So i've joined a project at clapter.com to provide the graphics and coding support for the upcoming rpg game at rpg.clapter.com
The team as of now consists of 4 members, we started to brainstorm about the content/story of the game yesterday and Andrew made a post yesterday with the details about the game that you can read below. For those that are interested in the progress of the game i'll keep you updated and post here regulary with my contributions. Of course they can also be found at the rpg.clapter.com site.
This is what we have so far: (July 15, 2009, 11:37:22 PM)
Ok guys. This is everything explained ( a work in progress)
First things first. I'll layout all the basic themes/styles etc right here
Name: TBD, But Im leaning towards PostedLife
Time Period- Modern Times (with some edits, of course)
Location- This depends on where you buy your place to live I guess, such as NYC, LA, Las Vegas, Paris, Venice etc.
Art style- cartoony, much like Maplestory graphics, 2D and cartoonish.
Andrew- Project Manager, Plot designer, (minor) coding
Ark- Lead Graphics Developer, Applet Developer
Phobos- Beta Tester, Plot designer
iKorp- Co-Project Manager, Concept Art Designer, Coder
I reserve the right to edit this at any time, either to add new developers, remove developers, and add/change positions to any developer on the team. I will contact the developer/developers afflicted by the change.
Aspects of the game that will be discussed. This is the main aspects/categories
I. Plot/Explanation of the RPG
II. Registration and options available during that process
III. The Shop and its categories
IV. The degrees that will be available and some jobs that will fall under each degree
VI. The housing market, the housing units that will be available, and some locations you can purchase a housing unit in
VII. Other items available for purchase.
I. Pets
II. Other items and categories of items
VIII. Boards that will be up (subject to change)
I. Gender Specific Boards
II. Age specific Boards
IX. Other comments/aspects
I. Plot/Explanation of the RPG
Ok Basics first. It is modern to some extent (read other sections) You choose the best represantation of your face. You choose your age (make it up, I dont care). You choose your job. You choose your place to live. You choose your pets. You choose your Spouse. You buy items.
More details.
I wont delve into the faces etc, because that will be in the next section.
In this RPG you will be able to choose a virtual face to represent yourself. You purchase degrees, which give you access to different jobs, which get you more money, to buy you better things. You can buy a housing unit in different places for different amounts of money. To interact with people, there are different boards set up, so you can meet people to become friends with them "date" them, or potentially marry them (in game. We need to make sure this aspect does not get out of hand) Depending on your age, you will be able to meet certain people in your age group more easily, which will hopefully increase member interaction. The personal messaging feature and IRC chat feature will also be viable means of member communication. You will also be able to discuss events that happen during the game, such as holidays, disasters, and just random things, we, the developers want to happen. There will be a store which will have a housing market, the degrees, pets, and general items that will be up for sale. You will also be able to purchase cars, from beaters, to a 2010 corvette.
II.Registration and options available during that process
During the registration process, there will be many decisions you get to make.
When you register, you will get to choose your name. This could be a proper name, a fake name, an internet alias, whatever. There will be a selection box where you will be able to select your age. This age does not have to be your actual age, because, after all, isnt this RPG made so you can do whatever you want in life? It is though, important that we stress the fact that you should not lie when choosing your gender. This would be a potential privacy violation, plus it would ruin the RPG if people found out you were lying. But since there is no way to make sure no one lies, we will never know who is lying.
Next, there will be a selection box that has at least 10 different possible faces for each gender. You will be able to choose the best representation of you, or whichever one you like best, the choice will be theirs. This picture, will show up under their username in the left hand side of posts, AND on their profile etc. After that, there will be some boxes that you can fill out including your interests, hobbies etc. This is a cool feature because it allows other members to get to know you by just glancing at your profile. You will also be able to fill out a description of yourself, that will show up in your profile. You aso must agree to the TOS that will be specially made to fit our game.
http://www.rpg.clapter.co....php?topic=12.msg61#msg61
