TacTiles Tactical Strategy TCG

[Vlad Shadeu]

I've kinda wanted to get a project going ever since i came back because me without a project seems wrong.
So i may not be the best at Game Maker (I'm lucky to know Drag n' Drop) but i really think that this should be done in it and will be really fun to make.
What i'm proposing is something LIKE triple triad BUT with more tactical elements and some chess mixed in there.
Basically,  instead of the normal 3x3 grid, we extend outward to like 7x7. You start with one card on the board, which is your Emporer. Each turn, you gain 3 mana to your mana pool. You may move your Emporer like a rook, left/right/up/down. His skill ratings are five all around. If the emporer is turned or out of characters the game is over. He may use mana to summon in a new character. This character moves like the emporer does, like a rook. Whenever a piece hits another piece, Triple Triad battle comes into play. The elements would be present, along with some other powers, some i've already thought of include:

Push: Whenever a character finishes its move, it may move all ally characters one space away from it. This allows the opportunity to turn to all characters moved.
Turncoat: The first time this character may be turned, it is not.
Agitate: If this character hits an enemy of the opposite element, it gains +1 on that side
Strength in Numbers: For each ally touching this character of the same elemnt, it gains +1 on all sides.

So, what do you think? (By the way, if anyone wants to help on this, i dont think i could pull this off without it)

[Vlad Shadeu]

Okay, if i can't get you to bite with words, lets see if i can get you to bite with some screenshots i put together.

The Blank Board.


The Open, Two Emporers appear on the edges of the board


The Mesh. After Awhile, some players hit the board and do some dueling.


The Siege. Ain't much time left for our poor pal the blue emporer.


Notes:
These shots are still missing the power and element markings, these are still just dummy shots to show you what everything will look like.
Wario is by Frario, I dont know where the rest are from but i got them all at the spriters resource. These aren't official but i'm still sorry i can't get my credits straight

[Moosetroop11]

Looks interesting. If you changed it enough from the original FF card game you could probably change the name as well, and have it as your own thing. Would every card have a 'cost' value and then you'd choose from your cards in your menu to select about 10 different ones that you'd be able to play? So you'd select your best cheap one and your favourite expensive one hoping that you'd Be able too play it?

Also, I suggest having a square in the middle which gives the controller 1 extra mana per turn. That'd be hotly contested.

[Vlad Shadeu]

Yeah, the idea is a mana cost for each card, so the bigger, badder ones are tougher to get out there.
Yeah, the "TRIPLE TRIAD BLAST!" thing is just a placeholder sprite, like 60% of the objects in that shot.
The boards will vary, some wont always be 7x7, some wont allow movement into certain squares, etc. to add more diversity to the strategy aspect.

The problem is, i could create this game only if i had a at least one coder (preferably more like i said, i'm still over at Game Making code level of "Amatuer" and its pretty amazing i managed to assemble the dummy shot.), one or two idea consultants, and a couple spriters, assets which i lack. If i got a couple people hooked on the idea of helping me out i would gladly start a project thread and get to work on this.

[zuhane]

Ooofft! Nice!

[Vlad Shadeu]

Ooofft! Nice!

I dont get it. Anyone here speak Zuhane?

[Vlad Shadeu]

The Anatomy of the NEW Card
(This just goes over new card features, numbers not included)
1. Level number. this also doubles as cost.
2. Element. Gallock's is Air, i just dont' have the sprite yet
3. Power. Gallock has Agitate, which allows him +1 when combatting an Earth Type.
4. Name. Right on the card. sometimes shortened for space.
5. Background. This was on the trip triads, but this time the backgrounds vary. and there might be four colors.



Does anyone think these cards are a bit squished, or do you think they'll do? I have to do quite a bit of repair work on my mock up engine if they're squished.

[Vlad Shadeu]

How exactly do you propose i do that? its drawing text, not sprites. I tried having a Black copy of the text beneath it but i can't get the draw coordinates correct. I think i'll just do a shadow. I'll edit it into this post when i'm done with it.

[Vlad Shadeu]

What i'm going to do is turn the individual numbers into sprites. I have to have it go as a draw function because the characters stats are variable. I got it handled.

[fruckert]

This sounds a bit interesting...
It'd be a lot easier if you have an experienced coder with you, because it seems like you're going to need to do a lot of variable tweaking.
Sorry that I can't help with it.

[Vlad Shadeu]

This sounds a bit interesting...
It'd be a lot easier if you have an experienced coder with you, because it seems like you're going to need to do a lot of variable tweaking.
Sorry that I can't help with it.

Apology Accepted. Are there any other GMers on Charas?

[Vlad Shadeu]

Hey, does anyone have an idea for a better name?

[X_marks_the_ed]

Apology Accepted. Are there any other GMers on Charas?

*slowly raises hand.*

[Dragonium]

Gods I love Triple Triad. Best game-within-a-game that I know of.

You ought to use Shuffle or Boogie as the background music for effect. Maybe I could try and make a remix-type-thing for you. If you want.

Also, I moved this to Games, because I'm helpful and totally an active moderator.

[Vlad Shadeu]

Gods I love Triple Triad. Best game-within-a-game that I know of.

You ought to use Shuffle or Boogie as the background music for effect. Maybe I could try and make a remix-type-thing for you. If you want.

Also, I moved this to Games, because I'm helpful and totally an active moderator.

Well, i certainly want a Triple Triad fanatic for consulting on the idea. You in?

*slowly raises hand.*

Well, i certainly need another GMer to help with.... whatever your good with. You in?