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game engine/combat system

Game engine: following a third person view of behind the character in a way simmilar to DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 2 for the Wii, you'll move and acr in a simmilar control scheme, using the control stick on the nunchuk to move, forward, backwards, and side stepping. using the directional pad, A button and B trigger, you'll execude various moves. varied actions you select will preform your desired attacks. the arenas will be massive areas of fully destructable locations throughout the world of Gaia, so you'll be able to smash an opponent with a chair, bash them through a table, smash them through a wall, scortch the earth itself to fight in an incinerated wasteland, and even cause a massive crater from your fighting area. starting from inside or outside, it's all your call.

Weapons/items will have varied tree's relating to their elemental background. for example, the Raptor Fire Tail will cause fire related burn damage, as the whip of ice will cause icy chill damage.

these specific adjustment tree's can be modified by earning Gaia gold from winning or losing matches based on how well you preformed, so you could make more than your opponent even if you lost if you fought with enough skill and potential. these trees or adjustment range from improved elemental damage, to improving elemental resistance.

Fire is both stronger and weaker than Water/ice attacks. as there is the stalemate between Angelic and Demonic powers. swords slash while maces bash.

weapons will also be able to dish out other effects asside form simply running a stalemate.
the dark/demonic powers will be able to cause shadow/poison damage should they hit the victim correctly, which can reduce the opponent's vision of the field.
Angelic/Light powers can illuminate and defend against blindness and also blind an opponent temporarily by a white flash.
Fire causes burn damage which can reveal the location of an opponent should your vision be clouded.
Water/Ice weapons cause a slight slowing in the animations of the victim.
Blades will slash and almost half the time cause bleed damage which ticks away at the victim's health.

there are different relating effects in relation to their contradictions, their rivalries, as Burn damage is minimized by those wearing items made from the water/ice element, and those wearing items relating to fire gain higher resistance to being frozen, often imune to being frozen. Light and Darkness blindness cancel eachother out. a weapon that slashes can be blocked by a proper strike from a smashing weapon.

an example of some items would be the Ancient Katana, which can be upgraded to dealing more damage, to more likely to cause bleeding damage. Mithrill armor can be upgraded to increase it's defense rating(it multiplys by how many pieces of armor you have).

sets of certain attire add effects relating to the form, such as the Raptor sets if mixed add primal boosts, bringing the sets to near completion add boosts relating to their element too, so the Fire set allows you to retaliate with either Fire or other elements. as the Dark set such as the cape, tuedo jacket, pants, and shoes allow the wearer higher mobility, one item allows for a special double/afterimage using skill.

specialty skills for verious attire and equipment relate to how much you've put into upgrading it. this will cost Gaia Gold, which you earn from battle.

Collectable items can be added in updates, or be uncovered in game as rewards for exceptional fighting or finding a certain hidden merchant.

the damage dealt will incorporate a damage points system including a % guage or just points that rack up damage taken, the only true way to finish a match is to use a finishing move to knock your opponent out, or to damage then so much that a hard hit knocks them out.

the basic controls are:
Wiimote:
+ directional pad: Attack 1, 2, 3, 4.
B trigger: hold right handed weapon.
A button: charge special attack.
Home: home menu
+ button: pause menu
- button: toggle cursor on or off

Nunchuk:
analong stick: movement, forward, backwards, sidestep left or right.
Z trigger: hold Left handed weapon
C trigger: jump/fly(hit while in the air to fly)

retro control: comming soon.

relations between site and game

combining the customization system from the site with a full on fighter with massive arenas is a simple idea, but takes time to develop.

the world of Gaia is so large, many unexplored areas, fights have been preformed, assassination attempts on NPC's, rivalries exist, people have shown aggression toward eachother.

since it seems the battle arena is too large in scale for a flash service, it would be fitting to make it a full video game.

the account you have on the site will be your default for entering the game, so if you have an account on the site, you simply have to connect to the site, and viola, your avatar is in the game itself taking a custom character slot. based on alternate forms you choose, you can set different outfits you wish to wear in battle.

this will mean console game exclusive features for whomever is playing, access to an outfit selection system that allows you to put an entire set on without having to select EVERY ITEM YOU WISH TO WEAR.

the Site Gaiaonline.com is a unique site, very interesting, it's massive story is memorable, with random filler events to change the pace and make things seem more exciting. the community and anime inspired avatars look breathtaking to first glance.

I saw other video games and thought a fighter would be perfect, a massive deep fighting game with access to the site itself, allow a 3D version of TOWNS to communicate with other players.

it's a good idea in my oppinion.

to go to another user's house yeah, type the user name, if you wanna bunk with another user you pay rent according to what the other player sets for rent. like someone might charge 100 gold for rent, some might charge 1 gold for rent. set rent prices for weekly, monthly, biweekly, bimonthly, annually, etc. the price cannot exceed 1000 gold, and the rent cannot go any sooner than weekly, or further than annually.

you can even help training your friends or housemates, friendly duels, or group battles.would be an interesting twist.

I was thinking more like team beatdowns. it'll be 3D massive arenas that are fully explorable and fully destructable. destroy a wall, you'll be able to move through the hole freely, and teams can be seperated in groups in several locations in barton, like how some anime clashes are divided up like how one duel can go on in one location, it could be 2VS1 in another, and some could be wandering and looking for their opponent.

something like that, or if I was too difficult an opponent for you to face alone, you could try to find an ally or an ally could try to find you to lend a hand. or if I'm about to finish you off in a team match, someone could jump and take the hit. finishing moves only do heavy damage to a target that has not taken much damage, but can K.O. and opponent who has been hammered to being heavily damaged.

if I have you at like 800% amage, and a friend comes in with about 150% damage and takes the hit of my finishing move for you to save you, he'd have 450% damage. finishing moves deal 300% damage but can only be activated when your intended or targeted opponent has more than 699% damage. an opponent with 1000% damage can be knocked out in a single vicious attack, like if I used a charged swing of my sword while you had 1000% damage, you'd be knocked out.

if a friend took the hit for you it'd be normal damage.

so sword attacks can deal 20% damage, elemental influence adds 5% damage.

the damage point system will be highly effective.

Oh, and don't we need a "Rules! OBEY THEM!" tread?

I like it how I am being ignored. stare