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rpgdemon · 04-28-2012, 12:06 PM

You actually bring up a good point, unintentionally (Well, the thing about the portfolio is a good one too): The platform really depends on the game. I mean, there are some things that just don't work with Flash. No one wants to sit down and play a flash-based RPG, for example. Something like Tactics Arena (http://www.tacticsarena.com/) works great in Flash though. Downloadable games have a wider variety of things that work.

So, I've got a few ideas, and I figure I should outline them, and people can make arguments for the platform, and design of the game.

The first is actually a game similar to Tactics Arena, but with greater variety, and greater customizability. If you play a few rounds of Tactics Arena, you'll notice it gets stale as there's no real variance in the game play, except for how you place your units. I want to fix that.

The second is an idea that I got after reading someone comment on Homestuck, when they got the Gab Badge, or whatever, "Of course it's not a game where you get the ability to talk at the top levels. That would be stupid." Well, call me stupid, because I think there's something to be had with an idea like that, where the player gains what we think to be basic tenants of gameplay, as skills when they level up.

The third is a weird sort of idea that's been half-formed and kicking around in my head. It's a game that I've only got the ambiance really designed for, I know it'll be a side scroller, and it'll be about a reporter, and it'll be black and white, with flat colors or a newsprint texture, but not much more about it.

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04-28-2012, 12:06 PM	#10
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	You actually bring up a good point, unintentionally (Well, the thing about the portfolio is a good one too): The platform really depends on the game. I mean, there are some things that just don't work with Flash. No one wants to sit down and play a flash-based RPG, for example. Something like Tactics Arena (http://www.tacticsarena.com/) works great in Flash though. Downloadable games have a wider variety of things that work. So, I've got a few ideas, and I figure I should outline them, and people can make arguments for the platform, and design of the game. The first is actually a game similar to Tactics Arena, but with greater variety, and greater customizability. If you play a few rounds of Tactics Arena, you'll notice it gets stale as there's no real variance in the game play, except for how you place your units. I want to fix that. The second is an idea that I got after reading someone comment on Homestuck, when they got the Gab Badge, or whatever, "Of course it's not a game where you get the ability to talk at the top levels. That would be stupid." Well, call me stupid, because I think there's something to be had with an idea like that, where the player gains what we think to be basic tenants of gameplay, as skills when they level up. The third is a weird sort of idea that's been half-formed and kicking around in my head. It's a game that I've only got the ambiance really designed for, I know it'll be a side scroller, and it'll be about a reporter, and it'll be black and white, with flat colors or a newsprint texture, but not much more about it. Click for images __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.