TextRPG (need ideas)

Hello,

I`m Pimgd…, and I made a text-like convertion of a really simple Windows-dos-rpg game, and I would like some more ideas for my game. I actually need an artist too, but I need something to keep myself busy first. The game can be found on http://www.kongregate.com/games/Pimgd/textrpg-t… Even some suggestions will help. I`m not much experienced with flash yet, but I made this after 1 hour of tutorials, so I`m quite impressed, but I wanna make it better before actually submitting it to Kongregate. The name my friend told me is Shadow Legend – but I don`t like that name much, and I`m no good at names.

make it mmorpg

On the test version I was clearing level 20 areas at level 12 with decent gear, I think maybe some balancing needs to be done in that regard.

Well – There`s my question for you… What difficulty? On easy you`re running mostly waay ahead of the monsters, they can hurt you, but it`s a chainsaw massacre, on medium the levels seem to be averagely well, and on hard the moment you can kill anything in an area, you might get a shot at killing something in the next.

An level 40 monster (as seen in the vulcano) will maximally hit 40 on you (without armor) on easy, 80 on medium, and 120 on hard. You get more points though. Thanks for playing =)

need a better combat system, this kind only really works in Lone Wolf because theres a minute or two of checking the stat sheet before you start rolling the d10, which gives time to imagine what might be happening during combat. with auto-rolling its just un-satisfying.

also i suggest looking up lone wolf. every book in the series can be found in online format and it’d be a very good inspiration for what you’re trying to do here.

Updated! with music.

One thing… I think you should check some of your spelling… I just really get annoyed when things are spelled wrong and when I saw vulcano well… (should be volcano)

Or did you mean vulcano? like your own word or something?

It is Volcano?

DOH!

Now that you put out the latest version I have some comments:

• Some visuals. I know, I know, it’s a text rpg. However a few trees for the forest, some rocks for the cave, it would help a lot.

• Music variation along the same lines as above. Different music for fights, different locations would be nice.

• Fixed text boxes. They text in them is off center, it just looks odd.

• More of a personal preference, but I don’t like going back to town after every battle. Maybe leave the character in the same place and give the option to walk back?

• More to come?

I could make enemy, backgrounds, ect.

Althought only with pencil and paper XP

Well – It`s up and running I took out the bugs… And I`m willing to get some artist help – but I would have to learn something about those backgrounds. uh Wait a second You make a background, place it on layer 0…. well that was easy. Alright – please make me a background for the forest – and i`ll see whether I like it =)

So will it be like Zork, or will there be artwork aswell?

Well I am looking for backgrounds – but it definitely won`t have Sinjid graphics, nor sonny, or those games…

Sorry for the late enemys, I have school. And the homework is just pityfull. I’ll try to get about two enemys done.

Sorry I couldn`t catch your PM, final.
Yes, you are still doing the art. =).

test version of the game somewhere? I’d like to see it, sounds… interesting.

It’s on this site.

I’d be willing to pitch in on art, too… 2 people is twice as better as 1 :D whisper me sometime

To ALL: make me some art – whisper or shout me the link, and I`ll add it if i like it.

what tutorials did you use?

Tutorials for? What?

You wrote you made it after an hour of tutorials, Im just curious what tutorials you used. (solid engine, and a great start for future endeavors)

Oh – just used a 33 minute vid on youtube - search it – Flash actionscript tutvid and some other stuff from wiki`s about several commands.

call the game: The Legend Of [CHARACTER NAME HERE]

Isn`t that Name a bit over used?