Rough_Nack Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Just got the idea of having a Community RPG here at the WFG Forums. DUnno if DA and Klaas can do anything like that...Do you like RPG's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Well, this would definately make our forums unique. It may not fit into our context, though. Let's have an ear at what the others think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkmaster Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Yes; in fact, I prefer RPG scenarios in RTS games more than B&D,etc. scenarios. The problem with RTS games is that once you finish them, they lose their appeal, while RTS games can be immortal if they are great (AoK:TC, for example ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 i love morrowind, but haven't RPGed on a forum before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Op Posted October 17, 2003 Report Share Posted October 17, 2003 Well, I never got into a forum RPG before so I might give this a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Any suggestions on how it could work ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Well, this idea seems to be liked by the majority of people. Let's use this thread then to discuss the "GamePlay".Well, we would need a separate forum of course and probably some more statitics in the avatar space (like Mana, Health, Strength, Vitality etc.).... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Dexertri and intelligents, race, current level but how does RPGing works on a forum? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acumen Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 I'm guessing that this would work something like a play by email RPG. The designated GM would describe the player's actions and affect all die rolls and plot development, and the players would post replies saying what their character chooses to do in that situation.If you were going to do this, it would probably be preferred to pick a well-known game system, like AD&D, so that we're all familiar with the rules and don't have to spend a long period making them up. Also keep in mind that RPGs are typically best played with small parties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUD Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Baldur's Gate II is my absolute favorite of all the story of videogames Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 Probably we could also integrate the forum's currency system with that. Like we have several groups playing a game on their own, but all worlds share one "market" where people can buy new shields, weapons etc. Alongside their in-game money they could also use their forum money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted October 19, 2003 Report Share Posted October 19, 2003 thats a realy good id you should make it form points to gold coins or something like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElfTheHunter Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Oh, it's that sort of RPG. The ones I trully love are the free for all non-technical RPGs like the old LotR one we had on the LotR Mod forums (back with Josef) or the one at Reverie Enterteinment... Less constraint, more creativity and more story telling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murchad Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Depends what kind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUD Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 You had a RPG with the old LOTR mod? Coooooool The mod is not dead though, so it might come back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 LOTR RPG? darn must be before my time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Wow, what were its rules like ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Here are two fun massive multiplayer text-only RPGs, they are about the only RPGs I actually like Kings of ChaosIn this one, you get people to click your "unique link" to give you soldiers. Neat idea!Lords of LegendThis one seems more stable than Kings of Chaos. No link-clicking either.They are both pretty similar (attack people to get gold, buy troops, buy weapons/armor, etc). It's be simply awesome if WFG had something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkAngelBGE Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Sounds very good to me, Nathan. Maybe we want to come up with some own neat ideas, though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
av_nefardec Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 I like Text-based RPGS - MUDs and MUSHes - anyone ever play those?I used to frequent "Islands of Myth" and "Elendor' (The premier Tolkien based MUSH experience) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 Yes, DA, I think that we can make something similar to KoC and LoL, but definetly add our own ideas, etc. We could integrate it with the forum too I've got a ton of ideas for a project like that I PM'ed Wijit about actually starting an official WFG project for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted October 23, 2003 Report Share Posted October 23, 2003 What all is involved? This is a text based RPG right? All that is needed is a website?But yeah its all fine with me, as long as WFG staff don't spend all their project time doing text battles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 I guess it is a text-based RPG.Basically, in the two games I mentioned above, you sign up for an account and you get a "base" (minimal defenses) and a small amount of cash. Then you train soldiers, buy weapons, attack people to steal some of their gold, and so on.If the game is designed well, you won't have to keep loading it to do "maintenance" on your army.. you should be able to leave it for a few days and come back to do a few attacks, etc. I think it would be a good thing to add to the forums, kind of like a seperate module. That way, people can find a way to spend their forum points as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wijitmaker Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 hey cool, yeah its something to deffinatly look into! BTW you mentioned 'design' of the rpg... how much designing is involved?What we should do is find someone who could program in php from our team our outside the team to make the module. I think Tim is pretty much stretched to the max right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CodeOptimist Posted October 24, 2003 Report Share Posted October 24, 2003 Well, I think that before any coding is done, the different aspects of the game should be decided on (races, units, defenses, upgrades, etc).Once the design has been settled on and written down (much like the DDs for 0AD and TLA), then someone can code it. That way, they know exactly what to code, instead of "making it up as we go along". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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