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Akvod said:
demonfox13 said:
On a more serious note, me and a few friends are creating an anime type novel on our spare time. I'm the main writer for it with my old college professor to do the editing and whatnot. One of my other friends is the main artist (everything from concepts, etc) and I have 2 more that are also focusing on ideas for other subplots to take place. Of course the genre I would shoot to make this thing would be RPG but sigh....who knows if that will ever happen. On the bright side I would most likely make it have multiple endings (roughly 6 different outcomes).

You mean a visual novel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel

Nope, all concept art is separate and serves as a guide based on all my notes to keep me on track. Depending on how things with this little project work out, then there would be a type of Manga adaptation with that concept art and eventually some form of anime and an rpg. Of course it's just a dream at this stage but hey, I am pretty sure Tite Kubo didn't expect Bleach to have the success it has now on those days he was juuuust starting it.



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hmm... i have no idea. but it wouldnt include minigames, i dont think.



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It's not easy to create a new genre at this point. When Natal and the wands drop, perhaps we can see new things come from the first parties.

Hideo Kojima and Tomonobu Itagaki did say they're developing new games that are the first of their kind at the moment, so...



Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!

Kojima: Come out with Project S already!

demonfox13 said:
Akvod said:
demonfox13 said:
On a more serious note, me and a few friends are creating an anime type novel on our spare time. I'm the main writer for it with my old college professor to do the editing and whatnot. One of my other friends is the main artist (everything from concepts, etc) and I have 2 more that are also focusing on ideas for other subplots to take place. Of course the genre I would shoot to make this thing would be RPG but sigh....who knows if that will ever happen. On the bright side I would most likely make it have multiple endings (roughly 6 different outcomes).

You mean a visual novel?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_novel

Nope, all concept art is separate and serves as a guide based on all my notes to keep me on track. Depending on how things with this little project work out, then there would be a type of Manga adaptation with that concept art and eventually some form of anime and an rpg. Of course it's just a dream at this stage but hey, I am pretty sure Tite Kubo didn't expect Bleach to have the success it has now on those days he was juuuust starting it.

Keep ambitions low. You need to get SOMETHING done. Just do a fucking visual novel. It's low budget, it's a great medium, and it's easy to distribute.

You do that, and the story's good, then you'll be able to move onto other forms of media.

Don't dream about creating an anime or a RPG. RPG's (a good one) is time consuming. Stick with Visual Novel, since adaptations are based on the fact that the original has a good STORY, not gameplay. Focus entirely on story and character design, and you have a visual novel and foundation for spinoffs.



WRPG with lots of (good) characters and interesting storyline.
and most of all, your character isn't mute.



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I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

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demonfox13 said:
On a more serious note, me and a few friends are creating an anime type novel on our spare time. I'm the main writer for it with my old college professor to do the editing and whatnot. One of my other friends is the main artist (everything from concepts, etc) and I have 2 more that are also focusing on ideas for other subplots to take place. Of course the genre I would shoot to make this thing would be RPG but sigh....who knows if that will ever happen. On the bright side I would most likely make it have multiple endings (roughly 6 different outcomes).

I'd buy it:)

 



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All the decent ideas have already been used I'm sure, but none the less this has given me some laughs (the racer on rails was funny)



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KylieDog said:
Severance said:
WRPG with lots of (good) characters and interesting storyline.
and most of all, your character isn't mute.

 

WRPG?  That sounds like a great NEW genre.

yes!

well i read the OP wrong i thought its "new game"



I live for the burn...and the sting of pleasure...
I live for the sword, the steel, and the gun...

- Wasteland - The Mission.

Platforming based SRPG.



4 ≈ One

Just mix two random genres together and there you go, for example;

Racing + Puzzle

So you get to pick from 6 different classes;

Pawn - Moderate speed and handling, very easy to control.
Castle - Extremely fast on straights but handles terribly.
Horse - Moderate speed and excellent handling, but very hard to control.
Bishop - Extremely fast, but can only move in a zigzag, making cornering tricky.
King - Fast speed and moderate handling, however, speeds come by burst.
Queen - Extremely fast, great handling, although very delicate, if it crashes once, gameover.

So now I've turned a racing game into a strategic chess racer, however, I'm not stopping here;

It will be a huge ass race, with a track that takes up to one hour to finish, with tons of twists and turns, loops, jumps, obstacles etc.

There will be 16 people on each team, so a 32v32 race, and everyone starts off as a Pawn.

There are powerups all over the track, which, when picked up, will turn the player into a random class from above, giving them their own advantages and disadvantages.

The aim of the race, is to "take" as many as the opposing team as possible before the race ends, however, there is a chance that a player can come back into the race if one of their team mates "takes" the player that originally took them out of the game.

The winning team of the race is decided by one of two outcomes;

#1 - The majority of the players on one team placed higher in the positions.
#2 - The team with the most amount of players still in the game.

...

So I've just thought of that off the top of my head, it could be a pretty interesting and unique game to play, since it hasn't really been done before, or not that I know of, since Racing and Puzzle games have never really worked together thus far.