Hi Charles, Yes, I think starting with a simple roll playing game based in a fantasy story or world you are familiar with would be the way to go. As Dark pointed out usually all the rules, stats, and whatever is handled by the game master anyway and isn't usually up to the player to begin with. In this case any stats or rules would be handled by the software and not by you just like as it would be in a side-scroller, FPS, etc.
For example, lets say you are playing a Harry Potter game and Harry and Draco decide to have a duel in the trophy room like in the first book. Harry tries to stun Draco with his wand. Well, The game would automatically roll the d20 die, and then add or subtract your skill points to come up with the final score. Let's say your roll is 12 and Draco rolls a 9. The damage to Draco is 3 and is reduced from his stamina. While all that sounds pretty complex remember that the game is doing all this rolling, adding, and subtracting behind the scenes so all you ever see from the game is something like this. "Harry aims his wand at Draco, and it emits a bright green flash of light. Draco yells in pain as he loses 3 stamina points." See what I mean? All that complexity you are thinking of is primarily specific to tabletop roll playing games like Dungeons and Dragons and really doesn't apply to games like Sryth or Eamon that handles all the game mechanics behind the scenes. I could tell you right now if I was writing a roll playing game based on Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings most of the complexity would be self-contained in the game software itself. All you would have to do is make decisions like attack, defend, or flee. :D Cheers! On 4/19/13, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > I'm thinking that this would be a game I would have to try. Not that I like > > only easily learned games, but having never encountered an RPG other than > Dungeon and Dragons and one other that was sort of similar, I've figured > that they are mostly along the same idea, and I have been mistaken. A > simple RPG dealing with a subject matter I'm interested in, such as the > Harry Potter or LOTR series, would be a good way to possibly start working > with other role playing games. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
