Recruiting for 1st Real RPG in GM

Posted by kafeithekeaton on June 23, 2008, 11:43 p.m.

All right, kiddos, it's that time. I'm working on an RPG, as you may all know, and I ocassionally update.

This RPG I am working on is known as Dual Dreams.

Dual Dreams takes place in a world on the edge: a world where there are two opposed continents. There is one continent that has the idea of freedom; they are subjugated to the other continent but want to be free because the King is an evil one who seeks self gain above all else. The other is that of the King; the mainland. They are neutral to the king; he is just a leader to whom they pay taxes. He does not enrange his homeland as such would be suicide.

This state of the world has led to a group opposed to the king to sprout up in the city of Erosion; the heart of the subjugated continent. This group is slowly gaining steam and getting political and militaristic power. Chase Norman, a boy of 17 at the time, joined in this rebellion. He was proud to be a soldier ready to fight for his homeland. However, a few years later, there are leadership changes. This leadership change has brought forth a girl to the head of the army, a girl roughly Chase's age. She has a vendetta against men and specifically Chase. Chase, knowing what was best for him, left the resistance.

So, Chase stayed in Erosion for a bit and later left it abruptly for undisclosed reasons. He wondered southward into Istok, where he would meet the mercenary that would turn his life around.

Features

-This is the first Full-Fledged RPG in Game Maker

-Realtime Battle System

-Intriguing Story With Surprising Plot Twists

-AI Tactics Control. You can tell your AI what you want them to do, and they'll do it.

-Skill and Magic System

-Giant Sidequests

-Twelve Possible Endings

Positions

Here's what I need and what you can do:

Dungeon & General Area Design

You basically design dungeons, towns, houses, ect. When you have them drawn out, you then put them together in the game. This involves tiling, placing NPCs, placing blocks, and calculating warps.

Tiling and Object Drawing

Basically, you draw tiles and common objects found anywhere. Like, bookshelves, balls, hat racks, anything you'd find in a house or whever.

NPC and Character Drawing

You basically design NPCs and the characters on the overworld, and then you sprite them.

Background Artist

Make beautiful backgrounds to fight in.

Magic and Skill Design

Come up with magical attacks and special moves for the characters and enemies to use.

Enemy and Boss Design

What do enemies look like and how do they act? How do bosses act? What skills do they have?

Sound Effects

Find sounds to fit situations.

Dialogue Artist

This is the actual characters speaking. I'll probably either do the mainframe of the speaking or give you the general idea. These guys just criticise it, add comedy, and make it generally better.

Character Artists

You draw or sprite the character art.

Polish Agents

Basically, these are the guys that make everything shine. If there is anything in the game that looks rough or unappealing, they say "Hey, let's make it look better!" and add the graphic, special effect, or sound effect to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Now, this requires skills at image manipulation software. You will need to draw backgrounds for menus and the like.

If you are interested, tell me. Further, please sign up on GMClans and post:

http://www.gmclans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=7306&st=0

And then tell me what you want to do.

Anything helps. And, I mean anything. If you're willing to do anything I don't have to do, I'll have you. So, who wants to help? Credit will be given.

There will also be a demo within a month.

Comments

Distortion 15 years, 11 months ago

You need sound effects only or do you want music as well. Coz I might want to make some music for you. PM me if you are interested.

PY 15 years, 11 months ago

Don't be like this.

It's all well and good to say I want to make the first GM RPG, but it's a pretty hard goal. Don't shoot for it, work really hard on the engine, and see if you can still do it.

Also, get someone who can write to do your story and text. No, not me, I'm only good at general ideas <___< Rubbish writer. And spriter. And programmer <____<

Jaakko 15 years, 11 months ago

Meteor Mash is a Pokémon attack >_>

mesenberg 15 years, 11 months ago

great idea! I wish you luck…

I believe other rpgs have been successfully made in gamemaker before..

kafeithekeaton 15 years, 11 months ago

@Wiredbomb0

Thanks!

@Nighthawk

Don't. Right now, you're working on an MMORPG. It's a bit different. MMORPGs are a lot more… rewarding… as you work through. You get people that come in and play the game in early stages, even before the engine is done. In short, people will flock to you because your game connects using someone else's engine. A normal RPG, though, will be many many dry months if not years. Yeah, it's not fun. >.<

@Distortion

I'm open to music. If you're good at music, feel free to join ship. However, right now i'm using ripped music. I plan to use ripped music. However, if you can replace it, all the better.

@PY

Yeah, I know all that. That's essentially my position on GM RPGs. In, I sometimes have discouraged people from starting them. However, let me say this: I'm probably the most experienced classical RPG-wise with Game Maker than anyone else. And, I don't say that lightly. I've founded my own team(Epic Productions) to make an RPG before(collasped) and I was on the RAiN team for a bit. I've worked on RPGs ever since I started Game Maker, which was about five or six years ago. Right now, I've seen the impossible load that they are and know that they're basically impossible.

Knowing that, I'm not just running into a group of people and saying ZOMG RPG. I've got basically the entire engine set up(All I need to do is change a few lines of codes, drop them in the battle menu, and program a shop menu; I can do all that in a couple of hours); all I need to do is plug things in. I could do this RPG by myself if I wanted to, but I'm going to college and want a social life. I also know that it will be better if people help me.

But, I'll make sure I get a good writer. :D But be assured, I know what I'm doing. :P

@Jaakko

Ahck. It is. I erased all pokemon memory after Gold version. Um… I'll change the name… maybe. Stupid pokemon.

@Mesenberg

Anything full length? The only thing remotely close is Ark 22, which Spherog claims is an RPG but it's not.

Shork 15 years, 11 months ago

I can be a polish agent. I always wanted to go to poland.

Nighthawk 15 years, 11 months ago

Quote:
I can be a polish agent. I always wanted to go to poland.

XD

Requiem 15 years, 11 months ago

What. The. Fuck?

You're making a serious game? When did THIS happen?

Distortion 15 years, 11 months ago

Quote: Shork
I can be a polish agent. I always wanted to go to poland.
Lame!

PS, had I sent you a reply about the music yet. I can't remember wether I did.

kafeithekeaton 15 years, 10 months ago

@Shork

Well, we are lacking on our Polish espionage. XD

@JakeX

Since about four years ago.

@Distortion

You did. Sorry, I was out of town for two days. I had to register for college. Anyway, I've sent a response.