PONY ARPG
Current concepts with which to work, NONE OF WHICH ARE FINALIZED
Seven worlds:
Zebra World
Diamond Dogs world
Griffon world
Dragon world
UNN World (Mythological creatures. Hippocampus?? Evil creatures could be kelpies)
UNN World (Mythological creatures. Other ideas?? Centaurs, maybe?)
Dark/Nightmare Equestria (Ponyville or Canterlot?)
Seven attributes:
Each world will be missing one element of harmony, resulting in an equivalent detriment.
Kindness: Extremely aggro monsters (but low grade??), no native healing capability (eg, must use items, there will be no locales, no spells or HOT)
Laughter: reduced move and atk spd, very slow loss of health over time (can only heal by healing items/ locations/spells) OR reduced defense OR just the reduced speeds, as they may prove to be enough of a hindrance.
Generosity: Unknown
Honesty: Logic puzzles. LOGIC PUZZLES EVERYWHERE. Beyond that??
Loyalty: No party members, or reduced party benefits.
Magic: Since the main's weapon is TK powered, a world without magic would render her almost entirely helpless. The massive reduction in fighting capability would make it much more stealth based than other levels. However, she woudl still have use of all items and equips, for healing and defense, and if party members were physical based (AJ and maybe RD) then this would not be too horrible.
FINAL WORLD, dark equestria??, home of the Nightmare Entity, source of the Nightmare Essences.
I don't know what to say about this, except there probably wouldn't be a stat detriment, but instead, there would be more cut scenes, an overwhelming population of high rank enemies, and probably several minibosses, possibly based on three (or all) of the four stars that freed Nightmare Moon.
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The Heroine:
Unicorn, controls her sword via TK. Sword may or may not be family heirloom or a discovery, but probably contains Element of Harmony fragments.
Unicorn is new to Ponyville, moving in from another Equestrian city (Stalliongrad and Fillydelphia are main contenders). WHy?
Unicorn's backstory for getting involved in the conflict is unknown. Potential ideas include making her ignorant of her position as the fourth star who freed NM. Whatever the reason, Nightmare entity has a definite interest in her. Why?
Overused though it is, while WE need to know the heroine's backstory, vagueness on what she gives to the player might be useful if we decide to go the she's-a-star route. Otherwise, backstory can be added in as relevant to the plot.
Unicorn needs a name, but to ensure that it has some semblance of meaningfulness, we might wait until a backstory and basic design are completed.
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Other points of interest:
Mane 6 can be added to your party, one or two at a time.
Each member of the Mane 6 has a limit breaker attack (I do not think there are combo'd ones), during which their element of harmony pendant appears to amplify their native skills. EDIT: combo limit break might involve the NMM-defeating rainbow vortex. May be reserved for higher level battles.
Mane 6 are statted like various classes. Eg, RD has very high agility, speed, but low hit and no magic. Twi, of course, has massive magic, but little defense. Things like that.
Seven worlds:
Zebra World
Diamond Dogs world
Griffon world
Dragon world
UNN World (Mythological creatures. Hippocampus?? Evil creatures could be kelpies)
UNN World (Mythological creatures. Other ideas?? Centaurs, maybe?)
Dark/Nightmare Equestria (Ponyville or Canterlot?)
Seven attributes:
Each world will be missing one element of harmony, resulting in an equivalent detriment.
Kindness: Extremely aggro monsters (but low grade??), no native healing capability (eg, must use items, there will be no locales, no spells or HOT)
Laughter: reduced move and atk spd, very slow loss of health over time (can only heal by healing items/ locations/spells) OR reduced defense OR just the reduced speeds, as they may prove to be enough of a hindrance.
Generosity: Unknown
Honesty: Logic puzzles. LOGIC PUZZLES EVERYWHERE. Beyond that??
Loyalty: No party members, or reduced party benefits.
Magic: Since the main's weapon is TK powered, a world without magic would render her almost entirely helpless. The massive reduction in fighting capability would make it much more stealth based than other levels. However, she woudl still have use of all items and equips, for healing and defense, and if party members were physical based (AJ and maybe RD) then this would not be too horrible.
FINAL WORLD, dark equestria??, home of the Nightmare Entity, source of the Nightmare Essences.
I don't know what to say about this, except there probably wouldn't be a stat detriment, but instead, there would be more cut scenes, an overwhelming population of high rank enemies, and probably several minibosses, possibly based on three (or all) of the four stars that freed Nightmare Moon.
==-==-==
The Heroine:
Unicorn, controls her sword via TK. Sword may or may not be family heirloom or a discovery, but probably contains Element of Harmony fragments.
Unicorn is new to Ponyville, moving in from another Equestrian city (Stalliongrad and Fillydelphia are main contenders). WHy?
Unicorn's backstory for getting involved in the conflict is unknown. Potential ideas include making her ignorant of her position as the fourth star who freed NM. Whatever the reason, Nightmare entity has a definite interest in her. Why?
Overused though it is, while WE need to know the heroine's backstory, vagueness on what she gives to the player might be useful if we decide to go the she's-a-star route. Otherwise, backstory can be added in as relevant to the plot.
Unicorn needs a name, but to ensure that it has some semblance of meaningfulness, we might wait until a backstory and basic design are completed.
==-==-==
Other points of interest:
Mane 6 can be added to your party, one or two at a time.
Each member of the Mane 6 has a limit breaker attack (I do not think there are combo'd ones), during which their element of harmony pendant appears to amplify their native skills. EDIT: combo limit break might involve the NMM-defeating rainbow vortex. May be reserved for higher level battles.
Mane 6 are statted like various classes. Eg, RD has very high agility, speed, but low hit and no magic. Twi, of course, has massive magic, but little defense. Things like that.