Author's Note
Before you start reading, This is my first story EVER. I have never written anything before this so I will accept any criticism you have to offer. And with that, let's start the story. Italics are thoughts, underlined words are in writing.
Wanna make a video game?
The Sweetiemash game: Chapter 1
Wanna make a video game?
“Hey Sweetie Belle!” a certain brown colt said as he runs up to her. “What’s up Button?” He seems pretty excited.
“I found out something awesome! Quick question, would you be interested in making a video game?” she stared at him for a moment.
”Maybe? It sounds fun, but I don’t know the first thing about it.”
“It should be pretty easy actually, we just need to come up with a storyline, some characters, and enemies! Then we can start! You might even get your cutie-” Sweetie Belle cut him off.
“REALLY?! OKAY!!! LETS DO IT!”
"Wha-?" Sweetie Belle then proceeded to drag the young colt. Then she stopped and started to think.
"Wait, I should probably get Scootaloo and Apple bloom in on this. They would get pretty mad if I did this without them." And with that, Sweetie Belle turned, and started to run as fast as she could to the crusaders clubhouse... And forgot she had Button in tow, causing him to now literally be dragged across town. On his face.
A Little Later...
"OW!" Button cried out as Sweetie belle pulled the last twig from his tangled mane. The colt was all scratched up and he had a black eye, as well as a few bumps on his head.
“Sorry about that Button. you okay?"
"Yeah, but did you have to pull so hard?" he replied.
Sweetie belle tied a bandage on one of his arms with her magic. "I didn't mean to! I just got a LITTLE overeager."her ears flopped down on her head. "Sorry."
"It's okay, I know you didn't do it on purpose. you know, I never realized how many rocks are on the paths through Ponyville. MAN that rock was big!"
Sweetie Belle seemed to shrink as he said that and let out the tiniest squeak.
"HEY SWEETIE BELLE!" a voice yelled out. both foals turned towards where the sound was coming from. its source was none other than...
"SCOOTALOO! WAIT UP!" shouted Apple Bloom. both fillies were going as fast as they could to the clubhouse. They both skidded to a stop in front of them... only to slip at the last second and fall into a pile on top of each other.
"So, what did you want to talk about Sweetie Belle?" groaned Scootaloo.
"Button suggested an amazing crusading idea! We could get our cutie marks in making videogames!" both fillies gave blank stares for a second, then their eyes lit up "AWESOME!" they said simultaneously.
"I know right!? Even if we don't get our cutie marks, we'll still have tons of fun!"
Apple bloom paused. "Wait, how do we even make a video game?"
"Well, we need to come up with a storyline, some characters, and some enemies. Then we can start to make the game!" said Button cheerfully.
"Okay, doesn't sound too hard."
"All that's left after that is the coding!"
"Uh, Button? Do you know HOW to code?" said Sweetie Belle.
"Um... Not really. But my dad can teach us!"
"That sounds like it will be hard. And boring. Besides, none of us have done this before, so what makes you think it will be easy to learn?" said Scootaloo.
Sweetie Belle smiled. "Oh come on! how hard could it be?"
Button thought for a minute, then said: “Actually, my brother probably knows how to do it.”
“REALLY?!” The others shouted in surprise.
“Yeah! He makes mods for games often. At some point he got sick of games not having certain things in them, so he decided to learn how to put them in himself. Now it’s his hobby. But he goes overboard sometimes. I still have nightmares from when he made a mod to mimic greasy pizza’s.”everyone shuddered. “Anyway, I’ll ask my parents!”
And with that he ran off towards his house.
“Do you think we should go with him?” Sweetie Belle asked.
...
“NAHHHHH!” Scootaloo replied.
Author's Note
My chapters are going to be small for a while until I get the hang of it, but they should be enjoyable all the same. Also, I know nothing about making video games, so don't judge me too harshly if I make a few errors in this.
why me?!
"But why do I have to do it?" Gibson whined. Chip and Love Tap looked at each other and then gave Gibson an accusatory glare. "What? Is there something on my face?" They both increased their glare. "Wait, is this because of that thing that happened last week?"
flashback
"HAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS SO MUCH FUN!" Gibson shouted. He was currently in the middle of placing TNT in Button's house on minecraft. with Button stuck in bedrock outside.
"NOOOOOOOOOO! PLEASE DON'T! ALL MY STUFF IS IN THERE!" cried Button.
end flashback
"So I griefed him a little, what's the harm in that? It's a VIDEOGAME." said Gibson
"It took us HOURS to get him to stop crying after that!" said Love Tap. "Not to mention we had to go through the trouble of griefing your house after, and-"
"YOU DID WHAT?!?!?!?!?!" Gibson shouted, and started shaking her.
“WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!?!?! IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO MAKE IT!”
He suddenly stopped when he came to a realization, and his eyes shrunk to pinpricks. He spoke nervously. “h-hey, y-you didn’t blow up my bunker too... did you?”
Love Tap, who was still dizzy from his sudden shaking, couldn’t respond, so chip chimed in.
“Are you talking about that... creepy room in bedrock?” Gibson tensed up. “Because yeah, we destroyed that. Also, Gibson? How and why did you code that in the game?”
Gibson didn’t reply, for he had already turned to stone a while ago. Love Tap, who had finally recovered, walked over and tapped him. Gibson rattled for a second, then toppled over.“... I think he broke.”
Chip tapped his chin for a moment, then thought of something brilliant!
“Hey Gibson, is that a hot girl over there?”
Gibson immediately sprang up and started looking around. ...weeell, more like flailing his head around in an attempt to search the whole room. “HOT GIRL!? WHERE? WHERE? WHERE ARE THE BABES? WHERE DID THEY-” he suddenly noticed that they were trying to hold in snickering. “Oh, REAL Funny. Ha ha, so you want me to help the kid make a game right? One problem. Unless we can find someone who can make music for it, and model the characters, that game won’t get made.”
Love Tap thought about this for a moment. “Chip, you know how to make character models, right?” Chip nodded. “And I don’t think it would be that hard to find someone who can make music.”
Love Tap started staring at Gibson.
“...What?” Gibson started looking confused.
Love Tap hoofpalmed. “Sweetie, you’re in a band.”
Gibson suddenly looked down. “Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention. Crash and Wave are out of town, something about a gig in Appaloosa. They won’t be back for a couple weeks.”
“Oh... well there’s probably still someone else in town who can play!”
Button suddenly came in. “Hey mom! So if I can find someone to make some music, we can make a video game?”
Gibson replied. “Sure squirt! It might be fun to make a full game instead of a mod! So I’m in!”
“Alright! Then I’ll get Sweetie Belle and her friends to help! Bye!” And with that, he bolted off... and a crash was heard!
“...... I’m okay!”