Richard's Animorphs Forum
Animorphs Section => Animorphs Forum Classic => Topic started by: Animorphsjake on August 09, 2008, 02:39:18 PM
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In case no one knows what MMORPG is, it is a Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game
I think its about time there should be an Animorphs MMORPG!!!!
If anyone thinks this idea will suceed, and you want to help, just say so. It will cost money to kepe the servers up, getting the desighns, but I think I can pay for everything!
Here are some of the jobs needed:
1.designer with one of these software sranging from Blender, Photoshop, 3DSMax, Visual Studio, Sony Vegas etc. to make the designs (in 3d)
2..texturing
3. programmer
4.sound recorder
5. image editor
Or I could manage to download RPG maker, and make a cheesey 3d game that'll get an average 60 players! Whichever you guys want to do, I could even scratch the prodject
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Historically I try to avoid MMORPGs...but I think I'd make an exception for the Animorphs. I'd even be willing to pay a reasonable amount.
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Historically I try to avoid MMORPGs...but I think I'd make an exception for the Animorphs. I'd even be willing to pay a reasonable amount.
Im going to make it free
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Even better.
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I don't care what style of game it is, as long as I have access to it and it's better than the ANimorphs game that was released on the Gameboy Colour... :mad34: :explode: :barf: :fighting0071:
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I don't care what style of game it is, as long as I have access to it and it's better than the ANimorphs game that was released on the Gameboy Colour... :mad34: :explode: :barf: :fighting0071:
I HATED THAT ONE!!! I decided not to return it though, think its gonna be worth some big $ someday.
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I'm a pretty good texturer, though I currently don't have any 3D software to work with, so someone else would have to do the UV mapping and such.
But yeah, if you give me a UV map, I can make textures.
Though I probably wouldn't be able to play the game unless the programmer is nice and makes it available for Mac (OS 10.4!), too.
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It takes A LOT of work to make and maintain an MMORPG, but if you're really serious about this then all I can say is good luck. If you somehow are able to get a decent looking and working game then I would be happy to donate some money to the cause.
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I'd diffinitly play it. Keep us all in the loop.
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I would play it for sure. Don't have enough money to really donate though.
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I dont need any donated money, thanks though. I've got all my life savings (7,345 plus my friend loves animorphs also and he is a designer and programmer.
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Well, it would be awesome if you could pull it off. I would definitely be interested in playing.
Personally I don't think there's enough interest in Animorphs at this point in time to make an MMORPG really successful (in terms of making enough money to offset the costs of keeping it up), but who knows? If word spreads, people will probably be interested in the idea and want to play. :)
I would love to help with something like this, I was just remembering how there was a thread about Animorphs RPG at the old RAF. But I'm no good with programming and such...
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I would love to play a game like this..
Here is kind of how I see it..
You can be one of 3 races.
Human- limited strenth, but able to unlock morphing power and different morphs through completion of quests.
Hork-Bajir- much more strength, and some special skills, but no morphing ability. They fight other hork-bajir but these are the free ones.
Andalite- ability to morph, however there is a limited number of animals it can acquire. Most effective in Andalite form anyhow.
Dracon weapons are not able to be used by human players, only npc's.
It is a very basic quest-type game. You do quests and level up, you level up skills such as morphing and fighting. You are on your own at first, but can form "guilds" of animorphs to help fight the yeerks. I am basing much of this off WoW, but this is just my ideas of how it could work.
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If you make it, I'd be glad to try it ^_^ But I can't help, except in being a beta-tester.
Only 3 races? So sad! I'd like to be a Yeerk ;)
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The humans should be able to use Guns and swords. And add Taxxons and Yeerks.
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swords? O_o
But yes, add Taxxon and Yeerks... something about Animorphs without any Yeerk? no way!
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They are good for close combat with Hork-bajir. Read my Fan fic and you'll see what I mean.
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Why not throw in some Light Sabres while you're at it? ::)
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what genra are you aiming for? because swords are pretty much a must have in Cyberpunk.
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I mean, I guess I could see adding taxxons and yeerks, but for one thing, the gameplay would be very lacking. You'd have to return somewhere every 3 days as a yeerk, and gametime goes by much faster. Where's the logistics there? Plus, you'd have to wait in a yeerk pool to infest someone anyhow, so you wouldn't really be a yeerk, right? You'd be whatever race you infest.
And as a taxxon, I mean, they are really useless, unless they come with an ability to create several other, swarming taxxons around them at any time. Because just about ANYTHING can kill a taxxon.
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would creating more taxxons really be better? if there are more taxxons, you're dead if you bleed.
taxxons are pretty fast swimmers and good diggers.
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About Yeerk, you're right ^_^ I just wanted to say that maybe you should let people choose if they wanna be with Yeerks or with Andalites or with Animorphs. Kind of "angel or devil" thing, as you can see in some MMORPG (Dofus for example). I think it's quite good to make it like in Dofus: you can show that you're a angler or a devil, and fight against the others, but you also can hide it if you want... for example if you aren't enough strong or doing other things and don't wanna fight against other players everytime.
About Taxxons, if you don't wanna make them playable (does this word exist? ^_^'), just add them as monsters who attack the no-Yeerks or everybody who is hurt. It would be fun ;)
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I don't think you necessarily understand how monumentally difficult and expensive making an MMO is.
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Make Taxxons not as someone you can be, but someone that is there. Oh, and Swords are really effective when Hork-bajir get too close for dracon beams. read my Fanfic and you'll know what I mean.
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You could have Yeerks as a playable character and when they level up they could change species. I don't think it would make sense to make them go to a Yeerk Pool every three days, but they could start out as a Gedd and upgrade to Taxxon, Hork-Bajir, human, etc. as they reach certain levels.
Or you could just be "Yeerk-aligned".
Still, how realistic is getting this project to work? MMO's are incredibly complicated and costly, not just to make, but also to maintain. I would totally play one if it existed and probably even donate to it. I just don't want to get my hopes up!
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i want to help
but two big major problem
1.parents
2im broke
sorry
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Being broke has nothing to do with it. All he can do is ask for donations, but it'd be illegal for him to charge an actual fee.
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I don't think it'd be illegal, but he'd have to do a lot of extra paperwork if he was actually charging for the game and wanted to do it legally.
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No, it is illegal to charge money for it, unless he has permission from Schoolastic. You're not allowed to make money off someone else's copyright, without their permission. Trust me, I'm a published author, I know how these things work.
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Maybe he doesn't have to use any real names....?
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As long as the likeliness is similar enough, he can still be sued for charging money. And if he changes everything from the names, to the species names, to the species themselves, then what's the point of making an Animorphs game, if it has nothing to do with Animorphs?
Look, I support this idea 100%. All I'm saying is he cannot charge money for it, because that would be illegal.
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Well. That's ok then. He just needs people to help him fund the project right? That is perfectly legal is it not? He doesn't have to "charge", but if other "investors" want to go in on it with him, they are allowed.
I say do it, and if you need help paying, ask around. I'm sure some of us loyal fans would be willing to contribute. I know I would.
And it isn't like it has to be the quality of World of Warcraft. Just something plain and simple. To get the point across at first. Heck, maybe some rich people can help support it and the next thing you know it hits big. Then he can try to get the license and start charging. Lol.
I'm a wishful thinker.
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Oh yeah, Donations are allowed, cause when ti comes down to it, if he does get in trouble, he can say the donations are for anything at all. To pay for a top brand of kitty litter or something, lol. He just can't charge a fee, is all.
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Isn't it just a dream we're doing together? ;)
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I think it should be more like this.
Once you download it,make an account,etc., it brings you to a cutscene where you are alone in a construction site and elfangor comes and all of that other stuff happens. Then, you can go to The Gardens and aquire morphs by clicking on the animal then selecting "aquire". Then you can morph it by selecting it from your 'Morph Menu'. Then you go and find the "people" who are just computer-controlled and then you give them the morphing power. But, one wrong move, and you're infested!
What happens when your infested-
You can't use any actions. It eventually brings you to a very difficult minigame where you have to push certain keys on your keyboard to regain control for just a minute to tell someone to lock you up for 3 days. But, that causes the person to automatically be part of your Animorphs group. Once you get up to 4 people in your Animorphs group, you can start raiding Yeerk Pools, crashing Sharing meetings, etc.
Controls:
As human:
Up arrow key-go forwards
Down Arrow key- go backwards
Left arrow key- go left
Right arrow key- go right
In Bird morph:
Down arrow key- hold down to flap/gain altitude/kill speed to come in for landing.
Up arrow key- soar (in air). go forwards (on ground).
left arrow key- go left
right arrow key- go right
Hope you like my idea!
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This would be amazing. I think a lot of the missions could be stealth based. Skulking around, and waiting for the moment to strike. Strategy would seem key as well, to me at least. Like if you wanted to capture a squirrel because its msall and fast you could chase it around or spend a little money on a rodent trap.
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I note that this thread is many many years old, so I dunno if it's dead in the water.
THAT SAID, if people wanna play Animorphs characters, it is an option at a MUSH I played on many years ago. It's called "Multiverse Crisis MUSH." A MUSH is a text game, like a MUD but less combaty, more role-play...'y? Anyway, theme there is some crazy crap happened and now lots of universe came together. I know some people don't like that kind of game, but it's a place where you could play, like... Jake or Visser 3 or what-have-you if you so desired.
Just direct a Telnet client to telnet://eddie.rpg-works.net:5001
MUSHclient is the client I use, and it's free. Well, the client I USED. I don't play these games much anymore. No time. Anyway, thought maybe someone could have fun with it, so I'd throw it in there.
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MMO!MMO!MMO IS NEEDED!!!