Project X

Genre: FPS/MMORPG/SIMULATION

Synopsis: An open-ended free form game where the players make the story line. A gaming experience modeled after real life, to cater to all genre markets as a whole gathering interest from every type of gamer. Players can choose identities, but their gaming life and career paths can be changed daily should they choose. The gaming world will be modeled after a good portion of earth. The world's largest cities in play at first and more added as the game progresses. Several forms of travel, and a variety of available careers to start at first with additional careers put in place as the need grows, including professional criminal.

Gaming Elements:

Economy: Jobs so to speak. A player can get a job(career path) from any NPC in the game. After the player procures a career, the player may set a default price for their in-game career. The salary cap is based on their level(or something similar, haven't figured out reward system yet.). The medical personnel can also sell medical supplies that they will have access to from any hospital for a very minimal cost(non-medical personnel will be charged a premium for high QL medical items, unless they get them from a medic.) Each career pays a standard salary per real-time day (24hrs) that the player remains in that profession. Players will receive a salary based on their character title and it will have 2 modifiers attached to it. One modifier for the number of hours they have played in that 24 hour period(figured this would help the create a bunch of characters and let them sit and make money thing.) and two their actual character level. An example might be level 12 doctor has a beginning salary of $15/hr x 4 hours played in a day x 12 = $720 in a 24 hour period simply for being employed. That figure excludes any extra funds received from actually performing services or selling items. All items will have a somewhat realistic cost. Weapons, ammo, vehicles, etc..etc..

Travel: Real-Time travel... I know it sounds risky, but I have spoken with many of the gamers that I have played with and although they had to warm up to the idea, for the most part they loved it. I think it adds a completely un-explored side to the game #1. Secondly if crimes are committed in certain areas it will help relieve "ambulance chasers" and immediate overcrowding based on crime. The other thing it brings to the table is helps add the Vehicle and Aircraft simulation genre to it. Someone can if they want hop in the car and crash it run people off the road..etc..etc.. Also has the ability to add real-time flight for all the Flight Sim people out there. Yet they can apply for a pilot's license and transport people to and from different cities, and yes in real-time travel. Yes, if the pilots choose to or make an error they will kill everyone on board, that is a risk of flying with a player played pilot. But it will cost the player massive money as well as his license(which will not be avail for cheap.) everyone on the plane will die and lose any inventory they might have been carrying. I'm sure everyone has seen the technology behind a flight simulator once or twice this will not add that much of a hit to the game power wise(take-off and landing will be tricky but I'm working on it.) On the same note if a person(s) choose to get involved in a road race from L.A. to Vegas, that is possible as well.

Character Development: Characters will have some type of SP (skill points) system, which skills will not be able to be divvied out by the players, rather points are automatically increased by performing the action or acquiring training from a source yet to be determined. Players can cap out each skill to 300SP, that is the max. There are different character titles for a designated set of numbers. Beginner from 0-15 etc..etc.. SP will be shown on the screen in each category. A meter of some sort as I think that reward driven gaming is where what players enjoy the most, "I am 1500 SP's away from my next level" etc..etc.. As far as acquiring items and being able to perform certain tasks this will be an SP function. i.e. it will take a minimum of 35 Break & Enter SP to pick all locks, depending on who set them be it player or NPC generated lock. Will use kind of a D & D behind the scenes rolling equation here.

DRS Disaster Response System: Okay this is a big one. This the GUI that reported crimes show up in. This will also serve as information data base for the players to choose where they decide to reside, play and travel. When a crime is committed in an area and reported by a player, sort of get a 911 call to the DRS. In turn the DRS notifies all medical and police units to the seen. The catch is they have to get there in real time. But the DRS will have a map and location of where the crime was committed. Medical personnel can go and treat wounded, and police can go and apprehend suspects. However, if no one gets there in time the crime goes unsolved.

Inventory/Items: Needs a very vast database of items, everything from home décor to weapons and vehicles. Players cannot carry more on their character than humanly possible. They can have storage, vehicles, homes, etc..etc.. But no one can carry 300lbs. of weapons on them and a car in their pocket .. Figured a couple layers of clothing, room for 3-4 side arms realistically. A knife, and a finite amount of pocket space. Again keeping with the realistic tone. All items on a person can be lost in the result of death (see death and incapacitation.)

Death, Incapacitation, and Injury: Going for pretty realistic here. Death results in harsh consequences. Incapacitation results in the players' inability to move but not to call for help or place a DRS call. Injury results in slower movement and other SP penalties until the player seeks medical attention. There will be time limits from injury to incap to death. A dead person can be "looted" by any character in the game without penalty to the looter and will lose whatever a player takes off their person. If the corpse is not looted within 2 minutes the dead person's immediate inventory is lost, including all cash in their immediate possession. A shot to the head will not result in immediate death. From the time a character is shot in the head a 60 second window will be avail for medical personnel with the required tools to save a person from death. If this happens in the game the player facing death will lose no inventory. If a player receives a critical wound (headshot) they become incap until help arrives. Be it an NPC or player transport to local medical facilities. A player CAN go from injured to full health, but NOT from any other state to full health unless treated by a medical location or VERY experienced Medical personnel with the proper tools (exp... player with 175SP in Medical) A player may never go from Near death (our headshot victim from earlier) to full health unless treated at a medical location. The player must be treated by experience medical personnel on the site for life threatening injuries (near death to incap) then be transported. There will be a 60 second window from near death to actual death. A 6 minute window from incap to death. And a 20 minute window from injured to death(or some scale counting down time for injured you get the picture.) A headshot followed by 2 more shots results in immediate death and cannot be revived on the scene or at a medical location and results in the death penalties mentioned earlier.

There are a few more systems I want to put in place and have outlined but I think for the most part everyone sees where this is going. I can explain in more detail if anyone is interested.

I understand this is a difficult game to produce, but from what I have heard not impossible by any stretch. I look forward to hearing some of your responses, and would love to work with any and all interested in this project. Please email me at raorcutt@cox.net if interested.