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I'm going to use modified sprites from the original Earthbound game for playable characters and NPCs. They look human and modern-day enough that I believe they'll do a decent job of fitting the game's settings.







Started working on the basic game-play, equipment and levels...

A dozen online games make up the accessible "levels". Players start out with access to only the first two levels. Additional levels can be accessed by logging enough time farming and leveling up character(s) in the games one has access to.

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Players farm the level by "playing" (AFKing) in front of the computer while their character auto-plays the MMORPG. While playing characters collect gold which can be given to The Boss for a little Yen, given to The Boss to meet "quest" requirements, given to other live players or later on for players who've got very far along to sell on an online currency exchange for a better gold to yuan exchange rate than The Boss gives.

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Yuan can be used to purchase defective computer devices from the factory. Defective devices can be made much more powerful. But, ability to make much more powerful costs lots of Happy Luck Maybe Chicken items and high chance of failure which increases by power and level of the device one attempts to level up.

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Chance exists to find or be given a Happy Luck Maybe Chicken that when used with so many chickens and a computer device have a chance to power-up.

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1 USD = 8 Yuan
Players make 12 Yuan every 12 Hours, so 1 Yuan per Hour

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12 Online Games
approx. real time to spend
Level 1 * EverQuest 40 hours (initially accessible)
Level 2 * Guild Wars 40 (initially accessible)
Level 3 * Anarchy Online 40
Level 4 * Final Fantasy XI 60
Level 5 * Lineage 2 80
Level 6 * Star Wars Galaxies 140
Level 7 * Dark Age of Camelot 240
Level 8 * City of Heroes 320
Level 9 * EverQuest 2 400
Level 10 * Dungeons and Dragons 600
Level 11 * Eve Online 800
Level 12 * World of Warcraft 1200

4000 Hours Total Time
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areas:

Farming Floor - location where live players play MMORPGs for gold and keeping boss happy

Chicken Store - Happy Luck Maybe Chickens can be bought for yuan

Server Room - Mouse of Much Networking located here and prayer to server gods possible

Factory Backroom - Defective Computer Devices can be bought for yuan


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stats:

online
strength
dexterity
vitality
intelligence

currentexp
exptolevel
gold

weapon
headgear
shield
pants
footwear


offline base: boy man girl woman cow master
stamina 50 +10 +5 +100
understanding 50 +10 +5 +100
luck 50 +5 +10 +500 +100
WPM 50 +5 +10 +100

yuan

keyboard
mouse
microphone
knicknack
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equipment types, levels and brands:

keyboard (WPM) - costs Chicken of WPM to upgrade
types cost efficiency upgrd chance by level to 10
1 10 +1 90%/80%/70%/60%/...
2 20 +2 90%/80%/70%/60%/...
3 40 +4 90%/80%/70%/60%/...
4 80 +8 50%/40%/30%/20%/10%/10%/...
5 160 +16 50%/40%/30%/20%/10%/10%/...
6 500 +30 10%/5%/5%/5%/...

upgrd cost by level to 10
+2/+4/+6/...
+4/+8/+16/...
+8/+16/+32/...
+16/+32/+64/...
+32/+64/+96/...
+100/+200/+300/...

mouse (stamina) - costs Chicken of Stamina to upgrade
1
2
3
4
5
6

microphone (understanding) - costs Chicken of Understanding to upgrade
1
2
3
4
5
6

knickknack (luck) - costs Chicken of Luck to upgrade
1
2
3
4
5
6
you're a genius.
Someone say Earthbound?
Sounds cool, might be fun to watch it being played.
I can't wait to play as the cow!
Silent Sage wrote:
you're a genius.

I second that, indeed, if only he could've taught me XD!