Forge: A collaborative project

[Forty]

Heeey, I recently got an epic idea. If multiple people contributed towards one game, the game would be huge. So if everybody could contribute that would be awesome.

Main Character: (your name)
A stalwart fighter, he may have been drafted into the whole hero buisness, but he enjoys it.  He has a good heart and is always willing to lend a helping hand towards others.

Storyline:
You have been chosen out of all the young men in the world to save Queen Crystal from the Abyss. The Overlord of the Abyss has captured her for himself and plans to keep her for eternity. You are too weak to fight him, but the Eldars have opened portals to alternate dimensions where you can gain power. Save the Queen from the Overlord!

I am looking for people to contribute worlds to the game. Rule for contributing are as follows.

Rules for contributing
Custom Resources are allowed, but try to stick to a fantasy setting
Each area needs to be large, and can be as many maps as nescesary
Need help thinking of a map? Ask me, I got plenty of ideas written down.
Not only can you contribute maps, but you can contribute smaller things like songs or character or scripts
Event Based Battles
Best work please
Each level needs to have 6 quests incorperated


Completed Maps (with screenies)
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Tutorial Town




The Plains of the Vedt



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Maps in progress
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Main Lobby-Forcystus
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Credits:
Your name here
Land of Shadows (resource pack)
Irock (ripped runescape music)

[Lominisio]

If you are planning on making it into an MMORPG, I could use Elysium Diamond and get the server all set up. Then whoever is going to host it can just tweak a few small things for their computer and run the server. Ta Da!

[Forty]

Can you be the server?

[Lominisio]

Sadly I can't. I originally tried to make an MMORPG for RMRK but it fell apart as I couldn't be the server.

[Forty]

mmk, will you make a world?

[Lominisio]

I'll start by getting the server and everything set up. Once that's ready and someone hosts it, people can just log in and start mapping.

[Kitten]

Im using Elysium, I sad-scripted over 15+ things. Has no-one cared about poor lil' kitten? and her single made no help MMORPG?

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Im using Elysium, I sad-scripted over 15+ things. Has no-one cared about poor lil' kitten? and her single made no help MMORPG?

I would help, but I have no skills.

[Kitten]

once I finish the page, I'll link the jobs we have many many many open to the public

[Forty]

Im using Elysium, I sad-scripted over 15+ things. Has no-one cared about poor lil' kitten? and her single made no help MMORPG?

I would help, but I have no skills.

You must be able to something, anything?

once I finish the page, I'll link the jobs we have many many many open to the public

You mean your game or mine?

[Kitten]

My game hehe, it's much like this except I started on it quite the while ago. good luck to you.

[Lominisio]

I'll start by getting the server and everything set up. Once that's ready and someone hosts it, people can just log in and start mapping.

If anyone does eventualy join me or this project we could use my server Mc'Skills and such.

By this I'm assuming I don't have to get the server ready for you to use? You're already familiar with Elysium so you could do it all yourself correct?

[Forty]

You think we could have both of our games on your website Kitten?

[Kitten]

I think we could incorperate them, out idea's are preacticaly the same, except I've done so much bloody work on mine already, but I'm happy to make you a wordpress, if you give me the info

[Forty]

Sorry, I don't speak html

So you want to put the two games together? Or just on the same site?

[Kitten]

Either, up to you.

[Forty]

I would prefer seperate, and if a bandwith issue ever arises, I could find someone else

[Leventhan]

Help from Nouman?

[Lominisio]

If you're talking about bandwith issues with the actual HOSTING of the game server, that won't really be a problem. Bandwith is never (almost never) and issue with Elysium unless you're hosting a few hundred people at the same time (which I have yet to see happen on an Elysium game).

[Forty]

Whats so terrible about Elysium?
And is there something better?

[Arwym]

Don't use Elysium...  Use XtremeWorlds.  It's proven to be better than Elysium.  Less buggy, more features, nice and active developer.  http://www.xtremeworlds.com

Another option is X-Realms by New World Dynasty.

And if you want to go advanced, use VBGore.  It uses MySQL for the database.  Most Mirage-based engines are flat-file, however.

[Forty]

I'll use xtreme worlds
Looks good. I'll update you'll on it every now and then

[Lominisio]

Whats so terrible about Elysium?

Elysium isn't normally used for large games for the main reason that it's easy to hack into. I've never heard of XtremeWorlds or X-Realms so I can't comment on those. VBGore is a rather nice way to make MMORPGs. It uses Visual Basic (hense the name VBGore) and is quite a powerful program.

Which one you should use all depends on what you're planning to do with the game. If you just want to have RMRK members using it, use Elysium as it's easy to learn and not "really" professional. If you want to go all out, use VBGore. I'm not sure about the other two mentioned but I'm assuming they're somewhere in between the two.

[Forty]

I have decided to keep it off-line, but Im going with something like Super Mario 64 or something

You know with different worlds and one main lobby

If anyone would like to contribute just ask

[Lominisio]

I will glady design a level once you get the main things figured out.

~ Main Character Sprite
~ Main Character Name
~ Main Character Personality
~ Storyline
~ Size of Levels
~ How to Beat Each Level