Hello, I'm looking for an enthusiastic level designer to help me in accomplishing an Online RPG. I have done a lot of the work required, except the levels, because I'm no artist.
Now the concept of the game pretty much resebles web-based RPGs - the camera is static, you move by clicking on zones in the map.
Here's whats been done already:
A login®istration system:
An overall menu system:
A fully working inventory:
Character Statistics:
A small crafting panel, for making new, better items:
An in-game music player, with next, previous, play, pause, stop, loop functions:
A working chat, with visible nicknames:
A map with city names:
More features I couldn't show as a screenshot:
The panels slide out of the sides
Shops, very easy to set up, with defineable prices
On the top of the screen, help messages are shown from time to time
The buttons below, can be clicked or you can use keyboard shortcuts, The shortcuts are shown if you hover the mouse over the button.
You can create new accounts very easily, accounts with the same login are not allowed. Also, if an account is online, someone cannot log in with it.
You can attack other players, even kill them.
It is hard to use any macros (Like predefined mouse movement) for cheating, because everything needs the user's interaction
Stat saving - log out, then log in and your stats are just as you left them
Skill leveling - Crafting gives you XP, so does fishing, mining etc.
When you die, you can pay a fine (100 gold * LEVEL) or wait for 5 minutes.
No way of cheating using a memory editor, because EVERYTHING is happening server-side.
And finally, updates are sent from 1-20 times a minutes, depending on how the client plays the game. Updates are sent only when something changes, so the game doesn't use the resources a lot.
Features left to add:
Players Online
A trading system
Book of crafting recipes
A battle system (That's partly done, I just need to add levels and effects)
As you can see by the screens I have no level, just a smal block of wood.
I'll try to explain my idea now - I don't need whole levels, but small parts of it (Like the front of a pub, front of a castle, a church etc.). When the player changes the zones, the camera is positioned accordingly, so only the part needed is displayed. Lets say, someone wants to go to a shop. He clicks the city in the map, now he can view the shop through the camera. He moves his mouse on the door, and it lights up. He clicks it, and a shop panel opens. Thats it. I hope you understood the whole concept.
Also, small arenas are needed, so I could make a battle system, because without it, I have the beginning of the game, I have the end, but no middle.
OK, I might have missed something important here, so don't hesitate to ask.
Oh, and payment. I cannot offer any payment, sorry, That is why I did everything on my own, and I hope there will be someone who believes in this project and will help me. Even if you could create one house for me, it will still be something.
And, I forgot to mention, the game will be totally FREE! An option to buy items in-game for real currency will still remain.
