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Hi, please don't label me and toss me into some group. I'm just saying you've already defined generic definitions of an RPG game like "you must lose somehow" and you probably are going to define more things like "WEAPONS KILL ENEMY" or even "ENEMIES ARE BAD." I'm not saying choosing these definitions are good, bad, original, unoriginal, or anything other than that you are creating things along a formula.
What if you, say you created a score-based RPG like this: In battles, you don't have a health a bar, you have a score counter that decreases by one every time you get hit (and it stops falling once it reaches 0), and you have some way to avoid getting hit (a la mario rpgs). You could potentially create something fun if you introduced some fun battle mechanics perhaps involving casting healing spells on enemies? Maybe like you're some schoolkid casting healing spells on bullies so they will have the energy to beat you up later. Obviously the idea is pretty OUT THERE and the game wouldn't take itself seriously obviously, but you could create a fun RPG, with competition between players based on score.
That's just a quirky example yes. (Also if someone goes and makes this right now I will be very pleased.) But I can think of ways that it could easily break at least two of your applied "formula" rules and still be a perfectly fun RPG.
Also, I don't really see how it is relevant if I knew Emily was a machine or not? I mean, I guess some people would be biased but I have to say, I'd still use those terms I used now to define quite a lot of the music I hear every day.
What if you, say you created a score-based RPG like this: In battles, you don't have a health a bar, you have a score counter that decreases by one every time you get hit (and it stops falling once it reaches 0), and you have some way to avoid getting hit (a la mario rpgs). You could potentially create something fun if you introduced some fun battle mechanics perhaps involving casting healing spells on enemies? Maybe like you're some schoolkid casting healing spells on bullies so they will have the energy to beat you up later. Obviously the idea is pretty OUT THERE and the game wouldn't take itself seriously obviously, but you could create a fun RPG, with competition between players based on score.
That's just a quirky example yes. (Also if someone goes and makes this right now I will be very pleased.) But I can think of ways that it could easily break at least two of your applied "formula" rules and still be a perfectly fun RPG.
Also, I don't really see how it is relevant if I knew Emily was a machine or not? I mean, I guess some people would be biased but I have to say, I'd still use those terms I used now to define quite a lot of the music I hear every day.
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post=136664but how about dialog? Wouldn't they be excessively repetitive or superficial?Why does there need to be dialog apart from the underlying system menu? There would only be dialog if this were a program written for a typical desktop end-user for fun and it would be like RPG Maker Mad Libs.
An actual program like this would only be of scientific interest to see what comes out of it.
Oh I forgot about Emily Howell:
http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture-society/triumph-of-the-cyborg-composer-8507/
You'll find little samples of Emily Howell's music. She is a computer program.
The "writing" of a game is really what defines an RPG, whether or not there is dialogue. If you pump out a bunch of generated games... I doubt any of them will break any sort of generic RPG formula that you create... but I guess as you said, it wouldn't really be for making enjoyable or good games. So I don't really see the point. I'm not saying you should or shouldn't do it but personally I hate the idea of "generating" creative works.
Also, I read that article about the music and listened to those samples. It's cool from a technical standpoint but musically those two samples... are pretty drab. The article calls them innovative and unique? Neither of the two are really any more interesting than generic "mellow" pieces. They don't have anything special to offer in terms of structure or dynamics.
How'd you decide on a game title?
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WeaponBirth just sounds cool and makes little sense. All a title has to do is sound cool, although it probably helps if it's much more related to the story. Fire Emblem Path of Radiance actually has something called "The Fire Emblem", for example while the other games (at least of the many I played) do not.
Uh... The first Fire Emblem game has an object (shield) called the Fire Emblem that is a plot element.
Every other game in the series also has a "Fire Emblem" except Fire Emblem Gaiden (I think it doesn't at least)...
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i am not going to post in this topic
oh wait
edit: also, these topics (including this) are 90% filled with ignorant arguments or idiots (AKA agree with geodude)
(see: AFD bible topic)
so uh, waste of time to ask this here. this is not very relevant at RMN
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