So far, we have covered the basics for Naruto. Any other 'themed' zones? I'm thinking about:
Snow
Mountain
Desert
Including NPCs that:
Specialize in genjutsu, taijutsu or ninjutsu.
'Chakra armor'
Anyone think of anything else?
New Area Types
New Area Types
Gatz Seijuro,
Owner of NarutoMUD
Owner of NarutoMUD
Re: New Area Types
Apologies if these are in already!
A Japanese style Dojo
(perhaps inhabited by a overenthusiastic genin?)
A 'Treetop' level for moving around quickly
(either as an area written to appear to the player as huge, or as a way to get around without walking on the current ground.)
A Japanese (shinto style?) temple
...full of monks, who happen to be buff as hell from training and praying all day.
(with some of those big red temple marker things preceding it!)
Caves
(semi carved out, leading to fully built interiors like Orochimaru's hideouts)
Swamp
(maybe a newbie area, with 'evil' archetype creatures - snakes, insects, etc - I felt a little bad killing rabbits and deer)
On board a Ship
(not like the ferry rides, an area written as a ship ...deck, lower decks, poop deck etc. Pirates but in the naruto style, I guess more like bandits who happen to be on a ship.)
Vertical Mountainside
(more the idea of an area that runs up/down instead of north/south for directions.) Perhaps requires treewalking type levels of chakra consumption to simply traverse up and down...with disastrous consequences if you run out of chakra before getting over the top!). The naruto guys spend a lot of time upside down, sideways to the ground and on top of water, I figure the easy one is sideways to the ground.
Mountain Pinnacle
Something to have the mountainside lead to
Hermits, magical creatures (to make summoning contracts with!) A great place to strive towards to get things like summoning jutsus, pets, etc.
Old exam areas
(places full of traps, puppets, puzzles that were used in previous exams - some broken, some still work)
Destroyed Village
(still burning? raided years ago? Basically a trashed version of a residential area, with bandits at night perhaps)
"Inside a Genjutsu "
An area written as though the player is experiencing a genjutsu. Fantastic descriptions, confusing directions (possibly non standard, like forward/back/left/right instead of n/e/s/w kind of thing).
End of the area is your trainer dispelling the illusion and letting you out. Obviously not a 'fatal genjutsu' but more a training exercise.
Chasm/Flattened Trees/Crater
The naruto characters often open huge chasms in the ground, clear vast areas of trees etc. One of these 'old ultimate battle areas'. Especially fun for players/fans if you can transparently link the area to a battle from the series.
Just a few ideas floating in the brain
A Japanese style Dojo
(perhaps inhabited by a overenthusiastic genin?)
A 'Treetop' level for moving around quickly
(either as an area written to appear to the player as huge, or as a way to get around without walking on the current ground.)
A Japanese (shinto style?) temple
...full of monks, who happen to be buff as hell from training and praying all day.
(with some of those big red temple marker things preceding it!)
Caves
(semi carved out, leading to fully built interiors like Orochimaru's hideouts)
Swamp
(maybe a newbie area, with 'evil' archetype creatures - snakes, insects, etc - I felt a little bad killing rabbits and deer)
On board a Ship
(not like the ferry rides, an area written as a ship ...deck, lower decks, poop deck etc. Pirates but in the naruto style, I guess more like bandits who happen to be on a ship.)
Vertical Mountainside
(more the idea of an area that runs up/down instead of north/south for directions.) Perhaps requires treewalking type levels of chakra consumption to simply traverse up and down...with disastrous consequences if you run out of chakra before getting over the top!). The naruto guys spend a lot of time upside down, sideways to the ground and on top of water, I figure the easy one is sideways to the ground.
Mountain Pinnacle
Something to have the mountainside lead to
Hermits, magical creatures (to make summoning contracts with!) A great place to strive towards to get things like summoning jutsus, pets, etc.Old exam areas
(places full of traps, puppets, puzzles that were used in previous exams - some broken, some still work)
Destroyed Village
(still burning? raided years ago? Basically a trashed version of a residential area, with bandits at night perhaps)
"Inside a Genjutsu "
An area written as though the player is experiencing a genjutsu. Fantastic descriptions, confusing directions (possibly non standard, like forward/back/left/right instead of n/e/s/w kind of thing).
End of the area is your trainer dispelling the illusion and letting you out. Obviously not a 'fatal genjutsu' but more a training exercise.
Chasm/Flattened Trees/Crater
The naruto characters often open huge chasms in the ground, clear vast areas of trees etc. One of these 'old ultimate battle areas'. Especially fun for players/fans if you can transparently link the area to a battle from the series.
Just a few ideas floating in the brain