Spiral Knights - Vehicles!

Vehicles!

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Tue, 11/01/2011 - 11:52

Comeuppance

Hello everyone.

I was recently going throught my normal day, when a great idea just came to me. Spiral Knights should have vehicles! The basics of it that I came up with would sort of be a knight would buy a basic vehicle around 20 to 30k, then you would be able to buy upgrades for it, or buy better vehicles. You could enter races with for either a prize of crowns, energy, or Krogmo Coins or Primal Spark Coins or some new coin. I didnt really plan out my whole idea, and besides even if you guys liked the idea im sure you would change it around to the way you like it. Anyway I just wanted to put out the idea.

Thanks for reading!

Comeuppance

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:01

Madadder

the issue here is that the

the issue here is that the maps are too small for vehicles to be a viable method of transport. ultimately we need larger maps before this can happen

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 12:34

Martinsen

What is this, Mario Cart?

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 13:43

Happyapathy

um...

No... /troll

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 13:53

Effrul

Madadder's right, alas - SK's

Madadder's right, alas - SK's maps are just too small for vehicles, unless there was a racing subgame or something with devoted vehicles - but at that point, you're not playing SK anymore.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 13:56

Orangeo

I could see it being a

I could see it being a mini-game style thing like bomberman. But no mariocart.
Ehh, I'd just find art of a striker cycle entertaining. Basicaly the striker pack with tall handlebars and a small seat where your neck is. Regardless of how that could get implimented, it would look pretty cool.

Turrets, that you piolit, would work in the maps. It would be a nice place to put the weakest link (gear wise) of your team. Stationary though, of course, and always followed by a party button to keep you from hearding monsters back into range.

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 15:00

Eternal-Koniko

Any Body Heard of UnderWhirled Drift /Trollface

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 16:50

Windsickle

You've got it all wrong.

You've got it all wrong. We're knights right? We don't need cars or motorcycles, we need steeds! Or pets of some type!
To expand on Madadder's point about maps, yeah it probably wouldn't work. The only transportation the knights seem to need are elevators for vertical, and legs for short distance horizontal. Spiral Knights is still kind of 2 dimensional though. Are they ever going to incorporate a more 3 dimensional map? Stairs, ramps, elevators. All right but sill kind of lacking. I know that would make the game a whole lot more complicated (knights jumping everywhere, climbing, aiming vertically, falling monsters,...) and hectic, but, ... I don't know. The whole 2 dimension thing seems kind of plain. I guess there's a sort of novelty in that though, huh?
Sorry for the tangent. Steeds would be awesome. Not a whole lot of use in the Clockworks unless the levels get larger. More useful for horizontal transportion, so on the surface?...

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 18:33

Orangeo

Steedbikes. Pwn. Short legs

Steedbikes. Pwn. Short legs suck.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 02:16

Protos

what about....

what if you raced and could attack each other? driving next to another player and enter a quicktime or something to battle for destruction

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 06:34

#10

Master-Of

I don't like this whole idea,

I don't like this whole idea, but I think there are 2 ways to make this happen without new maps and without a mini-game:
1. The vehicles could be very small and comicified (Kawaii).
2. Instead of classic vehicles, there could be hoverboards, skateboards, rollerskates, kick scooter and whatnot.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 06:45

#11

Kentard

Vehicles? In SK?

I do agree with Desouler. Though I'm still for the idea of having vehicles as a purely cosmetic change to gameplay.
Otherwise, you'd pretty much make levels too much of a breeze if you move through them too rapidly.

On a lighter note, I'd like to see a hobby horse 'vehicle'. Hurr hurr.

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 11:03

#12

Spyash

wow haha funny its ur post comeuppance

i think this is a great idea for when ur bored it could be like pvp and be solo or team where u get a colour and so on btw hows it going i ggot my ash tail cap today

Wed, 11/02/2011 - 16:04

#13

Master-Of

i know i use too much

i know i use too much punktation, but srsly, i can't even?

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 10:36

#14

Kentard

It Happens.

@Desouler: I ran out of breath trying to read that, but oh well.

Anyway, +1 to no race. Forgot to mention that.

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