If You Could Make Your Own MMO...

As with the rest of the threads right now, making this out of boredom. Checked existing threads for one like this, but couldn't find anything that wouldn't be necro-bumped and/or not completely related...

Several years ago, to help jump start my programming skills before majoring in computer science. A friend and I picked up some MUD source code and attempted to develop one of our own games. (+1 to you if you know what a MUD/MUSH/MOO/etc is)

I was wondering if you could make your own MMO, how would it be?

Mine would be a really really really big world. So that even if thousands of people were online at once, the chances of running into another person would be slim to none. It'd essentially be a single player game, as you would have no real means of knowing where you are or who else could be online.

When you log out, you'd be subjected to whatever random monsters that still may cross your path, forcing you to have to always find a presumably safe spot to shutdown. It would be cool to make it as "Sims" as possible in the sense that you can build your own house. But that it's still affected by natural disasters and normal wear and tear. I think the real excitement would be in finding other people. Eventually, over months of playing you may be fortunate(or unfortunate) enough to meet up with someone. Since you basically played it as a single player game up until that point, it would be interesting to see how the two interact on meeting. Of course, it depends on the player.

I just like the idea of a wilderness MMO. Would love to hear others' ideas.

a zombie mmo that would be as realistic as possible

u know like you can make your own shelters and ***

basically minecraft with guns and better graphics

I would call mine Final Fantasy and I would have a girly looking male as my main character and have them saving a princess of some sort in every situation. In the end they end up in love. And along the way you meet random people who join you for a 14 hour session of getting sidetracked. Only to end up all having beef with the same *** bad guy. I think that would make a good game. If it seems to serious Ill just toss in a goofy looking character for every game to make it reach all ages.

I always wanted to make a virtual reality MMO but I could never think of anything to base it off.

reality

Thereallife, but with goblins

The Smurfs MMORPG !

We've all been waiting for this. Who wants a moghouse when you can have your very own mushroom ?

Endgame is already written, Azreal as mid-dungeon boss with Gargamel at the end.

Armor, weapons ? *** that, everybody gets a white hat, white pants and a wooden sword. Do you want to do some tradeskills ? No problem ! Pick smurfberries and feed your fellow Smurfs.

And of course, when chatting have random words auto-converted to any form of 'smurf'

In conclusion: If I could Smurf any MMO, I would Smurfly Smurf a Smurf MMO.

Can we brew it?

An lolcat MMO with subtitles. Lots and lots of subtitles.

Red Dead Redemption MMO. Basically similar to the multiplayer, only more interaction between others that didn't require using guns. Maybe a reason to have towns where you could set up shops (not just bazaars, but actual shops built up). Different classes, including lawmen, outlaws, snipers, ranchers, cowpokes, merchants and the like would also be implemented. Also, that lasso would be perfect for certain things.

Not sure how they would work as a team, but that'd be badass.

lol, that's awesome. One of the cool things about some of the source code we found online was that whenever you drink alcohol, you would start to slur words. th would become sss, and a bunch of other cool things. It may be kind of gimmicky, but it really does add a cool level of realism to the game.

Not to mention if you're a different race, and you choose to start speaking in your own language, it would show up as gibberish to everyone who couldn't understand you. MUDs were really awesome cause they were so easy to make and modify. Just sucks that they didn't have any cool graphics to look at while you played them :/

In this MMO you can

Brew Gargamel ftw

I'd like one with decent random instancing, also were the item drops might be unique, meaning more individual characters. you wouldnt die either you'd flee at low health or be captured, jailbreak from goblin city anyone? I'm amazed nobody has used Steve Jackson (games workshop co-founder) and Ian Livingstones (old eidos boss) Titan world for a MMO yet, how cool would Port Blacksand be online.

Something with lots of explosions and titties. Also you can become drunk in it

A Fire Emblem MMO. Two factions, make your own guy, choose your class, roll for stats, level up, fight with a buncha other real people against NPCs and other PCs who are in the other faction. It would be cool.

I would personally design the armor and races myself.

Bald white space marines with giant pauldrons on one side, voluptuous Korean elves with almost no armor on the other.


mite b cool

Think of all the crazy ***you can do with Lords. Only a handful of players would get to play as them and lead smaller factions, with everyone else likely rolling as Heroes or something.

Mass Effect MMO. The Lore is rich, there is already great and balanced classes (not like Jedi Versus Wookie Herder), even though I hate PVP, there's fertile ground there, with the Terminus V. Citadel relationship status, there's really just so much the Mass Effect universe has going for it that would be an exceptional fit for the MMO environment.

Depending on balancing and technological limitations, the Ground combat could work either Mass Effect 1 or 2 style, I wouldn't complain.

Space Exploration is something that would have to be done exceptionally well though, thinking on levels of EVE here, maybe with some Colony Wars style combat thrown in (Turn-based Starship fights = ; ;)

Guild style play would also take notes from EVE, small groups may be stuck with humble Kowloon class freighters, but huge guilds can cruise the galaxy in massive Dreadnoughts, of course, in addition to a player's personal vessel.

Even I can't deny the awesomeness of a huge, multi-guild Citadel V. Terminus Fleet battle over a resource rich uncharted planet.


We're probably 2-3 technological generations from being able to do what I have in mind right, and still make the hardware affordable enough so that it could maintain a self-sustaining (Or better) subscription base.

My next choice would have been an Armored Core MMO, but apparently they're already doing that.

So.. Duke Nukem MMO?

I'd make a FF with my servers in Kansas and I'd have jumping D: Sorry DRG's . .

Something long that lines. Maybe mix in some GTA and than standard rpg stuff. Definitely need to be able to use spell/abilities to look at women naked.

Since i was a child, i thought it'd be cool to play a giant pokemon mmo!

Something of the Dead style MMO. Though having it first person shooter would be cool. You have whole cities to explore while living in a zombie apocalypse. Or.. a Resident Evil type MMO would be interesting. Where not only do you combat the undead but Umbrella commandos and such idk. have it be something I always hoped Resident Evil outbreak would be.

This can honestly work so good, why hasn't Nintendo cashed in?p.

Imagine this game... except good. WOAH.



GTA:SA and Vice City online with private servers was goofy dumb fun, I think APB was trying to get that feeling.

A realistic Harry Potter MMO.

But not for children.

Like you get sorted into houses and a good majority of the game is you going to different classes and learning new magic.

*** if heaven is real and I can choose to be immersed into any world... it's so going to be harry potter. (where I was a wizard, not a squib)

Sounds like a lot of learning, I'll play only if I can be a bully.

Edit: Not the small skinny kind either!

Then your wand will be snapped.

Any MMO where I can be a ninja, and team up w/ other ninjas while fighting against other epic ninjas. Would sell millions.