Spiral Knights - Juno's Really Really Stupid Weapon Idea(s) and Concept(s)

Juno's Really Really Stupid Weapon Idea(s) and Concept(s)

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Mon, 04/02/2012 - 23:26

Juno

So I was brainstorming one night and I came up with the following two weapons and I'll admit these things sounded cooler in my head.

Stupid Weapon Idea #1

GUN-CHUCKS!

Basically two shot guns tied with a long chain in the middle. The Idea is that this weapon would do quick light damage like the Cutter series. One of the barrels striking first as clenched in the fist and the other swinging behind (normal.) But if charged the weapon would unleash a single shot that would use the fall down animation of the Magnus series. This "Shot" would be a spread shot hitting things in close range (right next to the area that the knight wielding this weapon was standing by) in a 90 degree cone.

If A 5 star version was made, this charge attack would probably cause the random status effect to the hit enemies much like the charged sealed sword.

Basically the idea for this weapon is the ultimate in zombie defense. Shotguns for the undead as well as kung-fu.

Stupid Weapon Idea #2

Jack's Chainsaw arm.
Taken from Mad World, essentially a retractable chainsaw blade attached to the arm/glove. It would deal high Piercing damage as a blade but slow swing speed (like the troika series) as well as make idling chainsaw noises when wielded or roaring when swung. Charge attack would be similar to the animation of the rocket hammer. Granted for the charge attack this blade would do several small numbers of piercing damage that added up would be the same as a charged slow sword of the same type. This brings me to the next idea:

Stupid Concept #1

Alternate Texture Pack, Mad world. Basically a black and white texture for everything in the game that isn't a weapon, menu, or glows, giving a comic book look to the game. Everything would operate as normal but details would be accentuated.

Stupid Concept #2

Commentators.

Again, taken from mad world. To be used in Lockdown, blast network or dangerooms (with a toggle option) basically, if possible, using toned down dialogue in the vein of the commentators of that game to provide silly commentary when the players knight is hit or if they score a hit against opponents with specific weapons. This commentary could also be used to describe the armor or type of opponents that the player is up against to help with strategy.

Anyway those are my ideas for now. Let me know what you think! If I come up with more... well I'll add to this list.

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 02:13

Severage

LOL.

That's beyond hilarious.

That's hysterical.

~Sev

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 19:29

Juno

Stupid Weapon Concept

Stupid Weapon Concept #3

Rocket Puppy Bazooka

Singular shot, stationary long charge time. Shoots one slow moving elemental rocket that causes a gigantic blast back area. The charge attack would be a homing shot. (Why should enemies have all the fun?) The effect though is that no one is safe from the blast radius. So there's a chance of team kills by elemental damage.

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 19:30

Tsubasa-No-Me

Yes.

Not only am I famous, but I inspire Hipster...ness... Yeah.
~Tsu

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 19:31

Iron-Blast

Lol.

#3 is on the right track and I kinda like the friendly fire idea...except.

MAXIMUM TROLLING ABILITY DETECTED.

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 20:23

Juno

Stupid Concept #3 Spiral

Stupid Concept #3

Spiral Knights Merchandise

Shivermist Ice cream anyone? Or how about a Freezing/Firey Atomizer color changing thermos to indicate the temperature of the food/liquid inside? Heck you could do it with all the mist bombs for various foods.

Heck why not also a SPOOKAT Spice rack. Different colored and leveled Spoocats for different spices.

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 22:03

Tsubasa-No-Me

LOOOOL

I ... omg, I wouldn't even be able to buy it, I'd be out cold for laughing too hard. Lying on the store floor... >u<

Not only am I famous, but I inspire Hipster...ness... Yeah.
~Tsu

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 22:46

Juno

Stupid Concept #4 & #5

Stupid Concept #4

Spiral Knights Replica Clothing
From demo bicycle safety helmets to Magic/Elemental/Miracle/Chaos/Grey owl/divine Hoodies. Heck if you made a similar light up device to those used in the recently released Technomage Hoodie from think geek (minus the dual accelormeters and the motion commands, basically a switch for off and constantly lit in one of the many colors knights some with) you get cos-play and practical safety wear. Heck if done right you could advertise these hoodies in such a way that specifically lit colors could signify who was who on certain teams during Nerf gun fights which brings me to the next concept:

Stupid Concept #5
Nerf Versions of the Spiral Knights guns. The autogun is practically a re-designed Nerf Maverick so why not go the other way round? Why not make some toy dart tag guns so that when your freebie players have run out of ME they can go run around actively with sega brand tie in items and try to hit each other with foam darts or foam balls (if using a pulsar line gun)

These are all suggestions by the way. I know making stuff for the advertisement of software is rather risky but I figured hey, if you wanna expand SK to more than just a program, here are some viral ideas instead of just claim codes.

Tue, 04/03/2012 - 23:12

Tsubasa-No-Me

ACK!

NOES!

I see enough wolvers already, I dont need them walking around town! D:

Actually... Wardrobes might be nice...
Make shirts,
propose them to the SK community,
sell them online,
people pay you to advertise your product,
more people play SK,
Profit,
make nedoroids,
make Alpha squad anime/movie
Gain more fanbase/loyalty
Enjoy your lives and simply focus on what you love,
Making this game. <3

We Love You Devs!

Not only am I famous, but I inspire Hipster...ness... Yeah.
~Tsu

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 14:04

Luguiru

Re: Spiral Knights merchandise

I would pay to have a shirt with my character, juggling bombs, on it; or at least shirts/hats/jackets/other with generic Spiral Knights loadouts on them doing things, such as carrying fire pots or shielding. The shirt itself can match the personal color of the knight in the image.

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 15:57

#10

Bisento

PLEASE

Vog and Skolver winter trench-coats. NOW.

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 16:03

#11

Bisento

Or winter hats. That works too.

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 16:09

#12

Luguiru

Wolver trench coats

How about a Stranger hat to walk around with?

Wed, 04/04/2012 - 16:44

#13

Soulstaker

I just can't get over the

I just can't get over the fact that there is no GM named Juno.

Thu, 04/05/2012 - 16:15

#14

Juno

Stupid Weapon Idea #4

Boomerangs, Bolas and Chrakams

"Thrown" weapons essentially, similar to the guns but with the Boomerange and Chrakams these ones fly back after hitting their target, limiting the fire rate, these weapons would do heavy stun/freeze/fire/whathaveyou and massive damage, but also have incredibly slow charge times.

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 02:06

#15

Juno

Stupid Concept #6

Doodle* drop equipment. Basically similar to the breaking of the TOS, but within the game (thereby not breaking it in the firest place). Basically when one of these items is obtained, a white "Blank" version of the equipment or item it represents is opened in the game complete with the 2D representation of the texture on the object. Those in posession of the doodle, say a dropped doodle* military scarf, can edit the scarf as they see within the binding. Basically a re-texturable object. The trick is that this item would be then saved in the users game as a save file, to anyone else it would look like the military scarf but the user would be able to see their own custom version on their character. Essentially it creates an editable refrence texture that only the knight who has the item can see.

(Problem is having a backup server to contain all those crudely doodled textures.)

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 06:47

#16

Tsubasa-No-Me

I like Concept 6

I do, but that would be a problem :/

Not only am I famous, but I inspire Hipster...ness... Yeah.
~Tsu

Tue, 04/10/2012 - 09:51

#17

Serell

Serell says yes to Gun-Chucks

Serell says yes to Gun-Chucks :D

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 20:51

#18

Juno

Prototyping!

Because there hasn't been a response from the mods yet to this thread, I'm undertaking on making some of the tangible items myself. Hopefully once I get the design down I can develop a loose concept, mockups or prototypes for the following:

The items stated above, plus a few of the suggestions

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 12:13

#19

Schattentag

Hm...

If you are able to make some of these things IRL, you might get a better response in the Treasure Vault or General Discussion. That said, I wish you luck and I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Thu, 05/10/2012 - 13:08

#20

Juno

Stupid Concept #7

#7 an animated TV series/comic book illustrating a prequel on spiral knights adventures prior to the crash of the Skylark. This could include adventures on the home planet or the adventures of a rescue team sent out on a recovery mission. Logic being that if the knights came from Somewhere they'd have to have a place of origin to launch the skylark from. (It's been working for sonic.)

(P.S. if done in comic book form, there could be a special promo, say of a card for 1-3 mist energy tanks. It'd make use of the code system.)

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 20:00

#21

Juno

Prototyping Update!

Blueprints are almost done for the prototypes, but will not be displayed due to the posibility of I.P. Declaration.

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 20:05

#22

The-Rawrcake

Gun-chucks was pure win.

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 20:22

#23

Dukeplatypus

Magic line hoodies. Nao.

Fri, 05/11/2012 - 22:04

#24

Juno

Side note

NO, I am not making a replica of the Gun chucks. There isn't am official design for them yet. Currently the only idea for them as a rough sketch is dual key-chained swiss-army knives.

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