thuggish. (Ivan, Ethan, Brandon, Donald)
- Came up with Kiff's name when I watched the credits for "A House Divided", saw that Walter was voiced by a guy called Kiff Vandenheuvel and thought "I like that name". Walter's personality influenced Kiff's a little bit. However, he was also inspired by a different character from the failed flash game called Ed.
- Sullivan/Sully came from the same place as Marshall, appearance was based on a character called Alex. Nearly named him Alex Sullivan but the last letter of the forename and the first letter of the surname didn't work very well together.
- Emily was originally named Kate. Changed it because I once found a definition of "Emily" saying that it meant "Rival". Early on Emily was kind of supposed to be Becca's rival.
- Silas is just called that because it sounds cool. However, doing a bit of research, I found that the name is short for Silvanus, which comes from the latin for wood/forest. Sanctum is surrounded by a forest, so take that for what it's worth.
- Hector comes from the Iliad. It's kind of a reference to his turncoat nature as the Trojan Horse is from the same story, even though Hector was against those who made the Trojan Horse. Couldn't exactly call him Odysseus/Achilles, though.
- Church (surprised no one got this) is a synonym of Sanctum. Also Silas is/was a religious man.
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