GEEKMAN'S PROFILE

author=Backwards_Cowboy
One of the best examples I can think of for random travel by NPCs is Bethesda's open-world RPGs like Fallout and The Elder Scrolls. There's just something a little soul-crushing about seeing a merchant in the distance when you're in need of supplies, only for a powerful enemy to run in from nowhere and take him out in seconds. Same with monsters getting into populated areas and killing somebody you needed to talk to for a quest.

As for implementing it in RPG Maker or another similar game engine, you could probably do it using the current Play Time mixed with other factors. Maybe have an NPC who will find somebody else to do the quest if you decide to walk off for three hours without helping him, or have a merchant who travels to the next town after a couple hours. It seems like it would be hard to make complicated NPC interactions without a lot of variables, switches, or a really fleshed-out script.

Oh my. Those two words give me so many ideas...

author=LockeZ
Like a massively single-player offline RPG?

Hmm.

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Whoever said that you're the only traveler out there? What if there were others who traveled from area to area?

This can be done extremely easy with variables, and I honestly think ti would be a nice system.

You could have it so that some people travel around randomly, or set it so they move when you want them to.

Here are some things I have thought up that they could do:

-Battle you

-Share items

-Talk

And many more!



If you have any other suggestions or ideas, feel free to comment. Think it's a good idea? Comment. Bad? Comment.

I don't have a complaint yet, but then again i haven't tested it. But it looks great! Can I use it in a commercial game?

EDIT: Okay, no complaints. It works perfectly!