The Overview of this project:

Basically we're going to create a Flash based battle arena that will allow members to battle with eachother using their stats and weapons. The rules will be based entirely on the previous text-based rules, but there may be some added rules.


"Rough" To do list:
-A complete outline of the game, how it works, etc (davideo7)
-Actionscript coding
-Weapon Graphics
-Character Graphics
-Environment Graphics
-Menu Graphics and other graphics
-Battle Animations
-Sound effects (and music?)
-PHP Implementation
-Testing


If there are any other things I should add, just let me know.

We could make a php lobby system, it just wouldnt be live updating (require refresh), would that still be ok?

I suppose that could work. We should brain storm of all the possible ways that members could initiate battles between eachother.

So far we got:
PHP based lobby
and
Doing it right from a Thread (very first post)

In profile, sorta like where the PM system is.

"Send Battle Request*"?

my weak points,

character design (trace/copy not including(
character animation
battle animation
PHP

Where i'd be useful
Weapon graphics
Standstill Charactes
AS Coding
Menu graphics & GUI coding
Sound effects (Errr.... maybe)
Testing.

Well... dont give me all of that but thatll help to narrow down what i get.

IceWave: Hmm, what about the background and environments?
We could have you do GUI and menu's or something like that, if your up for doing some AS coding, thats up to Bigbob whether he'd want your help or not. The sound effects will have to be unique to the game, they couldn't just be ripped from other games or websites (same goes for music) - the reason for this is, I'd want the entire game to be original and to avoid any possible copyright issues. And for testing, we can definitely have you do that if your up for that also. You can also be supportive in a way where you come up with additional ideas/suggestions during the progress of the project.

Background and enviroments are not to difficult. However it does depend on what you want... im sorta invisionaing a FF3 + Pokemon sorta feel to it... i know it sounds a little corny but based upon the item images itll work really well. Though it will look much cleaner in than either of them did.

What 'arenas' did you want?

EG:
Forest
Desert
Dungeon
Street
'Cyber space'
ect ect

All those arena's you mention sound good. Others could include

Winter arena
Battlefield
Football field
Underwater?
Mountain Top

Just some extra idea's to throw out.

I'd rather a side based fighter, like dragon quest (I acutaly found out how all there sprites fit together, and thats how I'm making it )

RpgMaker (all of them) bg maps would work awesomely David.
I got a good idea for animations, but I'll discuss when we get up to that part in the development.

I want everything in this game to be custom and unique. Also, I'd like the battling be where you see the sides of both characters where you see them facing eachother - I'm pretty sure that's what you had in mind, right?

Me, yep. And the animation was actualy going to be them lundge at the opponent, and depending on how much damage they take (relative to there max total HP), changes how much they move.

Yeap.

Also, a feature I was thinking about is where you can choose to "move" as an option (you'd only be able to move forward or backware 1 slot - this would also be considered your turn I'm thinking). For guns, the further away you are, the worst the accuracy, however, only guns (and bow and arrows) can shoot from a distance. Of course, you'd only be able to move away from the opponent so far (this would be more fun if it were 2 on 2 - 1 person in the back, and 1 person more up close).

Here is an example (players represented by x and - means available spots to move and | means the center line that you can cross)


- - - - x | - - - x -
- - x - - | x - - - -

So in this example, the player in the back on teh left could attack the player in the front on the right with any weapon since they have no spots in between them. The 2 guys who are in teh back from both teams could attack anyone if they had a gun, however, the further away their target is, the worst odds they have of hitting them.

If you've noticed, all items have a Range, this specifies the distance the item can attack. For example, if the 2 x's in that example were to fight eachother at that distance, they'd need a weapon with a Range of 6 (currently no weapons go that far).

As for accuracy, everytime you move further away from your opponenet, the accuracy goes down by 20 (for now this is how I'm thinking this to work). The accuracy is based on percent, so if your at 50%, you half a 50 / 50 chance if hitting opponent.

Move could be dumb, in the case you have a very short range weapon, you have to move closer and closer and closer, all while they attack you (with there cannon). But I guess that kinda makes sense..

It'd really only be good for 4 player battles but I definitely think it'd add an interesting twist to the game.