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Last night, I had an..odd..dream. I'm not gonna bother explaining it, since after I explain the game idea you'll get the hint anyway.

The game type is a medieval FPS style King of the Hill. There will be 3 castles within a short distance of each other that have various ways to get inside. There will be a couple different playstyles (probably free-for-all, a 2-team game, and a 3-team game) and the object is for your team to have control of the castles for the longest time. (Anyone ever play Domination in Modern Warfare 2? The point system would be similar to that)

The weapons will be typical fantasy stuff (bows, axes, swords, spells, etc) that will all do various damage to take out your opponents.

Also similar to Modern Warfare 2, you'll be able to customize your equipment after every round. As you level up, you can unlock various spells and weapons that can aid in your battles. Everything will be very fast paced, so spells and what-not will all be insta-cast type of things, but they'll be on level with actual weapons so nothing is overpowered (that'll be fun to balance..Hah)

I was also thinking that possibly for the Team modes, when you capture a castle one of your team members becomes "King" of the castle. In order for the other team to capture the castle you currently own, they'll have to kill your king. If your king is out of his throne (aka out of the castle), the enemy teams can freely take it after a short amount of time in the throne room.


Yes, that's pretty much what my dream was..that I was playing in that style of a game. It was pretty sweet in the dream, and definitely something I want to look into creating.

Any comments?

That sounds pretty cool. Never hear of that style before so its like a mmorpfps genre then

Sounds pretty neat You would just have to watch how you let teams play their king. Kind of like in early WoW with Warsong Gulch (aka capture the flag), players would hide with the flag, finding every nook and cranny that they could drop their player in to. It was really irritating. Maybe the King could always be visible on a mini-map, or maybe after so long of not being attacked.

Heh, thanks guys.

Jack - thanks for the advice, I didn't think of that. Hmm, I'll have to figure something out to prevent that.


So does this sound like a game you guys would play? If I can get a playable game out, I have a server I can set up occasionally that Indie Resource could play on. It can only support up to 20 people depending on if my internet connection wants to work, but I was thinking at most 3 teams of 5 players each so it should be plenty.

It definitely sounds like it has promise

Will it be browser based or downloadable? Either way I will play it

ZeroComp wrote:Will it be browser based or downloadable? Either way I will play it

I'm not sure yet..I'll be using the Unity engine which is easily exportable to browser, so I might go that route. I think I could get a lot more users playing if it's browser based and no download required, but we'll have to see down the road.

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Sounds very cool. You could have players fortify their castles with various upgrades and include resources to involve a little more strategy. I would definitely suggest that you try to create this; it has a lot of potential.

So I've decided that I'm gonna attempt this. I figure what the hell..if nothing else, it's some more experience.

I have two weapons modeled (a broadsword and a battle axe) and textured that I already had done that I can throw in, but eh..Got a long ways before I get to the weapons lol. For the past couple hours I've been working on a rough idea of the level layout, and I should have a level you all can run around in soon hopefully. Keep in mind this won't be the finished level, but just to see what you guys think of the layout and what-not. There won't be any buildings, just terrain/trees/rocks/grass/things like that - still have to model out the castles and what not.

In the mean time, I already have a UT3-type flag modeled and texture that I might throw in the level as the capture point, just to work on getting some of the capturing code and what-not done and have a testable rig.

Anyway, I'll post up a link to where you all can play it later. If I have any luck with setting this server up later, I can get an online version too so we can all run around/chat together, hah.