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RobLoach's picture

Steam Drupal Group

For those of you Drupal gamers out there who are on Steam:

The Steam Drupal Group

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aaron's picture

Project Page Updated

I just updated the RPG project page with a more current description. To add to the discussion, I'm cross-posting the juicy parts here and at Drupal RPG. (Sorry in advance for the spam if you're subscribed to the three posted groups...)

RPG

The engine itself does little more than provide a core to build a game with. Although it is intended to be for online RPG's, there is no reason the base couldn't be expanded to create other types of games, such as Turn-Based Strategy games, RTS games, or even slidescrollers. The engine is able to do this by providing basic functionality for administrators to create, use, and share 'rulesets'.

Rulesets are definitions of the Types, Attributes, and Actions used to create in-game objects. They may be created in forms available to game administrators, and may also be imported/exported from forms or even files. RPG Object Types follow inheritance rules, and may even include multiple parents, allowing types to share and even override attributes and actions.

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aaron's picture

Drudge

Drudge is the first Ruleset I'm designing, to give an idea of how things will evolve. From the include file:

<?php
/**
*  Drudge -- Drupal RPG Universal DIY Gaming Engine
*  This ruleset borrows liberally from F.U.D.G.E.
*  which is an open source generic RPG ruleset.
*  Read more at wikipedia[1]
*/
?>

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudge_die

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aaron's picture

Rulesets

After actions are done, the next concept I want to tackle are Rulesets. Games built with the RPG will have a Ruleset, which may be unique to the site, shared with other sites, or a combination. Rulesets are the Actions, Events, and basic Objects that build the world for that site. They may be imported and exported, either through a form text area or with an include file. Once in the site, they may be customized using the various administration screens.

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aaron's picture

Web Game Dev

Web Game Dev has launched recently. Looks like an interesting resource.

"WebGD (Web Game Dev) is a new site dedicated to bringing people and information together for those who are web game developers or are at least interested in developing games on the internet. Our site brings you the latest web game news, blogs, and forums to discuss your project, or help others with theirs. You can also find the tools you need, or read reviews on the latest tools used in web game development."

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aaron's picture

drupalrpg.org launch!

So I just launched drupalrpg.org, which will act as a central message board and testing site for the RPG module. Nothing really notable there yet, and I'm going to be out of town this week, so don't expect anything too exciting until later in April.

Aaron

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aaron's picture

RPG Module in Development

I've been working for a couple of months on the RPG module, which will be an engine for building web based rpg games, similar to Lord of the Red Dragon and Urban Dead. Although it borrows some ideas from the Game module (such as loading include files as object types), it is written from a different direction, and has different goals in mind. Once matured, the engine will be easily customizable by site admins (using form interfaces), requiring no php knowledge to implement, but allowing fairly easy expansion with some php knowledge.

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moremonkeys's picture

What kind of game features do you want most in your drupal site?

Role Playing Game features (profiles, attributes, storylines, puzzles, probability based combat)
66% (19 votes)
Arcade features (embed Centipede in your site kind of thing)
0% (0 votes)
Text based adventure features (think Zork style story creator)
14% (4 votes)
Fantasy league features (fantasy football, ncaa brackets, etc.)
14% (4 votes)
Other (please comment)
7% (2 votes)
Total votes: 29
moremonkeys's picture

Let's develop some game modules

I have a few projects I have worked on already that merge game ideas into Drupal.

I created a Quest module for Fear Is the Enemy that allows for Superhero style role playing. You signup create a hero profile, and based on your answer to questions get assigned quests you have to complete. You submit evidence about how you completed your quest and instructors grade you on your performance. Currently this works in 4.7. I am working on upgrading to 5.1.

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Borgamo's picture

New Board Game E-commerce Site

Hey everyone,
I saw groups for lots of other states here and figured, why not Connecticut? My colleagues and I use Drupal daily for our regular jobs, and a few of us decided to form a little board game e-company on the side. Our tech guy is a whiz at modifying modules and blocks. It's pretty amazing what he's done already with the site.

Board Games (We're not 100% on the name yet, but we're thinking Borgamo. Any suggestions?)
Cheers,
Brian

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