Mars Colony Simulation - Browser based game

Alt2War · 2004-06-18 19:45:10

I'm taking up a personal project, I've been mulling over it for a little while.

The ideas is this:

A Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game
Themed on the colonization, exploration, and economic exploitation of Mars in the 21 Century.

It will be a hybrid between real-time and turn based. It will be played on the internet browser.

The game will for the most part be an economic game first, and a political one second.

The players will have specializations, and people will need to rely on eachothers specializations to meet their goals. Players can be jack of all trades if they wish, but then they will be masters of none.

The story arc will move as follows:

UN sanctions private corporations to set up shop and claim plots of land on mars. Players come in with a debt or obligation to their sponsors. The economy will be based on shipping raw or refined materials back to earth in return for highly manufactured goods.

after 6-9 months of gameplay and community building, news begins of a destablizing earth. The shipping lanes between Mars and Earth are cut off.

Items once worth more than gold are now mass waiste, as there is much more amassed than martians can use. The economy is turned upside down and the players are faced with the challenge of becoming self sufficient.

The following stages in the story arch deal with earth coming back online, hostile colonies, terraforming, and colonization of other planets.

Anyhow, I just now have started building some of the database work, and nothing is set in stone.

Any input is greatly appreciated.

Alt2War · 2004-06-20 20:27:02

Got a domain name, check it periodicly if you wish
http://colonymars.com/]http://colonymars.com/

Josh Cryer · 2004-06-20 22:59:22

Looks good Alt. Not in to RPGs much myself, which is why I didn't respond. Don't think you're being ignored or anything.

I can't really critique the storyline that much because I'm radically biased (hard for me to see us existing more than a few ways in space) and I might just corrupt your ideas with my own. I think it's a decent story approach, though. Certainly it would interest me if I enjoyed RPGs.

Rxke · 2004-06-21 01:38:23

I registered, and put some questions up, just to get your board going....

Lil' tip: check out the 'You're a first settler on Mars' (or something like that) topic in free chat for errr... constructive ideas!

(Or to get an idea how easily things can run out of hand,... and reach some kind of equilibrium again...)

Alt2War · 2004-06-21 04:32:24

Danka!

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