Biblefighters GetTheWord

Posted By: preacherX

Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 20:55

Hi everbody!

Here you find some pics and videos from one of my projects:
Biblefighters GetTheWord. It�s a christian tetris-styled Action-Puzzle-Game.

The goal is to to build verses form the bible by turning the
GetTheWord cubes. Constantly changing challenges, different game modes
like "Adventure" or "Fight Temptation", different characters and
a multiple players option for up to 6 players are waiting for you.

Here are the links for the videos:

Video1
Video2

Thanks for your feedback!

Im also searching for a publisher, it is completed to 98%!
The game-text is at time only in german.
If you are interrested send me a mail!

More Infos at www.biblefighters.com

Posted By: sPlKe

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 21:35

despite the theme, the game is complete. and thats the only thing that counts. congratulations!

however, i really hoope you NEVER go to a concert of my band or read my lyrics

Posted By: Blattsalat

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 21:52

looks like a fun tetris game. but i will never understand why people add none fitting themes ontop of games just for the sake of it. (my oppinion: either make a real bible game or dont take the theme for just the icing).

the gameplay looks also like a ps2 game

There is already a game called "bible fighters" (beat em up). Related to you or just a coincidence?

cheers

Posted By: achaziel

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 22:05

... spelling mistake. it's "doppeltes ma�" and not "doppeltes maa�". as far as i know. screw the new german spelling >.< (maa� would be a german / austrian surname btw)

anyway. same here as spike already mentioned.i hope you'll never meet me or somethin like that. not because i don't like you. but i'm sure you'd have the shock of your life.

roflmao... die verlorenen jungs... how come that he looks slightly goth? do i see PREJUDICES? XD i also like the name of that.... um.... gang. VERLORENE jungs xD muahahaha....

Posted By: ello

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 22:11

first i read "Biblefighters GetTheWorld" which would work, too ..

Posted By: Nardulus

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/16/07 22:35

Cool Game, well done.

Too bad it's Bible centric.

It would be cool to have a Greek Mythology version, instead of the standoffish bible content.

Maybe even a joke version where you solve jokes or word riddles..

Good Luck, really nicely done..

This would make a good DS game.

Ken

Note:

You should consider building a non religous version and include the bible version as bonus. I think you would reach a wider audience, plus you may also get a bigger group playing your bible verse version, as the player tires of the first puzzle items..

Posted By: Matt_Aufderheide

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 03:06

Combining bad anime style art with tacky Christian themes.. in a TETRIS clone... wtf?

This should die a quick death..

Posted By: Machinery_Frank

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 07:21

The artworks look nice and consistent. Congratulation!

Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 07:57

Nice looking game so far, do you have a demo version planned?

I'm thinking this game might stand out from the crowd of tetris-clones far better with this theme actually, but if you really want to earn money with this you probably should have chosen a sex theme or something else instead heheheh,

Cheers,

Posted By: frazzle

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 19:05

Nice work indeed, completing a game is hard but you did it, great work

!!

Cheers

Frazzle

Posted By: Ran Man

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 19:08

Yes true,

But he probably wants to help the earth and people by doing such a game theme.

Nice job preacher.

The gaming world needs a breath of fresh air and alternative non-violent and non-sexual products.

But since he did not please Matt A., then the world will be ending soon. HAHA!

Posted By: Toast

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 21:25

Oh my god!

No - I won't do any critics about the theme you chose because it's completely legitimate to me. The "Oh my god!" just recalls my reaction when looking at the videos - especially the second one. It just made me laugh (in a positive way)...

You do a brilliant job in capturing the anime-style and spirit in which things like Pokemon or Yu-Gi-Oh are done and thus have a perfect approach to your target group. The game itself also seems very interesting although I didn't understand the cube turning yet and a list of words which erase some blocks might be very helpful for this game. The graphics also are very good as is the music and sound. Though when it comes to the sound we come to what made me laugh: Well as I said you really captured that anime spririt very well and so this in a strange way has a huge parody quality. Especially the 2nd video made me be all smiles while the first one with it's "Shalom Combo" and "2x point extra" is pretty harmless the 2nd one is pure genious...

The way this "Noch xxx W�rter" is spoken already is funny but when there is this "Das geht mir ein Bisschen zu langsam!" and utter chaos starts it's just so hilarious. That whiny "Das find' ich nich so gut..." what is said when losing also just is great as the way a bible quotation is said when winning...

But apart from that - you might have created the best bible game EVER here. If you want to have look at your former competition you might want to watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkNvQYiM6bw

So congratulations to your game. I think you have an interesting gameplay (though it would bore me after a short while I guess), a well done realisation of your idea and an excellent orientation towards you target group and this very special coolness factor because of which is still am all smiles when watching the videos...

Enjoy your meal
Toast

Posted By: Joozey

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/17/07 21:31

in-genious! just wow

Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/18/07 01:44

yeah nice work

if i had german kids i would buy this game for them. at the moment, though, it doesn't look like i'll be having german kids.

julz

Posted By: NITRO777

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/18/07 02:20

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if i had german kids i would buy this game for them. at the moment, though, it doesn't look like i'll be having german kids.

oh maybe you can adopt some later, then buy the game, that way everything would work out.

Nice job on the game.

Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/18/07 02:28

good idea! what's the aussie age-limit on adopting? 18 is adult, so i could probably do it right now and buy the game when it is released.

though, kids would be a bit of a hassle during exams, so i might wait a couple of weeks.

sorry about digressing. the videos are good. it looks like fun!

julz

Posted By: Stansmedia

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/18/07 06:06

LOL

Posted By: tuschcarsten

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/19/07 05:19

Nice Idea, but I think the name Biblefighters is not well chosen.
In my opinion spelling Bible quotes is not a fight...
also the Bible has the message not to fight.

But the idea is great and seems to be funny

Posted By: Toast

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/19/07 15:11

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Nice Idea, but I think the name Biblefighters is not well chosen.
In my opinion spelling Bible quotes is not a fight...

If you have a look at his website you'll see that it derives from some kind of Yu-Gi-Oh like card game...

Again I've to say an OMG for this...

Enjoy your meal
Toast

Posted By: fastlane69

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/19/07 17:58

First off, great job on finishing a game. It looks good and seems to play well.

Second off, shame on EVERYONE that knocks this game down for being Bible related. You don't like the Bible, that's fine, but if you don't like fantasy or sci-fi, do you knock a game because it uses it? It's just bad taste people, really.

Third, I agree with Tuch that Biblefighters is not the best title. I could suggest simply shortening it to "The Word" for example since it describes the game play AND the bible message quite well! Don't think that your market will buy into your game more for having the word "fighters" in the title; they will most likely be disappointed once they get to the gameplay and find that there is no fighting. Biblefighters, honestly, brings images of a "Street Fighter" Moses vs. Jesus style game.

Fourth, I agree with Blatt that too many "serious games" take a game concept and just slap on the serious content on top. However in this case, it's more than a "fit the blocks" tetris and more of a "matching blocks" concept with which you make words. Not terribly original for sure, but not terribly trite either. For the purpose the game designers have in mind (exposing people to the bible), I think it does a good job... especially if it's aimed at the 10 and under crowd and aimed at the religious market that simply doesn't have many games anyway.

Good job completing a game. You've done something 90% of the people here have not been able to do even without using the bible!

Posted By: preacherX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/19/07 17:59

Hi, first of all, thanks for all your replies.
Here are the answers to your questions:

- I have nothing to do with that Bible Fighter Beat�em up...
- a Demo will maybe come when the game is released
- it�s right, the message of the bible is not to fight against people
but there is for example "the good fight of faith"

(bible: 1. Timothy 6,12)... Sometimes life is also a "fight" and the bible
tells us the best way to win it... and that is the message of "Biblefighters"

Posted By: Orange Brat

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/19/07 18:31

..what fastlane said..

Posted By: Straight_Heart

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/20/07 21:14

HAH! That announcer's voice is hilariously cheesy, sounds like one of those Japenese announcers trying his best to sound cool and speak english at the same time. Ah yu weady? Den geh ti woiard! Oh my....... anime characters...... badly drawn anime characters..... elevator techno music with rock chords.....so japenese.....

Enough of my criticisms (which are more personal taste), congratulations! Your game looks pretty damn polished and finished! The gameplay looks sweet and fluid, the menus moved and animated great. It looks real fun to play, so dont take my criticisms above to heart, your game looks awesome.

and yes, when I saw the title "Bible Fighters" I was expecting to see a fighting game where David can fight the devil.

Posted By: benni

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/20/07 22:27

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There is already a game called "bible fighters" (beat em up).

Thats a pretty cool idea for a game, imagine jesus slashing down monster armies with his giant wooden cross or mose shooting lightning from his stone plates...

Posted By: Knuckles

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 05:00

I really hope you plan on releasing a demo of this game. It looks totally awesome. I would love to play it!

Posted By: Ran Man

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 10:09

I usually go along with the artist ideas and I do like and respect the name "Bible Fighters", but maybe fastlane and orange have a valid point here.

Because:

BIBLE = Christianity

and

FIGHTERS = Violence

There are a lot of people on this forum that just go around bashing anything Christian. I hope the name "Bible Fighters" does not re-inforce their already hateful and biggoted ideas too much?

Look at Matt A.'s quote about your game for example.

Quote:

Matt A. said:
Combining bad anime style art with tacky Christian themes.. in a TETRIS clone... wtf?

This should die a quick death..

Gosh thanks Matt for that kind word. Now everyone knows you have an IQ of at least 12.

And how many A6 games have you completed yet?
Oh, that was zero huh?
Gee golly, I'm so impressed.

Well the point is, that there are many haters and retards on this forum that always try to bash Christianity at every opportunity. A name like "Bible Fighters" might give them more amunition than is needed?

I don't know, whatever you decide is okay.
Goodbye.

Posted By: demiGod

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 12:56

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Now everyone knows you have an IQ of at least 12.

Posted By: DavidLancaster

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 13:39

May I ask what resources you had to make the game and how long it took you to complete? I know such a question may be personal, please feel free to ignore it. (to offer any harsh criticism without such knowledge is foolish)

The level of immersive quality and polish is outstanding, congratulations! I'm impressed

Posted By: checkbutton

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 13:44

Please, don't insult each other. You can discuss this topic without getting personal.

Posted By: Orange Brat

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 13:47

Just for the record, I don't think the fighter in Bible Fighters is meant to mean what most probably think it means. This isn't Super Punch-Out. It's probably meant in the "fight for what you believe in" way and not the beat the crap out of Bald Bull way.

"Uppercut! Uppercut! Body blow! Left! Left!" Heh heh.

Posted By: Helghast

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 14:27

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Just for the record, I don't think the fighter in Bible Fighters is meant to mean what most probably think it means. This isn't Super Punch-Out. It's probably meant in the "fight for what you believe in" way and not the beat the crap out of Bald Bull way.

"Uppercut! Uppercut! Body blow! Left! Left!" Heh heh.

he explained it one post before your previous post really clear:

Quote:

Hi, first of all, thanks for all your replies.
Here are the answers to your questions:

- I have nothing to do with that Bible Fighter Beat�em up...
- a Demo will maybe come when the game is released
- it�s right, the message of the bible is not to fight against people
but there is for example "the good fight of faith"
(bible: 1. Timothy 6,12)... Sometimes life is also a "fight" and the bible
tells us the best way to win it... and that is the message of "Biblefighters"

I think he's got a good point there, but it's not the first thing you'd imagine nowadays with all the violence around us.
Imo he does a great job trying to use the word fighters in a different context then the "Uppercut! Uppercut! Body blow! Left! Left!"-kind of way... hehehheee

this was no way a personal attach though OB, just pointing out a previous post

and @ 12 IQ-d person, just because you HAVE the art skills someone else doesnt have, doesnt mean you need to bash their games... instead, next time try to give some USEFULL feedback (like what kind of style DOES fit etc etc).

Jeez, i could have been moderator with these kind of posts, lol

regards,

Posted By: Nems

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/21/07 17:07

You do a good job any way and its way moderating should be done IMHO.

Personally I like and get the title but the points raised (e.g. negative marketing) are valid ones and can reflect on overall distribution rate.

I think the art style is fantastic in that it generates a mood as soon as you see it, almost cute *edit Kindy style for me.

More dev shots please

Posted By: preacherX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/23/07 13:00

Here some words about the resources:

I needed about 2 years for the game. It was my first real pc-project and
also my beginning-time in programming something. I did many mistakes and much
things too complicated but with gods help and the good examples of the aum-mags
it worked step by step.
The design and music-arrangments are also from me, now I�m working to increase
the quality of the characters and graphics.
I do it in my private time, my main-job is selling pc�s in a electronic market...

By the way, I�ve got a son three days ago!!!

Posted By: Helghast

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/23/07 15:01

Quote:

Here some words about the resources:

I needed about 2 years for the game. It was my first real pc-project and
also my beginning-time in programming something. I did many mistakes and much
things too complicated but with gods help and the good examples of the aum-mags
it worked step by step.
The design and music-arrangments are also from me, now I�m working to increase
the quality of the characters and graphics.
I do it in my private time, my main-job is selling pc�s in a electronic market...

By the way, I�ve got a son three days ago!!!

now THAT is a gods gift!!
what's the youngsters name? I bet he's proud at his daddy for making a game in such a small time (cuz really, 2 years from scratch AND learning an engine is a short time).

great job!

regards,

Posted By: PHeMoX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/23/07 20:41

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By the way, I�ve got a son three days ago!!!

Congratulations!!

Cheers

Posted By: preacherX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/24/07 18:30

Well, his name is Samuel!

Posted By: padrino

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/24/07 20:24

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Well, his name is Samuel!

That's indeed a very nice name

I hope your game sells well so that Samuel has the benefit of growing up as the son of a wealthy father

(though prosperity is according to the bible not neccesarily something you should desire, but well... )

Posted By: JibbSmart

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/25/07 00:07

ooh! biblical! 'onya mate

(means: good on you)

julz

Posted By: jemen

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 10/27/07 20:41

Bible Fighter is a good name for your game.
Beutiful graphics, looks so good.
Bible and fighter have always get hand in hand.
See history from the first martys, templeknights, witchhunt, all moving to US during 1800, Christans fight against commies and latest the war against Iraq.
So much evil in the name of Jesus and Jesus word are kind and warm.
Strange world we live in. Everyday is a struggle.

Posted By: preacherX

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 11/09/07 12:24

Hi together!

Here are 3 new videos!

Video1_AdventureMode
Video2_FightTemptationMode
Video3_2PlayerMode

Posted By: Toast

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 11/09/07 12:36

Ahhh - now I finally understood what to do in the game!

Enjoy your meal
Toast

Posted By: mpdeveloper_B

Re: Biblefighters GetTheWord - 02/14/08 01:39

my take on this:

i like the name, and the kind of gameplay, also the content is great, and it's based off of the bible which is definitely a plus, but i think the characters don't look very good, although the overall style of the game is anime, the characters could've been drawn better, but other than that, it seems like a fun game. if i were german and had children, i'd maybe buy it for them.