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Geek Culture / Off Topic a Tad New Game

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old_School
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Posted: 8th Dec 2010 01:51
Using RC engine to make this project.

Concept:
Online dating/gamers dating game. Basicly a chance for all us super nerds to find love in a "game" like setting. Offers a VR world set in a tropical area. The idea is for you to be able to meet new single people and go on a VR date safely togethier before meeting up in real life.

I also plan on intergrating a indepth email system simular to Facebook or something like that for emailing each other. The game part will probably be very simple and most just site seeing based.

The image below is the general lobby were everyone will first log into.

Oolite
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Posted: 8th Dec 2010 02:34
There are a lot of these types of things about, lots of sex simulator stuff aswell.

My question is, what's different with yours? What would make me want to meet a girl on your program as opposed to the countless other ways I can.

Any plans for protection against unsavoury characters? I would imagine this 'game' would attract a lot of the younger audience so how would you protect minors?

old_School
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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 00:57
Adults only subscription based only. must have a vailed credit card or pay pal.So that pretty much stops most minors. In the end, we can not ever 100% prevent or protect minors from the game. No sex will be simulated because thats just plain sick. The idea or concept is to go on a safe VDate or virual date. An perhapps make a internet love connection or just make some new friends.

The VR world will be designed not as a game realy but just a VR place to meet online. Simular to facebook etc. Big difference is this offers a VR experiance to meet your friends and single men/women. Most of the power or use of the system will be from the web site. The VR tool or "game" is simply a VR tool to allow you to be a little more personal. Allowing you to go on dates togethier or adventure and see new lands etc. Here is a list of planed locations you can take your dates too:

Horse Back Rideing Trails
Rome Like City
Fansty Castle
Zoo
Park
(maybe) swim with the dolphins
(maybe) swim or hunt sharks
(maybe) Whale watching
Visit tropical islands
(maybe) buy a dog as a pet
(maybe) buy roses
(maybe) buy a magical pet


The things listed as maybe depend on finding models that will work with the engine etc. Also depends on other things as well. More things are planned as well. This is the plans for the alpha release. The beta release should have more added to this current list. An the final release will mostly be odd's and end's addons to the website its self an bug fixes.

Yes this is a very basic idea. But the idea is to keep it very simple. I do not want to spend alot of time on this project and over thinking how or what to add. I plan on letting the testers provide more feedback and baseing addons on their input.
TheComet
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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 09:33 Edited at: 9th Dec 2010 11:19
You plan not to spend much time on this? This is going to take at least 2 years if you are making this alone...

Also, I see you just purchased DBP not too long ago, and no offense, but I don't think you are ready to attempt such a complex project. I suggest starting off small with an fps, or maybe some kind of side scrolling shooter etc. The features you listed above are going to need someone quite advanced in programming. Or are you going to use FPSC for this? Is that easier than DBP for something like this?

Also all of this webpage programming, credit card or paypal systems... Can you do that?

TheComet

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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 13:50
He's making it in Realm Crafter I think. Which isn't really suited for commercial MMOs.


JLMoondog
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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 16:09
Quote: "commercial MMOs"

FPSC isn't really suited for commercial FPS games.

...think about it.


Eminent
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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 17:46
Yeah so? Realm Crafter makes cookie cutter MMOs, as does FPSC but with FPSC, there are mods.


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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 19:13
My comment flew over your head unfortunately.


lazerus
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Posted: 9th Dec 2010 20:02
Quote: "FPSC isn't really suited for commercial FPS games.

...think about it."


Lol'd

But why would people choose this over lets say, the 1000's other carbon copies of it and not to be funny, but this has nothing on the likes of second life and other sex sim's. So what would make people want to pay for it?

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Posted: 10th Dec 2010 01:38
Eminent - Stop flaming.

old_School
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Posted: 10th Dec 2010 21:29
Well thats a very good point why this over the Sims.

1) Run by EA and expensive and not designed for adults only

2) There will be free areas no subscription required

3) Moderated and designed for singles

Not alot of singles only places out there with a VR experiance offered.

4) As for RC not being for commerical or FPSC. I'd disagree. FPSC has several commerical games. RC true not every many but have you read the RC forums lately? Seriously not alot of true talent over there no offense to RC peps.

5) Its very basic, the average user will be able to understand and play it. In my few years of game design Ive discoved a few things:1 your games need to be super easy to understand 2 needs to make sense 3 find a need and fill it 4 alot of single people in the world lol An desperate for love

6) Market: Ive researched the market as any good investor would do and found that there is a huge market for VR. Virtual reailty is no longer the wave of the future. Why? Because its all ready here. The problem is cost. Not many VR related software programs that are affordable. An those that are affordable are huge. Sims, Second Life etc. All huge games. Second life was started by a guy in his basement seriously.

Look at facebook. My friend helped write some of the code for it and its huge. It was clearly a Myspace rippoff as well. So why can't I make something simular? Well truth is I can make something simular. Best part is, Im not selling a new hip idea. I'm selling a modified idea of something thats allready out there.

In college I learned selling new ideas is alot hard then selling a idea allready out there. People can see the benifits of something allready there. Something new however, is scary and undesireable. Creates the idea of risk and no one wants a risk in the current economy.

So on the surface this idea is new. Deep down its not. Its simply a fresh or new way of doing something allready done. Which makes it easy to market and sell to others.I hope everyone understand the concept now and the idea. Please post more feedback I love the comments.

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