Discuss Grand Project: OB MMORPG [PG]

[Aberinkula]

[quote name='Sandy']
Are you talking about what the skill does or the fact that it's named after Prem? ;P[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="Navy"]Am I supposed to be flattered or appalled? Seriously, and hey, I've become better at posting ever since the spell check came along, capeeche? :p But actually, I'd probably pick that job!

Anyways, I've been under the radar for awhile, and I must say this sounds like the best idea I've see for the time I've been on OB. I'd definitely join this without second thought. The missions sound amazing, and the job system is very unique. You should make a skill called "pseudo-intellectual" which allows the player to talk an enemy to death about idiotic ideals. I kid. >_<

I wouldn't mind assisting with the missions for the Anthology Archipelago, after all I love to post my stories there. Tis my favorite place on OB.[/COLOR]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Premonition'][COLOR="Navy"]Am I supposed to be flattered or appalled?

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I wouldn't mind assisting with the missions for the Anthology Archipelago, after all I love to post my stories there. Tis my favorite place on OB.[/COLOR][/QUOTE]

Hey, it's a really good skill. ;P It's automatic, and it makes the otherwise physically weak Occultist have at least some chances in solo-battles.

And of course you can assist with the missions, I'd be honored if you would! ;D If you do, be sure to make missions for Occultists involving the Voodoo-Priestesses.

[Aberinkula]

[quote name='Sandy']Hey, it's a really good skill. ;P It's automatic, and it makes the otherwise physically weak Occultist have at least some chances in solo-battles.

And of course you can assist with the missions, I'd be honored if you would! ;D If you do, be sure to make missions for Occultists involving the Voodoo-Priestesses.[/QUOTE]

[COLOR="Navy"]Actually, I'm really flattered. It's a great skill to have with your character. And thank you for letting me help with this, it just reeled me in like a fish, I had to help![/COLOR]

[Gavin]

[SIZE="1"]Well Sandy, I have to say, you've got me very interested in this project of yours. My one complaint is that while you've created base classes that represent each of the other categories of OB, you've somehow left out the nearest and dearest to both of us, the Arena itself. Surely we can have an Adventurer class that specialises in combat and loot-sweeping or scouting ?

If not for the fact that Bill's already created me an awesome NPC character, who from the description would likely hold knowledge of the Otakupedia with Charles (major skill book anyone ?). I'd be happy to work as a Game Master if you need one, though my skills in HTML are pretty rudimentary.[/SIZE]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Well Sandy, I have to say, you've got me very interested in this project of yours. My one complaint is that while you've created base classes that represent each of the other categories of OB, you've somehow left out the nearest and dearest to both of us, the Arena itself. Surely we can have an Adventurer class that specialises in combat and loot-sweeping or scouting ?[/size][/quote]

Hmm, somehow I thought that [I]all[/I] of the jobs would fall into that "adventurer"-category, so it would be a bit pointless to create a different job for that. Trust me, Arena isn't forgotten in this game - the whole game takes place here, so how could it ever be? ;D

[quote name='Gavin][size=1']I'd be happy to work as a Game Master if you need one, though my skills in HTML are pretty rudimentary.[/SIZE][/quote]

Yaaaay! You're the first one who has straight-out volunteered to be one! Just remember that you can play a character of your own as well, despite being a Gamemaster. Someone else will just do the battles against your character. ;D

And html? Pfft! What ever little skills you have, I don't even have those! I think we can handle everything with basic tags. ;D

... Although I wouldn't mind someone making the game some decent [B]graphics[/B]. XP

[Gavin]

[quote name='Sandy']Hmm, somehow I thought that [I]all[/I] of the jobs would fall into that "adventurer"-category, so it would be a bit pointless to create a different job for that. Trust me, Arena isn't forgotten in this game - the whole game takes place here, so how could it ever be? ;D[/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]Heh, well so long as I can get the Chewie outfit and a lightsaber I'll be happy. I might take a shot at designing a few new weapons and armours then that might give a little more Arena feel to the game, Auron's Jacket perhaps.[/SIZE]

[quote name='Sandy']Yaaaay! You're the first one who has straight-out volunteered to be one! Just remember that you can play a character of your own as well, despite being a Gamemaster. Someone else will just do the battles against your character. ;D[/QUOTE]

[SIZE="1"]Seriously ? I'd have thought your fellow staff would have been lining up to be GMs. Oh well, better luck for me. Though I'll have to figure out how to be the Keeper of Oldie Secrets as well as a player character.[/SIZE]

[Aberinkula]

[COLOR="Navy"]A great MMO has secret weapons you know? ;) maybe like a special spell book exclusive to the anthology archipelago for magic based users, or even a special magic reflecting armor? Eh, whatever right now we need more missions.

Well then here's 1 mission.

[B][U]Mission:#4 Get Me My Money![/U][/B]
[B]Location:[/B] The Creative Docks; Merchant's Sore
[B]Prerequisites[/B]: Lv1
[B]Description[/B]: Damn thieves! Always stealing form my shop instead of the other ones! I don't care anymore, but you can get back my money right? I'll give you a reward if you catch that darned thief! - Lagrame the Merchant
[B]Goal:[/B] Catch the thief and bring back Lagrame's money.
[B]Reward: [/B]Leg of Meat, 5 exp, 20 otakubucks

The leg of meat can distract monsters stronger than you thus giving you a better chance to run away. Well, it's a start. and I don't know if you want missions that any member can do, but I made one. If there are any problems just tell me Sandy.[/COLOR]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]Heh, well so long as I can get the Chewie outfit and a lightsaber I'll be happy. I might take a shot at designing a few new weapons and armours then that might give a little more Arena feel to the game, Auron's Jacket perhaps.[/SIZE][/quote]

That'd make a perfect armor for the advanced job Final Fanatic. ;D

[quote name='Gavin][SIZE="1"']Seriously ? I'd have thought your fellow staff would have been lining up to be GMs. Oh well, better luck for me. Though I'll have to figure out how to be the Keeper of Oldie Secrets as well as a player character.[/SIZE][/quote]

Oh no, you don't get to play THAT role - it's an NPC, non-player character. ;P NPCs speak through players who are talking to them. It's only your [I]cameo[/I]-role, anyway, just like "Sandy the Sage" is mine and "Raiha the Enchantress" is Raiha's.

We Gamemasters aren't in-game personas (if you don't want to consider us as gods meddling with everything, heh), but as I said, you can be a player in the game as well.

Btw, would you mind taking [B]N00b Mountain Region[/B] as your region thread when the game starts, Gavin? That would mean that you'd be the one responsible for all the battles ensuing in that thread and all the players currently residing there (which is all the Spammers and Occultists, really).

Since you're not a moderator, you'd have to create the thread yourself so you could edit the first post, as well as all the Spammer/Occultist character profiles to the upcoming Underground thread. Don't worry, I'll give you everything you need for it. ;D

I would handle the game in general, as well as [B]Otaku City Region[/B] with it's resident beginner jobs, unless someone else wants to do that. Other region threads at this moment are [B]Musmovitel Town Region[/B] (former Obrah Town), [B]The Underdocks Region[/B] (former Creative Docks, sorry about the name change, Will), and [B]Anthology Archipelago Region[/B] (although that could be created later). [B]The Great Archive[/B] and [B]the Forsaken City[/B] are endgame business, so I won't even go there yet. ;P

Yet to be created are a Hardwired-themed region and Anime-themed region, and that would be quite enough (remember that these regions include a town as well as dungeons and fields, which can be added later).

Anyway, I will send you (and other possible Gamemasters) my precious Word-file about this game once we're closer to the beta-testing. If you want to ask me questions about Gamemaster's duties, you can freely do so either here or through a PM (and this goes for all of you).

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Hmm, just to spice things up a bit, here's a little simplified theory of how I imagine that the [B]battles[/B] will go:

[quote=Player]
(Kikuichimonji, Level 2 Mangaka, HP:11, MP:16, Atk:3, Mag:6)

Kikuichimonji felt that the buzz of the Otaku City was too much for him at that moment, so he decided to go out for a stroll at the Fields of Gold just outside the city perimeters. He walked through the golden grass and enjoyed the midday sun sending it's warming love down upon him.

Out of a sudden something grabbed his leg and he came tumbling down. When he looked at his feet, he saw a little pink worm wrapped around his ankle. He immediately recognized it as one of those dreadful Viruses.

"Get off, you nasty creature!"

[B]*Kikuichimonji engages Loveworm in battle. Kikuichimonji has the initiative*[/B]

"Hah, you're so weak!" Kikuichimonji laughed as he raised his Paint Brush up in the air. "Take this!"

He pricked the Loveworm and made it squeal in pain. The Virus hissed at him threateningly.

[B]*Kikuichimonji attacks Loveworm with his weapon. Loveworm loses 3 HP*[/B][/quote]
[quote=Gamemaster]
(Loveworm, Level 1 Virus, HP:2, MP:5)

The Loveworm hissed at Kikuichimonji, and wrapped itself around his waist and squeezed as hard as it could.

[B]*Loveworm uses Hug. Kikuichimonji loses 2 HP*[/B][/quote]
[quote=Player]
(Kikuichimonji, Level 2 Mangaka, HP:9, MP:16, Atk:3, Mag:6)

"Ouch, that hurts!" Kikuichimonji screamed and shook the worm off of him. "I'll show you who to hug!"
[B]
*Kikuichimonji attacks Loveworm. Loveworm is defeated. Kikuichimonji gets 2 Experience & 5 OtakuBucks*[/B][/quote]

If the player is then lucky enough (Gamemaster has to draw the result someway, using the odds described at Loveworm's profile), the Gamemaster will send him a PM about an item that was dropped by the Virus (these PMs can be postponed until the player has received multiple items, though).
[quote=Gamemaster's PM]Kikuichimonji received 1 Candy (restores 10 HP) from defeating Loveworm at the Fields of Gold.

-OBscene Gamemaster[/quote]

Then the Gamemaster will update the player's Character Profile with the HP lost, the Experience and OtakuBucks gained, the new item to his inventory etc. Sounds complicated, I know, but I'm ready to do it. ;D

Does anyone have any ideas how to simplify the battle system even more?

[Gavin]

[SIZE="1"]N00b Mountain ? I suppose this is payback for Charles' thread... Just kidding. Actually given that my second username was Outcast, n00b Mountain seems to be the perfect place for me to watch over.

I'm afraid I still don't get the player character thing, are we not supposed to be version of ourselves, in which case what happens in we're already an NPC or Game Master ? As I said I'm just a bit confused on the whole sign up thing. [/SIZE]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Gavin'][SIZE="1"]I'm afraid I still don't get the player character thing, are we not supposed to be version of ourselves, in which case what happens in we're already an NPC or Game Master ? As I said I'm just a bit confused on the whole sign up thing. [/SIZE][/QUOTE]

Umm, I didn't think of that option, honestly... That someone would want to play as [I]themselves[/I], heh. XP How stupid of me... Well, I'd surely prefer if people made up original characters instead, just to avoid confusion as you said.

Premonition, thanks for the mission, although I did take the liberty of tweaking it somewhat (I'm way beyond Mission #4 in numbers, for one). Here's the remade version:

[COLOR="Teal"][U]Mission #13 Get Me My Money Back![/U]
[B]Location:[/B] The Underdocks, Adventure Square
[B]Prerequisites:[/B] Gamer Lv3/Mangaka Lv3/Movie Freak Lv3/Therapist Lv3
[B]Description:[/B] “Damn thieves! Always stealing form my shop instead of the other ones! I don't care anymore, but you can get back my money right? I'll give you a reward if you catch those darned thieves!” - Lagrame the Merchant
[B]Goal:[/B] Defeat 2 Pigpockets at the Adventure Square and bring back Lagrame's money
[B]Reward:[/B] Leg of Meat, 20 Experience & 70 OtakuBucks[/COLOR]

Also, I made Leg of Meat a [B]Mission Item[/B] instead of a normal one. Mission Items are different in that you can only acquire them from certain missions, and they should be used under special circumstances (such as another mission with that Mission Item as a prerequirement). Here are the ones I've come up with:
[B]Autograph[/B] – maybe you can change it to something good…
[B]Love Potion[/B] – make someone fall in blind love with you
[B]Leg of Meat[/B] – toss it to the Viruses to make them ignore you for a while

When creating Missions, remember that you can also put completing an earlier mission as a prerequirement. That way you can create whole [I]strings[/I] of missions, each harder than the previous, and have a little storyarch to them. ;D

[B]EDIT:[/B] And here's a sneak peek at one of the missions that will give you an Advanced Job as a reward. All the upgrades are done in a similar manner, through completing extra tough missions.

[COLOR="Teal"][U]Mission #?: Knight’s Oath[/U]
[B]Location:[/B] Otaku City, Palace of the Three Thrones
[B]Prerequisite:[/B] Gamer Lv15/Mangaka Lv15/Movie Freak Lv15/Therapist Lv15
[B]Description:[/B] “Our beloved subordinates, times are grave and we are in desperate need of reinforcements to our Order of Moderator Knights. If you wish to become one, you must pass the Trial of Valor.” – Sovereign James
[B]Goal:[/B] Defeat 1 Spam Dragon and make an oath to the Three Sovereigns
[B]Reward:[/B] Advanced Job Moderator Knight, 100 Experience & 1000 OtakuBucks[/COLOR]

[B]EDIT #2[/B]: Name change! The game is going to be titled [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]OBsession[/COLOR][/B], instead of OBscene. I think it fits better, and is more related to the contents of the MMORPG (the whole world is based on fanatism and fandoms, after all).

Also, I've put up a [B]logo request[/B] to the Art Request forum, you can see it [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?p=783875#post783875][U]here[/U][/url].

[Gavin]

[SIZE="1"]Okie-dokie. I assumed that seeing as the whole thing was being set in a virtual OB and there was Sandy and Charles characters already that we were playing ourselves. But creating fresh characters is fine too, guess I'll have to decide what kind of character would fit this new me.[/SIZE]

[Sandy]

Ta-dah! I did it, I finished first of the jobs. Let me represent, in all of it's glory:
[COLOR="Magenta"]
[B]the Mangaka[/B], a budding artist and fanatic of all things Anime & Manga. It’s a very magic-oriented job.
[I]Alignment:[/I] Order
- Basic HP: 5, Basic MP: 10, Basic Attack Power: 1, Basic Magic Power: 3
[I]Weapons:[/I]
- Paint Brush (Lv1, Atk +1, Mag +2)
- Fountain Pen (Lv3, Atk +2, Mag +3, water element)
- Calligraphy Brush (Lv5, Atk +3, Mag +5)
- Paper Fan (Lv7, Atk +6, Mag +9, air element)
- Parasol (Lv9, Atk +8, Mag +15, light element)
- Origami (Lv11, Atk +10, Mag +22, break possibility 1/4)
- Blood Scribe (Lv13, Atk +14, Mag +24, drain HP with each attack)
- Inuyasha Plushie (Lv15, Atk +22, Mag +33)
[I]Armor:[/I]
- Souvenir Kimono (Lv2, HP +5, MP +5)
- School Uniform (Lv4, HP +10, MP +10, protects from "Boredom"-status)
- Sailor Uniform (Lv6, HP +16, MP +16, absorbs water element)
- Floral Kimono (Lv8, HP +24, MP +24, absorbs flower element)
- Bishounen Suit (Lv10, HP+30, MP +27, male characters only)
- Lolita Dress (Lv10, HP +27, MP +30, female characters only)
- Magical Fallal (Lv12, HP +20, MP +50, nullifies spirit element)
- Shinigami Suit (Lv14, HP +40, MP +35, male characters only)
- Megami Dress (Lv14, HP +35, MP +40, female characters only)
[I]Magic Arts:[/I]
- Sakura Bud (Lv1, +2 flower elemental damage) MP -2
- Ink Splash (Lv2, inflicts "Blindness"-status) MP -2
- Sakura Blossom (Lv3, +3 flower elemental damage up to two targets) MP -5
- Zipper Lips (Lv4, inflicts "Muteness"-status) MP -4
- Withering Sakura (Lv5, +5 flower elemental damage up to three targets) MP -10
- Signature (Lv6, inflicts “Curse”-status) MP -12
- Sweatdrop (Lv7, +10 water elemental damage) MP -15
- Sigh of Relief (Lv8, +12 air elemental damage) MP -17
- Stumble (Lv9, +15 earth elemental damage) MP -20
- Flames of Fury (Lv10, +20 fire elemental damage) MP -25
- One Piece (Lv11, inflicts “Statue”-status) MP -14
- Sailing Moon (Lv12, gives “Enchant”-status) MP -21
- Dragonball (Lv13, +30 energy elemental damage up to four targets) MP -30
- Pocket Monster (Lv14, +25 magic damage of an element of choice) MP -40
- Death Note (Lv15, attempt to instantly kill the target with chances equal to it’s level) MP -50[/COLOR]

I had so much fun doing this! XD

Here are some new statuses:

[U]Negative Statuses:[/U]
[B]Statue[/B] – makes target immobile, unable to do absolutely anything until healed, but if it’s attacked before that, the target will shatter and die immediately

[U]Positive Statuses:[/U]
[B]Empower[/B] – doubles target’s basic attack power for three turns
[B]Enchant[/B] – doubles target’s basic magic power for three turns
[B]Double[/B] – allows target to take two actions in one turn up to five times

[AngryBarista]

[quote name='Sandy']... Although I wouldn't mind someone making the game some decent [B]graphics[/B]. XP[/QUOTE]
[SIZE="1"][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]
Well there's something I find intriguing...no one has offered to help with graphics yet? [unless my skim-reading misleads me...I saw no quote to this one-liner!! *shock/horror*]
My skills are limited [well...not as good as some peoples' anyway *turns to see White, Delta and Retri standing on podium holding art awards*] but I'll do some region/dungeon logos for you if you like.
Also, from the very start of this thread I've wondered whether or not there will be a graphic map or just the written imagined kind?
Either way, since this is the only way I can think of helping out at this point in time, you have my half-skills Sandy =D[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Satori'][SIZE="1"][FONT="Trebuchet MS"][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]
Also, from the very start of this thread I've wondered whether or not there will be a graphic map or just the written imagined kind?
[/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE][/QUOTE]

I've thought about making a World Map and separate Region Maps from the get-go, I just haven't gotten around to do them yet. But please, your "half-skills" (talking about [I]modesty[/I] here) would really be of help, Satori!

Currently I'm finetuning the beginner jobs, adding missions and Viruses and balancing things here and there. I'd be interested in starting up the [B]Beta-Test[/B] next weekend/next week, if things go smoothly from here.

I just need people to do the testing with me. So far I've got [B]Gavin[/B] to co-operate with me as a GM, and [B]Jokopoko[/B] as a volunteered tester, but I think I'll need at least one tester for each job (of which there are six) to see if they're working in the real game.

There are some requirements for a beta-tester, though. First of all, he or she must report to me immediately once he or she finds a flaw in the game system. Any other type of feedback are recommended as well. Secondly, he or she must be truly interested in the project, so that I won't have people quitting on me after two posts or so.

As a reward for their effort, the beta-testers will get to keep everything they've acquired in the testing in the real game once it begins, including levels, items, completed missions etc.

So who's up for the task, huh? ;D

[Allamorph]

[quote name='Sandy']So who's up for the task, huh? ;D[/quote]
[FONT=Arial]I wonder.

So, these flaws could range from minor trivial inconsistencies to full-out failures, right? (Not that I expect full-out failures ? but just in case. :animesmil )[/FONT]

[Sandy]

[quote name='Allamorph'][FONT=Arial]I wonder.

So, these flaws could range from minor trivial inconsistencies to full-out failures, right? (Not that I expect full-out failures – but just in case. :animesmil )[/FONT][/QUOTE]

Umm, [I]potentially[/I]. *sweatdrop*

That's why I want to go through with the beta-testing first, to see if the game can be done at all. There's so many things here that can go wrong: too few players, too many players, too few missions, too rapid levelling-up, too many battles, too few things to do and people getting bored etc.

I just have to be certain before I open it to the crowds.

Btw, does that count as a sign of interest to become a beta-tester, Allamorph? ;P

[Allamorph]

[FONT=Arial]I don't know. Does it?

Good grief, man, yes. I'm just a jerk; you [I]know[/I] that already. :p[/FONT]

[Sandy]

I'm sorry to say that this project will not commence any time soon. I have to set my priorities in a whole new order, with school starting in two weeks.

But I will not abandon OBsession. Once I get past the craziest school period, I'll continue working on it. Hopefully I'm able to launch this sometime during the fall.

Meanwhile, everyone's still encouraged to contribute things to this thread. I've only planned the missions and viruses up to levels 6-7, and the locations could use more details in them.

OBsession will live on!

[AngryBarista]

[FONT="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="1"][COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]Would anyone have ideas for the theme or style that Area/Region headers could be in?
I'm thinking 400x250 graphics, but as OBsession is such a group orientated effort, any ideas for font type, colour, or little icons/symbols that could appear on each image [so as to standardise them] would be sweet as.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]