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Game Design Theory / Empire of the Pharaohs - Design/Info/Story/Pre-WIP

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Blobby 101
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 15:04 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2008 15:05
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ok - i've started a game, i'm about 5% of the way through so it's not ready for a WIP. But i wanted to get peoples opinions, although this is NOT a team request, I am looking for someone who can do isometric sprites in an AoE style.

Empire Of The Pharaohs


This is an Age Of Empires Style RTS set in ancient Egypt. You are a man who, After Being drowned in a flood of the Nile, has been called upon by the god Horus to Become a Pharaoh in the Heavens. You Can Order Buildings to be built, get monuments and statues made, Fight wars and Lead your Country Through Famine, Plague etc.

It's An Isometric 2D (3D? not sure what you class isometric as.) Game and i wanted to hear what people think of it. I will put progress here until I think it's ready to get a W.I.P thread.


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BMacZero
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 15:42
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Sounds neat, but maybe a little bit too standard. Take out the words "Ancient Egypt" and "Pharoah" and you could be talking about any RTS there is. All those actions you mention, you can do in other RTSs also. Yes, the fact that all the buildings are Egyptian and all that makes it original, but you need something else that makes it different from other RTS games (for example, Empire Earth has epochs that you can advance through, you can play in many different ages of the earth).

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Blobby 101
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 16:02 Edited at: 23rd Mar 2008 16:19
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yeah, i know what you mean, i was thinking of having two modes, Main game and Sandbox mode. In the main game, there are also funds and money to manage, and you go from a sort of middle date (2500 BC - Egypt was already powerful then) to the end of the ancient Egyptians.
I am also open for suggestions if anyone has any ideas.
EDIT: just made a sig. Uploading it...
EDIT2: Testing...
Re testing...


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MonoCoder
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 21:51
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You've mispelt "Pharaohs" in your sig. Though "Paraohs" would be a cool name for, I don't know, a race of alien or something.

Give me an ounce of Puyo, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination.
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 23:12
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ah, thanks. I hadn't noticed that. will fix it later.


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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 23rd Mar 2008 23:50
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Sounds a lot like the game "Pharaoh".


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Posted: 24th Mar 2008 00:02
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oh, i didn't even know that existed. Seriously!


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Gil Galvanti
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Posted: 24th Mar 2008 02:29
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Quote: "oh, i didn't even know that existed. Seriously!"

Lol, it was a fairly popular and a pretty good game when it was released . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh_and_Cleopatra_%28computer_game%29
I suggest picking it up at your local store for the $5.00 it probably cost now.


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Darth Kiwi
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Posted: 24th Mar 2008 16:09
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The basic idea sounds good, but I think it could really do with, like bmaczero said, a unique selling point. I suggest either having making it absolutely historically accurate (so it can sort of educate people about Egypt's history which is, to most people, a vague blur with pyramids) or throw realism out the window and perhaps make it so that, as the Pharaoh becomes more and more god-like, he can call on the powers of Egyptian deities. It would be cool to see enemy soldiers having their hearts weighed by Anubis and devoured by the Crocodile.

I'm not actually a Kiwi, I just randomly thought it up one day.
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Posted: 26th Mar 2008 10:00
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^or do both. see: stargate
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i like the idea of being able to communicate with other gods when you are more powerful.
As i'm finding out, Isometric is HARD, so i wanted to know - should i make this 3d? i will make it an isometric view, but should i make it in 3d? purely so that it's easier really.


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Quote: "As i'm finding out, Isometric is HARD, so i wanted to know - should i make this 3D?"

Yes! However, developing a RTS game is HARD.

Isometric View is very traditional in a RTS. Perhaps you can introduce other camera perspectives and controls to take full advantage of a true 3D environment to add more dimension to the game (pun intended).

The Egyptian-Theme is very nice, but, as Darth Kiwi has suggested consider throwing realism out the window. What could you do with Ancient Egyptian-Inspired Fantasy/SciFi? You could give your game its own flavor compared to "Pharaoh" released in 1999. HORUS sounds like a pretty cool name for such a game.

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Posted: 26th Mar 2008 14:08 Edited at: 26th Mar 2008 14:09
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ok, i've decided to carry on using isometric sprites, but to speed up the creation on them, i'm making them in 3d then rendering them.
I have a picture of the Old King's Throne Room(W.I.P):

what do people think?


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Posted: 28th Mar 2008 17:14
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ok, heres a sort of update:

=done =Working on =an idea

Rooms:

Old King's Throne Room - A central Hub for your power, Now with a carpet!
God's Hall - To contact other gods and employ their powers
Builders Guild - To contact Workers to build things

The Capital City (not using real place names so that i don't get the geography dramatically wrong) - 20%

Villages
The Stonemason's Association - for getting Stone carved and made.

i need suggestions for other things to put in!


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Sounds interesting. I'm glad you decided to go with the whole Gods thing - I think it'll make it more interesting.

I'm not actually a Kiwi, I just randomly thought it up one day.
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Posted: 1st Apr 2008 17:36 Edited at: 1st Apr 2008 17:37
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This sounds very interesting! Can i have a free copy>
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Blobby 101
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Posted: 2nd Apr 2008 13:44
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Quote: "This sounds very interesting! Can i have a free copy>"

thanks, well, it's going to be free anyway!
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Psst! don't give away secrets! lol.


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