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Harry Potter RPG
#14860313 - 08/02/11 06:55 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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I know there has been plenty of harry potter games out; one if not more per book. But what does everyone think of an actual 3d Harry Potter RPG? The game could be so elaborate that the single player campaign would take you through each of the series books/sequences with immense detail and immersion, and there could be a multiplayer aspect that would allow you create your own harry potter character to interact with other players in a huge MMO type environment.
I'm sure if enough time and effort were dedicated to the game it would turn out great and probably just in time for the 'next' book in the series =) I know many people belive the series to be over, but I sure would like to see the huge 19 year leap in the last book filled in with quirky side stories and such. I've just grown to enjoy the movies so much over the past years that I really would like to see something new. I'm not saying the series (book/movie) is lacking by any means. I'm just hoping to experience the joy and adventure I found in the series in a new and exciting medium.
I think the RPG aspect would stick really well to the Harry Potter realm as well; as it RPGs are usually magic oriented and the Harry Potter world is open to a great amount of exploration.
Perhaps this is just my way of greiving over the serie's end, but I feel like I wouldn't feel sad or upset if the series was really over.
What I really don't want to see is another series of books written from another character's perspective or focal point. If Ron's son were to get into a rivalry with malfoy's son, I'd probably ditch the whole thing. But who's to know what the future holds?
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I fucking hate harry potter, but it would only make sense to have an RPG. I don't doubt one is being developed.
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I would check it out, something tells me it would be extremely limited in content though.
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I feel so depressed now that the movie is over. Then again, I never did read the 2nd, 5th, 6th, or 7th books, so I've got that to look forward too. Any idea as to why so many people feel so disconnected from the series now that is "over"? Do you think JK will write an 8th book?
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Oldgregg]
#14865502 - 08/03/11 02:00 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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I thought it was ok but was lacking the hogwarts connection most of the other movies had. It was pretty cool seeing emma watson all giddy and studious. And Ron and Harry were just fun to watch in school. I was surprised at how dark of a turn the series took after the 3rd book. The first one was all about magic and wonder, while the others were about fighting 'darkness' rather than overcoming it. Either way, it was an amazing view into a magical world. JK did a great job creating such a wonderous world. Now, if only Hogwarts were real...=(
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Oldgregg]
#14871925 - 08/04/11 11:56 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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No, my brother got one though 
I'm going to miss hermione, emma watson played her soo well. I wonder what pottermore is going to be like....plus, I'd like to trip shrooms with JK rowling.
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Oldgregg]
#14872392 - 08/04/11 01:32 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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OP that's a good idea man. A Harry Potter RPG where you can create your own character and go through your own experiences at Hogwarts.Quote:
Oldgregg said: But I hope they set it a few hundred years before harry potter, would allow for a lot more creative freedom
I think setting it directly after Harry's departure from Hogwarts would allow for more creative freedom, that way you could see the history and lore that Harry created while you play through the game yourself. Plus it would be a good continuation to the series that you could create yourself depending on the choices you make and things you do. I see a lot of possibilities with the whole Harry Potter RPG idea.
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The MMO aspect would incorporate all of the sandbox/huge gameplay stuff. I'd personally like to see the single player stick to the story, it'd be great if they used the movie character's too; as with models and voiceovers. It'd keep them together until the next movie
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Oldgregg]
#14873834 - 08/04/11 08:02 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Oldgregg said: and they'd have to completely make up a new villian.
Damn I didn't think of that. you're right man it probably would be better if it were set a few hundred years before harry potter.
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I'm not into Harry Potter, but an RPG would be sick. Provided it was completely separated from the books n shit.
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I still think a solid single player that showcased each and every book would be best. And the MMO aspect would be in the same timeframe as harry, just without him as the main character. You could play your own story and roam the entire magical world. It'd be great...
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Alienscience said: And the MMO aspect would be in the same timeframe as harry, just without him as the main character.
Kind of like LOTR Online? Where you can meet up with Frodo and all the other dudes at certain points while playing out your own story.
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That'd be sweet, I like LOTRO. Drgreenthumb, do you play?
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Anyone up for banding together and coming up with a portfolio for the game? We could even send it in to developer's like blizzard/valve. I've got some 3d modeling experience and have been playing games all of my life.
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I think the best bet would be making a functioning mod of another game. That's how dice got their start. They made a mod for battlefield 1942 and the dev's liked it so much they gave them the startup money for their own company. Like the idea and would be up for contributing something though.
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love2shpongleIRL said: That'd be sweet, I like LOTRO. Drgreenthumb, do you play?
Yeah I did for awhile... All I did was grow pipeweed though until I got really good at it and could cross breed and make new strains lol. 
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Alienscience said: Anyone up for banding together and coming up with a portfolio for the game? We could even send it in to developer's like blizzard/valve. I've got some 3d modeling experience and have been playing games all of my life.
Count me in.
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love2shpongleIRL said: I think the best bet would be making a functioning mod of another game. That's how dice got their start. They made a mod for battlefield 1942 and the dev's liked it so much they gave them the startup money for their own company. Like the idea and would be up for contributing something though.
Good idea, maybe we can mod a classic harry potter game like sorcerers stone or chamber of secrets just to get the feel for it.
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Awesome, we can start off with some simple sketches and outlines. Just post whatever work you may do here for now. I'll be re-reading the entire series. I can model up some quick renders to make us look legit.
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We have to get a basic outline of what we'd like out of it first. You guys thinking FTP?
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love2shpongleIRL said: We have to get a basic outline of what we'd like out of it first. You guys thinking FTP?
There's a lot of Harry Potter fans out there that would be willing to pay monthly for a decent Harry Potter RPG... I'm thinkin' a low monthly fee of $10.
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Sounds good. We also need to make sure someone doesn't steal our license. If we get some stuff up, I'll contact a lawyer about liscensing. Maybe even JK Rowling herself. I have a feeling EA might have all of the rights from their shitty movie spinoff games though. I guess we can just cross that bridge when we get to it.
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Alienscience said: Sounds good. We also need to make sure someone doesn't steal our license. If we get some stuff up, I'll contact a lawyer about liscensing. Maybe even JK Rowling herself. I have a feeling EA might have all of the rights from their shitty movie spinoff games though. I guess we can just cross that bridge when we get to it.
We will most likely need to change the title a bit... Instead of having "Harry Potter" in the title we need something a bit more original. I'm thinking something along the lines of, "Hogwarts, A History". It's named after a book in the harry potter world that they talk about a few times. Here's the wiki if you want to learn more. I don't think it has any copyright associated with it. http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Hogwarts,_A_History
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But what about the harry potter themes? I really think we can go all the way with movie characters, voices, etc. If we make a good enough proposal, a developer may cut us a deal.
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We got to get a concept and do some of the base work first.
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The name Hogwarts will definitely be copyrighted. I imagine everything to do with the series would be. I reckon the writer and producers of the films would go mental if anyone tried to use the series.
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All the reason why there has to be a good portfolio. It's totally possible.
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I'd wanna see a full blown 3d Pokemon RPG on the consoles first though But a Bully style Harry Potter game would be wicked.
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i'm not in to harry potter, but an mmorpg if done right could be a good game. as long as it's an all loot pvp anywhere kind of game.
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Cloud9]
#14878560 - 08/05/11 07:56 PM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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Flash just came out with a new 3d engine. If someone could type me up some quidditch rules and some sketch art, I could have a free fully functioning 3d flash quidditch game within a month.
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Alienscience said: Flash just came out with a new 3d engine.
I noticed that, here's a new 3D flash game that's out right now. http://www.notdoppler.com/toxieradd3d.php
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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...we're getting ahead of ourselves here. We're forgetting about the 7 more books she still has to write with Draco Malfoy as the protagonist!
But seriously, I'd play the shit out of a Harry Potter MMO. Or a single play RPG, either way...but preferably both!
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Sorry about not having anything. I was extremely busy last night. I'll definately come up with some material for it today. Feel free to post any and all sketches/designs/ideas you may have.
EDIT: We should totally get this quidditch idea up and running. It'd be a great for the portfolio, also I found out that Warner Bros owns the Producing rights to the harry potter series, while EA does the video game development.
I'm sure they'd at least be interested if we had some sort of physical medium (like a 3d flash quidditch game) to show them. Lol, who knows. Maybe it'll end up like one of those movies from the 80's where a bunch of teenagers get to live off a big companies $. How cool would it be to take an eigth of shrooms on the EA campus every day and just make video games all the time? God, if they ever read that, it's never going to happen.
Anyways, I'll post up a simple game design tonight for the full game (both single player and MMO) along with some sketches and notes. Like I said earlier, I am fairly experienced with 3d modeling, but have little to no experience with flash/programming.
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How about using a modding tool off of an existing game? Like I said earlier, that's how dice got their start with EA.
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tokinman21 said: We're forgetting about the 7 more books she still has to write with Draco Malfoy as the protagonist!
That's the first I've heard of 7 more books...
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A Harry Potter rpg has the potential to be awesome. Play as a student in one of four houses and conquer quests, escorts, and bosses to graduate your Hogwarts as a powerful witch or wizard. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Professors could show up in times of great need during phases of the game. There could be instances in zones such as the castles basement or the forbidden forest. There could also be Quidditch mini games or even small bosses in the Hogwarts library or greenhouse. As for classes, all classes would be wizard-esqe but would specialize in a 'major' such as potions, dark arts, healing, trasfiguration, or curses. PVP could take place in certain areas of the castle at times when professors were not around, thus the areas would change. Also, duels could be arranged.
Wow I typed a lot haha
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Re: Harry Potter RPG [Re: Deekay]
#14880512 - 08/06/11 10:04 AM (12 years, 5 months ago) |
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a lot of good ideas!
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Awesome, it's coming along well. Im off to write up some sketeches and designs.
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You should be able to fully romance Emma Watson.
That would also be a good thing to put in the game, too.
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tokinman21 said: We're forgetting about the 7 more books she still has to write with Draco Malfoy as the protagonist!
That's the first I've heard of 7 more books...
That's because I made it up. But I still say it should happen...
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Harry Potter RPG:
Single Player:
-Follow each of the 7 books in sequence with Harry as the main character. -100+ hours of gameplay (roughly 15 hours per book) -Include all environments; hogwarts, hogsmeade, forbidden forest, private drive, diagon alley, etc -Include sub games like quidditch, skill upgrading, dueling, etc -Possible sandbox gameplay, but needs to follow set story line -It would be great if we could get the actual movie actors to do voiceovers/motion capture and use their models in game
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Multiplayer: -MMORPG style -Players would creat their own character and profile; house, class, etc -The game would continue up to the end of their 7 year curriculum as the books have not been expanded upon beyond that and I doubt JK would approve the story to be faceted by a videogame -Huge world of Hogwarts and all environments in the book; possible expansion of places that were written very little about; dragons in Egypt, etc
I had some trouble scanning my sketches, but they were only rough scribbles. For now, I think we should contemplate on possibly making a quidditch game with the new 3d flash engineb as well as expanding the design. If anything, it would help with a proposal to EA as it seems they own all of the exclusive rights to the Harry Potter video game series. Feel free to post any all drawings you may come up with. I could really use someone experienced programming/flash people and sketch artists as I'm not that good with either.
I can have some models rendered by next week if we can get some nice reference photos or designs. Should be a lot of fun, whether or not it actually gets finished.
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I've got a producer on board. He's just a temporary fill as the game isn't approved by EA or any liscensing companies yet, and I would like to clarify that it will be shut down if they decline it or point out that they won't approve their liscense for it. But I have got a couple renders done, here is the best one so far. It's still really new and un-textured, but I haven't modeled in over a year. Let me know what you think, +rep to the first person who points out what it is of:

Also, if anyone is interested in helping out with a portfolio for the game, PM me and I'll sign you up. I can't guarentee that it will take off, but I hope to have a good presentation set up by the time the pottermore website launches.
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Alienscience said: Let me know what you think, +rep to the first person who points out what it is of:

Looks like a dorm room? Could be cool to use as a sort of home base type thing. eg, check out spells, clothes, quest progress etc.
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