Idea for a new game, The Mana World Options

[Atari]

Hello everyone,

In the previous topic I said we're looking for new game(s) for the network. One of the ideas proposed by Maever is: The Mana World.

The Mana World is a project that tries to create a free and open source MMORPG game with the looks of "old-fashioned" 2D RPG games such as those released for the SNES / Super Famicom in the 90's. The game client will continue to be free to download, and there won't be a monthly fee required.
The Mana World aims to be a unique place for people to interact by not only fighting but also forming a community, a microcosm inside the game. The game should include background information to give it the altern reality feel, i.e. history (currently being worked on), politics, culture, countries, tribes, climate, etc.
The player's story is built with quests and interaction. For this end, quests should lead to other quests. Quests should also encourage forming groups/parties so as to promote the community feel, therefore contributing to fulfil the objectives of the game.
Additionally, the developers care about cross compilable source code and efficient resource management in order to make the game playable on as many platforms and operating systems as possible. Low end hardware such as x86 PIIs or G3 PPCs should be the minimum requirement.

http://themanaworld.org/index.php

It's a small and funny addition to the Network.
Please tell us what you think.

Greetings,

Atari

[¤Duk3¤]

Oh cool, this is interesting, but i have a question...

this game, will not be like a sagramore competence? i know that both games will be like completly different, one is played in the browser, the other you need to install the game, but i have that feeling, maybe im wrong x.X

but i love that kind of games, so it will be cool give it a try.

[Church]

I'm just not really too sure how well this game would work out. . . I mean, it looks like it could be fun, but is it worth the risk to put all the effort and time into something somewhat "experimental"? (I say experimental, cause I haven't seen anywhere that it's had proven success, much less heard of it before seeing it here.) I just don't know. . . D;

[Mr. Cheeseburger]

well i gotta agree with duke
it looks like sagramore [ which still is in dev ] and u want a 2nd wannabe game of that
i dont think it will work, first finish sagramore and then look is my opinion

[kevin28]

Why not MapleStory? I have one going..

[famita]

mmmmm this is not a bad idea

[PedroProplayer]

Cabal online is good. Grand Chase is good too.

[Chips]

what about s4 league)=?

[Kittycat]

i think our server should start playing hello kitty

[Furt]

What about Aion online, ive been checking up on aionunique and they have come on long way with there emulator.

[Mazappi]

what about s4 league)=?

Second this. ExcaliburNW has always been a network for RPGs. But seeing that things have somehow...stopped moving at least on avalon's edge, I think this could be a really nice refreshment to the network. And it's not your everyday shooter. I think the style would appeal to many of our players. It also has many swordlike weapons, which makes it somehow related to network's name.

EDIT: Although I don't know if there is a server emulator around there. If not, it's not really worth making our own. Since it's F2P to begin with it probably wouldn't draw too many players from outside the network.

AND about that Mana World. Just having a brief view instantly made me think about Sagramore. So do we need a similar game? I dunno, I'm not even sure if Sagramore is still going?