I have a few more iPhone RPG ideas I thought up while in a night church group which I'd like to discuss a bit with you guys. By the way, at home my thought juices are stagnant. At church, they flow like milk and honey. Good thinking place.
So here we go:
I noticed a few things while watching the item preview video on my iPhone. (Yes, if you convert that video to iPod/Phone format you can play it on the iPhone and see near exactly what it'd look like if you were actually playing the game. Plus you could show it off to your friends and say "Yep, I'm making that game. Am even part of a developer team.")
First of all, your left thumb rides along the edge of the screen unused. Some like to use both thumbs.
Secondly, we have MP in the stats on the side bar so obviously my mind wandered through the possibilities.
Now for ideas:
- Three classes:
Fighter - Contact weapon, heavy armor, and strong.
Archer - Contact weapon or bow, heavy armor, and medium.
Wizard - Staff, light armor, and weak.
For the archer and wizard, you'd use your left thumb to tap on the bad guy. Which it would cast or shoot it.
Now here's a twist making wizards significantly interesting, an extra toggle switch on the button. It'd show possible spells. Click the spell to select it and it stays selected until another spell is picked. When a spell is selected, it will be casted upon any bad guy you have touched with your left thumb. Or possibly even on yourself.
Now I'm hoping this would bring up game appeal by making a mysterious lure. When playing as a fighter or ranger, MP will be 0 and they will eventually notice it and want to be able to use it.
Now how could this tie closer to the storyline and other aspects of gameplay? 3 classes fit perfectly with 3 save spots. Besides that there are 4 directions from the town, N, S, E, and W. For 3 of the directions, each could specifically be made to be easier for a certain class. The last could be the final hill to clear and could be hard for all classes. A bit of a challenge.
Just some ideas, what are your thoughts?
-Gandolf
