Hero RPG 4.0

[Kaezul]

Awhile back I posted about my RPG in development, Hero. We received minimal feedback, and I'd like to try again to show you what we've accomplished. Firstly, let me tell you about the RPG: Hero is a unique web-based, vBulletin dependent RPG that includes several features only found in 3D games that have hardly, if ever, been converted to a web RPG until now. The content of Hero is 100% dynamic; everything is stored in the database for easy management and manipulation. New content can be added on a whim and be ready to use by players in seconds. The developers of Hero are also including a passive, branching storyline, parts of which the players will depict and decide the outcome by their actions in game. Now, on to the features. Below I've described several of Hero's main components, all of which are implemented and live - though the list will most definately continue to grow, as we have only accomplished a fraction of our goals in developing this massive RPG.

• • Fully customizeable heroes, including name, class, race, gender, age, and description
  • Interactive battle system featuring an array of unique monsters to fight head-on
  • Hundreds of items to find, use, and equip on your hero to make him/her more powerful in combat
  • Interactive inventory allows for the manipulation of hundreds of items and pieces of equipment
  • Several statistics for your hero to increase at level-ups, such as Strength, Wisdom, Luck, and Defense, all of which affect the game in one way or another
  • Collect gold from monsters to purchase new items, stay at the inn, or merely to be robbed while camping in the wild
  • Collect AP and use them to advance your character in other ways than battling with the Alternate Advancement system
  • Open a shop and sell your loot to other heroes with fully a fully customizable business
  • Send messages to other heroes via HeroMail; attach an item for an extra fee. HeroMail also tracks messages and behaves like the a private messaging system
  • Collect augmentations to empower your existing items by combing their statistics and adding enchantments
  • Dynamic tradeskills that allow the creation of completely new items with an assortment of ingredients, the results of which may be customized even further with augmentations (Blacksmithing, Alchemy, Jewelcrafting, Tailoring)
  • Take part in game-wide events and collect unique items and gain honor by killing boss monsters during events
  • Keep track of the monsters and enemies you?ve fought in a dynamic bestiary
  • Store your excess gold in the vault to keep it safe from bandits
  • Unleash powerful spells, abilities, and limit breaks during battle to decimate your opponents
  • Win special events and receive items custom tailored to your hero, including a special tag with your name on the item
  • Top player list showing the highert ranking players in thd game with several sorting options
  • Sell excess items to the pawnbroker for a bit of extra gold
  • Travel to other continents and fight new monsters as you gain levels ? become the first to discover new lands and claim unique items before others do
  • Advanced admin control panel, where you can quickly add and edit items, monsters, locations, classes, races, bosses, quests, and heroes.

Although this list may not be large, it's far more inclusive than you might expect. Each of these features is very dynamic and may change at any time, either to accomodate for game balance or simply more enjoyment for the players. Development of Hero centers around player opinions and suggestions more than what the developers see as fit; it's built for the players, by the players.


We are also in great need of assistance in building our rather large game world, in the form of world builders, those who add and edit the dynamic content found within Hero, and PHP coders, who will be coding the framework to support the content. Currently we have two coders, Protozergling and myself, who have developed all content to date, with the help of our game masters, designers, and concepter, Vilkacis. Any and all help in these areas would be much appreciated. We are an organized team that works on a leisurely basis without labor requirements. Once we have achieved a stable, featureful code build, we'll be converting Hero into a release form so that we may share the source with others who are interested in using our framework for their own vBulletin RPGs.

In any case, if you feel you can help, or simply want to drop by and see what we've done, please visit www.herorpg.net for contact details, or to register and create a Hero for yourself. Thank you for your time, and I hope you enjoy what we've created.