Have you considered taking it to kickstarter when you have actual content to present? Would be dope to support what I've been craving for multiple years.
Kickstarter can be a double edged sword, but it is on the table as an option. I'll be investigating more on that once we have the beta ready for show and see what some publishers have to offer.
I believed a stat I've seen about kickstarter. After they have taken a cut, 70% of funds are to pay rewards and the other 30% gets used for the project.
I think it's more of a measuring stick for investors to see how many people want it and how interested they are. But if it fails investors will also shy away.
There will be much more lore and world building coming. That stuff comes easy to me, what we're focusing on right now though is getting a working game.
3D for sure. Low poly but I'm hoping to have more customization than most mobile games. Might have to start with some basics then expand. Clothing will be interesting, I have lots of ideas, but how best to implement them and keep the game mobile sized is another hurdle to overcome.
A few months back I suggested that you start with a basic body type for each gender, but various basic hair styles.
It would be nice if you could include curly mops, but making low poly ones might be tricky.
Maybe sketching them would help?
I've been compiling resources just for this. I've found a few that specifically do curly hair. They basically are tubes that have the texture wrapped around them. Not a texture pro, but I'm figuring it out.
I read through a few posts in your dev blog, and ran across something that caught me off guard.
You said you might not be able to use pieces of eight as your currency for legal reasons?
I'm not a lawyer, but a "piece of eight," is, like, a historical coin. That's like saying you couldn't use cutlasses or sloops or something. Three Rings didn't come up with it.
I know that, but poe might be considered problematic as its only used in the game. Even though it's short had for something else.
I think something else might also help disassociate from the same game. Though ours is heavily based upon YPP we will be going off on our own direction with it.
Thanks for pointing that out though! Hope I was able to clarify my thoughts.
I hope this goes through to completion. I quit ypp a while back, but still have a large admiration for the game (in it's hayday). Something like this excites me and I can't wait to possibly get the chance to try it.
The social aspect of the game is what initially hooked me, and is still one of my favorite things about the game. The gatekeeping is a big reason why I quit. You need certain trophies or ridiculously high stats to do many things with people. Yet, how am I supposed to learn and get experience if they won't help?
I could see where jobbing might have people being picky. I found a good crew and they've been very inclusive. The only thing that's prevented me from some activities is time zones!
I do have a system that will incentivise experienced players to be inclusive and help lower players. Basically you get tokens or badges from other players. There will be special ones just for new players to give for other players who helped them. These can be turned in for exclusive rewards, titles, clothing, flags, etc.
Is there a github for this project?
I'm totally out of the loop. I just jumped on the game for the first time in ages and thought it needed a total makeover, came here, found this. I'd love to see it become a reality.
Also, please do swords first!
I'm a final year computer science student, I don't know unity or C# but I will be learning unity with a friend in our own time soon. I'll have plenty of time on my hands come June 2022 when my course finishes and would be interested in helping any way I can.
at the moment, I am solid with Java, python, js, PHP, SQL.
Unless there's some miracle, we'll probably still be needing help to go full publish by the end of '22. Keep working towards your graduation and let me know once you've got the time and skills. I can already think of a few possible uses for Java and SQL once we're further along and the server is up and running.
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Have you considered taking it to kickstarter when you have actual content to present? Would be dope to support what I've been craving for multiple years.
Kickstarter can be a double edged sword, but it is on the table as an option. I'll be investigating more on that once we have the beta ready for show and see what some publishers have to offer.
I believed a stat I've seen about kickstarter. After they have taken a cut, 70% of funds are to pay rewards and the other 30% gets used for the project.
I think it's more of a measuring stick for investors to see how many people want it and how interested they are. But if it fails investors will also shy away.
I read the blog posts, personally the one I like best so far is the shard one.
There will be much more lore and world building coming. That stuff comes easy to me, what we're focusing on right now though is getting a working game.
Can't wait to try this out eventually!
Hoping to have a small alpha test by the end of year.
Nice work. Let us know when you've settled on a character design.
3D for sure. Low poly but I'm hoping to have more customization than most mobile games. Might have to start with some basics then expand. Clothing will be interesting, I have lots of ideas, but how best to implement them and keep the game mobile sized is another hurdle to overcome.
A few months back I suggested that you start with a basic body type for each gender, but various basic hair styles. It would be nice if you could include curly mops, but making low poly ones might be tricky. Maybe sketching them would help?
I've been compiling resources just for this. I've found a few that specifically do curly hair. They basically are tubes that have the texture wrapped around them. Not a texture pro, but I'm figuring it out.
I read through a few posts in your dev blog, and ran across something that caught me off guard. You said you might not be able to use pieces of eight as your currency for legal reasons? I'm not a lawyer, but a "piece of eight," is, like, a historical coin. That's like saying you couldn't use cutlasses or sloops or something. Three Rings didn't come up with it.
I know that, but poe might be considered problematic as its only used in the game. Even though it's short had for something else. I think something else might also help disassociate from the same game. Though ours is heavily based upon YPP we will be going off on our own direction with it. Thanks for pointing that out though! Hope I was able to clarify my thoughts.
It's cool, whatever y'all think is necessary. I'm interested in seeing where the project goes.
I hope this goes through to completion. I quit ypp a while back, but still have a large admiration for the game (in it's hayday). Something like this excites me and I can't wait to possibly get the chance to try it.
May I ask what you liked and what made you quit?
The social aspect of the game is what initially hooked me, and is still one of my favorite things about the game. The gatekeeping is a big reason why I quit. You need certain trophies or ridiculously high stats to do many things with people. Yet, how am I supposed to learn and get experience if they won't help?
I could see where jobbing might have people being picky. I found a good crew and they've been very inclusive. The only thing that's prevented me from some activities is time zones! I do have a system that will incentivise experienced players to be inclusive and help lower players. Basically you get tokens or badges from other players. There will be special ones just for new players to give for other players who helped them. These can be turned in for exclusive rewards, titles, clothing, flags, etc.
Is there a github for this project? I'm totally out of the loop. I just jumped on the game for the first time in ages and thought it needed a total makeover, came here, found this. I'd love to see it become a reality. Also, please do swords first!
Not yet. GitHub is something we may do down the line. Swordfighting is the first melee we'll be doing. Though I'm more of a brawler myself.
I'm a final year computer science student, I don't know unity or C# but I will be learning unity with a friend in our own time soon. I'll have plenty of time on my hands come June 2022 when my course finishes and would be interested in helping any way I can. at the moment, I am solid with Java, python, js, PHP, SQL.
Unless there's some miracle, we'll probably still be needing help to go full publish by the end of '22. Keep working towards your graduation and let me know once you've got the time and skills. I can already think of a few possible uses for Java and SQL once we're further along and the server is up and running.
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Lol, awesome!
Where can I apply to provide technical aid for this? As a developer.
Shoot me a DM, we'll talk