My first game idea -

[Kolgeroth]

Hello everyone, I'm working on my first RPG Maker game!
This game will take place inside one dungeon, and every time you restart it will almost always seem different.
While I know it's not really possible to do this, I plan on making the game feel just like it is randomized. People always say RPGM3 is the most linear of the three games but I'm gonna prove them wrong

First you choose male or female, select between a warrior, archer, or a mage, give a name and then you begin. The dungeon is 20 floors long no matter how many times you complete it. The things that will change are the following:

- Event chests will be randomized (or placed in different areas on every floor
- Barrels, crates, will be randomized with different items every time you restart.
- There are no save points except the area before you start a dungeon. There will be health/magic regeneration areas that might also be randomized.
- There are randomized scripted enemy battles, but if your lucky you'll only have to face the Dungeons final boss on floor 20 (which is also randomized
- The music of each floor will be randomized
- The lighting effects of each floor will be randomized
- Traps will be randomized
- There will even be a random question asked by the last floor.
- The entire floor layout of each floor, will be randomized.

The whole dungeon can be completed in a few hours, but that doesn't mean the game will be over. You simply restart the dungeon from floor 1 with your new weapons and armor you've found through your first play-through! Or you will also have the option to start a new class.

Once you defeat the end dungeon boss, you will have the option to shop for special items for your pet or yourself. I won't bother explaining how everything works or how I plan on doing it, but a lot of it will be with mode switching and display on and off.
I hope to have this game finished by the next 3-4 months. Also, I hope I posted this in the right forum because it's kinda confusing here x.x

[Dusk Raven]

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An interesting idea. When you say "one dungeon", does that mean one huge 20+ floor dungeon? I have a game which is "one dungeon", but it's really composed of several smaller dungeons (Watch Spire, Victory Corridor, etc.) linked by warp points, done partly so I can change music and decor as well as ease the CPU strain.

How are you gonna make everything random? I need something like that....

[Kolgeroth]

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Yes, it will be composed of five to eight 20floor dungeons. Making each floor have a randomized effect.
I also plan on having the decoration displays switch spots on every floor using an event, the crates and chests will have different items as well. The "modify dungeon event" will make the lighting/interior of each floor look different.

[hitogoroshi]

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Erm...you really can't have it randomized. Even if you pull off user input to change variables, on the scale you're thinking of the game would start by the player having to hit 100 buttons - which woudln't be that great.

[Ryner]

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Is there a story?

[Kolgeroth]

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If there is a story it will just kinda be there, but I haven't decided yet.
and yes I've already said it's not possible for it to be randomized but it will act like one. If that makes sense ^^;

Anyways I'm just playing around with the software so if it actually turns out the way I'm expecting, It should be okay.

[Ryner]

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So the whole game is just a 20-level dungeon crawler. That doesn't sound very fun.

[Kolgeroth]

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o ur rite

No, I'll have it where you can go back every 5 floors..Simple. The hardest part will be balancing the combat, which will have no more than 2-3 enemies at once.

[Ryner]

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Go back where? Is there a town?

[Vonwert]

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Well it is your first game, so it will be a learning experience. So in the next one you can make a better game around a solid story.

[Kolgeroth]

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"Go back where? Is there a town?"

^
Now there is lolz


Oh I was working on a normal RPG but I got bored recording all of my story with the controller (takes a while)

Guess I should say this is my SECOND game idea but - first, second, same thing!
So I need a keyboard or something, because "Fueled by Magic" is all about..well, story

No this really could be an awesome game you guys just don't understand!! It's randomized! GOD

[Perversion]

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Seeing as how tedious the RPGM3 battles are, if that's all the game is based on, I wouldn't play it. Plus, it was hard enough for me "randomize" stuff in my many minigames; I don't know how you're going to make completely random dungeon as there is no random number generator in RPGM3. The way I came up with a "pseudo random number generator" is to have a certain variable (or in some cases, variables) be assigned a certain value each time you talk to an NPC. Depending on the order you do things, the number will always be different, giving a semi-random effect. No matter what, though, you're still gonna get patterns. And I don't see how you're gonna do it without NPCs. Maybe use the method mentioned each time you open a treasure chest? Plus, you're gonna soak up a lot of memory making different variations of each of the dungeons. Not trying to shoot you down, but I don't see how you're gonna pull it off.

[Vonwert]

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You do know that you can just buy any cheap USB keyboard from any electronic store and use it for RPGMaker 3, right?

[Kolgeroth]

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Wait so I can use ANY keyboard? Like the one on my computer?

Okay I'm going back to my original game cuz:
1. you hurt my feelings
2. nvm

This topic is now about Fueled by Magic!

[DYRE]

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Not ANY Keyboard. Any USB keyboard though, and you can get one for like $15.