Charas-Project
Game Creation => RPG Maker => Topic started by: Thiamor on December 10, 2010, 11:46:43 PM
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This game is in the works (I read the rules, yet if I missed over something, and as such done something wrong, I apologize in advanced) yet it isn't yet ready to be shown in any ray of light. What I wanted to do, was first let people know the actual game ideas and story being put into 'The Cyton Tournament'.
You start out, outside of this old looking cave. Little upwards is a cliff, which houses a small home. This home belongs to the owner (you, the player) of the Ultimate Tournament. Where every the strongest fighters around the world, other worlds, alternate realities and such come together to fight for a spot on your Guard. Your Guard is the best of the best of the best, whom protect anyone for the right price. You are an 8,000 year old mystic, who is reincarnated every death. You're the 18th reincarnation of the royal line of 'True Mystics'. The Tournament has been going on for 5,000 years.
The game play shall go like this:
You watch the fights. You choose who you want to win. Then you watch it, and get either gold, or you lose gold. In some cases you choose who you want to fight, and CONTROL who you chose. I'll edit this when I get more information out and ready.
Also I went back and read again... (sorry, was chaotic here when I did read the first time) and this isn't enough to post what I had did. Can this be deleted? Sorry.
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I'm not sure if it will be deleted, I mean we really want games here. I do like the concept of your game though sounds fun nothing I have seen before. Can't wait to see something.
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Also I went back and read again... (sorry, was chaotic here when I did read the first time) and this isn't enough to post what I had did. Can this be deleted? Sorry.
I'll delete it you like, but if you're getting the impression from the rules that this isn't a good enough start for a game thread, than the rules are in error and need to be updated.
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Yeah, this is fine. You can always update your first post.
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Most of the forum rules are, if I recall from what I've read, from a time where the mods were a bit power-crazy.
I wasn't here personally, but most others here were.
Anyways, about the game...
Honestly, there's not enough here for me to really be interested in it at all.
Right now, it sounds like a weird fighting game/theater thing.
Fluff it up a bit, make up some interesting gameplay quirks, characters, and whatnot.
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Oh, the game will be edited up big time. This was the general story and such for it. I'd rather not just throw out my 'ideas' as of yet, due to it isn't yet placed into the game.
Ever heard of/seen/ played the game called 'Sunset over Imdahl? Know of the Art? I'm doing the same thing. Not the exact same thing, but how the buildings and such are made and placed on it. Just trying to get hold of my friend so he can draw it up.
Also if it is okay, then I rather keep this up.
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While this is here and while I'm at it, anyone wanna help me plot out each person's background story as to why they are there? Like I'll have Chrono Trigger characters, Link, Digimon characters, pokemon characters, DBZ Characters and so on. Final Fantasy 1 through 9.
My plan is that you play as the main guy, do as I mentioned above, and then the final person you fight with and win, you play as them, learn more of their story and go through the game with them.
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I'm actually not too keen on the idea myself, sorry. People tend to play rpgs for the plot and/or the character development (personality and stats). Watching a bunch of strangers fight and making blind choices on the outcomes sounds kinda boring, as does controlling a character which you haven't helped raise. Add the fan characters you just mentioned and you don't even get to meet interesting new personalities.
That's just one opinion though, others here seem to be interested so I'm probably just not your target audience :p
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I don't want to explain why I'm doing it this way, cause it would give away the ending of the game that I've got planned, but I guess it won't hurt to say more.
The idea is to add an interactive feature to it, so it isn't just one set character that you play as. If you WIN with the one you choose, you get them. It means you have a chance of playing as...hundreds of characters. But the point of this so called 'random character thing' is more so, the guy you start out as if actually the main villain. He plans on getting all of the toughest fighters together, and the true plan is to kill them, put magic in their bodies and control them, so that he can control every world, universe, alternate reality and such with no trouble from the fighters that wish to protect it. With no free will or mind of their own, they have nothing but their power, controlled by him. But the one you win with, or WATCH win is who you play as in the end of the tournament, to try to stop him. Each reincarnation of this guy adds more power to him. I wanna adjust the time the world has been created, so that his first previous life was the first 'human' the devil created. It adds a slight 'religious' feel only in that part. Say 'God' made people, why not the Devil, too? Well he made this guy, and every new life is him, but even more powerful. I wanted to make him an all knowing super villain, that has been around since nearing the beginning of time itself. Say they have a limited life span of 120,000 years, and this is the 200th reincarnation. I wanted to imply this world has been around for a super long, long time, and each life of this person, they are trying to do a plan to take over, so their next life has an easier time taking over/ ruling.
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Okay everyone. I know what you're thinking. Don't say it.
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Not sure what you all are thinking, but if it sounds as if I'm on here, with no game, asking for help on ideas, that isn't it. I got it down, but with my many characters, figured I'd ask the community how to go about some background stories for some of them.
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It went from an ok game to, not so good. If you want an original game dont add the fan character.
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I was bordering on do it not, but went with doing due to space filler. But sure, I'll change it up.
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I sayy.... If you want to add fan characters you should do it. This is your game, you can do whatever you want with it. but just so you know, people here on charas tend to be dismissive of games with fan characters in it.
My advice, fan characters can be okay, as long as fan characters don't make up the majority of the playable characters. The story is fine, sounds like a lot to explain in a single breath. So, just keep that bit to yourself.
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dude, do whatever you want. RPG maker is a toy. Play with it.
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As people said, go with whatever feels right for you.
But just don't get too much work over your head. People tend to plan the bestest of ideas and then never having the time to fulfil their dream.
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"You are an 8,000 year old mystic, who is reincarnated every death. You're the 18th reincarnation of the royal line of 'True Mystics'. The Tournament has been going on for 5,000 years."
those numbers just sound... weird.
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I"m gonna edit it to be higher. May sound weird, but it just means they grow to be an old age, and then are reincarnated with the previous people's powers as well as their own.
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Wait wait so, your actually 3,000 years older than the tournaments. Would you be the oldest living/reincarnated (whatever) then or what?
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You're the oldest living being. If that is what you mean.
1. They all will have a set age limit in the plot. The age they all die is all the same for each reincarnation.
2. They all do something to cause some type of disaster on the planet, to kill off every living being, to make room for the next set of life. For example, there will be many bits of differing 'ancient societies' throughout the game. Each differing in term of age. This will be one main part of the game, to find out WHAT caused this great societies to fall so many years ago.
3. This last reincarnation turns on his 'gods' that created him, as in he decides to use the POWER that washes out existence, to make himself stronger, and to use the 'god' he was BORN under, to get stronger. The sign. Such as being born under the sign of the Dragon, Rat, horse, bull, and so on. Each reincarnation is born under a different god/sign. This is what keeps the reincarnation line in order. Defeat the Dragon, you stop the reincarnation line, because the line is broken.
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This is complicated.
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poor sign of the rat, better hope someone doesnt Mis-step.
Whoops... Squish.... Dang i killed an ancient blood line :(
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To be honest, Thiamor, I'd try something a little less... ambitious? We've had countless members join and say they're making
a game with hundreds of characters and then just not expand on the game whatsoever. Without trying to be negative towards your
idea, I'm sure you came up with it rather quickly. People are more excited about seeing the actual gameplay, story and atmospheric elements. On top of
that, games with hundreds of characters usually have shallow stories and no character development. I say that you stay up late, listen to a
piece of inspirational music really loud through headphones, have a caffeine drink and scribble down all your best and most genius thoughts and
creations onto a piece of paper.
I'd be more interested to see a game about an Indian guy who rides a three-legged elephant through space and has to save
exotic species of plants from going extinct or something. I don't know. What I'm saying is to try something original that's not been
thought of before. Something that RPG Maker is capable of, but not too capable. Push yourself to your limits and try and create
something interesting and engaging. We all have it in us. We just have to find it.
Best of luck to you with whatever project you go forth with!
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zuhane:Ummm.... that was more inspirational than Marten luther king and the pope stuck together.
Thiamor:I think the plots interesting and relatively simple. in a way... Ok,not so much. But its still good.
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I have two games that I'm actually working on. This and a smaller, survival game. I do to at once, so it keeps my mind from freezing up.
The other os a Zombie Survival game called 'Zombie Apocalypse'. I am doing that, due to Zombie games are growing to be a bigger hit nowadays. The map is 2000x2000. Upgraded using a patch. Each level has more zombies, a boss and the boss from the previous level. You go, find an Idol. Click it, and go to the next level. It levels you up each time, rasing your HP and speed and gives you gold. The gold can be used to buy items in the safe house. You use 4 characters, but only for HP. The Zombies, when they touch you, takes off HP. It makes it last longer, with 4 sets of HP that it has to take off from.
Also, Zu, most people who do games like this, are not like me. Story wise for each character is cake for me. I'm a writer. I write stories.
Most of these people are kids, who have no experience in writing.
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I have two games that I'm actually working on. This and a smaller, survival game. I do to at once, so it keeps my mind from freezing up.
The other os a Zombie Survival game called 'Zombie Apocalypse'. I am doing that, due to Zombie games are growing to be a bigger hit nowadays. The map is 2000x2000. Upgraded using a patch. Each level has more zombies, a boss and the boss from the previous level. You go, find an Idol. Click it, and go to the next level. It levels you up each time, rasing your HP and speed and gives you gold. The gold can be used to buy items in the safe house. You use 4 characters, but only for HP. The Zombies, when they touch you, takes off HP. It makes it last longer, with 4 sets of HP that it has to take off from.
Also, Zu, most people who do games like this, are not like me. Story wise for each character is cake for me. I'm a writer. I write stories.
Most of these people are kids, who have no experience in writing.
Boss knows best. Just speaking from experience. Lots of it!
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Also, Zu, most people who do games like this, are not like me. Story wise for each character is cake for me. I'm a writer. I write stories.
Thank god,I'm not the only writer.
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Most of these people are kids, who have no experience in writing.
Que?
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Most of which people, exactly? Charas is full of teenagers and up to be honest. Most people on here
are rather intellectual and well developed.
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I didn't mean YOU all. I meant most who try to do so much at once, and all of it is big games, are mostly kids thinking it is easier than what it really is.
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I didn't mean YOU all. I meant most who try to do so much at once, and all of it is big games, are mostly kids thinking it is easier than what it really is.
True that. Lot s of people take on huge projects and end up failing/giving up. Might be that they are naive, or lack a span of attention.