Some of you may know that I'm currently deeply engrossed in writing a sci-fi novel. The basic premise is that the entire human race was virtualized into Earth (which was made into a quantum computer) in order to avoid extinction via a massive disaster. The Earth was then broken down into individual atoms which were then scattered across the Universe. The atoms are set of transform any matter they touch into part of the Earth's quantum network. Effectively creating a digital world that is limited only by the size of the Universe.
I may just be getting ahead of myself here, but I had a brilliant idea for a video game adaption. The ideal is to create a world that randomly generates as you travel. It will be a FPRPG like the ES series. You start out at a city and choose your class. Each class has it's own weapon proficiency and skill set that can each be improved upon. At certain intervals in the level up process, you may make class specialization progression. Here you can choose to level into another profession, or specialize in your current one. Level enough together and you'll get an entirely new class.
As you explore the open world, you'll encounter people, monsters, towns, cities, etc. Dungeons will pop up and you'll be able to map them out similar to Etrian Odyssy. There is no traditional currency in this virtual world. Goods and training is bought and sold using map data. The more areas you map, the more things you can do. Everything is randomized the moment you enter for the first time. After that, you can revisit and farm things for rare items and such. If the game could have multiplayer, you could trade other players for their map data.
The story would of course follow the novel, but you wouldn't play as the main character, only as a friend. For the most part though, I envision the game to be an open ended world like the ES games.
I may just be getting ahead of myself here, but I had a brilliant idea for a video game adaption. The ideal is to create a world that randomly generates as you travel. It will be a FPRPG like the ES series. You start out at a city and choose your class. Each class has it's own weapon proficiency and skill set that can each be improved upon. At certain intervals in the level up process, you may make class specialization progression. Here you can choose to level into another profession, or specialize in your current one. Level enough together and you'll get an entirely new class.
As you explore the open world, you'll encounter people, monsters, towns, cities, etc. Dungeons will pop up and you'll be able to map them out similar to Etrian Odyssy. There is no traditional currency in this virtual world. Goods and training is bought and sold using map data. The more areas you map, the more things you can do. Everything is randomized the moment you enter for the first time. After that, you can revisit and farm things for rare items and such. If the game could have multiplayer, you could trade other players for their map data.
The story would of course follow the novel, but you wouldn't play as the main character, only as a friend. For the most part though, I envision the game to be an open ended world like the ES games.
