GAMEDEF.C

Explore early Duke Nukem 3D concepts from GAMEDEF.C, including potential titles, story ideas like Duke's escape from a mental ward, and new characters.

Potential Game Titles:

• Duke 2000
• Virchua Duke
• Son of Death
• Cromium
• Potent
• Flotsom

Story Concept:

The story suggests Duke becomes brain dead and attempts to escape from a mental ward. Key plot points include Duke's arm being severed by a transporter, losing consciousness after tripping, and waking up in a hospital with a missing portion of his cranial mass. The narrative implies Duke is now insane and must escape a mental ward with searchlights everywhere.

Potential Mission Elements:

• Duke's dialogue: "Looks like some kind of transporter...?"
• Byte's dialogue: "...YES"
• Duke's action: "Waa, here goes nuthin'." (puts right arm in device)
• Duke's reaction: "AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!" (arm is severed)
• Byte's reaction: "NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO.NO..."
• Byte directs Duke to a heat source.
• "Shut Up Mode"
• Duke staggers, arm bleeding.
• Byte provides directional cues: "Left, Left, Left, Left, Right."
• Duke trips on a broken pipe, hitting his temple.
• Rats are present, and Byte pushes them away.
• Duke appears dead, then wakes up in a hospital.
• A brain scan reveals 1/3 cranial mass missing.
• Doctor's dialogue: "Hummm?" and "Schrapnel has busted my scull! Now I'm insane, Mental ward, got to escape."

Potential New Characters:

• (M)Mendor, The Tree Dweller
• (M)BashMan, The Destructor
• (M)Lash, The Scavenger
• (F)Mag, The Slut
• (F)NRA OR SOMETHIN'
• Duke Nukem
• 5th Dimention
• Pentagon Man!

Random Developer Ideas:

• The 70's meet the future.
• Dirty Harry style with 70's music and a futuristic edge.
• The Instant De-Welder(tm).
• "I think I'm going to puke..."
• Badge attitude.
• Duke has a Badge (LA 3322), a Bulldog, and a Bronco (beat up/bondoed).
• Graphics: Lite rail systems, a church with a large cross, Sniper Scope.
• Use the phone.
• The Boiler Room location.
• The IRS, potentially nuking other government buildings.
• A belt of booze.
• Slow turning signs.
• More precise shooting and destruction.
• Facial expressions using phonemes and lookups. Talking and getting into fights.
• Drug dealers, pimps, and more.
• Weapons: Anything lying around.
• Trees to climb, burning trees.
• Sledge Hammer, Sledge Hammer with Spike.
• Sanctuary: Get away from it all.
• Concepts: Goodlife = (War + Greed) / Peace, Monsterism (ACTION), Global Hunter (RPG), Slick a Wick (PUZZLE), Roach Condo (FUNNY), AntiProfit (RPG), Pen Patrol (TD SIM).
• Radio station: 97.5 KPIG! - Wanker County.
• "Fauna" - Native Indigenous Animal Life.

Programming Details:

• Images: Polys
• Actors: Multi-Object sections for changes (head, arms, legs, torso, all change), Facial expressions, Pal lookup per poly?