Since a lot of people keep asking...

[[Admin]Snuggle]

(and that I'm too lazy to update the site lol)
So some of you may have been looking into my new project.
Some of you may have gone what is that? Well most if not all of you have.

Since I love you guys here in the Shaiya section I will give you guys a bit of a true teaser for my project.

Project "New Horizon" is all my ideas combined into a single one to create a new type of mmo.
One in which will truly allow for players to experience limitless and I say limitless creation of ones character and even the game itself.
How would you create the game itself without a private server you ask?
Simple actually.
You know how games like Skyrim, Fallout 3, Unreal Tournament 3, etc all have editors as a side part of their game?
Well imagine that based inside an mmo. No not publicly. That would be a disaster.
Yet have it like this:
You start up the game and you can select your server. Yet there is an "offline mode". what is that you ask.
You go into offline mode and it takes you to an editor. One in which allows you to completely edit the game. From the sun color all the way to exactly what an NPC says. Now imagine being able to do all this, save what you made, and submit this data to the admins of the official game. We then review it and if it's good we put it into the live game. This "mmo modding" allows for limitless replay ability allowing players to truly let their imaginations come to life in a live game.
Of course not all work will be put in game. Only the best. Yet you can still play with it in offline mode lol.
Also imagine this type of editing as a character creation screen. That could become a truly unique character. You have your presets then you shape it to be whatever you want (within certain limits of course due to animation and texture/mesh conflicts).
Now as of the game itself..Most of that is still a secret in my head
I'll just say I plan for it to be a fantasy mmo (who likes running around shooting people when you can stab them and fight dragons with enchanted bows??)
Simply put this mmo will be a long time in the making.
I will personally make sure every single last detail is done before even a alpha test launches.
I want people to go "WOW! This is truly an amazing piece of work".
I want people to start their characters and be able to go anywhere in the game world from the start.
This means no true leveling system.
Yet more of a "use your swords more and your sword play becomes better and faster" type of system.
This allows for more diverse gameplay as of who plays with what.
I plan to have A LOT of weapon types. A LOT of armor types.
Things that make your character unique without breaking balance of the game.
So much content built into one huge ever changing game world.
Of course I will set it up so people don't go "how do I start?!"
I plan to make the first quest a introduction to the game world.
Showing you the ins and outs while getting a start on the game.
My favorite idea I have to say so far is this:
Ok let's say there is a server wide event and umm "Bob124" wins it.
A small patch is made that night and next thing you know you hear npcs around town saying: "Did you hear about Bob124 winning that event?" and they will engage in a small conversation about it.
Yea I plan to think of everything lol. I plan to have everything fully voiced and all npcs have their own "lives" so to speak.

Yeah...this game is going to be huge once finished
I'm very proud of this is all I can say.
I hope you guys enjoy my work once it is released.
This will be my baby and I will sacrifice having a kid in order to claim this instead XD

I'm always open to suggestions to please feel free to voice your opinions.
No stupid ideas please u.u..I hate those waste of space posts.

[Linxis172]

I'm in :P
This sounds great and im glad your putting lots of time into it.

[MC Flip]

So its based on the Shaiya gameplay? There is a Shaiya-based game called Ascended that is close to being released, they've been working on it for a year. Looking forward to try both, both concepts sound promising.

[[Admin]Snuggle]

No. It has NOTHING to do with Shaiya at all.
This game is completely being made from the ground up.
It will for sure look better than Shaiya lol
The gameplay itself will play way different than Shaiya as well.
That is why I plan to work so long on this.
It's not just taking old material and throwing it together.
My goal is to take over the title as the number one mmo on the market.
So development stages will last quite a while to guarantee that spot lol.

[DotG]

huge respect to you that youre trying it!

i have an idea for a MMORPG in my head for a long time now, too, but unlike you, Ill never be able to realize it *jealous* <.<

im gonna test it out once its released for sure
Good Luck!

[[Admin]Snuggle]

Thanks
I'm not just trying :P
I'm doing it. I'm personally working on the back story and writing all the dialogue now.
I plan to write everything out first that way once the true work is started it's like oh ok just go off notes and stuff.
Easier that way in my opinion.
I have so many ideas for the game world, the monsters, the combat system, etc.
I actually get headaches off this **** >.>
This won't be a one year production game sadly. I wish <.<
Yet there is too much planned and too much to do to even get it done in two xD
Plus I don't want some massive development team. I want to keep it relatively small for now.
That way I don't have to pay as many people and a smaller team generally tends to come closer together on ideas and everything.
Anyway I type too much >.>

[DotG]

sry, i meant doing <.<

well, i guess you got an advantage: you have a team <.< either i do it all on my own, or it wont happen, since i wont let anybody play around with my ideas =.=
i know that feeling so many ideas, and you get more and more every day :P

maybe you should hurry a bit => 21.12.2012... <.<

[R0CK7Y]

Good luck with your server i really like it when you said there is an offline mode thats you can do whatever you want and edit it its really looks amazing and new Shaiya style to go with
i likes your way to talk loool ;3
AM IN 100% =) cant wait to test it and see ;]

[Gladoss]

Amazing idea!

Good luck and im waiting, i wanna play and try that out =D

[[Admin]Snuggle]

It has nothing to do with Shaiya! D:<
Stop relating it to Shaiya! >.> lol
I just love the Shaiya section so I posted here
I could make this game even without a team lol I have the tools to do so.
I just lack the constant free time currently to do a lot of work on it.
I refuse to set an eta as to I don't have one currently and it's bad to set an eta based on the fact problems can occur
I'll just say I want the game to be perfect. I want it to be a true paradise away from the world o.o

[Linxis172]

lol i felt so inspired by this that i started doodling with my bamboo tablet :P
Some pretty cool characters were created.
And Snuggle if the team really wants it they wont need pay.

[[Dev]RiseAgainst]

So your making it from scratch? May I ask what graphics engine you'll be using?

[[Admin]Snuggle]

Yes and not sure yet.
I never start my ideas with tools.
I start them on paper well in this case Word xD
I want everything written out first.
Yet in all honestly I would like to get a hold of Unreal and get permission to use their engine on this.
I love the Unreal engine o.o lol

[DotG]

i would recommend the cryEngine 3, the sdk is completely free and the license as well as long as you dont use it commercially (free download games and F2Ps are allowed (well, idk how they define F2P, if they mean it the way shaiya is: jackpot! <.<))

moreover, its definately one of the best engines out there, even NCSoft uses it o.o

[[Admin]Snuggle]

Hmm..I thought about that. Yet the fact that not many people could play crysis 2 on pc plus the fact of how bad most if not all pcs would lag out with the cryengine 3 supporting 100s of people on screen at once xD

We'll see what I can play around with :P

Edit: hmm...this actually may work lol thanks for the input DotG