Castle Paradox

[xaero]

Im making a new game thats currently called "Oblivion" but im not too sure about the name.

the game switches between these 3 characters stories which eventually all meet up at one point in the game,

Melian's story: (not the same crappy graphics for him as S.O.D) a student in college on a small island, you have to do some training then there is a final exam that you must pass to graduate and go to the academy to train to be a great warrior in the city of Falador.

Xaero's story: You dont really get to know much about this character at the start of the game but he is constantly attacked by servants of the Demon Lord.

?????'s story(still thinking of a name for him): You are the War Captain of the city of Falador, at the story the prophert tells you about the Demon Lord reviving the god of evil who was defeated 10 years ago, he doesn't listen to the Kings orders and sets off in rage to kill the demon lord himself unaware of danger he is really going to face.


This game will have

7+ heros( some are secret)
an original battle system to the OHR
10 mini games, aswell as the main mini game Nedar racing ( it like the game when you are a car and the objects come down at you and you have to dodge them but with better graphics and abilities you can use to dodge certain objects)
Over 300 attacks avalible to heros
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[MultiColoredWizard]

Try to 'foundate' your game on a gameplay idea, so it's more fun.
I see you siad something about 10 mini games.. which is good, as mini games are always interesting, and the original battle system. Good. story board is for the plot, here is for gameplay ideas. Tell us about the minigames, hombre.

[Aethereal]

It sounds okay, the only thing I don't like about the idea is the unoriginality of it (Suikoden III, Wild ARMs). Original battle systems are always nice, though, if you can pull it off. Go for it. Just make sure the finished product comes out good.
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[xaero]

Okay some of the mini games are:

1: You are in a row boat and you have to make you way past sharks and through a maze of rocks and debree and the contrals are all different so up goes backwards, down goes forward, left faces left(not moves) and right faces right

2: Slot machine game

3: Warriors training coarse, you have to make it down this obstacle coarse while fighting off feinds and get rewards depending on your time you get

and some other mini-games are still under development so ill post them up later
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[Catfish]

Yo Xaero, what the hell is a "Nedar" is it that rhino thing you was talking about? And ho ho ho, in your credits you better put the game idea for "Nedar Racing" My idea!

And....What can I say? Do you want me to be your professional (Hey I cant spell either!) spell checker?
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[xaero]

you didn't come up with it i had already, you just remined me that i was doing it when you said
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[LeRoy_Leo]

Oh, how great minds think alike. Don't argue about it.

Story:Well, the God of Evil sure seems popular. And who could go wrong with demons? I can't. And the motive of the demon lord isn't exactly declaired yet, is it?

Characters: As far as characters go, I think the island trained one is the most developed sounding (the most interesting). The guy who just gets attacked and the guy who gets mad for no appearent reason so that he dissobeys orders and attacks the demon lord head on is also undeveloped.
Ask yourself why does he do it exactly? Is it because he doesn't like the king?

Game Play: Some of the mini game ideas are cool, although none are really original (good luck thinking of an original one). Closest thing to original I've seen is the obstical course thing (I am not sure where that's been done before, so meh).

Overall, this sounds interesting. You named one of the main characters after your self, but then again every one does that ( I think ).
You story has remarkable similarity to mine. And mine has almost remarkable similarity to some others, so it's all good.
("First come, first serve")
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[DemocraticAnarchist]

Just a small point.

While its all fine and dandy that you have 10 minigames plannned already, prehaps you should focus more on the actual game, instead of the minigames, which should be close to the last things implemented, along with music and updating graphics.

Also, you say that you will have 7 playable heroes. Thats a nice toutch etc, but will they have large parts of the plot different, and are their battle fighting styles all clearly different? If not, you are wasting your time. Unless your game is really fantastically good (FFH good), then it is unlikely anyone will replay it, and certainly not if there is no difference to the game wxcept in character appearance. My suggestion qould be to implement classes or skins for your main man. Im afraid Xaero and ?????'s stories sound rather weak and unoriginal, althhough Merlins sounds promising.

Another thing. 300 attacks? Are you insane? Have you any idea how long it would take to come up with 300 separate attacks, each of them looking alright and none of them copying the other? Ridiculously long, thats how long. I'd suggest halving that figure (at least.)

The custom battle system would be a nice touch, but for god of evil's sake, make sure you know what you are at. A bad battle system will render a game tedious, although if oyu pull it off it will make it much more interesting.

I dont want to rain on your parade too much, and ive tried to criticise constructively, by providing alternatives to certain things. Anyways, good luck!
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[xaero]

Okay the reason about Xaero's storie is a bit hazyand is attacked constantly is because its something you find out about him deeper in the game

in ????'s story he they King and his councillors are told by a profit of the story and he does not want the Death god to be revived after he had seen the damage he had caused to his people the previous time.

300 attacks was a typo it should be about 200 which is not madly impossible to make becasue i've already done about 100 with graphics though some have same pics but different pallete

and you say the Nedar racing idea is unoriginal but i haven't seen it before could you tell me what game it is on so i can make it different
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[DemocraticAnarchist]

Im not dissing the stories of ????? and xaero, im saying they are very typical final fantasy ish unoriginal rpg material, in comparison to the other character whose story i thought sounded ok (And it had a unique bit of gameplay-the academy thing)

Please tell me where i said 300/200 attacks is impossible. Im saying that it is unnessecary to have that many unless they all complement each other and are useful. No point having half of your attacks good, then the other half useless filler material to beef up your games resume.

[xaero]

DemocraticAnarchist i wasn't talking about what you said for nedar racing being unoriginal Leroyleo said that, and i was just posting more about the heros on the board because i didn't say that much in the 1st post
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[MultiColoredWizard]

I completely disagree with making graphics before music. I can't make anything decent without a set mood by music(Just look at the NPCs in DHXT, for example. Except Hunter. Praise Kraid's Hideout..).

[xaero]

I make graphics before music because bams don't go on our computer
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[MultiColoredWizard]

Jam up some midis, yo.

Or I could hook you up with my castlevania music.

[xaero]

do you have any sites to get a midi composer?
I've got some music that my mate composed though
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