Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-19 Thread Lex
Hi Thomas and all, On 19.07.2009 0:49, Thomas Ward wrote: Yes, I can easily imagine why you would want to go for an FPS style format. The main one being more realistic. Instead of throwing attack rolls you would actually have to engage in combat in real time. That means you would have to

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-19 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Lex: Indeed. Also, how about hearing voices of your party right in 3d position? Seems cool at a first glance. But now i am thinking is it so practical and about server issues because a lot of traffic. Basically i want to use binary protocol to enable users with low bandwidth. Tom:

[Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Lex
Hi listers, I am new to the audyssey, so sorry if this topic is allready discussed (perhaps many times). I introduced a lot of interest to the text-based RPGs genre from you. I was a big fan of MUDs a few years, but online books are uninteresting to me. One genre which is not introduced

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lex, Actually, World of Warcraft, Galaxy Civilization, and SoundRTS are not roll playing games. The technical name for that style of game is called real time stratigy, and it happens to be a style of game I really like as well. I'd really love to create and play a game of that type. if you

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Lex
Hi Thomas, Well, that sort of games is called MMORPG in main stream. is it actually rpg or not is debatable question. For the game concept i have only general vision of the game play process, with different degree of deep. I am not very good in writing stories. It will be a first-person,

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Ryan Strunk
Sound mud, not sound RTS. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org [mailto:gamers-boun...@audyssey.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 1:09 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ryan, Thanks for the correction. I actually completely forgot about SoundMUD until you mentioned it. If memory serves me That's the game that was suppose to be something like Diablo, but was never finished wasn't it? Ryan Strunk wrote: Sound mud, not sound RTS. --- Gamers mailing

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Lex: Well, that sort of game is called MMORPG in main stream. is it actually rpg or not is debatable question. Tom: Actually, I made a mistake earlier. I thought you had said SoundRTS instead of SoundMUD. SoundMUD is called a MMORPG, and once I remembered SoundMUD was loosely based on

Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch

2009-07-18 Thread Bryan Peterson
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] action/rpg was Re: Creating Roll Playing Games From Scratch Hi, Lex: Well, that sort of game is called MMORPG in main stream. is it actually rpg or not is debatable question. Tom: Actually, I made a mistake earlier. I thought you had said SoundRTS instead