Commission: Turn-Based Grid Battle System [Group Buy Proposal]

Gregorik

Me too, sent a PM about 2 weeks ago, haven't received info yet.

Kirb

@Gregorik

Well, that's no good. If Griffin doesn't return eventually (not really quite sure how to contact him/her!), perhaps I can take their place as representative. Would be a waste to lose the momentum, and I'd like to see this done (sooner rather than later) as well.

Catacomber

Does gil know how to contact Griffin?--Griffin must have gotten in touch with him somehow to get the price unless it was done via pm.

I expressed an interest even though I don't use turn-based battles right now. But nobody ever contacted me. It's a shame to have this hanging out in limbo.

I'd be fine with your being the representative Kirb. I'm sending you a pm.

Kirb

@catacomber

Thanks. I'll wait a few more days to see if Griffin eventually shows up, but if not, I'll chat with @gamingislove and try to see what the original arrangement was. If I can wrangle up a new agreement (perhaps including some of my additions in the post above), I'll create a new thread and immediately contact everyone who was interested in this thread with the info, and maybe a google doc explaining the proposal/costs.

Just don't want the proposal getting stuck in limbo, as you say. :)

Catacomber

I just looked at my pm/message threads and realized I sent him a pm October 13th expressing interest and never got an answer. Of course people have trouble/accidents/tragedies/unforeseen events all the time in their lives so maybe something unforeseen happened but as we don't know it would be good if you could follow this up with gil. I hope Griffin is ok and this is just a topic that got lost somehow and can be recovered.

gamingislove

Last time I heard from him was 3 weeks ago - just sent him an email to see what's going on.

@Kirb Regarding your questions:

<blockquote>Kirb said: -A conditions system for adjacent combatant units or objects and adding custom Actions</blockquote> That should already be doable with abilities and their target/use requirements. There's nothing additional for this planned in the grid battle system. If using abilities for this isn't practical, it'd require some additional special battle actions implementation which isn't part of the grid battle system (yet).

<blockquote>Kirb said: -Different Areas may limit or enhance movement speed or other attributes</blockquote> Move costs for grid cells is scheduled feature - also grid cells using abilities (e.g. adding status effects) on combatants that walk on them is part of it and should add a lot of functionality :)

<blockquote>Kirb said: -Attack Cinematics</blockquote> That should already be possible through battle events.

<blockquote>Kirb said: -Set-up Phase/Starting Formation</blockquote> That's currently not planned.

<blockquote>Kirb said: -Grid-Highlighting</blockquote> Classic Tooltip HUD use, at least when it comes to stuff like combatants. Displaying grid info to the player is currently not planned.

Adding new features (or changing scheduled features) is no problem - what Griffin posted was my feature proposal based on his request, if there's a need for additional/other stuff I can add it to the plan (which naturally increases the costs). Like it is with group buy proposals, that should be handled by the representative (collecting/negotiating feature wishes and telling me about it) - if Griffin can't do it any longer (we'll see), maybe Kirb or someone else can take over.

Kirb

@gamingislove Thanks for the update, and the info! Going to adjust some of this google doc I've been writing up. When or if Griffin is still up for it, I'll talk to him about it.

Catacomber

This would be a great addition for ORK.

Just wondering how new buyers of ORK can get the feature. I see that this is a great way to make challenging battles and have all the other functionality of ORK. How will new people buying ORK --not those who subscribe here--or existing Orkanites who don't subscribe but want to use the new turn-based, grid-based battle system at some point----be able to get it? Maybe they should pay a little more for a plugin than us?

Thanks, Kirb, for trying to get this done. : )

Kirb

@catcomber

Griffin never really quite clarified, but I'd assume we'd be aiming to make this a Public feature rather than exclusive one; that is to say, it would become part of the standard ORK featureset to be updated/maintained. :)

gamingislove

A feature like this would only be accepted as public feature - i.e. it'll become part of ORK's regular release cycle and everyone will get it.

Griffin contacted me - he's dealing with some personal stuff, so it'd be great if @Kirb could take over for him.

Kirb

@gamingislove

Understood. Beginning tomorrow, I'll contact you with a slightly revised proposal doc; contact everyone that seemed interested in this thread (hopefully Griffin can give me a list of people who sent him PMs to make this transition easier!), and start a new thread.

Kirb

Update:

I've sent GiL a copy of the proposal doc to look at, and have contacted all of the people who previously PM'd Griffin. If anybody else is interested, just PM me!

Will start the new thread upon coming to an agreement with the revised proposal.

m1dane24

any news on this?

Kirb

As soon as GiL finishes up work on the current ORK and Makinom updates, we will be proceeding in the talks. :)

If anyone is interested in contributing, please send me a PM so I can add you.

Jade

I would like to contribute to this as well, PM sent.

Biocide

This sounds like an amazing idea. Thank you, contributors! I'm really looking forward to this.

I think it would also be interesting to make the system flexible and give the user the freedom to change the individual battles to turn-based battles, sort of like the Devil Survivor games.

Catacomber

Thanks for the hug! Did you say you wanted to contribute? That's wonderful! Kirb is looking forward to your pm. That's a good place to talk to him about any additions to the proposal.

Kirb

I've chatted with GiL and gotten a new quote. I'll be starting a new thread for the Group Buy Proposal today. :)

gamingislove

This thread is closed, you can find the new grid battle proposal here.

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