Idea Info Name: Way to Arcadia Index: Secondary Category: Online Submitted: 2/8/2003 5:47:43 PM Written By: survival

General Design

The type of the game is MMORPG, but it'll be better if we call it Sim-MMORPG, because there'll be so many parameters that show the conditions of the character.

It's 3rd person camera view-3D game(I still confuse with the equation to make the 3D engine). The camera can be rotated 360 degree horizontal and maybe 60 degree vertical, I've found the equation for this camera movement.

This game use active turn-based battle system, there will be a round-gauge that'll be encircle depend on the characters speed, but when it's full, you  can do an action or save it to do a combo attack/ multi action, after the gauge full it'll be a number shown on the top of the gauge, it show how much we can do (an) action(s) that time. So it's not a pure turn-based battle. The other player can join the battle anytime(there'll be an icon at the map, where the battle happen). The experince point(Exp) will be share depend on the players role in the battle.

The parameters is divided by two category, Basic and Advanced parameters. The Basic parameters can be added freely by ourself with the point that'll be earn every level up. This parameters will affect the Advanced one. The Basic parameters are: Strength, Intelligence, Dexterity, and Agility. The Strength will be affect characters attack fully(100%), and 60% Life. The Intelligence affect Magical attack and 60% Mana. Dexterity affect Accuracy, 30% Life, and 10%Mana. Then the Agility affect Speed, 10% Life, and 30% Mana. Just for the Agility, player can boost it by change the percentage of the parameters point. As the example :
STR 100-INT 50-DEX 75-AGI 25
it can be changed into
STR 40-INT 20-DEX 30-AGI 160
But it just for the agility, b'coz it can make your character unbeatable or maybe make it easy defeated just with an ordinary attack.

B'coz it's an on-line game, of course it must have many variation of character. So it use Race and Class system. There's four races, they're:
- Human => Balanced race
    Basic parameters: STR 7-INT 8-DEX 8-AGI 7
- Elf => Agile attacker with extra-ordinary dexterity
    Basic parameters: STR 5-INT 7-DEX 9-AGI 9
- Orc => Race with amazing strength
    Basic parameters: STR 12-INT 4-DEX 8-AGI 6
- Magi => Tiny race with extra-ordinary magic potential
    Basic parameters: STR 3-INT 11-DEX 8-AGI 8

Besides the races system, to add the variety off the character, there's a class system that control the addition parameters and character's abilities(the abilities will be explained later), they're:
- Fighter => STR+1 - AGI+1 - This class is the best class in 1on1 melee fighting.

- Warrior => STR+1 - DEX+1 - This one is a front-line type class, they can do multiple attack to enemies arround.

- Ranger => DEX+1 - AGI+1 - Like its name, this class can attack far enemy, they have ranged-attack skills.

- Dragoon => INT+1 - DEX+1 - This class is a combination between strength-based character and intelegence- based character, they can cast some attack magics, the rest is attack skills.

- Paladin => STR+1 - INT+1 - This one have personal healing magic, so they're not fear go thrugh many enemies alone, and of course they have some attack skills too.

- Mage => INT+1 - DEX+1 - Elemental magic caster, this one is the best attacking-magicians with many element of magic(Fire-Water/Ice,Wind-Earth).

- Wizard => STR+1 - INT+1 -  This class will never go alone, they just can cast magics that affect to enemy's ability, like slow, poison, etc. But, they have the most powerfull magic in this game as their final skill.

- Prayer => INT+1 - AGI+1 - Very weak class, but every team must have this chara at least one, they're the most usefull chara. in long or hard battle, b'coz they can heal party with their prays.

<to be continue...>

                                                                                            2003 - Kze