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hi there
i was watching all your vids and i liked the idea to make a game ... i have some ideas and quastions though...
1. experience - how to make that working i mean like for example goblin gives 5 exp and orc gives 10 exp and so on depends of creatures created.... i think here goes a table of experience... for lvl up.....please show how to make this
2. food or potions - how to make those working
3. locations - i was thinking to start with 4 location (maybe inventing some names) and actions at each location
a. wood - here you can woodcut
b. mine - here you can mine for ores
c. lake - here you can fish
d. wilderness - here you can fight monsters
these skills also i think they need like a table of experience to lvl up each skill
also like an extra for example we could put %chance to get a rare item by doing any of those skills
4. the battle page you made could have some more buttons like button for each creature at that location like:
Kill goblin
kill rat
kill orc
kill spider

5. inventory system
6. a minimap of the locations -like click one location to go there after xx seconds you get to that location
7. houses -for storing items (a new skill "constructing" could be imlemented here)
8. chat system


*the most important part you should put into your video tutorials is how to make like countdowns for diferent skills ... for example if i hit fish at "location c" 30 seconds countdown should happend to fish .. after those 30 sec passed game should say "You caught a shrimp" or "You caught nothing" or "you caught some old boots" or "You caught a treasure box" or other things like these... don't forget to show how to make the %chance to get each item you can "fish"


*please reply and i give more info about the game if needed

thanks for the input, i can definitely do these.

thanks for replying so fast..
i was trying to make the game myself but is really hard without smeone to guide you
http://smashy.byethost4.com/ this is what i did so far the webpage and the login system
if you can guide me via yahoo messenger my id is adriansmashy[at]yahoo[dot]com

one more thing .. when i can see your next tutorial about the game? .. i guess there are many followers waiting for it

i am converting it now, its on a log in system. Should be up within a hour or two. Its pretty simple so I will have another video up tomorrow or so.

Personnaly I dislike the idea of waiting 30 seconds for a fish (or anything of the likes). Is there a reason why you want to implement this feature?

well we will see where it goes, i dont know how much we will do. Suggest whatever you want

the reason i want the "30 seconds" stuff
with that i can balance the skills in the game also the location
like for example if the game evolves and there are 2 location of fishing for example where less players are less seconds takes to fish... and the players would go to other location that has less players OR go mining or woodcutting... so the resources gets more balanced in the game
imagine there are 100 players connected and all are woodcutting.... the price of wood will drop and the game will be saturated of wood
so i think it is the best way to keep a balanced economy
the 30 seconds could be 5 or 10 is no a fixed value...i hope you understand me

hallsofvallhalla wrote:i am converting it now, its on a log in system. Should be up within a hour or two. Its pretty simple so I will have another video up tomorrow or so.

what programs you use to make the videos and convert them?

camtasia


I played a game recently with the wait period and I hated it. I feel like I am wasting my life away when sitting there watching a clock in a game. Even if I am truly wasting time playing games I dont want to feel like I am

I kinda agree with valls, but I understand you want to pace stuff out. I would suggest pacing your game with skill levels instead? The higher the level, the higher the chances to catch a fish. And so you don't have to wait for a result (I guess a 2 seconds wait is reasonable) and everything will likely balance itself out...