Intro
Hello! My name is Red, or Thursday. I am here to talk to you about a game i would like to make, with the W.I.P. name “MOTHER Online Battle Simulator” or “MOBS” for short!
What Happens Upon First Booting Up?
This game is a bit like an Pokémon battle system, where, there, you collect and catch pokemon, and use them to fight anyone, anywhere. For MOBS, however, it is a little different. Upon first opening, you are presented with a question. Do you want to fight with the team of MOTHER, MOTHER 2, or MOTHER 3? After that, you’re asked to type your display name. When you answer, you connect to the internet, and are paired with another level 1 player. Note that combat visuals and features (such as the MOTHER 3 combo system) correlate to the visual style you choose.
Battle!
When you’re paired with another player, the message “You encounter (player name)!” then the battle begins! Not much needs to be said here, it’s just like a fight from a MOTHER game. Should you win the fight, you may level up. When you level up, you may gain access to a new PSI power. If, for example, you picked the team of MOTHER 3, your first character would be Lucas, and your first PSI power would be PK Love ɑ, as that’s the first one that he gets. For Ninten and Ness, it would be Lifeup ɑ. When you level up, you also get DP / $ and stat boosts.
How do I get more party members?
You get more party members by levelling up. After you have reached a certain level, that character will join your party. The order in which you get them are in the order that they are in at the end of the game. So if you chose MOTHER 2, your next member would be Paula.
The main menu
After your first fight, you return to the main menu, which is more of a hub, in the style of the first / main town of your selected game. There are buildings that represent settings, battle finder, shop (for equipment and healing items), and places to refill your PP and HP. In the battle finder building, there are sections such as:
Casual battles
Competitive battles
Tournaments
Practice rooms
Room creator
Room joiner
There will also be an event mode, where you fight under certain conditions. This mode is mainly for when you keep getting your head handed to you in online battles, do you can use this mode to level up, to keep your game strong!
You can also friend people by either a friend code, or by username.
Who I need
First of all, i have little coding experience. I am able to code simple fights in python, but that’s about it. But I can make music! I believe i should be as good of a director as possible, as well as musical help. But here’s who i will also need:
1. People who have coding experience,
2. People who are good at creating graphics,
3. People who can help replicate the MOTHER games’ engines,
4. Some more musicians who can help recreate/remaster MOTHER songs,
5. People who can help with making an EXE file for windows, and a version for Mac and Linux,
6. People to help me with the site.
If you can help with anything, or have any questions, dm me here, or on Twitter, twitter.com/redssmvos
Oh, and hey! before you go, take a listen to this. it’s one of the many remixes of MOTHER songs that’ll be included in the game:
https://instaud.io/3pZE
Thanks for your time!
