I'm making a shitty RPG about Steem! Do you want to be a NPC? Details Inside!
There are two things that I love. That is an immediate lie. There are three things that I love. The first is gaming. The second is writing. The third is comedy. All of these things have one thing in common. They tell a story. I want to use this post to tell a story about the story I'm going to tell.
To whet your appetite, here's your first ever, world exclusive to Steem screenshot!
I've got a plot written, and I'll share that of the first area, which I'll be continuing to work on this weekend.
Area 1
The desert of the real.
After getting your brief introduction from our nameless NPC in the starting area, you enter the barren world of the real desert. This area represents making your very first introduction post.
With a low Reputation (level), you must fight off an army of Introduction Bots, and collect enough Robot Corpse SMTs (Items) to advance to the next level.
The Engine
This game will be made with RPG Maker VX Ace, for reasons:
- I don't know how to use any game engine, and don't want to get bogged down with learning complex scripting, advanced 3D modelling, and other such things.
- The Story Telling is what matters.
- It will be easy to import handmade 2D sprite art
- It will be able to run on almost any Windows Machine!
The RPG Mechanics
- HP = Hit Points
- VP = Voting Power. This is used to unleash special attacks.
- WP = Witness Power. This invokes powerful attacks from the witnesses.
- SMTs = These are your in-game Items (think potions, revives, etc)
- Unique Class System! Featuring (so far:)
- Content Creator (Player Character)
- Curator (Buffs the Team)
- Steemvanglist (Helps people get involved, heals)
- Bot (Does the same action repeatedly, attacks multiple foes)
- Cardmaster (for all the SteemMonster types!)
How do I get involved?
This is a thing I'm doing in my spare time. If you want to encourage my continued work on this particular project, please upvote or resteem this post. If you upvote, and leave a comment, you'll be included in the game as a NPC. Let me know what you want to say to the player (as absurd as it might be) - or if you want to be a quest giver at some point in the title.
I have a few community members in mind for satire / parody, and this game will feature in-jokes galore around the block chain.
If you want to appear as a boss too, let me know. :)
Remember, I am but one person doing this!
Depending on how much interest is gathered; this might be a more urgent project, or something I put on the back burner. Depending on levels of interest, I might even stream development live. :)
See you all in the Isles of Steem, soon!
Coming: When its Done.
Wooohooo!!! Love the vision so far and definitely would like to be an NPC ~ dont know what ill do though. Thoughts?
I'll figure something out for you :)
A bear in the woods!
At least you know it is shit lol great work! :)
That's the whole point of it being a parody. :)
its not shit. better than forknife for sure!
I'm trying really hard to avoid anything on steem that could get me re-addicted to gaming, but I would totally play the hell out of this XP I hope I can get it to run on wine when you're done XD
Can I be a NPC that gives the player a pet upgoat that follows them around? Or be the pet upgoat XD (purely cosmetic unless you feel adventurous)
Yes! Love the idea, but I don't know if I can implement "pets" in the game!
Can the upgoat be a murderous traitor who instead turns out to be an enemy? The potential is endless. Once I figure out how to import custom assets, will I have permission / support to get an upgoat in the right visual format for the game?
Thanks for your interest!
I've seen RPG Maker games with NPCs that follow the PC around so if a specific "pet" thing is too hard it could just have whatever follower script the party NPCs have?
Upgoats are upvotes, but as VP can also be used for flagging it's totally possible for it to turn into a downgoat XD
You can use my upgoat if you want or I can make you one for the game. And a downgoat too if you want to go that route XD
That looks great! I'll figure something out as I learn more about the mechanics! :D
Such a rad idea!!! I have no clue about gaming but would love to be involved 😁 maybe I can be a clueless airbrained space-cadet newbie....who of course goes on to dominate.... bahaha 👊
I can definitely include you as a non-playable character! :) Give me a few lines that you would want your character to say!
I’m so excited! I have no point of reference...what’s something that a character would say? Maybe I can give an encouraging comment to everyone who comes to me 😎 hehe or people can come to me for Henna. Or maybe I can upvote people who show a random act of kindness! I think I need a yellow coat.
Ohhh I want to be an NPC too. Can my line be: "Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven" , not sure how you insert that line though but I really love that line ha ha
Like it!
Cg
Can I be the guy handing out beers which only serve the purpose to make your character burp in the game?
Yes you can! You'll be in the first pub in the game, in the first city, which is likely to be Adelaide!
Awesome! Oh and can I be a total wanker and only offer people finely crafted ales from small batch brews?
Only if they are all IPAs - also your NPC gets a man bun
Lol... I support the man bun.
Whoo, I would love to be an NPC.
Do you have that on a transparency?
I'm ready to play! :)
I'm streaming at the moment if you want to drop by and say hi, I can play through what I've done so far!
https://dlive.io/livestream/holoz0r/10a165d1-ae62-11e8-83b7-0242ac110003
Wonderful! Personally, I'm a fan of turn-based strategy, but I salute all new initiatives on the Steem Blockchain! Success, and keep up updated!
I play a lot of strategy games myself, in the turn based realm, XCOM is something that dominates a lot of my time. I've streamed a few campaigns of XCOM 2: War of the Chosen across dlive, even!
The game will be limited by its engine choice, which means that there won't be much in the way of "tactics" (I want to make it simple enough for everyone to play) - but I plan on having some harder areas where you have to think to be able to not be completely annihilated.
Does a kid love candy? I want in!
You're already a character!