Idea Concept..

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Dec 16 2008, 8:36 am
My Story: I'm just ending a previous worked on game because I beleive its done and that there is not much I can do on it besides small updates here and there. So I'm working on this...which started as a small idea from something I did before.


Title: Makeshift Souls
Game Story:
The idea I started with was souls that have been let loose into a small city or town. With their freedom, they are basically given the ability to take over the mobs that live there. I'm starting to created a fully functioning society for which you can do whatever. I plan on creating a sort of Main Line quest in which the user can follow. Along side that, they can gain skills through the humans the possess, and keep them if the learn the skill enough by the time they leave the body.

Now I know the idea isn't fully developed yet..it is a bit vague and it will be quite hard(this functioning society), but is it worthwile? Is it interesting enough to play? I want to know if its worth making. Well, I plan on making it anyways, but if I know I won't be presenting it, then I might not focus on icons and whatnot as much.

So what is the publics opinion.
Dec 16 2008, 12:26 pm
It sounds fairly interesting. A very creative idea if you ask me. It is certainly achievable. (I don't know about a functioning society though. Most games that try to do something like that have many problems in that aspect of the game)

It would be interesting to have many hidden mobs that are different than the others if you posess them.
Dec 16 2008, 10:14 pm
I would sure enough pay a visit, as the idea sounds nice.
One question I'd have though... what do you plan to happen when two players try to possess the same NPC?
Dec 19 2008, 3:02 pm
In response to Schnitzelnagler
Thanks

And right now, I'm working out the details. At the moment, you just..kick them out. But later I plan on inputing stats for the souls aswell, one being a level of security while in ones body.
Dec 19 2008, 3:04 pm
In response to Fugsnarf
I know the society part is going to be hard. As of now, I'm just having difficulties getting them to move from one map to the other. I'm using Deadrons Pathfinding so far, but it doesn't take into consideration Teleporters that move your mob from one map to the other..

I plan on having these "hidden mobs" in a lot of the map. The way you would reach most of them I would assume would be sort of..little mini games you would use by possessing animals or gaining a skill through another mob.