Gauging Interest - Banana RPG (Abandoned)

[BananaCucho]

I have ideas for a choose-your-own-adventure RPG game, want to gauge interest in it as well ask for feedback

WIP

Idea: RPG style game with quests. Player completes a quest - gets a victory point. If the game were to end, the player with the most victory points would be the winner

How I envision it: Players are either:

A) assigned a quest. When they complete it they are assigned another quest (easier to implement, less flexibility)

B) are given a choice of quests. Maybe the option to buy, discover, or even create side quests (more involved, more of a headache, but probably more fun)

Current idea: Players either come up with a backstory or are assigned one. They are given a choice on what type of journey they wish to take and receive an appropriate quest. When they complete the quest, they are again given a choice, receive an appropriate quest. For example of starting paths -

Do you:
1) Wish to be known as a Hero of the people
OR
2) Want to be remembered as a notorious villain?

Then a quest is given to start either journey


Mechanics:

- No day/night phases and no forced eliminations. Pro to this: no pressure to keep up with the game. More relaxed. Cons to this: game can stall
- Eliminations may still occur. This allows alliances to form, factions. Cooperation, social dynamics. Exciting quests. Possibly showdowns or duels. Possible after life interactions
- Players can do pretty much anything, with some limitations. Make actions public, for example
-work
Consequences are public and/or private.
- Players have an inventory and can't take actions with items they don't have. If they want to control a fleet they must first have a fleet in their inventory.

[Marshmallow Marshall]

/presign ^^

Private communication between players, yes or no?

[BananaCucho]

/presign ^^

Private communication between players, yes or no?

Hmmmmmmmmmmm maybe.

[Ganelon]

I’m guessing this is gonna be a forum game?
How will you handle interactions between players, combat, etc? Are you planning to add NPCs?
Are you planning to add items? Perhaps rooms?

[Ganelon]

Is it gonna be turn-based? Real time?
i find this unbelievably interesting and would sign the fuck out of this game.

[BananaCucho]

I’m guessing this is gonna be a forum game?
How will you handle interactions between players, combat, etc? Are you planning to add NPCs?
Are you planning to add items? Perhaps rooms?

These are all good questions that I dont have answers to yet

[Ganelon]

You can also add an inventory system, etc
You can write the mechanics in a programming language of some sort

[BananaCucho]

Is it gonna be turn-based? Real time?
i find this unbelievably interesting and would sign the fuck out of this game.

Real time pretty much, dont want to wait on people to take turns. If someone goes inactive for a while, game should be able to progress without them

[BananaCucho]

You can also add an inventory system, etc
You can write the mechanics in a programming language of some sort

So I dont know if it would be that involved. Thats a huge time investment for something that may not pay off.

[BananaCucho]

I dont know that I could or would want to do something traditionally RPG with stats and combat mechanics, but rather something scenario and story driven thats basically choose your own adcenture. I'll present consequences and scenarios to things but I dont want to overcomplicate it lol

[BananaCucho]

I dont know that I could or would want to do something traditionally RPG with stats and combat mechanics, but rather something scenario and story driven thats basically choose your own adcenture. I'll present consequences and scenarios to things but I dont want to overcomplicate it lol

Basically what was happening with "The Circle 2" but with actual objectives given to the players and no death clock to play against

[DJarJar]

yes

[Ganelon]

That sounds like a good idea yep

[secondpassing]

Uh super interested. And if you wanted a map or whatever, you could always just rip one off RLVG

[yzb25]

I'd be super down for this too

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Instead of having a 24 hours death clock, what about a week long death clock (with other mechanics perhaps, and perhaps a way to stop it)? That would allow players to have time to think about what to do while keeping the benefits from having a timer gameplay-wise.

[Ganelon]

Personally I’d rather there wasn’t a timer at all. Just give everyone some objectives and a backstory + possibly an inventory system.
if you want to know what I’d do: set some clear restrictions on what players can and can’t do. For instance, you can’t just become reality bender or some shit like that. Likewise, you can’t drink from s bottle of water that you do not possess. Lastly, a setting of some sort would help a great deal. You could make this an Fm with RPG elements or an RPG with FM elements.

[BananaCucho]

Personally I’d rather there wasn’t a timer at all. Just give everyone some objectives and a backstory + possibly an inventory system.
if you want to know what I’d do: set some clear restrictions on what players can and can’t do. For instance, you can’t just become reality bender or some shit like that. Likewise, you can’t drink from s bottle of water that you do not possess. Lastly, a setting of some sort would help a great deal. You could make this an Fm with RPG elements or an RPG with FM elements.

I like this a lot

[BananaCucho]

Would people be more interested in creating their own backstory, or being assigned a backstory?

[secondpassing]

Would people be more interested in creating their own backstory, or being assigned a backstory?

Id play either, just hoping it's not an orc or a dwarf, but prefer to create my own backstory.

[BananaCucho]

Id play either, just hoping it's not an orc or a dwarf, but prefer to create my own backstory.

I like the idea of everyone making a backstory for themselves, if we can agree on a setting. But I may make small modifications and if anyone doesnt want to make one I can assign one

Uh super interested. And if you wanted a map or whatever, you could always just rip one off RLVG

lol I definitely don't want to create a map

[Ganelon]

That’s an interesting concept. I also wouldn’t mind making my own backstory now that I think about it. Almost like the way stealth hosted ?krc

[Gyrlander]

I like the idea of everyone making a backstory for themselves, if we can agree on a setting. But I may make small modifications and if anyone doesnt want to make one I can assign one



lol I definitely don't want to create a map

I'd like to provide some main instructions regarding my backstory and let you fill in the rest. I just want to be able to identify myself with the character if possible.

Is that ok?

[secondpassing]

Oh and I guess a third option, depending on the amount of players and how in-depth you want to make this and depending on if you want the game to have a plot, I'm totally willing to co-host or just world-build. Making this sort of game does take quite a bit of work.

[Marshmallow Marshall]

Personally I’d rather there wasn’t a timer at all. Just give everyone some objectives and a backstory + possibly an inventory system.
if you want to know what I’d do: set some clear restrictions on what players can and can’t do. For instance, you can’t just become reality bender or some shit like that. Likewise, you can’t drink from s bottle of water that you do not possess. Lastly, a setting of some sort would help a great deal. You could make this an Fm with RPG elements or an RPG with FM elements.

Good ideas, I support all of them. As for timer, I won't die on that hill.

[DJarJar]

Good ideas, I support all of them. As for timer, I won't die on that hill.

classic frenchie

[Kovath]

Reminds me of that thing that was done a long time ago, was it by RLVG?

[Varcron]

I'd be down for an RPG kind of thingy here.

[BananaCucho]

I will accept pre-signs and backstorys at this time. I figure if people send me their backstories, maybe I can come up with a story that kind of ties them together in some way. Or maybe not.

I'll still need time to figure things out on how I wanna do this, so pre-signs and backstories doesn't mean this is necessarily starting soon. But it may help give me ideas!

[BananaCucho]

I'm ready to start putting this together btw. Can start basically whenever

[BananaCucho]

I have a few ideas

[Frinckles]

What edition are we playing?

[BananaCucho]

Alpha

[Ganelon]

Is this gonna be a fantasy, sci-fi, modern day RPG? I have a perfect idea coming from a novel series I really like that covers all three of them btw

[BananaCucho]

Is this gonna be a fantasy, sci-fi, modern day RPG? I have a perfect idea coming from a novel series I really like that covers all three of them btw

Whatever is the popular flavor

[deathworlds]

Do this so I know it people are hype over the idea when I eventually finish mine :P

[BananaCucho]

Do this so I know it people are hype over the idea when I eventually finish mine :P

I'm tryin

[BananaCucho]

I have received a bio!

[secondpassing]

I have received a bio!

Hurry up and research stim people. We also need more barracks.

[secondpassing]

If I bump this often enough will people write a bio? Or will I just be too annoying?

[BananaCucho]

UwU

[Renegade]

I'm interested.

[BananaCucho]

I'm interested.

Send me your bio, baby cakes

[secondpassing]

owo

[BananaCucho]

uwu

[theoneceko]

uwu

UwU!!!
OwO