| 07-18-2004, 08:11 AM | #1 |
Well, the name is temporary. If anyone has a good idea after reading this I'd be up for hearing it, I know Ceo's RPG is kind of lame. I just decided to write this up while I wait for a question I have to be answered about dialogs (just saying dialog makes me angry). Anyway, here's what I have so far: Features Features -Type: Closedish-Open RPG -Multiple maps to play the game on for Bnet -Will allow up to 10 players in one game -Max Level: 150 -Dozens of classes and multiple storylines to follow -Hundreds of USEFUL items/spells, and a new item/spell system -Save your hero with a text password -Extremely difficult epics requiring a full room of powerful characters to complete -Trying to keep map size down, so far I've only imported some trees and the hero glow model. Gameplay You begin the game in a cramped up walled city as a citizen ready for adventure. In order to become a basic class you must find a House to join. This House will allow you to advanced through classes and learn spells/abilities. You can also choose a job. Each job has a different storyline for you to follow, but you don't have to do it or even pick a job. There will be multiple jobs to pick from, and each will have different storylines to follow. Your class will not affect what job you can pick, so there can be assassin paladins and what not. You'll just have to be loyal about it! From here you can take missions from people throughout the city, follow the storyline, or just go kill stuff/explore. The main point of the game is that a new religion has sprung up gaining members rapidly, and you, a member of the old religion, fear they are going to cause something bad is going to happen. (I could use names for the new and old religions if you have any suggestions). Maps Each map is named after the default city you start in for that map. Each map will have content for all levels. Although Grenville is more based towards lower levels, Akkantor middles and Coppingham highs, you can theoretically get to level 150 on only one map (however it would take too long). Grenville: It will include a large city, a foresty area surrounding the city, and leading into a mountainous region and a hilly darker forest, also including two other small villages. In this map the region is just hearing about the newly created region and hold it to be highly suspicious. The starting city is beginning to fill up because the once peaceful surrounding area has strangely started to become very dangerous. Akkantor: It will include a medium sized city and continue the dark hill forest, which is even worse. The mountainous region also continues to here, and also a jungly area starts on the opposite side of the mountains. Here A larger number people are converting to the new religion, but it is still not very widespread. There are a couple villages here, including a new religion one. Coppingham: A large city, a very mountainous region surrounds the city. Beyond the mountains there is a dungeon and a forest. Only one other city on this map. Here the religion is at its strongest. People who don't follow it are being hunted down and hung for heresy. Stores are closed down if they do not offer whatever the high officials of the new religion want for low prices. Things are getting to a boiling point between the resistance movement and the new religion, and it seems the new religion is nearly ready to spring their most powerful weapon. Houses I decided to go a different route than last time. Instead of each house basing themselves on one type of combat (fighting, magic, etc.). Now each house will base themselves on one elemant, and each element is best at a certain thing. You'll see... House of Water: This house is the most feared. Classes here are known for their ruthless and deadly attacks. They base themselves around a strong, yet wreckless and enraged offense. Because of this the Good Gods look down on them slightly. Bonuses +Offense +Speed Weaknesses -Healing House of Fire: This house focuses on the arts of magic crafting and summoning creatures. They are focused on magic and therefore lack in pure combat and agility. Bonuses +Magic +Summoning Weaknesses -Defense -Speed House of Mist: The least is known about this house because they specialize themselves in hidden attacks. They depend on their strength being concealment and illusions, so they are known for having a very weak defense once found. However, that doesn't make finding them any easier. Bonuses +Stealth +Mind Tricks +Sneak Attacks Weaknesses -Defense House of Earth: This house is very noble. They believe in lawful fighting and hate the House of the Mist. They base themselves on an extremely strong defense and waiting for the right time to attack. They also believe in mercy and forgiveness, but this doesn't mean they can't kill. Because of their mercy the Good Gods favor them (If you didn't catch the mysterious hint, they also have good healing powers). Bonuses +Defense +Healing/Buffs Weaknesses -Offense House of the Mind: This house is obsessed with the sciences. They are very good at mind tricks and defeating their enemies through trickery and weakening them. Because of this they spend less time on pure strength and pay for it. Don't let them catch you far away or you'll have a hard time defeating them. Bonuses +Mind Tricks +Debuffs Weaknesses -healing -offense House of Death: The House of Death practices the dark arts and because of this is the most mistrusted House. They are often found, lurking around cemetaries, although they most to steer clear of raising the dead, they have developed the ability to speak with them. Bonuses +Beyond the grave: Allows the person to get special quests from the dead that other players cannot. +Ranged offense +summoning weaknesses -hurt by healing spells -defense -lessened movement during the day? Jobs Jobs will be your main storyline. You can only pick one job for your guy. They will give you what are called Epics, which are like missions, but a lot longer and with much higher rewards which progress your storyline. Each storyline is unique, and you don't have to be any certain class to become any job. Ranger: Protecter of the little guy, mutilator of beasts, insanely hawt. This job will require you to begin protecting the local area of villians and monsters. Assassin: If you become an assassin you'll do whatever it takes to do whatever your boss tells you to get the reward. Anything from killing highly gaurded figures to stealing priceless artifacts you're up to it. Paladin: Become a low ranking member of the new religion's combat forces. You fight evil and all who stand in the way of the religion (anyone who commits such an act is evil). Druid: Become a low ranking member of the old religion's combat forces. You fight against the ways of the new religion and are trying to get the public to find out about their dark plans. Any other job ideas would be appreciated, although I already have my hands full making 4 full storylines. Date Every game will have a random Month, Week, Day, and time of day (which moves in real time, 1 game second = 1 real second). This means each time you play you can only get some of the quests, cities, monsters, paths, items, etc. Quests There will be two types of quests in the game. The first and lesser of the two are missions. These will be simple one step things that you get from city people and the like. Go kill a certain boss, kill a certain amount of these, deliver this message, survive in the arena for x time. Stuff like that. Rewards and time to complete will be much smaller than epics, and they can be repeated. I'm also thinking about making them partially randomly generated, as in the NPCs give you the same quests but they are slightly different each time. Things like changing the place you have to deliver to, changing the boss you have to kill, changing the amount or type of creatures you have to kill, etc. The second are epics. These are a group of missions which must be completed in order once you recieve your job. They will be much longer than missions and each will require many steps, increasing in difficulty and length as you go along. These quests will require groups to complete them and a large amount of time. However, the text password will store what epic you are on and the rewards are extremely large for completing them. Plus they're fun! Class/Spell System Each of the houses will have certain classes you can be at any given level. You have to buy the training to become a class, and certain classes cost more than others. Each class then has certain spells/abilities that you can learn. if you learn an ability it is added to your spell list. You then can have any 4 abilities from your spell list on your hero at any given point. The password system will save your current class, your current spells and their levels. You get spells by buying them from your House or finding them from quests and monsters. I'm probably in way over my head in this, however I've always found teams to be more trouble than they're worth and I want to atleast get some of it done before I go through that route. Time for some images! These are all of Grenville as that's all I've completed so far. Like I mentioned earlier it's supposed to have a really cramped feel as people are moving inside the walls of the city. The circles of power signal somewhere you can enter (The six Houses, Inn, Weaponsmith, or Armory so far).     Looking at it now the terrain is pretty weak, but in my defense this is the first time I'm using the map editor in a good 3 monthes and I've never been great at terrain. I guess what I really have going for this map (assuming I finish it as planned) are the large amount of quests and spell system. Oh yes, about the camera! I still havn't decided what to do with it yet, right now I just set it to 2000 distance from the ground rather than the normal 1650. I might make it third person, but that would mean having to put a lot more detail into the terrain. Ahh, decisions! |
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Another screeny! The terrainer I got fucking rocks:  |
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