Afar ~ 1,000 Players

[Venetia]

The top players list is a placeholder, when the demo is released it'll hopefully be real.

Venetia is just a joke, hence all the other names there (it reads as a sentence).

YES I AM THE WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER OF ALL GAMES INCLUDING ONE'S I HAVEN"T PLAYED YETLOL

No but this looks pretty neat, Wyatt. You're doing a nice job with all of it. I can only imagine how much work goes into making an online game, and how different that is from just making a regular, linear game.

 

[Ellie]

It's hellishly late but seeing as three people posted I'll reply.

This looks great Wyatt. Im not a ORPG person myself, but ill be glad to buy an account or something to support this whenever its fully done.

You gave loads of money to RMXP.org, you can have one for free if it ever gets sold.

Also on a side note I've always wanted to comment in this thread so I could keep up to date on it but I never really had anything important to say :D

Hey, any bump's a good bump

YES I AM THE WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER OF ALL GAMES INCLUDING ONE'S I HAVEN"T PLAYED YETLOL

Indeed.

No but this looks pretty neat, Wyatt. You're doing a nice job with all of it. I can only imagine how much work goes into making an online game, and how different that is from just making a regular, linear game.

Thanks I'm trying my best. I've never tried a linear game since... pre Netplay+ though, so I wouldn't know. My linear games sucked ass badly, like... "Chronicles of Afar"...

 

[Martinez]

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[Nickster]

Wyatt,  do you have a ballpark date for your release? This looks amazing; I'll definetly be buying an account when it comes out.

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[seven]

I just thought of something. How could thousands of players fight the same boss, do the same quests, go through the same dialouges, etc.?
That doesn't really make sense. :l

 

[Necrile]

I just thought of something. How could thousands of players fight the same boss, do the same quests, go through the same dialouges, etc.?
That doesn't really make sense. :l

Welcome to MMORPGs. Don't put too much thought behind it, it will just make your head asplode.

 

[Nickster]

I just thought of something. How could thousands of players fight the same boss, do the same quests, go through the same dialouges, etc.?
That doesn't really make sense. :l

kinda like a party in any non-online RPG. it just happenes that its real-time and the party members happen to be different people on different computers. and there are never thousands fighting at once. Wyatts game probably wont attract the millions of players mainstream MMO's do. and even in mainstream ones theres never that many fighting one boss at once. besides, youd only get like 5 exp from that. = lame

 

[Axerax]

I just thought of something. How could thousands of players fight the same boss, do the same quests, go through the same dialouges, etc.?
That doesn't really make sense. :l

Man, that's gotta be gold if I've seen it. All MMORPG's are based on this concept. The main point behind MMORPG's is not really all about the gameplay, but player interactivity, you and over 5 friends could play together and such on the same game at the same time, or play alone, as well, others have done stuff before and you could simply ask someone for help ONLINE without having to check a walkthrough every time you need help.

I personally love the concepts behind them, they get drama just like a forum, or even real life, however you can also choose to ignore it. In most games, parties are limited to 5, however some games allow "raid" style parties of 10 or more people usually limited at 40-50, to take down "epic" bosses for some of the best loot in the game, as opposed to the 1-5 exp you get after killing it. As well they can be used for extremely long "epic" quests too, just adds more depth to the game without ruining it, cause some people may not WANT to have the best stuff, while others hunt it down like a wolf, you keep casual and hardcore players alike happy!

 

[Nickster]

you keep casual and hardcore players alike happy!

unless they like storyline driven games with character developement. then your screwed. XD

 

[Ellie]

Hi, sorry I've been away, holiday and all.

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Thanks, I love people who love this thread

I just thought of something. How could thousands of players fight the same boss, do the same quests, go through the same dialouges, etc.?
That doesn't really make sense. :l

Same as any offline RPG.

Player interactivity is something I seriously need to think about and I appreciate any ideas or suggestions.

At current my thoughts are:

Already Implemented
- Chat
- Trading (items, gold)
- Seeing other players (minor, but obviously actually seeing other players is better than games like Adventure Quest)

Going to Implement
- vPvP
A concept I came up with where you enter the ID number of another player, and it spawns an enemy with their stats, equipment, and looks. You fight a virtual form of their character.

- PvP
Player versus player combat; you fight other players in real time. vPvP is a backup to this because well, if there's nobody online, there's no-one to fight, eh?

- TvT
Team versus team. Speaks for itself really.

- Leaderboards
Leaderboards for skills and combat levels. Some people hate 'em, some people love 'em. It's there for the people that love 'em.

- Cooperative Battles
Several people, or teams, fighting one boss, or many bosses/enemies, at once.

- Cooperative Wars
Single player-ish, but everyone's kills are tallied up and cool stuff happens when goals or targets are met.

 

[superkboom]

Man, since you mentioned Adventure Quest, the creators actually created a "vpvp" type of system in Dragon Fable/Battleon I think?  If you ever get the chance to drop by their, I'd say that would be something good to take a good gander at but definately would be a great addition to the game. Same as everyone else, can't wait till it comes out; keep up the good work!

 

[Ellie]

Thanks, I'll have a look at that.

(Man, brings back memories, I haven't played that game in years)

 

[Necrile]

Have you thought about instanced dungeons for parties yet? That what kept me addicted to wow for an incredibly long time.

 

[Ellie]

By instanced, you mean a new version of the map for each party, right? If so, it's something I'd like to do, but I'm not sure how I'd do it.

The best thing I could think of is rather than instanced dungeons, having instanced enemies. For example, everyone is in the same map but you only see your version of the enemy, shared between your party.

I may crush you, and a part of me hope I will.

DON'T try to make an online rmxp game. Far better group of people than you with advanced knowledge of Ruby and RMXP have tried to do it and none have succeeded as of yet.

Just make a normal offline game with rmxp, you'll save yourself a lot of trouble. Now, I know you think you are special, that you will be able to do it, and that it's not that complicated. Well, you're not, you won't and it is.

EDIT: While I'm at it, locking this.

If I hear one more person say this I'm gonna scream. That's it, I'm getting this released ASAP.

I'm going to work on it, I may be some time. I'll be back soon, don't worry, if you haven't heard from me... tell my wife and kids I love them :'(

 

[Martinez]

Dont listen to those kind of people, there just jelous because they cant think of original ideas and plots to their game. Let alone making an online one XD  What a loser.


    WTF  IS THIS?




"Thanks for that. I just love those people who attack me for posting questions and criticism.  -krop"


What a loser...

Kindly refrain from circlejerking, please. ~ Atemu

 

[Plubyblop]

This is looking great.

I'm working on an MMO myself in RMXP (of course I'm not nearly as far as you), and it's really encouraging to see someone pulling this off.  It's definitely not something you see very often.

Good luck with this.

 

[Chalupa]

I just realized that I'm never going to be able to play this.  :down:

 

[Ellie]

Why not?

 

[serrated_colon]

because he's an attention seeking cunt who will now be ostracized by this community(me)

also i want to see this game released btw, what are the specs of your server?

 

[Martinez]

Hey Wyatt,  I never thought of this but.  Say a person completes a dungeon, and at the bottom there is a chest with something inside for a reward. The guy takes the reward and his buddy that did the dungeon with him tryes but theres nothing left?  Would this happen or am i just dumb?