I Need Your Opinions on My Game's Character Name

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by Eupatria, Aug 4, 2011.

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Choose the best names for these three cute animals

Poll closed Aug 25, 2011.
  1. Haden 💩💩💩💩

    33.3%
  2. Wren 💩💩

    33.3%
  3. Sarki

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  4. Kelii

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  5. Pipwing

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  6. Pip

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  7. Kip

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  8. None

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  1. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    #1 Eupatria, Aug 4, 2011
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    There are three characters in my game. I temporarily name them Piggy, Birdie, Coy.

    Story:
    What it would be like if this world loses its colors? Horrible, right? But, this was exactly what happened to a legendary Avelon.
    Once upon a time, there were three passionate painters - Piggy, Birdie and Coy, living in a happy island. They were painting colors for all creatures day after day to make the island become a colorful Utopia.
    But one day, a monster used a strange wind blowing away all the colors there, then the whole world became murky. All the creatures got startled, angered and sad.
    In order to save the island and recover its colors, the three painters started their journey to search for the lost colors. Once they collected a sort of color, their homeland would recover a part.

    Nevertheless, this rescue journey meant a lot of dangers and challenges to the three guys. They had to use their wisdom, skills and teamwork to get across various obstacles and conquer evil monsters…

    Characters:

    Birdie: a tiny bird, who is aggressive and the key one (the leader) of the three guys
    Piggy: a little piggy, who looks cool and can jump high
    Coy: a big cow, who looks ponderous but anthomaniac, and can push heavy stones

    I want to give an appropriate name to each of them in terms of their indivisual characteristics and images.

    There are some proposals:
    For birdie: Wren, Haden, (Captain) Sarki, Kelii, Pipwing, Pip, Kip
    For piggy: Hori, Zaza, Vito, Curvet, Jump, Steezy, Skip
    For cow: Birlie, Birly, Archer, Samson, Hercules, Chadwick, Aindriu, Slip
     
  2. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    How about Chirp, Snort and Moo? Drumstick, Bacon and T-Bone?
     
  3. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    Can you explain why you choose them?:)
     
  4. Stan

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    The first set is the sounds they make,
    second set is the type of meat they produce...

    and please don't keep birdie, piggy and coy :) (I know, it's temporary)
     
  5. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    #5 Spamcan, Aug 4, 2011
    Last edited: Aug 4, 2011
    Sounds the particular animals make and cuts of meat from the particular animals in question? It's hard to come up with anything less generic without any artwork or background info to go on.
     
  6. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    As it's confidential, I can only use text to give more info. Now I add the game story as reference.
     
  7. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    I know, but I want to combine the character's name with its "personality", not just how they sound or taste...
     
  8. Echoseven

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    The red Skittle
    Just for some more information - is the game intended to have "cutesy" graphics like Hoggy, or something more serious?

    The same for the overall tone, light-hearted, funny, serious, sombre, etc. Just so we have something to go on...
     
  9. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    It's a puzzle game with colorful backgrounds and cute graphics, your mission is to solve different puzzles in each level to reach the destination.
     
  10. Echoseven

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    The red Skittle
    Edgar, Allan and Poe. ;D

    Actually, anything I think of basically stems from the three names sounding well together. What is more important to you, the synergy of the three names when said consecutively, or how well each name reflects the personality of the character?
     
  11. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    The latter:)
     
  12. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    Porkulous Prime, Feathers McBeak and Moomar Gadhafi :D
     
  13. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    Don't you think they are too long and complicated?
     
  14. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    How about Pi, Bi, and Co?
     
  15. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    Are you serious?
     
  16. Spamcan

    Spamcan Well-Known Member

    Alright, fine. How about Ernest, Jim-Bob and Tucker?
     
  17. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    I like Ernest, but Jim-Bob and Tucker...
     
  18. Eupatria

    Eupatria Well-Known Member

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    someone can teach me how to delete the poll?
     
  19. Ask a mod to delete poll?

    Okay, since you don't actually have any art or... much to go on for the animals, yet you'd like names that match personality...

    Bird: Sivo (Last 4 letters of Italian word for "Aggressive")
    Pig: Esco (Last 4 letters of Italian "Cool")
    Cow: Fless (Within the Italian word of "Thoughtful")

    (Their genders would help, I can't imagine a boy cow being called Fless, lol)

    You could twist these so that they're a bit more unique:

    Bird: Silvo
    Pig: Escova
    Cow: Fless

    If you want them simpler for younger people:

    Bird: Silver
    Pig: Esco
    Cow: Flora

    IF the cow is a boy, then call it .... actually just tell us the gender, lol.
     

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