Looking For More Ideas

[8ennett 0]

 

Ok, so the deal is I'm creating an online text-based MMORPG which many of you have probably encountered in the past. Now I'll run through the ideas I've had (and most of which are already built) for the game and was wondering if anyone else had any input.

 

The game is called Drug Mann and is obviously a criminal-based game. You each start at level 1 and have to work to build up your stats. There are many way to earn money in the game, and you can select a special skill which gives you advantages in certain areas, like drug farmer, loan shark, hired muscle, drug trader and so on.

 

One of the features I've built in is similar to the computer in the game Grand Theft Auto 4, you can visit websites in a nifty little browser window. The websites are stored in the game, however if you type in a web address that isn't stored in the game it will then search the real internet. So for example I have an in-game site called notepad.com so if you type in that address it will go to my game site and not the real notepad.com but google however is not in the game so you will go to the real google page. I wrote the computer using javascript and a frame inside a table with the image of a computer monitor around the outside, so the actual displayed page is a frame but not the browser bar or the monitor image. Through this computer you can access all sorts, and decided to put my forums and chatrooms on websites instead of on the games menu for "realism" lol also there is an email website that is tied in to the game itself, so if you get a new message then the game will alert you and give you a quick link to load the email website.

 

The next feature I'm currently building is drug farming. You can rent several properties per city and each property has so much space, you can expand the farm inside the property to fill this space as long as you can afford to maintain it (materials, weekly rent, utilities) and once the drugs have grown you can harvest and process then sell and grow more in the same equipment, however there is a chance that a farm can be raided by the police. Also if you're a drug farmer then obviously your crops will grow faster.

 

Obviously I've built a casino for the game, however there will be limits on how much you can wager per table depending on your casino membership status (monthly fee for each level).

 

The bank is interesting because you can only deposit up to 500k in your personal account (also you can earn daily interest up to 500k) and after that you need to open business accounts which depending on the plan can hold up to so much and will be charged weekly. There is also a chance of accounts being seized but if you're fully paid up with the local authorities you have a chance of being warned which accounts are going to be seized and drain them before it happens. You can also have an unlimited number of business accounts.

 

You can flirt once a day with people, if you start dating someone you earn double experience for flirting with that one person and if you are married you can earn triple experience.

 

You can go to prison for crimes, and depending on the crime the time can vary and the level of security you are put in. You can offer contracts for people to bust you out if you don't want to wait however there is obviously a chance of being caught depending on the level, speed etc of the contract taker.

 

You can also go to hospital if you are "killed" and in this game there is no magic potion that refills your health to full. You can take some speed or possibly meth and maybe get your health up to 25% but no more than that. Your health and energy refill 5% every five minutes and stamina refills 14% every hour.

 

There is obviously the option to attack people, and there will be weapons and armour, strength, defense and speed etc. But I'm toying around with ajax at the minute to create a live battle system if both people are online, you know you get the chance to attack, use item or run away. Could be interesting, and am already building it in to a battle arena where you can contend against others for money, glory etc.

 

Also there are different houses you can buy, these affect your stamina and also you can add things on to the house like your own training gym instead of paying for a membership, kennels to keep your dogs for fighting comps, stables where you can keep and train your race horses. I'm building a race track where you can enter your horse for a fee and there are several AI horses as well, and every half an hour a race starts, you can enter your horse to race or you can bet on a horse to win.

 

If someone attacks you and they are on the ten most wanted for the city you are currently in (most kills overall gets you in the top ten) then you have about 10 minutes to "snitch" on them, if they get arrested you get a payout and they go to prison, but if they fail to convict then you'd better run and hide.

 

I'm also designing a mission system. Basically you go to a website or a bar and pick up freelancer missions to do around the normal game environment, such as pick up a briefcase in the gym in Moscow and fly it to New York between 3pm and 4pm (game time is GMT) on tuesday the 13th, but when you get there you have to fight off about 5 special agents and so on. Once the system has been made the possibilities for missions will be limitless and extensive, and unlike other games I can write several new missions a week at least to keep the game refreshing and keep it from becoming stagnant. Even create story strings that can play out over months.

 

I appear to have gone on quite a bit, but if anyone has any other great ideas that they think would suit this game then please tell me.

[aloKNsh 0]

nice article so when is this site gonna come to an end i mean when will this begin lol ! anyidea of the link coz there is no link to get on ! anyways nice concept and also if possible change the name coz its much general like all ! just a free advice.

[8ennett 0]

No real damage, because the 400 MyCents were false positive first, then negative, so back to normal. Exactly if you had posted it in a "no credit count" forum section.

I'm not going to post the sites address, at least not until it's finished since nobody can get in until i re-activate the registration form. Also, you can't advertise your own site in this forum anyway, it's against the rules lol also the name will stand for now although once the game is up and running I might run a competition in it for a new game name.

[8ennett 0]

I have absolutely no idea why there is a quote from yordan in the above reply, maybe it's a glitch in the forums?

[mahesh2k 0]

Hmm, looks like his reply got merged with your reply ? or was that your reply there first ? not sure what is going on with forums. i hope atleast mycents are working here.

[iGuest 3]

This sound like an awesome game, I would be interested in having a little look at it when its completed! I'm sure the game will appeal to a lot of people if/when you decide to release it to the public. Good work man

[yordan 10]

I have absolutely no idea why there is a quote from yordan in the above reply, maybe it's a glitch in the forums?

Looks like a copy-paste error. The quote has a pointer to my reply to a question of yours. I guess that you could want to quote and changed your mind, but the text was kept in a buffer and pasted with your own reply. A browser copy/paste error seems more realistic than a sophisticated database glitching behavior!

[8ennett 0]

I've added quite a few more features recently including live horse and dog racing simply using php and ajax. so u can make your bets then watch the race with your bets listed below. i also finished the mission system, its now integrated with the whole game meaning i can write a new mission within 5 minutes and create an interactive storyline or even create several. just another feature to keep the game interesting. the fully featured forum i wrote myself and will be releasing the code in my tutorial series

[mahesh2k 0]

Are you going to host this on your site or somewhere ? I mean if it's out of beta then it's better to let others test it. Just asking cause there is lot of time past after you made this thread. Are you releasing it anytime soon?

[ysNoi 0]

WoW...I'm not on the gamers side but I'm sure I'll be testing when you finish it.Keep up the good works 8ennett...By the way, why did you choose that Drug Mann name?

[8ennett 0]

i did make a post looking for beta testers but since nobody replied. beta testing will be starting in a few weeks when i have the time to offer proper support however there is still a lot of things need building before a final release is considered.

[jonline 0]

I admire for going through with this. MMORPGs are alot of work, a few years I tried to make one but just gave up, the reason I gave up was because there are so many MMORPGs on the internet and so few of them do well. So anyway my advice is make sure it's unique, I would try a few exisitng mmorpg's review all of them, write what you do and don't like about them and try and factor this into your game. Anyway I hope your successful with this and I wish you all the best, I would be happy to test your game for you though (I wasn't here before when you asked for beta testers)

[8ennett 0]

I've put this entire project on hold for the time being while I work on my new free singles site. Once this new site has been launched then I'll be adapting the code so the site is fully configurable and can be setup using a wizard then probably market it. I'm actually very proud of the singles site I've made. It's got tonnes of features similar to facebook and other social networking sites while remaining a dating site. Anyway, I'll continue production of this game at a later date, for now I need to start generating some income otherwise I'm going to be skint.