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Post by LoonyLadle on Sept 23, 2018 4:53:17 GMT
I am thinking of making a game, but am uncertain which of two competing concepts I should develop further. Please vote in the poll, or ask questions if you need to know more.
Modern Magical Girls with Fusemons! In this low-level campaign, you are ordinary people who have been visited by a magical familiar -- your starter -- to help protect the world from some kind of menace. In this campaign, pokemon do not evolve; instead, you fuse pokemon using an arrangement based on a hybrid of Persona 3's persona fusion and Pokemon Colloseum's Purify Chamber. Potentially you might be able to fuse pokemon into items to create alchemical equipment, or even into yourself to gain bonus class features.
Wilderness Survivalists with Base Defense! In this high-level campaign, you are highly capable engineers who, through a contrived circumstance, have been stranded in the wilderness with little expectation of rescue. You must build a survivor's camp and defend it from hostile pokemon, reinforcing it with tricks and traps you've found or crafted from the resources in your surroundings. In between you must learn more about this land you've found yourself in and find a way to make it back to civilization.
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Post by Lockdown on Sept 23, 2018 6:28:14 GMT
Lulu, was the third "option" really necessary? I'd like to think we're a pretty welcoming bunch.
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Post by rekmond on Sept 23, 2018 6:31:03 GMT
Love me some good defense gameplay. Don't get to do it often enough, and rarely with such an interesting setup.
Hope to be seeing this soon.
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Post by nadodan on Sept 23, 2018 12:59:57 GMT
Lulu, was the third "option" really necessary? I'd like to think we're a pretty welcoming bunch. It's probably just a joke, and a way to defuse tension about putting their idea up. Both ideas sound like they could be fun, but everyone feels a bit of trepidation about putting their ideas up on the board, so sometimes a little self-depreciation is to vent that trepidation.
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Post by Kadeem on Sept 23, 2018 19:12:57 GMT
Lulu, was the third "option" really necessary? I'd like to think we're a pretty welcoming bunch. It's probably just a joke, and a way to defuse tension about putting their idea up. Both ideas sound like they could be fun, but everyone feels a bit of trepidation about putting their ideas up on the board, so sometimes a little self-depreciation is to vent that trepidation. That's just how she is, self-deprecation is her humour. It wasn't serious.
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Post by LoonyLadle on Sept 24, 2018 2:11:23 GMT
Self-depreciation is basically the only reason anyone puts up with my stupid opinions, so I'ma depreciate myself until I start to resemble Flash.
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Post by Lessah on Sept 25, 2018 11:12:07 GMT
Base defence sounds fun, but the sheer nostalgia of Sailor Moon airing right before Pokémon over here compels me to vote for the magical girl inspired thing.
Best of luck with whichever concept you end up running : )
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Post by rekmond on Oct 2, 2018 15:04:49 GMT
So is there a poll deadline or minimum quota or something?
Curious how it is going to shape up...and how soon.
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Post by LoonyLadle on Oct 4, 2018 6:29:35 GMT
I don't make promises, I don't set dates, and I don't quote numbers if I can help it. I've had to go back on so many of those in the past and felt like such a failure for doing so that now I just do things as they come. That said, I see a clear preference here, so the choice is obvious. Maybe I'll have character creation up "soon." Or maybe I'll dally around for three months until I know I've got it right. Who can say? Not I!
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Post by LoonyLadle on Dec 29, 2018 15:29:01 GMT
Well, it's been almost three months and I am once again thinking about the game!
One of the problems I see with the wilderness survival game is that gathering raw resources for base construction in "realtime" (that is, full roleplay detail) can get really cumbersome really quickly. It is mostly this problem that has kept me from putting up any serious preliminary recruitment threads. I think I have a solution now and would like your opinions on it. Here's how I envision it:
Every day will be divided into a Morning, Evening, and Night phase. Each phase, each player describes where they are foraging and how. Different phases offer different pokemon and resources. You won't be able to forage during the Night phase without light, which means it will mostly be an opportunity to catch up on crafting and base repair. Different equipment that you can find or craft can improve or alter the results of foraging (such as a torch that allows foraging at night, at the risk of being seen and attacked).
Occasionally, there will be an Opportunity. Opportunities are optional chances to enter full roleplay mode, explore a site of interest, obtain useful gear, battle dangerous opponents, and advance the plot. An Opportunity requires all players to participate, and will consume (at minimum) both the Morning and Evening phase. Opportunities may disappear if they are put off for too long.
Occasionally, there will be a Base Invasion. These deadly events, usually during the Night phase, will require you to use your base's defenses to the utmost to survive. Failing to forage and fortify your base sufficiently will result in pokemon casualties and, potentially, player death.
How does that sound?
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Post by Kadeem on Dec 29, 2018 16:05:45 GMT
I think this is perfect!
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Post by rekmond on Dec 29, 2018 16:40:02 GMT
Seems good to me. Can't wait for the chance to mess with it. I starve for fun games.
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