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The Amoeba RPG project is a Mozilla-based game engine which will
allow anyone to create classic "super nintendo" or "early
final fantasy" - style games. These are basically top-down
tile-based adventure and role-playing games. Mozilla is uniquely
qualified to be the "engine" behind this - since it already
includes the facilities for displaying images, playing sounds, network
connectivity , custom UI, and much more!
I love classic RPG games, and I've seen many of the currently existing
"RPG Makers" out there. (For an excellent site with many
RPG making programs, visit http://www.rpgmaker.net
) But what troubled me is that each program had its own way of building
a game, and they are not in much of any way compatible with one
another. So I am setting out to do 3 things with this RPG engine:
- Create an XML language for defining classic RPG games
- Create a cool cross-platform engine for playing RPG games
- Create a cool RPG of my own in this engine
These are lofty goals, but with Mozilla being so powerful, and
XML being the language of choice, and with javascript already available
as a scripting language - I'm sure I can succeed in this. And a
great side effect of this whole thing will be that finally game
builders can start developing games in a cross-platform way - plus
I want to encourage other gaming systems to help to create an XML-based
standard for classic RPG games - this way other game systems could
read/write/edit games using the same format. Plus all the code will
be released under the MPL (Mozilla Public License) so others can
take this code and write their own game engines. It's my hope that
with your help, we can create a really kickass engine!
Here are some of the current stock of ideas:
- Networked RPG games (like Dark Ages: http://www.darkages.com)
- Battle systems
- Multiple sound support
- XML-based game format
- Javascript-based scripting
- Object - oriented design
If you would like to help out with this project - email me at andrew@andrewwooldridge.com
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