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Started by HOMAD Sep 22, 2009 at 4:12 AM 32 replies 6.6k views
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HOMAD
HOMAD
Hello there. Me, Nomad. I'm writing game reviews for AG.ru. I want you to create an RPG game, in way like this... User can play as wood elves, palace guardians or a villian. And if user plays as elves then elves are in wood, houses are wooden guardians and villians are ingaging. You can rob corovans... And due to elves are wood make the wood dense... You can set engine up so trees are pictures when they're far but when you come closer they turns into 3D-trees. You can buy etc., abilities are just like in Daggerfall. And enemies are 3D, too, corpses are 3D. You can jump etc. If you play as a guardian so you must listen to commander and defend palace from villian (I didn't think out his name) and spies, partisans elves, and ingage someone else (elves, villian...). And if you play as a villian... so sometimes spies or partisans are attacking elves, user is commander for himself and he can do what he likes he can order his army of his own to attack palace and will do. Totally there are 4 zones in game. I mean, there is a map and map has 4 zones: 1 - human zone (neutral), 2 - emperor's zone (where palace is), 3 - elven zone, 4 - villian zone (there is an old fort in the mountians). Also I want this game to be realistic, so let player not only to die but being hurt in his leg and if he won't be cured he will die, even if his eye would be pricked out but user can't die that way, he just won't see half of screen, or he can try to buy or find artifical limb if leg is being hurt or you will die or you will creep or you will use carriage, or in the best way of things... use artifical limb. Player can save game... P.S.: I want this game for erleven years! ;) [Edited by - HOMAD on October 24, 2009 9:49:13 PM]
Toolmaker
Toolmaker
How about no?
 
HOMAD
HOMAD
I've been thinking of this game for many years... you know, I'm just a human, just writing game reviews on Russian game site, but I don't have any idea how to create games.
joserodolfo
joserodolfo
frankly, if you dont have any idea, dont do it!
HOMAD
HOMAD
You can't understand me. You all here are professionals who has big experience and that can create any sort of games. But I can't so I need your help. I am just a noob but you need.
joserodolfo
joserodolfo
but you cant expect to contribute just with the idea, dude.

we all have a lot of them.
HOMAD
HOMAD
Ideas are hust ideas... I need realisation. I tried to say that this idea is serious several years ago, but everyone thought that I'm stupid, but I'm not. They thought that I just a stupid boy that want another people to create game... Of course, I know that they've just envy me and my ideas. You say that you all have a lotof ideas, but my one is totally formed and judt ideal at all.
sybixsus
sybixsus
It all seems perfectly reasonable to me. You have a game idea. You know it's great. You can't make it yourself. You've come to a community of game developers so that they can make your game a reality. Am I right, so far?

So how much are you going to pay them to make it for you?
HOMAD
HOMAD
Plz, do something! I can't do anything, I can only write scenario, but I need:
+Programmers
+Modellers
+Pearschicki
+Justifiers
Or this game will be just a stupid piece of text, and nobody will understand it's good!
Wan
Wan
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Plz, do something! I can't do anything

I'm afraid that attitude won't get you very far.

I don't give it much of a chance to be honest, but you can try to take your "stupid piece of text", turn it into a proper document outlining your ideas and see if you can find some people that are willing to work with you by making a post in the Help Wanted section.
HOMAD
HOMAD
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Plz, do something! I can't do anything

I'm afraid that attitude won't get you very far.

I don't give it much of a chance to be honest, but you can try to take your "stupid piece of text", turn it into a proper document outlining your ideas and see if you can find some people that are willing to work with you by making a post in the Help Wanted section.


Isn't it a proper document?
Wan
Wan
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Plz, do something! I can't do anything

I'm afraid that attitude won't get you very far.

I don't give it much of a chance to be honest, but you can try to take your "stupid piece of text", turn it into a proper document outlining your ideas and see if you can find some people that are willing to work with you by making a post in the Help Wanted section.


Isn't it a proper document?

I don't know, unless you're referring to your original post, I haven't read it.
Regardless, you're the one who called it a "stupid piece of text", I only quoted the term.
kseh
kseh
What's wrong with just text? Turn your idea into a pen and paper RPG or a card game or a board game or if you have an idea for some massive world swimming around in your head... write a book. Even if you don't have the resources to begin a career in game programming there are lots of other ways you can be creative.
Rycross
Rycross
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Ideas are hust ideas... I need realisation. I tried to say that this idea is serious several years ago, but everyone thought that I'm stupid, but I'm not. They thought that I just a stupid boy that want another people to create game... Of course, I know that they've just envy me and my ideas. You say that you all have a lotof ideas, but my one is totally formed and judt ideal at all.


So basically although we say we have ideas, you know yours is better and we should work on your idea instead of ours? Your point of view is that we're just envious of your brilliant idea. That's an arrogant point of view, and isn't going to win you many brownie points, nor encourage people to work on your project.

The reality of game design is that ideas are very nearly worthless, and are a dime-a-dozen. What matters is being able to take ideas and form it into a working, and fun, game design. Read any in-depth interview with a professional designer, and they will go over their original ideas, and the trade-offs they had to make in order to make those ideas fun.

If you really want to be the game designer in a project, then you need to show that you have a track record for managing these sorts of things. Nobody would mind if Shigeru Miyamoto posted here asking for a team to work on his game idea, but you're not likely to get many people jumping at your offer here.

My advice to you is to pick some area of game development that you'd be good at, build up that skill, flesh out a solid design document along with some preliminary work, and then try to build your team. Or alternatively, you could do what my friend did, and pick another avenue, such as writing, to express your creativity.

Concerning your design: You spend a lot of time going over the fact that everything is going to be 3d, when a summary would do. Realistic damage to your character sounds neat in theory, but the actual implementation is seldom fun to play, and often causes frustration rather than the desired emotions. You don't go over any sort of win conditions, so its hard to visualize the mechanics of your game. What makes it different from other team-based pvp games? Is your idea to have a team-based pvp RPG with ultra realism? Its not really an original idea, and it doesn't get implemented for a variety of reasons.
HOMAD
HOMAD
Is there anyone who could help me?
Tomothy_Mayhem
Tomothy_Mayhem
look, dude.

Just so you know I am not envious of "your idea" one bit. First question, how old are you? because your acting like a little school-kid.

If you want us to think of this idea seriously then make a design document, I have a game design document for my game Witch-Hunter which I've been working on since the start of the year, it has just reached 100 pages exactly.

Now if you have been working on your idea for years now then I bet you'll have no worries getting more than me. If your idea truely is "ideal and better than what we could ever create" then write it down and prove it before you go around whining like a little school-kid.
[size="3"][size="4"]- WITCH + HUNTER -
Solovus
Solovus
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Just so you know I am not envious of "your idea" one bit. First question, how old are you? because your acting like a little school-kid.


I second this. Please, be more polite and have proper grammar and spelling.

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Hello there. Me, Kirill. I want you to create 3d-action, in way like this...


Wait, what? First off you're missing the word game. Secondly... You can't just come into any random forum and ask people to make a game. Also, you've been a member for one day, in other words you joined to ask this! Sorry man, but this just doesn't work.

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Of course, I know that they've just envy me and my ideas. You say that you all have a lotof ideas, but my one is totally formed and judt ideal at all.


No we are not envious. We have our own ideas, and we are working on them. Your idea is not fully formed. You don't even have a name for the antagonist! This is a general idea and needs to be developed more.

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You all here are professionals who has big experience and that can create any sort of games. But I can't so I need your help.


First off, no we are not all professionals. I am and indie developer (in other words, its me, myself,and I) and can't create any game I want. We don't all have big experience, most of us aren't big companies. Secondly, do you really want someone to make a game for you, for free? People want to be paid. Either that or they will take your idea and sell it.

...

Okay so you want to make a game? You said that you write Russian game reviews, so I can assume you are not very good at English. Also, (frankly) you talk like you are say, 11 or 12. Nevertheless... Currently you have worthless words. Words are nothing for game development. Go learn a language like C++, C#, or even Python. Can't learn that? Go into art, or writing. Then do what Rycross said and assemble a team. That is all I can help you with for now.

Sorry if it seems that I utterly detest you, I don't. Please if you need help, ask me or anyone else. As long as you have proper grammar and spelling people should help.
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HOMAD
HOMAD
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You don't even have a name for the antagonist! This is a general idea and needs to be developed more.

I did! His name will be Sviborg.

I see. You just cant do anytsing. You all only can speak and nafing more.

So, this perfect, wonderful game won't be seen by anyone. No one will rob corovans or capture castles.
Tomothy_Mayhem
Tomothy_Mayhem
LOL!

Hey kid,

sorry about this but you are being a MASSIVE prick right now, probably get banned for saying that but its the truth.

Dude you can't expect getting help from anyone if you just insult people and say that you are better then them in everyway. Oh yeah, I read you "who are you" post and yep still as arrogant as ever "I am HOMAD, I writing reviews for AG.ru, Everyone know me" nice work at making a GOOD first impression.

This game is REALLY unoriginal I mean play Mount & Blade, thats awesome and pretty much what you want to make only good. The hole poking in the eye thing, I mean when are you going to get poked in the eye? I mean "Sviborg" walks up to you and instead of stabbing you or shooting you or whatever he decides to be a girl and poke you in the eye!

I'm sorry but I'm too busy working on my "perfect and wonderful game" to help with YOUR "perfect and wonderful game" which I am sure surpasses mine in everyway possible, I mean I always wanted a game which is exactly like Mount & Blade, where I play as elves and elves are in wood and houses are wooden guardians and villains are ingaging (SOUNDS AWESOME, especially seeing as I can't understand a word of it)

like I said write a game design document that is understandable come back and post it up, and maybe you'll get more than critizism at every single point. Go home and grow up!
[size="3"][size="4"]- WITCH + HUNTER -

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