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#181
12-13-2011, 07:05 AM
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In this special case I would suggest an introductory sale, just to get a large player base to play multiplayer. More people will follow automatically. It's like in biology - the bigger the initial cell infection, the faster the virus will spread and infect more. 
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#182
12-19-2011, 10:26 AM
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That's definitely our hope as well. We want to get the ball rolling with the initial release so that we can expand on it and put more resources into fleshing out the game and the gameworld. It's almost like this is the Starter box for Pathfinder or the Red Box for D&D. You can get started and play through an initial campaign ( although our first campaign will be much larger than what's available in those boxes ) and then we can update that base game-system with additional quests, content, items, and characters. Our goal is to build the 'D&D' for mobile gaming, a game system and world that we can build on for a long time to come. |
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#183
12-30-2011, 01:13 PM
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Been awhile since I've posted, so I figured I'd break that bad habit!
Development is going strong; Brandon is making a lot of progress on feature implementation, and we're starting to make a few more passes at lore and story elements. It definitely helps to come here and see so many people excited for Pocket Heroes, and the communal sharing of ideas and suggestions is fantastic! We love knowing we have a quality community growing around our game already. Have a safe and happy New Years everyone, and keep commenting! |
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#184
12-30-2011, 02:55 PM
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Hey Braaaandoooon! Here is some guy chatting around instead of working on the game.  Shall I borrow you my whip? 
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#185
12-30-2011, 03:18 PM
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Here's a spiked bat :http://www.icollector.com/images/120..._0863_1_lg.jpg Oh and do remember not to bash it on the head too hard, that's something you need in good shape for a good game :0 Happy new year |
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#186
01-02-2012, 12:32 AM
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We're all still working hard and things are starting to shape up. Our plans are to have all the features of the engine completed by the end of January and then we'll be able to focus solely on gameplay and content. I'm really excited about what this year is going to bring. I can't wait to get Pocket Heroes out for all of you to enjoy and, hopefully, to go on some quests with some of you. I'll be back with some more goodies soon. Happy New Year! |
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#187
01-02-2012, 04:58 AM
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Interesting. Definitely gonna check this out.
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#188
01-03-2012, 02:59 AM
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OMFG....I just found this thread and discovered this game...and read through almost every post.
First of all, this game looks INSANELY AMAZING. This could become the best game EVER for iOS. No exaggeration. From the day I got my iPod Touch to years later, now that I have an iPhone, I've been hoping for a multiplayer rpg. Second, some suggestions: why not have a campaign where you can repeat missions? and missions can level-up and get harder each time you repeat them. Say each mission has levels 1-4, so you can play it on four different difficulties, unlocking harder difficulties as you beat an easier one. The game world could be managed a bit like Diablo 2, so that you could weave in and out of campaigns with new players who are on the same mission. You could also help players who are on earlier missions advance further and catch up to you. You obviously couldn't have one character in more than one game, but that character could team up with other heroes/players to advance in the campaign at each stage/mission. Diablo 2 might be a good model for: how to develop a storyline, while having randomized dungeons, while being able to play with different people as the story advances and at different parts of the story, and while being able to repeat levels, including repeating those levels or the same or harder difficulties! In Diablo 2 you have all of these things, and I think your game could incorporate it too! Third, I hope you guys have a dedicated healer/support class. Some people might not like having to wait around all day to have a healer on their team, so perhaps each class should have a minor self heal, but I think that the mega bosses on the hardest difficulty levels should almost require a healer. Healers are always my favorite thing to play in any sort of game. Perhaps they can be more of buffers than healers (and give each class a self-heal), but nevertheless, I'd really like a support class that makes a difference. Fourth, I see that you guys are gearing this game to work well with push notifications so that people can take their turn as it comes up. However, I hope that the game is moreso geared to people as well who are willing to sit down for 30 minutes to three hours and just party up and play through together for a while. I'd really hate for my character to be stuck in a game with someone who only checks the game occasionally. Fifth, I agree with the one poster that I hate seeing iPad receive more options. Even if something is going to be cramped on the iPhone, let me worry about it being cramped. I rather have the DM option or any other options on a cramped screen than not have them at all. Sixth, as to the earlier discussion about the appearance of numbers. Yeah, action games don't need numbers, but the essence of rpg games is the excitement of number calculation! When I was little, I'd draw all over my school notebooks in number and gear calculations to strategize about how to have the most powerful character in some rpg. When games take away those numbers and hide them, the player feels like he is losing control over the craft of making his character. Seventh, this game is so promising that I hope you give it a unique name, perhaps a name based on the game's lore rather than a generic name like "pocket heroes" (which at first confused me and made me think this was another thread on "pocket legends" which I was about to ignore until I realized the difference in name). However, since you plan on expanding the game, you might not want to fix the name to the lore, if you plan to have several campaigns in the future with completely different lore, so it might be okay to stick with a generic name; in that case, let me suggest Multiplayer Dungeon for a generic but unique name that really would catch my attention if I naively stumbled upon this game in the app store, and this title already describes to me what the game is about before I've even inspected it further. All in all, This game looks SO fantastic! I can't but wish you the greatest encouragement in your development of it! Last edited by Narziss; 01-03-2012 at 03:10 AM.. |
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#189
01-03-2012, 06:21 AM
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Just thought of something:
do remember to add the possibility of creating a game only with your friends, because at least you can be assured that the game will be played faster. Also have you thought of adding battle animations (like Fire Emblem)? Finally could there be a sort of single player where you can control more than one character? |
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#190
01-03-2012, 02:42 PM
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The idea of locking characters to parties has been a tough one to decide on. Originally we had planned to let you move your character around as much as you wanted between missions but as we went down that road it became clear that it was going to be a lot more work ( and take a lot more time ) to correctly implement. I'm not saying we won't make that style of play available, but we decided that it wouldn't be the play style for the first release. As we looked at the problem it made sense to focus the gameplay on parties of heroes, so that the players in the party will be more involved with each other and hopefully play better together since the goal is to play through the campaign together as a unit. We're also going to allow you to have numerous characters that belong to different parties, so you shouldn't have to wait long between moves if you're running a couple games. We will definitely have a healer class, as well as allow each class to perform a small heal either through potions or a class ability. I don't want to make players pick a healer class if they don't want to and giving everyone a way to heal seemed like the best solution. One of your questions about push notifications and partying up fits in with this other question from Ap0calypse. Quote:
As for the animations, I've actually be thinking about that recently as I prioritize the work that is left on the game. I really want to have animations for the characters, and we will have them at some point, but I'm wondering if that is something we could provide as an update. I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on this, would the game not having battle animations at launch be a reason you would hold off playing the game? Even if they were coming in a later update? Thanks for all the questions and your suggestions. - Brandon |
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