January 6, 2013 - 5:31pm — magnanimous
Say someone were to make a game similar to, for example, TEF or FH, in the fact that it's based around animals and community. What sort of animals would you like to see? Should it focus mainly on one animal, or have multiple creatures to play as? Should there be some sort of theme? Would more realism or fantasy be more interesting? What are your favorite features of similar games?
Again, this is all entirely hypothetical and probably nothing will come of it. But it's some fun thoughts to toy with!
I've included a voting system this time for each idea, every vote will be marked with a |. There is no limit on how many things you can vote on, as long as they don't clash with each other.
Ideas to discuss in the comments:
Non-chat based interaction(Body language, facial expression, etc) { | }
Non-chat interaction + chat { ||| }
Difficulty-based servers (Ranging from No challenge/Peaceful to Hardcore) { }
Realistic wing movement and flying
Fall damage { | }
Reluctance to go certain places { | }
Replacement for invisible walls (Mountains, strong tide, rough wind currents) { |||| }
NPC hunting in place of players being hunted { ||| }
Hunger/Thirst/Health system { || }
Sleep system { ||| }
Ability to play as a child { || }
Ability to go through a lifecycle, up to adulthood { || }
Singleplayer challenge modes { }
Ability to turn certain aspects of the game off { | }
Pregnancy { || }
NPC mates { }
Player mates { || }
Stamina { }
Optional wings for all creatures { | }
Singleplayer + Multiplayer options { ||| }
Fantasy and Realism servers { }
Unrealistic markings+colors { }
PvP area and/or server(For hunting/being hunted) { }
PvP options(Can be toggled on/off) { }
Status tags(OOC, AFK, etc. Can be toggled) { | }
Suggested themes:
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Suggested animals:
Dragons { | }
Gryphons { | }
Various birds { || }
Horses { ||| }
Donkeys/Mules { | }
Canine { | }
Deer { || }
Feline { | }
Hybrids? { }
Bump.
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Personally, I love a mix of
I didn't even think of flying
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Yes! Wings that moved like
I always thought that a game that took you into the mindset of an animal would be fun. One that utilized the concept of body language, what specific sounds meant, let you live their lives. The hitches I found though would be the different commands needed to do just that, and nit make it overly complicated. Oh, and a game that gives the character some form of intelligence: like they might he hesitant to go swimming, wander into a dark place, or jump off a cliff. They wouldn't outright fight the player, but they'd give just enough resistance to make you second guess the action.
Well, there is Arokai. There
If Arokai is completed...
Sun: Mm, I was thinking that
Hmm, like instead of just hitting an invisible wall, they might slow down a bit? And maybe look around warily a bit?
Inufur: Well, until I see that Feesh is working on Arokai again, I'm considering it a dead project for the most part. And this is more of a "What do you think would be fun?" kind of thread.
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Goodness, I hate invisible
YUPYUP ^ I think it would be
I think it would be really nice if there was a game that let you live out the entire life of, say, a wolf or a deer. You could pick their species and gender and such, and that could be the basis of the entire storyline. Maybe you could unlock new species as you go along? Your animal could have certain characteristics and behavior based on their species. The choices you make could immensly impact the game.
If there ever a muiltplayer like this, I wouldn't want it to be chat-based; maybe based on body movement and sound, since that's the way these animals comunicate in reality.
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I love Poppy's idea.... I
Sun: Well, for the swimming
Yeah, it kind of bothers me how in so many games, you can fall from the top of the world, and land without so much as a scratch. Especially ones that have any sort of health/combat system.
Poppy: I imagine that even in a multiplayer game, it wouldn't be too hard to add game modes, or something along those lines, to be able to play the life of a creature. I remember that Impressive Title had little minigames built into it that were separate from the multiplayer bits.
The only problem I'm having with the concept of a non-chat based game is that I wouldn't want ANY text in it other than options, and I'm having trouble with ways to identify people without blatantly ripping off pictograms. I've thought of things like tribal paint, but that's not really an 'on first sight I know who it is' kind of system. I also thought of constellations, but that's too much like pictograms.
Ems: I was thinking that there should be baby versions of each creature! Maybe have them go through a life-cycle, up until they reach adulthood. Baby, teen, young adult, adult... And each stage might affect gameplay.
Teeny Requite by Dapper.
I agree, Poppy, the chat
Even taking a mate- or multiple, since creatures actually do that- but that borderlines many many religious and other types of problems from the start. Parents might not like that idea, religious people might have a problem with that, and trollers can have a blast. We could always make the mate aspect of the game an NPC too.
I like the idea of strong wind currents and ocean currents, Mag. That would be a way to stop them from going too far, without it being an invisible wall. The idea of a lack of chat anywhere in the game is interesting, but I'm not sure how you would get around the concept of identifying someone, either. It could have both a single and multiplayer...maybe...but that doesn't do anything to help identification.
Yep! There`s only one
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Waning-Sun; superfeesh has
Food isn't an easy thing to
Whoa, really there Inufur? I don't go on the forums, so...I don't know these things. I just go by what I come to understand. It would be wonderful to see that game up and running some day.
Sun: To be fair, even games
I'm not entirely sure of an NPC mate, unless it was in single-player. I've played multiplayer games that have NPC characters for mates, and they tend to glitch rather badly. The most common one is just them disappearing for no apparent reason, leaving you juggling four+ NPC babies and not being able to keep them or yourself fed.
Plus it kind of takes some of the fun of human interaction away.
Poppy: I'm kind of contemplating the ability to turn on and off the need for food, the ability to hunt/be hunted, and such. That way, if you don't feel like doing much of anything one day, you don't have to! Or have it be related to which server you're on, one for more realism, one for more relaxing.
Inu: I know that Feesh is back, but she hasn't actually DONE anything yet, so I'm kind of wary about her continuing the project until she actually shows some progress. She's been gone for an entire year, and she only seems to be back because of the recent hacking on the forums and DA group.
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Oh that sounds like a great
True true...I've had the same
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Sun: I imagine that a good
Poppy: Haha, kind of! That gives me ideas for level of difficulty servers, rather than just realism/not servers. It'd probably be a bit of a hassle to mess with, though...
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Maybe! I do like the idea of
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Or the animal could just
While I like the idea of
I've looked into I, Predator,
Poppy: That's a pretty good
Sun: That works, too.
Jinxy: To be fair, I, Predator has a really really bad setup and system. A lot of the mechanics weren't very well thought out. Like one of the levels, you were supposed to play as a gazelle, and gather a herd while you were being hunted by a cheetah. But the other players were too busy squabbling about territories and fighting each other for herds to care about the cheetah, and everyone died most of the time. It was complex in all the wrong ways.
Also! Just for fun, could you all give me one creature you'd most like to see in a game? I want to test a couple of things...
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Gryphons. I love gryphons. Or
And really? That's hysterical and pathetic at the same time.
It would be nice to have a
Lets see... owls, wolves, deer, or dragons. I can't pick just one!
Sun: Any specific type? Or
Echo: I'm guessing you mean something where you have the option to fight/hunt, but there's more of a sense of community and not everyone fights?
And I'll choose owls out of those options. Not nearly enough owls around.
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Personally I'd like to see
Yeah, your standard eagle
Hehe, it's pretty much
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Horses are awesome, donkeys
That's a really good point.
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I agree, I'd love to run
@Mag, Well.. let's see about
@person who was talking about i predator, I played that game a lot. There were many glitches. And whenever your a cheetah the gazelles just keep ramming you. Like 20 gazelles. Which is very annoying.
I would prefer it if she
Teeny Requite by Dapper.
Aren't we sharing our
I'd love to see one that
~ C.S. Lewis
Inu: Honestly, it's not
Orin: That's what I was thinking. People might get a bit upset if their characters were hunted and killed without their consent, which is what it would eventually boil down to.
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Yeah thus the "hunt NPCs"
~ C.S. Lewis
I like the idea of a game
Maybe running a lot or doing things that require a lot of energy would deteriorate your health faster? Still very slowly, but enough so that you need more food? I like the idea of it taking a few days for you to be in danger of starving.
There could be an optional "challenge" mode where you can be hunted by other players or something, maybe.
''There could be an optional
@Mag; Sorry..?
Orin: I think an NPC deer
Rains: Running burning off energy would be fairly interesting! A challenge mode could be a good idea. I'm thinking it might be something that could be incorporated into the difficulty-based servers idea.
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Yeah that makes sense. and I
~ C.S. Lewis
'' This is not a thread to
I do like that idea of
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What do you guys think of
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Winged deer. I love owl deer
Perhaps there could be a more
But sure! I love owl deer! <3
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