Argh, it was perfect in the preview! Now it's a bit screwed up.

edit: under maintenance, please bear with me.

edit2: OK, it looks a lot better now

[This message has been edited by Lewonas (edited 11-28-2011 @ 06:09 PM).]

Nicely done! I will refer back to this thread when creating a new game

You're the 218000 SD poster, Expert ٩(̃-̮̮̃-)۶

Lew, you did a great job with that thread

Wow, really nice layout! Not really surprised by the results, can just confirm that if I ever release my project, it will be somewhat against the current.

Nice work, Lewonas. But I think map design is more important than most, it seems.

I have to agree with most of these, but I find it really hard to believe that most people prefer to have a good story then to have puzzles and multiple endings. Those are some of my favorite things in rpgs.

Good job on this Lew. I'm glad that my RPG already had a camera follow toggle, some other stuff can be tweaked. But I've mostly made my rpg so far how most people would like it.

Hey ! Great job ! Awesome !

(Why am I posting here ? 'cause I have time... That's just a single post ^^)

Looks like Children of Memories follows the thread :P

Nice. I am surprised that random maps are very unpopular... I have never had any more trouble getting people in to play my RMS games than my scenarios but perhaps the survey only looks at normal RM scripts rather than multiplayer scenarios turned into scripts - apart from mine there are not very many out there it certainly was not something that really caught on due to the difficulty of creating the scripts and it being someone who coincidently also created multiplayer scenarios at the same time...

Nice thread though.

Nice job, Lewonas! Lots of good info here.

I gotta use this when I make my RPGs from now on. This will be useful. More than useful, an innovation. It'll be my secret weapon, my Scenario Designing directory. My preciousssssss.

According to this less than 4.2% of AoM players will enjoy my newest map.

One thing I really don't understand is muliplayer maps. Random people make so many multiplayer maps in the downloads section, yet multiplayer is the area of the game which is probably the emptiest, due to lack of people online all the time. Single player is the way to go, because we have a very active community, and people can play single player much easier than multiplayer.

Thanks for all the positive feedback guys!

@nottud: Yes you're right, the survey looks at normal supremacy RMS. Your RMS are more like random scenario scripts .

Quoted from Lewonas:

impopular

Quoted from nottud:

unpopular

Herp derp, I'm such a n00b.

@Glen654: A storyline is what creates a RPG; if there isn't a story, then the scenario isn't a RPG. Puzzles and multiple endings are less important because they play only a minor role in the RPG. You must first make sure that the RPG has all the fundamental things it needs:

1. Storyline and Plot
2. Enjoyable Battle System
3. Secrets, Dynamic Events and Sidequests
4. Character Development
5. Map Design

...after that you can still decide if your RPG needs any puzzles, boss battles, different number of endings, etc. Important things must come first.

@Marauder1221: Your preciousssssss? You mean, our preciousssssss.

@Winston: The only valid reason I can think of is that multiplayer scenarios are a lot easier to make than singleplayer. FWG scenarios are very popular, yet the maps are fully covered in Grass A and have close to 0 triggers. People play these scenarios because they're enjoyable when you get to play them with 6 players. But singleplayer scenarios are a whole different story...

[This message has been edited by Lewonas (edited 11-29-2011 @ 08:13 AM).]

This is very useful for anyone making a scenario and who wants to know what makes people "tick".
I could use this for my currently post-poned RPG.
It's surprising that no one has thought of doing a survey like this before, back when there were more people creating and playing scenarios.

It's surprising that no one has thought of doing a survey like this before, back when there were more people creating and playing scenarios.

Maybe that is because back then you only needed 5% of the community to play your map to see it be hosted by someone else.

Maybe that is because back then you only needed 5% of the community to play your map to see it be hosted by someone else.

This exactly.

Thanks for putting this together, Lewonas, it's very useful information.

Maybe that is because back then you only needed 5% of the community to play your map to see it be hosted by someone else.

Still...
Ah well. I see your point

Well I hope people noticed the newsie :P

I have made FWGs in the past, simply because the original FWGs had no trigger other than music and dont edit the map, so I added choice triggers and a 'compensation' system which I now know how to improve alot further :P

Regardless, like Mythic Studios did with Statue Dodge, nowadays I generally make Hybrid maps which work online and offline.