Idea Info Name: DancingStage:Street Style Index: Primary Category: RPG Submitted: 9/13/2003 10:44:52 AM Written By: deVil.shadow Game Architecture and Design: A New Edition Book Highly Recommended !

Im sure even if you loved dancing games after a while it got kinda boring just dancing your ass off, so heres the twist how about the game being an rpg where you can walk around cities and stage street dancing showdowns.

i would hope that this game would play out a bit like pokemon did for the gameboy,but on any platform.I say this because i want it to be like that because there are certain objectives you have to fulfill before you can move on,but you are still free to roam around at your own free will.

Although you're free to do practically whatwhere,the basic goal would be to get famous and for that purpose there will be a league table for the top 100 .There will be almost unlimited numbers of characters but these will be sorted into types(thanks to sparda590 for the idea)(ps if you can come up with better ideas for names post a comment!)

Rookies~beginers like you start out like.Not hard to beat.
Clubbers~just out for a good time.Noy very skilled but have loads of style.
Streeters~about average dancers.Takes a bit of skill and style to beat.
Da Dance Pack~a specific group of dancers,quite skilled.Harder to beat than streeters.More style required here.
Pop starz~Does what it says on the label.Very famous,but this game concentrates on the moves so that shouldnt be a problem.
Backers~Not as famous as the pop starz but definately more skilled,and thats what its about.The highest level 'random' characters.

Plus there should be about 20 Real Famous dancers,with proper names(any suggestions)as you can see im crap with names so ill leave that. 

The game starts when you pick a starting character,from a list of about 10. You can give them a name and you can then customise their looks in the way of gender,skin,hair and eye colour,but at the begginning all the characters have shaby clothes and dont know many moves but this will slowly improve as you play more.
You start in a town and the controlls are for the dancemat but you can also use a normal controller:
D-pad/arrows-to move the character
X(cross)button-To talk to people,pick up items,confirm
/\(triangle)button-To escape menus
O(circle)button-Opens the game menu

You walk around looking for people already dancing since at the start you cant start your own street shows.When you find a 'dancemat'(where you can show off your skills) you can choose to dance. If you choose yes then the game goes into dance mode where your stats pop up ,these show the following
Energy-this slowly goes down,you can buy some items like foods to keep this up or sleep at places~first its bus stops but as you get money you can stay at hotels which also provide food.This is so that you are limited to how many dances you can go in.
Money-you get this after a successful dance.
Style-this is determined by the clothes you wear.This can also determine how much money you get.
Experience points-these show how much dancing experience you have,this is added to after a dance or when you unlock the option and get enough money you can go to a dancing school.The more points you have the more moves you can do.

Also special dance mode stats pop up which tell you how many people are watching you(the more the better),how many mistakes you've made(when you make a couple of mistakes a few people leave),how impressed people watching are(more impressed more money)combo count(shows how many consecutive steps you have made)and how much of the song is left.If you are dancing on someone elses mat then you cant choose the music.

In dance mode you have to step on the arrows when they reach the top like a normal game and you keep playing until the song is over or ,if you keep making mistakes,when no-one is watching you.

When dance mode is over you get awarded exp points based on  your highest combo,money based on how many people were watching and how impressed they were, and sometimes if you did really good another dancer would become friends with you.Friends are important as they raise your profile and make you more famous which as i mentioned earlier is the object of the game.Your health goes down a bit after every dance.

Being famous is important because the more well known you are more options are open to you like going into different towns and special buildings like clubs which sometimes have special options like dancing schools or where you can make more friends, or even a special training hall where if you have a second controller you can play with a friend to help build your exp points.

Throughout the game there will be different shops some where you can buy clothes and jewellry to improve your style points,some where you can buy food to keep your hunger down, and some shops where you can buy your own dancemat and CDs to stage your own dances.

To stage your own dances you need a dancemat, CD player and you can buy your own CDs which you can choose which you ones buy.As you progress you can get better music,and lights and stuff.(thanks sparda)

So i think thats about everything tell me what you think about RPGs going in a musical direction.

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