Me and some others are currently creating an own 3D-MMORPG (massively
multiplayer online role-playing game). It's sorta a "fanmade" game, since
we
are currently NOT planning making anyone pay for it. Furthermore, we won't
finish making the game before anyone will be able to play it - once some
main parts of the world and some character models with animations are
ready,
we'll release it to the public. The main functions will only be walking
around and talking to other players then, which can already be lots of fun
(if anyone of you knows Planeshift, just like that). Then we'll add more
functions like fighting, trading and magic... but oh well, that'll be some
time in the future.
Now something about the storyline: A long time ago, the world of Arodima,
a
medieval planet with dragons, fairies and magic, was damned to be
destroyed.
The demons rose up against the peaceful human peoples and turned
everything
into a black world of sorrow and pain. However, with the help of the
angels,
some parts of the world could be saved as flying islands in the sky. Now,
the demons, living far below the remaining humans on that islands, are at
war with the angels high up in heaven. So, now guess where they meet to
battle - and where YOU are :p
The game's name is "Chimera Crystals". These crystals, mostly just called
chimeras, can hold the ancient spirits of angels and demons. That souls
have
the power to turn parts of your body into those of an angel or demon -
depending on what kind of soul it is. Basically, you will be able to
obtain
angel's wings with that - or turn your hand into a demon claw, and so on.
Head, back, torso, right arm, left arm, right leg and left leg are the
seven
body parts you can change (if you have seven souls in your chimera, that
makes you a full angel/demon/mix of both). Of course, you gain additional
abilities or better skills with that.
There will be three main character classes to play: mage, knight and
craftsman. Each of them has five possible "jobs", improving their
abilities
in a certain kind of their class (as, fighting with different kinds of
weapons, casting different types of spells, etc.). Specializing on a
certain
job is possible and will make you a master in it, but mixing them can be
much more effective.
Our game engine was written by ourselves and is working quite good
already,
only a few functions still need to be added. It's nothing high-end like UT
2003, Doom III or HL2, but enough for us to make a nice game. The game
itself is programmed in C++ with the use of OpenGL, we use an own map
system
compatible with Milkshape 3D (which can import the most other important
3d-formats, like 3ds max or Maya) and .md3-models (maybe we will edit that
model format in some way). The characters will be anime-styled (you know,
japanese cartoons), by the way.
Currently, we have a total of 8 team members (three programmers, two
3d-modellers, a 2d-artist, a musicsman and a mapper). The design document
already has about 30 pages (lots of things, especially regarding specific
items, spells and so on still need to be added there). More information
can
be found on our website: www.chimera-crystals.de (note that a lot of
content
is still missing).
We are searching for 2d/3d artists, 3d animators and SFX-people interested
in helping us with the game. If you want to do so, contact me:
zdragon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- if you want more info, simply post here.
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