I was just wondering, Ive seen alot of people in this forum who play games and stuff but I was wonder if there was anyone who actually makes games?

Could anyone here possibly make a Harry Potter MMORPG? Even a 2d one would be highly entertaining woulden't you think?

I'm pretty sick of most of the MMORPG's that are out there right now cuz they all get pretty GAY after a while. Just curious.

 

Whether it be Harry Potter or any other franchise, MMORPGs suck. I played WoW for little over a year, so don't think I'm just saying this to jump the bandwagon.

Content cannot be created fast enough to keep somebody playing for more than a couple months. Therefore, content needs to be repetitive and tedious so that it can be created quickly and endure as best it can. Not ideal circumstances for gameplay.

Specifically for HP, what would you have? Would the game be limited to Hogwarts? Go to school, learn magic? That'd never work, even if you made Hogwarts massive. Things would get boring pretty fast. What would the plot even be? Lol, Voldemort's back?

 

Dark wizards..Voldemort..Dark creatures...You would be able to choose your path and no the world would be contained to all of England. If a Harry Potter game ever came out that was like WOW graphic wise/gameplay wise/world wise I would play it without a second thought..Especially if you could do all I just said above.

 

We've had multiple threads about this. My twin, Kolskit, even started one.

Anyways, I agree that it could be a truly awesome game if a good team made it. Sadly, EA Games (I think) has full rights for Harry Potter games, and I wouldn't play another Harry Potter game made by them if they paid ME.

 

Except this thread is asking if there are any gamemakers in this forum willing to make some Hp MMORPG for fun.

 

If this series ever made it to the MMO genre, I would play it only depending on the developer. And if not a full blown MMO, something along the lines of Elder Scrolls 4 or similar games.

 

Ah, I missed that Sword. Sadly, I lack any knowledge in programming.

 

If you can wait five years, I can make it. Or at the least think about it really hard.

 

Unless you want some text-based shit, the answer is no.

 

S'not happening, doc; I don't think anyone here's that talented, or if they are, that dedicated/willing. If it does happen, I call dibs on Leeroy Jenkins - the Squib.

 

Honestly, that would take a lot of time and energy for us to do without pay. Quite frankly, WoW type ain't gonna happen from us. Too much red tape. Too many licenses to try and get. Copyrights, JK would have the party van show up and our emails would get flooded with cease and desist letter.

EA did buy Bioware though.

 

...For the love of god no. MMO's based around magic are alright, but HP's magic system is a freaking mess.

How would you handle a knock-out spell? AK? Levitation? Disarming spells? Summoning? Transfiguration? Non-combat spells (most charms)?

Just... no. Just thinking about programing a free-moving levitation spell is giving me a head ache. You'd have to make everything very base... and therefore very boring.

 

I had not even thought of that myself, but now that you mention it!

Can you imagine this...

"Oh no, Death Eaters!" said Random Hero One.
"Die you pathetic mudblood! Avada Kedavra!" said Random Villian One.
"Quickly, run away while he's lagged up!"

 

HAH, truth. Or the curse could instantly glitch right into them, which would be extra gheey.

 

The other problem that has been brought up in previous threads is how the hell do you deal with the AK? A one shot kill curse, bossfights become nothing, unless they change canon dramatically, AK would be the be all and end all spell for the game.

 

They could probably make AK a very difficult spell to achieve. Or they could make it very expensive to cast (mana-wise or some shit like that) OR, they could make it possible only for some classes of characters (DEs or other "Dark" factions) and only in some situations, like when character's mood or some shit like that is really bad.

Also, they could make the spell decrease some stats of the character or something similar if you are not a Death Eater or don't belong to some similar "Dark" faction. Membership in Death Eaters could boost some stats like Conscience and decrease your intelligence rating . Repeated use of Unforgivables would repeatedly increase and decrease some stats.

If the stats reach some point you would Frenzy or something when you would become very strong offensively, but not really able to control your actions and weaker defensively. Then the game would announce about a Frenzied player and other players could try to kill you for some award or shit like that

Sorry for my bad English

 

Or whoever's getting cursed could just move.

 

If there firing a AK there is such a thing as DODGE!.....Not that hard especially if it was created like WOW you fire spells using the 1.2.3.4.5.. method and you have to shoot in the direction of the player so it would be hard to hit them with any spell.

 

Really? If dodging was so easy, why'd anyone die in the books?

It'd be pointless. Once anyone got AK, nobody would fire anything else.

So AK is out.
Household spells and such are useless so they're out too.
So mostly combat based spells.
And since everyone is an adult, no incantations.
Make them powerful too, since weak spells aren't cool.
So stuff like fireballs or meteors or lighning.
It'd almost be easier to get a axe or sword and start chopping.
And of course you'd need armor as well.
Hey, it'd be interesting if there were other races.
Like a vampire for instance.
Or an elf!
Haha, someone would probably like to be a zombie.

Oh look, what do we have? WoW.

 

They could make casting AK cause a drop in spacific stats. Nothing that couldn't be gained back but to regain you would have to spend a large amount of your time fighting for it. That way there is an obvious cost an contineous use pulls that stat or stats lower and lower.