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Need Beta Testers!
1 min read
I need some beta testers for my game! It's important that I get input from multiple sources to further better the advancement of the game.
For more info about it, go here: sollitudialbacklash.pbworks.co…
If you are interested, please let me know through note or comment ^^
For more info about it, go here: sollitudialbacklash.pbworks.co…
If you are interested, please let me know through note or comment ^^
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Beta Testing - MLP Game!
3 min read
Well, the time has come for my game's first big beta test!
Currently I'm pegging the game at about version 0.25 of beta, but over time that will rise as I get closer and closer to finishing the game!
But now... onto the beta test. I need this beta test done for the configuring of items, exp, enemies and other things that have to do with leveling and balancing. So while there isn't TOO much that needs to be tested, it is an incredibly important test and I am seeking feedback from more than just myself.
So, I will be hosting the beta test today. If you are online later today (preferably in the morning before noon) then you will be allowed to take part. Please be aware, however, that only 5-6 other players may join me, as that is the max number of players. The workings of the game are also all written out, and are very easy to find on the front page of my site.
My site? Oh yes... my PBwiki. A little thing I've had for almost 4 years now and am finally putting to greater use... lol. Don't worry, there's nothing you need to log in or sign up for, just browse the page and click the links. It's rather simple, really... it's all laid out for you.
Anyways, my story will (for now) be posted on that wiki, which will also be separated into parts. These parts are linked together as well, so you won't need to go fishing around for them. As I add more parts and more changes/additions to the game, I will keep a changelog at the very bottom of the main page. Therefore everything is kept nice and organized!
sollitudialbacklash.pbworks.co…
There is the link to my site. All you have to do is click on it, and it's all available right there. Read through the couple walls of text I have and then through the game manuals if you want to play, and then, if you want, you can gather up a couple friends to play this or just go solo. But I will personally be holding a beta test later today to do some major configurations, so unless you find something really big that you think needs changing... don't worry about notifying me, lol.
So yeah, that's all there is to it right now. I live in texas, so I run in the US Central time. Just be ready to play some time before 2:00 pm EST (east coast, which is 1:00 my time) for playing
Thanks again, and I hope this goes well
Currently I'm pegging the game at about version 0.25 of beta, but over time that will rise as I get closer and closer to finishing the game!
But now... onto the beta test. I need this beta test done for the configuring of items, exp, enemies and other things that have to do with leveling and balancing. So while there isn't TOO much that needs to be tested, it is an incredibly important test and I am seeking feedback from more than just myself.
So, I will be hosting the beta test today. If you are online later today (preferably in the morning before noon) then you will be allowed to take part. Please be aware, however, that only 5-6 other players may join me, as that is the max number of players. The workings of the game are also all written out, and are very easy to find on the front page of my site.
My site? Oh yes... my PBwiki. A little thing I've had for almost 4 years now and am finally putting to greater use... lol. Don't worry, there's nothing you need to log in or sign up for, just browse the page and click the links. It's rather simple, really... it's all laid out for you.
Anyways, my story will (for now) be posted on that wiki, which will also be separated into parts. These parts are linked together as well, so you won't need to go fishing around for them. As I add more parts and more changes/additions to the game, I will keep a changelog at the very bottom of the main page. Therefore everything is kept nice and organized!
sollitudialbacklash.pbworks.co…
There is the link to my site. All you have to do is click on it, and it's all available right there. Read through the couple walls of text I have and then through the game manuals if you want to play, and then, if you want, you can gather up a couple friends to play this or just go solo. But I will personally be holding a beta test later today to do some major configurations, so unless you find something really big that you think needs changing... don't worry about notifying me, lol.
So yeah, that's all there is to it right now. I live in texas, so I run in the US Central time. Just be ready to play some time before 2:00 pm EST (east coast, which is 1:00 my time) for playing
Thanks again, and I hope this goes well
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My Little Pony Game
8 min read
Yup, title says it all! I am making, from scratch, a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic adventure game.
This game will be in the DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) play style fashion, where there will be character sheets, dice rolling, a giant quest littered with mini-quests, ect.
The game is not flash, and it will most likely be either presented via Google Documents, or organized on my personal pbwiki page. NOTE: If you don't know what a pbwiki is, don't worry. It's just like a regular page you can customize and junk. Nothing new or big or anything. It's actually rather old...
Moving on now, I suggest you go through some of my deviations. Examples of maps can be found here: tornado5000170.deviantart.com/… here tornado5000170.deviantart.com/… and here tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…... but it is also effective and will serve the game well as it is played through. I am looking for completion and full functionality of the game right now, not neat and tidiness. "You must make the sword first, then you can sharpen it!"
Now, as custom to DnD and Unforgotten Realms style games, there will be character sheets which I have also made from scratch. Here is a blank one: tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…
I have also made the level 1 sheets for each of the Mane 6 or the "Mane Adventure" scenario. tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…
Speaking of scenario's... I guess that's the next place I should start.
There will be 2 ways to play the game. You can either do Mane Quest (gosh I'm full of horse puns today), or you can do free play.
Mane Quest is the story and plot I have already laid out and put into the game, which you must follow and pass through in order to achieve victory. It is a big'ol quest filled with a bunch of side quests, and a few twists as well. Similar to a final fantasy game, it is playing a game and telling a story at the same time. In it, I plan to have - as I just said - multiple side quests, unique obstacles for your characters to overcome, as well as some (hopefully) humorous and entertaining extras as you go.
Free Play is exactly as it describes. You can use my monsters, you can use my maps, you can use any of the quests, bosses, characters, anything you want! But the only thing is you must come up with your own adventure. Or, you can take mine, and tweak it! Free play is purely an edit mode, where you can add monsters, items, spells/skills, players, characters, just... mix it up! It's essentially sandbox mode. You don't even have to follow the same rules if you don't want to, you can come up with your own.
Now, back to the character sheets. You may notice that they are all filled out for the mane 6 and each has their own unique set of stats. Well, I shall now explain what most of those stats mean and do.
(for the following wall of text, I will copy pasta an explanation I have already made on ponibooru)
--
Everything (other than the pictures and the logo) was made completely custom, including the triangle where the 3 main stats are shown.
Each character's preferred stat is underlined, and everything is involved in some sort of formula to give the character their hit points, Skill points, armor, attack, ect.
For instance... let's talk about applejack's sheet.
Her strength is 16, agility 10, intel 4.
Now, all characters (or at least these ponies) start with 5 hp, 3 sp, 0 attack, and 0 armor. These things are changed mainly by the 3 main stats.
Every 2 strength gives the character +1 max HP.
So, you take Applejack's strength number, divide by two, and add 5 and you get 13.
for every 3 intel, you gain +1 max sp. since applejack's intel is very low, she only has +1 to her max, making a total of 4.
For her armor, there's 3 things to factor. The character's main trait has a factor in this, one which I will explain here. Look at Rainbow Dash. Her base armor is 2 because she is an agility character. Applejack's base armor is 1 because she is a strength character. Twilight Sparkle's base armor is 0 because she is an intel character.
intel = 0
strength = 1
agility = 2
Now, let's look at the +agil section. I made it so that +1 point of armor is gained per 5 agility that the character has. so, Applejack has +2 armor for that while Rainbow Dash (with an agility of 16 (+1 for the goggles)) has +3. Lastly, the equipment is the final section that has a say in a character's armor. The hat gives her +1 armor, so that's as simple as that.
Lastly, let's look at the attack. Each character starts with an attack of 0, and since Applejack uses her hooves, she then is given a set starting attack value of 4. Every character that uses hooves to attack starts with 4 damage. Now, the character's Main Stat comes into play here, as well as which type of stat is their main stat.
Strength characters get +1 attack per 3 strength stat.
Agility characters get +1 attack per 4 agility stat.
Intel characters get +1 attack per 5 Intel stat.
So, 3 goes into 15, 5 times. Thus, her attack is brought up to 9. Because of her history, though, she is granted +2 attack because she is a "worker pony", this implementing some ideals from the show itself into the game and its workings.The type, range, and Other all play a part, but will be explained in the game once I'm done.
Luck, charm, and will also have their uses, but I will only explain Will here.
Every 3 points of Will adds +5% to your chances of surviving a fatal blow.
In other words, if Applejack were down to 5hp, and she gets hit for 8, her Will points give her a 30% chance to survive with 1HP! If she was at 5hp and gets hit with at total of 4 and gets knocked down to 1, THEN gets dealt a fatal blow, the Will points will not become a factor.
This and much more are becoming factors in my game. Some things are gained per level, and others are only gained by alternative means. You all will have to wait and see when I finally release my beta version.
--
See that? Not only does it show I'm lazy, I'm also very creative and totally original with my formulas!
Now, these numbers are not set in stone. Due to lack of gameplay experience (as I am not yet finished with the game and it is for now unplayable), I have worked out very few balance issues. So, I may change them depending on what I see and hear from the beta feedback.
My progress right now? Oh... it's very hard to tell really. But I would say I'm somewhere around... 40%? 45% maybe... but let's not push it further than there.
Now, I'm tempted to give away a certain spoiler, but I dunno if I should... it might be a bit too much.
>_>
<_<
Eh, screw it. Here it goes!
One of the Mane 6 dies ;D
teehee, I know, I'm evil. And you will be the one that has to KILL THEM! HEE HEE HA HA HAAAA!
lol
Okay, now that my little insanity spree is over, let's wrap this up, shall we?
Once it's done, I'm pretty much gonna hand it out to ya'll. It ain't gonna be restricted to you guys in any way, it's totally out there for anyone to play and experience
Also, the game is playable online and in real life. What online means, is you can be in a chat room (preferably with screen-share or a webcam display of some sort) and be playing with others. What real life means, is you can print out the stuff and have you and how many other players you want (up to 6) sit down at a table and get a good'ol fashion dice rolling game going
Speaking of dice rolling, this game requires D20's to play.
"Oh no, I don't have any dice, let alone D20's! I can't play!"
Chill bro, it's fine. I got your life savor right here...
www.roll-dice-online.com/
BAM!
That there is a link to a web site that has a very simple, yet equally effective dice rolling program. No download, no nothing, just a super simple "punch in what you want" deal and it gives it to you. Check it out for yourself!
Well, I guess that about does it for now. Nothing else to really say. I could go on about the types of spells and items and other factors that you have to deal with, but I'll save that for Beta and the rule book.
For now, I hope you all enjoy this and have a nice day!
Autobots, ROLL OUT!
This game will be in the DnD (Dungeons and Dragons) play style fashion, where there will be character sheets, dice rolling, a giant quest littered with mini-quests, ect.
The game is not flash, and it will most likely be either presented via Google Documents, or organized on my personal pbwiki page. NOTE: If you don't know what a pbwiki is, don't worry. It's just like a regular page you can customize and junk. Nothing new or big or anything. It's actually rather old...
Moving on now, I suggest you go through some of my deviations. Examples of maps can be found here: tornado5000170.deviantart.com/… here tornado5000170.deviantart.com/… and here tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…... but it is also effective and will serve the game well as it is played through. I am looking for completion and full functionality of the game right now, not neat and tidiness. "You must make the sword first, then you can sharpen it!"
Now, as custom to DnD and Unforgotten Realms style games, there will be character sheets which I have also made from scratch. Here is a blank one: tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…
I have also made the level 1 sheets for each of the Mane 6 or the "Mane Adventure" scenario. tornado5000170.deviantart.com/…
Speaking of scenario's... I guess that's the next place I should start.
There will be 2 ways to play the game. You can either do Mane Quest (gosh I'm full of horse puns today), or you can do free play.
Mane Quest is the story and plot I have already laid out and put into the game, which you must follow and pass through in order to achieve victory. It is a big'ol quest filled with a bunch of side quests, and a few twists as well. Similar to a final fantasy game, it is playing a game and telling a story at the same time. In it, I plan to have - as I just said - multiple side quests, unique obstacles for your characters to overcome, as well as some (hopefully) humorous and entertaining extras as you go.
Free Play is exactly as it describes. You can use my monsters, you can use my maps, you can use any of the quests, bosses, characters, anything you want! But the only thing is you must come up with your own adventure. Or, you can take mine, and tweak it! Free play is purely an edit mode, where you can add monsters, items, spells/skills, players, characters, just... mix it up! It's essentially sandbox mode. You don't even have to follow the same rules if you don't want to, you can come up with your own.
Now, back to the character sheets. You may notice that they are all filled out for the mane 6 and each has their own unique set of stats. Well, I shall now explain what most of those stats mean and do.
(for the following wall of text, I will copy pasta an explanation I have already made on ponibooru)
--
Everything (other than the pictures and the logo) was made completely custom, including the triangle where the 3 main stats are shown.
Each character's preferred stat is underlined, and everything is involved in some sort of formula to give the character their hit points, Skill points, armor, attack, ect.
For instance... let's talk about applejack's sheet.
Her strength is 16, agility 10, intel 4.
Now, all characters (or at least these ponies) start with 5 hp, 3 sp, 0 attack, and 0 armor. These things are changed mainly by the 3 main stats.
Every 2 strength gives the character +1 max HP.
So, you take Applejack's strength number, divide by two, and add 5 and you get 13.
for every 3 intel, you gain +1 max sp. since applejack's intel is very low, she only has +1 to her max, making a total of 4.
For her armor, there's 3 things to factor. The character's main trait has a factor in this, one which I will explain here. Look at Rainbow Dash. Her base armor is 2 because she is an agility character. Applejack's base armor is 1 because she is a strength character. Twilight Sparkle's base armor is 0 because she is an intel character.
intel = 0
strength = 1
agility = 2
Now, let's look at the +agil section. I made it so that +1 point of armor is gained per 5 agility that the character has. so, Applejack has +2 armor for that while Rainbow Dash (with an agility of 16 (+1 for the goggles)) has +3. Lastly, the equipment is the final section that has a say in a character's armor. The hat gives her +1 armor, so that's as simple as that.
Lastly, let's look at the attack. Each character starts with an attack of 0, and since Applejack uses her hooves, she then is given a set starting attack value of 4. Every character that uses hooves to attack starts with 4 damage. Now, the character's Main Stat comes into play here, as well as which type of stat is their main stat.
Strength characters get +1 attack per 3 strength stat.
Agility characters get +1 attack per 4 agility stat.
Intel characters get +1 attack per 5 Intel stat.
So, 3 goes into 15, 5 times. Thus, her attack is brought up to 9. Because of her history, though, she is granted +2 attack because she is a "worker pony", this implementing some ideals from the show itself into the game and its workings.The type, range, and Other all play a part, but will be explained in the game once I'm done.
Luck, charm, and will also have their uses, but I will only explain Will here.
Every 3 points of Will adds +5% to your chances of surviving a fatal blow.
In other words, if Applejack were down to 5hp, and she gets hit for 8, her Will points give her a 30% chance to survive with 1HP! If she was at 5hp and gets hit with at total of 4 and gets knocked down to 1, THEN gets dealt a fatal blow, the Will points will not become a factor.
This and much more are becoming factors in my game. Some things are gained per level, and others are only gained by alternative means. You all will have to wait and see when I finally release my beta version.
--
See that? Not only does it show I'm lazy, I'm also very creative and totally original with my formulas!
Now, these numbers are not set in stone. Due to lack of gameplay experience (as I am not yet finished with the game and it is for now unplayable), I have worked out very few balance issues. So, I may change them depending on what I see and hear from the beta feedback.
My progress right now? Oh... it's very hard to tell really. But I would say I'm somewhere around... 40%? 45% maybe... but let's not push it further than there.
Now, I'm tempted to give away a certain spoiler, but I dunno if I should... it might be a bit too much.
>_>
<_<
Eh, screw it. Here it goes!
One of the Mane 6 dies ;D
teehee, I know, I'm evil. And you will be the one that has to KILL THEM! HEE HEE HA HA HAAAA!
lol
Okay, now that my little insanity spree is over, let's wrap this up, shall we?
Once it's done, I'm pretty much gonna hand it out to ya'll. It ain't gonna be restricted to you guys in any way, it's totally out there for anyone to play and experience
Also, the game is playable online and in real life. What online means, is you can be in a chat room (preferably with screen-share or a webcam display of some sort) and be playing with others. What real life means, is you can print out the stuff and have you and how many other players you want (up to 6) sit down at a table and get a good'ol fashion dice rolling game going
Speaking of dice rolling, this game requires D20's to play.
"Oh no, I don't have any dice, let alone D20's! I can't play!"
Chill bro, it's fine. I got your life savor right here...
www.roll-dice-online.com/
BAM!
That there is a link to a web site that has a very simple, yet equally effective dice rolling program. No download, no nothing, just a super simple "punch in what you want" deal and it gives it to you. Check it out for yourself!
Well, I guess that about does it for now. Nothing else to really say. I could go on about the types of spells and items and other factors that you have to deal with, but I'll save that for Beta and the rule book.
For now, I hope you all enjoy this and have a nice day!
Autobots, ROLL OUT!
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Time For Business
3 min read
Alright. After 4 years of my thoughts constantly being swung around by the perspective of my friends and how I see my fantasy story at certain times relative to others, I think it's about time I settled on something. But first, a quick recap of recent times.
NEW LAPTOP~
f**k yeah! I got a brand new laptop, something 10x better than my old crappy desktop computer with windows vista on it. So my programs run faster, the computer itself is faster, and I'm happier. Hooah
CHRISTMAS~
Tis the season right? I'm gonna be goin home, and if I don't spend my time at a job, I'll be spending it either playing my games or working on my story/drawings. The only problem with my stories and drawings is I only feel like I should work on them when I have inspiration to do so. Therefore, I need to find either a song, game, or another story or picture that will aid me in building up the required inspiration which will allow me to go and sit down and actively work on my... well, my work. So once I find this, I will be sure to give 100% my all to doing some great works.
LIFE~
I don't like talking about my person or real life. If you wanna know more about me, look me up on either Starcraft 2 or IMVU. Both of which my username is StreakTheFox. OR you can just note me... I'll probably talk about stuff just to vent or something. Not my choice, it's yours.
OKAY! Now, back to the story I mentioned at the beginning. For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, it's a story that I first thought up back in the days I joined deviantart. No, it's not Passion of Two Foxes. That was a little side story that holds no actual merit when related to the real story. This story is like, IT! It includes the characters which I have now settled on, including good and bad cybertronians. Phase breaker, as well as his 3 other brothers will be in this story.
Phase Breaker
Phase Cracker
Phase Shifter
Phase Slicer
More about them later on, as well as probably some head-pictures to help give you guys a better idea of what they look like.
Both the autobots and the decepticons will have their own main characters, and I will do my best to use references to those seen in the actual Transformers movie sparingly. There are side characters also, as well as a special team of Mobius-like characters. (not gonna be sonic characters anymore, but more anthro-ish. Some sonic-like traits will still be seen, but I'm trying to make a transition here.) I had to switch this team up a lot, add and remove some characters due to relationships with friends, but I've come to a conclusion and I WILL use what I have come up with now. So don't stay tuned, until you start seeing stuff come out
Take care everyone!
P.S. my printer will be left at college, so anything I do draw, will not be visible until I return for my second semester.
NEW LAPTOP~
f**k yeah! I got a brand new laptop, something 10x better than my old crappy desktop computer with windows vista on it. So my programs run faster, the computer itself is faster, and I'm happier. Hooah
CHRISTMAS~
Tis the season right? I'm gonna be goin home, and if I don't spend my time at a job, I'll be spending it either playing my games or working on my story/drawings. The only problem with my stories and drawings is I only feel like I should work on them when I have inspiration to do so. Therefore, I need to find either a song, game, or another story or picture that will aid me in building up the required inspiration which will allow me to go and sit down and actively work on my... well, my work. So once I find this, I will be sure to give 100% my all to doing some great works.
LIFE~
I don't like talking about my person or real life. If you wanna know more about me, look me up on either Starcraft 2 or IMVU. Both of which my username is StreakTheFox. OR you can just note me... I'll probably talk about stuff just to vent or something. Not my choice, it's yours.
OKAY! Now, back to the story I mentioned at the beginning. For those of you who have no clue what I'm talking about, it's a story that I first thought up back in the days I joined deviantart. No, it's not Passion of Two Foxes. That was a little side story that holds no actual merit when related to the real story. This story is like, IT! It includes the characters which I have now settled on, including good and bad cybertronians. Phase breaker, as well as his 3 other brothers will be in this story.
Phase Breaker
Phase Cracker
Phase Shifter
Phase Slicer
More about them later on, as well as probably some head-pictures to help give you guys a better idea of what they look like.
Both the autobots and the decepticons will have their own main characters, and I will do my best to use references to those seen in the actual Transformers movie sparingly. There are side characters also, as well as a special team of Mobius-like characters. (not gonna be sonic characters anymore, but more anthro-ish. Some sonic-like traits will still be seen, but I'm trying to make a transition here.) I had to switch this team up a lot, add and remove some characters due to relationships with friends, but I've come to a conclusion and I WILL use what I have come up with now. So don't stay tuned, until you start seeing stuff come out
Take care everyone!
P.S. my printer will be left at college, so anything I do draw, will not be visible until I return for my second semester.
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Starcraft 2
1 min read
Got it? Play me
username: StreakTheFox
username: StreakTheFox
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