Making an RPG out of a current series - Y O U CHOOSE

[ChibiDusk]

Before I say more: Do not expect professional games with amazing graphics. All games created here will be in 2D [an example of the type is FF6/Lunar/Thousand Arms]. I will work hard to get the game near perfection, story and fun wise, but don't expect too much...or you may be dissapointed.

Ok, you're probably like:
"OMG, it's that crazy Chibi again, planning another thing he isn't going to finish"
but I promise that these will get done. It may take [and most likely will] over 6 months or more for these to be completed or even planned out, so be patient :)

Now onto what this thread is actually about.
Think. Of all those fansubs you watched recently, which would make an interesting game? Think hard, and please try to pick one that is still availible for download. [because I'll have to download it to analyze the story, characters and actually create a good game]

So, which anime would make a good game?
Well, I'm going to make it :D
[If I agree that it would be good, or if I'm interested in that series]

Again, don;t expect anything great. Some ideas I have now are:
- D.N.Angel
- Read or Die

[Kyuven]

SoulHunter (if it isn't already one)
Scrapped Princess
Naruto (...naaaah)
One Piece

[xxziggybitsxx]

Again, don;t expect anything great. Some ideas I have now are:
- D.N.Angel
- Read or Die


Yes those are some good ideas... I also have some more...

-Scrapped Princess
-hunterxhunter (when he is playing greed island)

thats all that comes to mind right now.... More will probly come :heh:

[ChibiDusk]

Ah, Scrapped Princess!
This is an ideal choice to start out with, why you may ask?
Well I have it all on CD, and have watched it twice so far.
I love this series, and since I enjoyed it so much I think I would
work extra hard on a game for it. If more people choose SP then this
will be done.

Of course, my final desicion won't be for a while, maybe once we have over 30 user opinions.

[xxziggybitsxx]

Ah, Scrapped Princess!
This is an ideal choice to start out with, why you may ask?
Well I have it all on CD, and have watched it twice so far.
I love this series, and since I enjoyed it so much I think I would
work extra hard on a game for it. If more people choose SP then this
will be done.

Of course, my final desicion won't be for a while, maybe once we have over 30 user opinions.



YHA YOU ARE RIGHT... its got magic, sword-fighting.. pretty much the basics of what an rpg is.. I would deffintly suggest that you start using that for you basic as your RPG game :)

[Shinobu_Maehara]

I once had an RPG which contained more than one show merged together, that can result into funny stories :)

[ChibiDusk]

Hehe, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien + Hellsing :D

[xxziggybitsxx]

Hehe, Kimi ga Nozomu Eien + Hellsing :D


OMG is that even POSSIBLE... If so.. that would be some weird stuff... .

Ohh heres anouther..

narutru+naruto=???A SOAP OPREA???

[ChibiDusk]

Ok, Im going to give you guys some specs on what the game will support/run under and such stuff. Here we go, BTW these are estimates, finals will be given when the game is completed:

It will run under 800x600. Do not worry if you resolution is set higher then that.
When you start the game it will auto-resize and when you finish playing [when you close the game] it will re-size again back to what you set it to before. Nothing should be affected.

The Battle systems, if any, will be side view. Or, if it suits the game, an in-game battle system, much like that of Kingdom hearts.

Ok, this part is a real estimate...
The game itself should run under any Windows version [I am fully not sure about Linux or Mac, but it should play fine]. If I decide to include movie sequences [scences directly from anime, or animated in flash] you might be required to have a faster system.

Thats all I know atm.

[7thMethuselah]

series that can easilly develop into RPG

Naruto : it feels RPG, has several different spells, weapons, factions, ...

Scrapped Princess : this one would offer a perfect quest system, you start out as pacifica or one of her compagnions and follow more or less the story ...

Apart from these 2 it's rather hard to think up a good fantasy rpg based on a series i think, at least for the shows i'm following recently

[xxziggybitsxx]

Ok, Im going to give you guys some specs on what the game will support/run under and such stuff. Here we go, BTW these are estimates, finals will be given when the game is completed:

It will run under 800x600. Do not worry if you resolution is set higher then that.
When you start the game it will auto-resize and when you finish playing [when you close the game] it will re-size again back to what you set it to before. Nothing should be affected.

The Battle systems, if any, will be side view. Or, if it suits the game, an in-game battle system, much like that of Kingdom hearts.

Ok, this part is a real estimate...
The game itself should run under any Windows version [I am fully not sure about Linux or Mac, but it should play fine]. If I decide to include movie sequences [scences directly from anime, or animated in flash] you might be required to have a faster system.

Thats all I know atm.


Umm what Program are u using to make this game???

[Hellraizer0]

Hunter x Hunter seems like the ideal choice, especially Greed Island...that is my 2 cents anyway.

[ChibiDusk]

Hm, oh to let you know. It doesn't have to be RPG despite the title of this thread ^^"
I was thinking D.N.Angel would make a certain mission-based game, not exactly an RPG

Oh, I use RPG Maker to create this, along with various tools to edit music, etc.
I am going to use HQ OST sources from the anime I choose for the background music BTW, to give more of a feel to the game.

[Iori Branford]

I want to do a Sutepri RPG so badly that I'm getting my C++ groove back on now. I've got ideas coming out my ass here:

- first-person exploration engine and Disgaea-style isometric battle engine, modified from the Betrayal at Krondor engine
- new story set a few years after the series, starring new main and supporting characters (I've design sketches for two already) and guest starring a bunch of series veterans
- music from Betrayal at Krondor, Gunslinger Girl, Blood, Castlevania SOTN, and more
- graphic novel style cutscenes a la Phantasy Star and Max Payne

But for a retelling of the anime, I would prefer the Planescape Torment engine. Info on modding that game can be found at www.teambg.net.

EDIT: I haven't seen much of DNAngel, but for an idea of what that game could be like, you should play the two very awesome Thief games, Dark Project and Metal Age. They come in a two-pack for about $15-20. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner.

[ChibiDusk]

I think'll create a D.N.Angel mission based game and possibly a SC game
for my first projects. Need more opinions, and BTW please explain why you chose
what you did :)

[fenrihr]

well. whatever you come up with, Berserk would make an awesome game, i think it is being made one? or was it a Berserk card game..... eh... whateva. heheh

another that would be good... prollly
Groove Adventure Rave.



ah you wanted further explainations...

well. berserk could be done more like Fire Emblem (if you're basing it off the anime, or the manga too, just be some realllllly hard battles though). As that type of game i think it would be rather interesting, moving the units to fight the other peoples.

Rave: you've got a main character who can use "sword techniques" and some others, set up like the Lunar series it would be good, also it could work well as a FFVI type. eh.

take it how you want.

[Lambda]

YHA YOU ARE RIGHT... its got magic, sword-fighting.. pretty much the basics of what an rpg is..

That's funny, I always thought the basics of what an RPG is were, you know, roleplaying.

I've always found the best source of a roleplaying environment to be a group of people who have reason to talk and interact with each other in a meaningful and situation-defining way, coupled with one or many external sources of conflict and plot, where each has the potential to have a massive influence on the other. Two recent anime which seem to fit that structure that spring to mind are Gunslinger Girl and Uninhabited Planet Survive, though if I were doing something like that I'd want to use my own invented situation, since that could be uniquely designed for the task.

Actually, it's just occurred to me that you could do an RPG with only the most minimal coding ability, as long as you didn't intend to give it any sort of presentation. Up until the point where you can use AI routines to represent people, roleplaying on a computer is all in the writing, after all. Hmm.

[TronDD]

Scrapped Princess would be a cool one but I think I'll vote for Gunslinger Girl. The anime basically set up the "universe" but didn't really have a story. That leaves the game pretty much open to go anywhere you want.

It'd be pretty cool to play one of the girls who gets reconditioned by her "big brother" a lot so if your character screws up they "fix" you and you forget everything from your previous game playing. :) Not to mention your life gets shorter.

Limitless great possibilities.

[ChibiDusk]

I like the Gunslinger idea, Nice idea TronDD with the life and forgetting things :)

[nojevo]

It's nice that you're making an rpg game based on current anime shows. Back when I played AD&D with my friends, I was making a tabletop rpg based on escaflowne. I just wanted to use the guymelef :) But I couldnt finish it cuz I decided to create everything from scratch. Its a good idea that you're using rpg maker for it. of the current titles, I think scrapped princess is the best. Full Metal Alchemist can work, but why bother when a gba version of it is coming out. You should consider Escaflowne :D

[ChibiDusk]

Hm, I not too good at drawing mechs, so escaflowne wouldn't be that good of an idea, because I would have to draw the characters in pixel form the elaborate. There is a lot of detail in a robot.

I have a good idea for dn angel, I'll write up a short description a bit later on. :D

[MrMonkey]

Scrapped Princess, it would make a good rpg :)

Or make an rpg with characters from many different series, it would make a good platform for comedy and parodies of various anime.

[Biohazard]

- Kenshin

- Ranma

- Chrno Crusade

- King of Bandit Jing

- Slayers

- Mahoujin GuruGuru ( << Nothing can beat this, LoL )

Just a few idea's :)

[ChibiDusk]

Ok, I named my Game development group.
We will now be called Draghon Developments
not too plain, yet not too good :S

[xxziggybitsxx]

That's funny, I always thought the basics of what an RPG is were, you know, roleplaying.


Yha you r right.. BUT mostly all rpg games inclued fantasy type stuff.... Things that you can't do in reality. Thats y i said swords and magic :)

[Vulkar]

I'd like to see a Full Metal Alchemist rpg. That'd be cool. Alchemy would be good for spells/special abilities.

Maybe an Armitage rpg. Anybody ever play a game called Shadowrun on Sega Genesis? That game was cool. I like those futuristic rpgs.

[fenrihr]

never played it on genesis... on SNES though... i have....

and i'd say since DNAngel was usually fairly episodic (at least in the beginning, didn't watch but about 6 eps) it'd make for a good 'this stage is get _____ from ____" kind of game.

[Tommy]

One Piece without a doubt, With all the devil fruit abilities you could make into spells and skills it just makes sense. Plus you've got tons of heros and villans provided with a great storyline to go off of. And doing a world map would be a blast you got North, South, East, and West blue plus the Grand Line. Its practically all layed out for you just begging you to make it into an RPG.

[ChibiDusk]

Hm yes it would. I am not fimiliar with the anime, I have read a few of them
in Shonen Jump. But I don;t think Im willing to download 70eps plus a couple of movies just right now^^'

[ChibiDusk]

(removed) see reason

[Angela Sanctisstessa]

flame of recca can be nice

[Ending]

So, are you really trying to make some game? Myself, I'm thinking of playing a bit with Game_Maker5 and Breath of Fire 2. Thus far I have noticed that making levels isn't that hard, but how to create dialogs with multiple answers and relative follow-up questions (not to mention that the question answers need to be recorded to registry). Also, if it is an RPG game, how you change from regular view to "battle-view" and create spell/item/etc-containers and stats they affect? :hmm:

A bit'o'interesting coding...

[Imazul]

hes using rpgmaker, its made for that

its also very limited

[ChainLegacy]

Narutaru? I know it sounds weird, but it'd be cool with all the dragonettes... Plus, there is alot of action during the series.

[Remian]

Ha Ha, you are using RPG Maker. Thats for people with no coding talent whatsoever.

Look Mr. ChibiDusk, I respect you and all, but you cant make RPGs out of Animes and Mangas. Its illegal because Mangas/Animes are copyrighted. That means that unless you get a legal document signed by the Anime/Manga maker and you, its illegal to sell it, post it for download, and advertise it. Sorry man.

[Ending]

By that basis, all fan-works are illegal, and do the big companies start suing small persons? ;)

[Remian]

i guess.....er....
what i mean is he can make this game and show it to his mom and dad, or neibors etc. but he cant go and sell this game and post it for download. Any form of advertisement towards this game is illegal. that includes posting it for download, selling it, giving it to mass company stores so they can sell it. Your best bet with this game is to try and sell it to Konami. They will get all the legal junk....oh wait....if you are using the RPG maker, then you cant sell it to Konami. sorry Dusk, YOU LOSE



close this thread please.

[ChibiDusk]

I was never going to sell it o.O
But then, what about fanart and fanfictions...they use the characters, and you can download them. We would have a LOT of people being sued right here at AS...

[sOnJoOL]

stuff that are in my mind are...

naruto.
one piece.
fullmetal alchemist.

but naruto and fma rpg was done.
so was one piece.

ranma 1/2
chrno crusade.

[hooliganj]

Hmm... GuruGuru and Hunter X Hunter would both make good RPGs. Of course, there's already 3 or 4 HxH RPGs out there, but I'd like to see one in English.

Maybe add Mahou Shoujotai or Uninhabited Planet Survive to the list. They'd both be unconventional games, but could be a lot of fun to play.

As for legality, the rules that cover dojinshi would allow you to do just about anything here, provided you respect the original copyright holder's wishes should they be voiced. You *could* charge money for your game as long as you list the copyright info in the credits, along with a disclaimer about this product not being officially approved. As long as noone objects, you're in the clear (hint: don't make a porn game based on a kid's show).

It all changes when an American company picks up the license, since our definition of 'derivative work' is a lot less forgiving than Japan's. Any attempt to charge money could be met with legal ramifications. If it's free, however, and can't be proven to be damaging to the original property or the owning company (again, porn will get you in trouble here), then you could qualify for 'fair use', and be allowed to distribute however you want.

In the end, of course, not enough people are ever going to see these games to make a company care enough about them to sue.

[hooliganj]

ranma 1/2
chrno crusade.

I have a translated ROM of the Ranma RPG for the SNES. It's fun, if you like the show, but otherwise it's a slow-paced and very uncomplicated game.

[Kyusaku]

Konjiki no Gash Bell!! RPG!! This could work considering the mechanics of the series, since the demons kind of level up when they learn new spells. The author even names chapters by levels. Like Chapter 1 is Level 1, Chapter 60 is Level 60, etc.

another that would be good... prollly
Groove Adventure Rave.

There's already an RPG or 2 of Rave on PS1 I remember playing one, it was like an Action RPG.

[Remian]

Chibi. Fanfictions are types of litterature. they are allowed to post them for download.

You can make a game from already made Anime esspecially not with RPG maker.
Its illegal...