The Current Verdict Aug. 28th, 2008

The name of the game is still TBA!
Let's get cracking on that one, people!

Overall theme, TBA!
Probably better to start with than the name...

Current races
So far, it looks like we will have humans. As well as angels and demons (In moderation).

Other
Fictional continents. No names, yet... All of which will have different cultures.
Elements will have large influence on abilities, as well as "alignment/karma".
Story arcs possible
?Possible PVP/war system?
More quests than you can memorize
Teleportation will be possible

?Might need revisions?
The list of classes
Level cap

What sort of audience are we targeting? And by that I mean, is the game going to involve a lot of monster killing or will there be alternatives (such as those in Runescape, for example)? Like, most of my friends are girls and when I want them to play an MMORPG with me, it doesn't appeal to them in the way Family Guy, Bebo and shopping do. So I'm wondering: just hardcore gamers, or a wider audience?

I would say a much wider audience. If you have any ideas on activities other than hack & slash, please feel free to post them.

Anything we can do to improve, we will at least try to do.

:O Hello all!

The ideas are pretty much very interesting. One question, what Genre would this MMORPG be? >__<;; I know it's fantasy, but is there like another sub-genre? Also, can I help in the art department? @_@ I would love to help!

But of course you can join.

About the genre, it might not be totally fantasy. Since we're going to... attempt at appealing to a larger audience, we might include... time travel or something. I don't know.

Sub-genre? There is no stinking sub-genre! Or at least, we'll just be trying to implement everything we can. So we could call the sub-genre... the u(umlaut)ber genre.

I'm voting for fantasy. Not sci-fi kinda stuff but more medieval-y. But the thing is, it's just that: fantasy. Which means anything pretty much goes.

Aye, anything. I said, "not totally fantasy" because some people around my school get mad when I say fantasy instead of sci-fi.

I know, huh?

If were voting on Sci-fi vs general Fantasy i would go with Sci-fi. General Fantasy is basically every mmo while Sci-fi is only present in a number of them. If you want the game to stand out it has to have things that most others do not have, features that make it different from other games. That's why i suggested a strong story that corresponds with each quest and action within the game. Players shouldn't be leveling and running around talking even though that is ridiculously fun and most of an mmo. They should also be striving for the games ultimate goal ya know? I mean if the game is about a dark lord taking over the world ( corny example go along with it) then don't you think the players should be leveling and meeting people so that way they can confront this evil? These are things we should be thinking about and getting a solid picture in our heads about. I have opted to do the story myself but i would need the ideas of the group if there are any, and a solid map of what the world looks like. It helps me to picture exactly the guidelines of the story and more importantly the setting.

Well, I think I said it here, but what about a Fantasy + Sci Fi? (Time travel is a wonderful thing.) We could have both.

And isn't the goal in an MMO to either prove that your faction is better than another or to hit the level limit with all the characters you can?

*glances to the left and right before running off to do more research*

I really like the idea of a fantasy and a sci-fi. I dont know whether thats been done before...completely different, and possible if we try hard enough.

Once we've decided on the theme/genre, we can move onto the next point! Once we finished all the points, we can do a new topic, verify what we've decided, look at what we havent!! *Is so excited*, I love it when it plans out well!!

Ah, actually that does sound... Well I don't know how it sounds. But I love it It's such a neat idea. I adore fantasy but aliens and space and all that sci-fi stuff is so cool >w< Haha I say we go for it.

Ok seriously i see fantasy as sci-fi just in a different time period. most fantasy stories are done in worlds that are somewhat lower in technology then us or there infleunced by a different type of technology that isn't existent in the real world. AKA story like Lord of the Rings and such mmo's as Diablo. Sci-fi deals with more futuristic technology aka the world is more advanced then the real life world making things similar but different then real life. Basically when u pick one or the other ur doing a time period. Do you want ur game to have lots of Futuristic plots and weapons and things like Sci-fi or do u want it to be medievil and mythical with swords and sheilds and such. Which ever is fine I'm just saying that Sci-fi for a fact is less commonly used. You don't want to make a game similar to alot of games and try and add features to it to just make it another game with a few extra functions. People won't pay attention to games like that. they'll just call it a " ripoff" or a " cop out" of the game urs is closest related too. They may very well happen with it even with Sci-fi but taking into account that there is so much more that isn't in mmo's that could be utilized in a sci-fi mmo the possibility are much greater and theres a much higher chance of finding players willing to try it out.

Well, as far as I know, there isn't an MMO out there with both fantasy and sci-fi.

As for the difference between them, in fantasy, you're allowed to break the rules of physics, etc.

You literally CANNOT have a sci-fi if it breaks any rules of real life. They did, after all, think of a formula for phasers. Right now, we actually have them, just at a far lower power, but we have them.

Sci-fi doesnt need to break the rules of life. Its at a time way into the future, which means we can change the concept of technology. We can introduce fictional weapons with devastating damage, maybe even a black market for alien goods and alien pets. Think about Doctor Who (if you watch it), it has things in it that completely dont work in real life, yet they manage it.

Renown0 wrote:Well, as far as I know, there isn't an MMO out there with both fantasy and sci-fi.

As for the difference between them, in fantasy, you're allowed to break the rules of physics, etc.

You literally CANNOT have a sci-fi if it breaks any rules of real life. They did, after all, think of a formula for phasers. Right now, we actually have them, just at a far lower power, but we have them.

Yeah seriously Sci-fi is just fantasy in the future enough said o.o. The technological advances don't have to even match up to modern day they just have to be more advanced. That's what makes a book sci-fi not the planets and the other worlds. Just that the technology is higher then what we have now. You can break the rules of physics in either sci-fi or fantasy like i said before there only time periods and have a few guidelines to be considered fantasy or just plain old fiction. Honestly if a game is sci-fi it is already fantasy so there isn't a way to exactly do both. If you had a time machine that would be advanced tech that we dont' have today making it sci-fi. Even if you go to a world in a medievil time period it's still sci-fi because thats where the story takes roots. For example if anyone has played the game Assassins Creed (im about to spoil it but it's an awesome example) through out the majority (80%) of the game you run around as a medievil assassin, but the game isn't fantasy. It falls under sci fi because the main chr and the actual story per say takes place thousands of years in the future from being the assassin. Your playing a medevil assassin but ur only reliving the memmories of your ancestors so it's basically like going in time which falls under tech we dont' have yet so its sci-fi. If you don't believe me you dont' have to take my word go look it up. I've been writing for a good amount of years now and Fantasy and Sci-fi are the topics i write all the time, so go look up the traits of each of them.