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Hello, everyone!
Here I present you a little project I've been making for a while now. Basically, it's a game. An open-world 3D explorer adventure game. As the title suggests it's based on the BIONICLE franchise, which is very little known by the people here so I won't go into any specific details about the story and characters. I'll live that in the spoiler tag for those who know what BIONICLE is to read.
- FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN BIONICLE
Setting
Yes, it will have plot! No, it won't be canon. The whole game takes place some time after the end of Mata Nui saga (RIP G1) on the, now once again glorious, planet of Spherus Magna. The 2 societies - Matoran and Agori - are integrating each other and have gotten used to the different world that surrounds them.
Since Greg completely ditched the serials and all the side stories I have decided to forget them too. So, no Lewa isn't trapped by the Agori, Velika isn't a Great Being, there are no Mega-Vorox on Bota Magna and so on. Basically, Teridax was defeated and Mata-Nui sacrificed himself so everyone could live happilly ever after.
For the full list of characters that will appear check below.
Toa:
- Tahu
- Gali
- Lewa
- Pohatu
- Onua
- Jaller
- Kongu
- Nuparu
- Hewkii
- Hahli
- Takanuva
- Turaga (all of them)
- Matoran (all known and more)
Glatorian:
- Gresh
- Tarix
- Strakk
- Malum
- Vorox
- Kiina
- Ackar
- Vastus
- Gelu
- Perditus
- Surel
- Agori (all known and more)
- Rahi (various types, still didn't get to them)
- Bota Magna beasts
- Battera
Yes, it will have plot! No, it won't be canon. The whole game takes place some time after the end of Mata Nui saga (RIP G1) on the, now once again glorious, planet of Spherus Magna. The 2 societies - Matoran and Agori - are integrating each other and have gotten used to the different world that surrounds them.
Since Greg completely ditched the serials and all the side stories I have decided to forget them too. So, no Lewa isn't trapped by the Agori, Velika isn't a Great Being, there are no Mega-Vorox on Bota Magna and so on. Basically, Teridax was defeated and Mata-Nui sacrificed himself so everyone could live happilly ever after.
For the full list of characters that will appear check below.
Toa:
- Tahu
- Gali
- Lewa
- Pohatu
- Onua
- Jaller
- Kongu
- Nuparu
- Hewkii
- Hahli
- Takanuva
- Turaga (all of them)
- Matoran (all known and more)
Glatorian:
- Gresh
- Tarix
- Strakk
- Malum
- Vorox
- Kiina
- Ackar
- Vastus
- Gelu
- Perditus
- Surel
- Agori (all known and more)
- Rahi (various types, still didn't get to them)
- Bota Magna beasts
- Battera
Now for those who have no clue what BIONICLE is:
- WHAT IS BIONICLE?
Now, to those who aren't aware of what BIONICLE is, well, you probably know what LEGO toys are. In short, BIONICLE is the most succesfull LEGO series ever that grew so big that it became the longest series in company's history - spanning for an entire decade.
What's really special about BIONICLE is the fact that it wasn't just a bunch of toys. It had a story and I don't mean the usual LEGO story, but an actual real story. It has a ton of books, novels, comics and guides that explain the complex and intriguing story. It's the only LEGO franchise ever whose story was of more importance than the actual toys.
The story is set in a huge detailed and original universe, with tons of cool characters, amazing powers and unbelievable plot twists. (Those who followed the story will know what I'm talking about) But enough with the chit-chat. Basically, BIONICLE is the best LEGO product ever with a ridiculously good story and setting that one could barely believe it came from children toys.
What's really special about BIONICLE is the fact that it wasn't just a bunch of toys. It had a story and I don't mean the usual LEGO story, but an actual real story. It has a ton of books, novels, comics and guides that explain the complex and intriguing story. It's the only LEGO franchise ever whose story was of more importance than the actual toys.
The story is set in a huge detailed and original universe, with tons of cool characters, amazing powers and unbelievable plot twists. (Those who followed the story will know what I'm talking about) But enough with the chit-chat. Basically, BIONICLE is the best LEGO product ever with a ridiculously good story and setting that one could barely believe it came from children toys.
Anyway, the game.
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- CONCEPT
Waking up in the world of Bionicle, doesn't matter where, when or how, pulling yourself together and embracing the journey that waits ahead of you. Be it fighting the villains alongside heroes, beating up nasty Rahi, fighting in the arena against the Glatorians or rewing up that sweet Cendox V1 and smashing things up - it all sounded so great. The idea of such a game in wich you immersed yourself into the world of Bionicle, not filling up anyone's shoes but going in as you.
This idea has been going in my head for a long time and then... it hit me - Why not make it myself!?
Thus we get to this.
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- GAMEPLAY
As I said, this will be an adventure/explorer game. The player will have the entirety of the new world of Spherus Magna to explore, including all the locations we know of and some original ones I came up with to make the world even richer. The player will have the full freedom to go wherever he wants to whenever he wants to. See those White-Quartz Mountains over there? Go climb them.
See that volcano on the other side? Go dive in. Whatever you want, whenever you want.
The player will also be able to interact with many characters from the universe.
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Locations:
Everything. I mean everything. From Canyons and deserts to swamps and snow. I want this game to be as broad as possible and grasp every important location in the Bionicle universe.
Features:
- Exploration
Many places to go, many things to do and many items to find. The journeys you take will lead you all over Spherus Magna. You'll go to places from wich you won't want to leave and those from wich you will want to run away. Some of the locations will include the famous White Quartz Mountains, individual elemental districts of the world and some original locations such as The New Atero!
- Combat
Arena fights
Once a symbol of divide between the villages, the arena matches are now a sport event in wich finest fighters come to battle and grab a drink or two after the match is over. The player will be able to participate in matches against the famous Glatorian in both ground duels and vehichle matches!
Enemies:
Fighting against Rahi, Vorox, Bone Hunters and the very leader of the Dark Hunders - The Shadowed One himself! The player will need to think twice before waving his sword at some of the characters here.
- Interaction
As the player progresses through the game, he will witness the reformed world and be able to talk to a lot of characters, both well-known and those that are original to the game.
I want to make this game really full of places to go and things to see.
- Items
Many things you can find.
- Travel methods
Vehichles. All your favourite vehichles from Axalara T9 to Thornatus, up for a ride.
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- TECHNICALITIES
Now that you've seen the screen-shots, NO I DID NOT MAKE THE MODELS! I got them from all the corners of the internet. The credit goes to:
- Glatorians: ripped from Glatorian Arena (this is non-commercial use, please don't sue me xD)
- Rahi: ripped from Bionicle: the Game (reffer to the above ^^)
- Agori and mischellanious go to their respective owners: here and here
- The Matoran Masks and some aspects of the enviroment go to these guys. They said they'll be glad if someone would use their models so I didn't ask them directly, but if they have any objections please do say, and I will remove them if you wish.
Now that we got the description out of the way, I'll get to something else. Basically, I need help with this. The project, as I imagined it, is going to be a medium sized game. Not too big, but not small. I can indeed finish it on my own, but it would take a loooong time. Time by wich I and probably you, would already get fed up with. So since I'm doing everything on my own, I would need a few people to help me out with some things.
I myself, can handle the characters, and have handled the majority on my own. I would need help with these things:
- level design
- Rahi 3D models
- a tiny little bit of code
These 3 I could definitelly use help with. If any of you are interested in this please message me. u.u
Now, I have mentioned budget (or rather lack of one) at the beginning of the post. This is a fan-made game. Not even clasified as indie as I'm just one guy who doesn't even have much of a background in the field of game-development. That said, this won't be the prettiest game ever. It won't be the most stunning game ever either. I'll list all the cons here:
- visuals (evident from the screenshots above. Not the prettiest game ever)
- animation - animating 3d is hard. Animating 3d in games is insanely hard. To get around this, I completely discarded all animation. Wait! Don't go yet! What I mean by this is that there will still be characters moving around and stuff BUT they will be doing pretty much just that. The model will simply drag around without any body movements. (For instance characters won't move their hands and feet while walking etc.)
- combat - the combat will be left-click attack, right click block with additional items you can use. Nothing original and with a lack of animation, nothing eye-attractive either
So there you have it. Those are the 3 biggest downsides of the game, but, IF pulled out the way I intend to, it will make up for it with a big number of things to do.
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So, is anyone interested in anything about this game? Regardless of wether you want to play it or help me work on it, or neither of that, everyone's comments are highly appreciated. I repeat, if anyone is interested in helping with this please let me know.
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