A radical idea - BeamNG.drive based MMORPG!!!

General S'mores · Jun 28, 2018

Mopower77 said: ↑

I would prefer something more of a driving/repairing/building cars only MMORPG. With fluid changes/loss and having to pay to replenish fuel and all that. Ability to have a job as a delivery driver or whatever lol. Just against ghost cars for racing... If that was even possible.
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I think ATS/ETS is kind-of like that. But ghost cars aren't there, but games like Faily Brakes have some sort of ghost cars.

MASKED REPTILIAN · Jun 29, 2018

FilipGereg said: ↑

Hello forum community, and hello BeamNG!

You have a perfect basis to create a wide variety of games. Your bus routes being tenfold more fun and immersive than all the dedicated bus simulators in existence only proves my statement. I had an idea for a MMORPG, that for myself, is addicting to such an extent that I caught myself only fantasizing about this, and as a result, playing the "raw" BeamNG.drive for hours. Your car physics, game mechanics and graphics simply compliment the hypothetical idea to perfection. I have impulsively written this article and am completely aware this is impossible. But I would still like to see if people would like this type of games, I guess that would show the probability of anything like this existing in the future.

So, the game: it is an online first person only game, kind of a mash of ideas between Rust (haven't played it, but I guess it has similarities based on what I saw), My Summer Car (personally one of most immersive games) and BeamNG.
For start, you are spawned as a lone person with not much in posession. A worn dirty shirt, some pants, a bit of gold (or silver) coins and a rusty knife. You have bars for hunger and thirst which are 50% full. Since everybody starts alone, it would be best to play with your friends, which might accelerate your advancing in game.
The world is placed in a map that is a mashup between Jungle Rock Island, Utah and those more open and "natural" environments. One of key features is the abillity to build, although it is not too easy to acquire materials and eventually "plans" that show how to do it. Time should be around the 1990s, with no GPS, satellites, smartphones and unfair high-tech weapons, but only the raw experience. Players have a map which shows "you are here" with a pin, but need to discover areas first. Bear with me further.

Clans, that can be formed manually by players, manifest through many player-determined things, like clothing that can, and should be personalized by players. Having a shirt design option should be mandatory, somewhat like vinyl design in those Need for Speed games- choosing, moving and placing shapes, which with creativity form a design. The design can be printed for a price and sold, or given out to clan members. Basically, an outfit can mark you.
To continue with the clans. They have the abillity to share wealth and resources, have control of certain areas and build handmade looking villages.
Clans, or players alone, choose their own location on the interactive world to start building, kind of similar to placing walls in Fortnite. They can't build on roads of course, but should roam around and find a good place, preferably hidden and with good defense topography to start their village. The buildings you make, for one reason or another, can be damaged or demolished.

The map is really big, so the players will need some transport. After getting ahold of money, one can buy his own, personal car (which he can crash!! Look out not to wreck your car!) and use it for driving and transporting needs. There is an ownership system, which means you receive a set of keys when you purchase a vehicle. If you don't have them, you can't enter or turn the car on. If you posess the car and some player asks to drive it, you can lend your keys to them... If you trust them enough. Also, if you leave your keys inside and leave it unlocked... If somebody finds that out, goodbye car! But still, the car can be stolen back.
You have a variety of cars to choose from. Some cheaper, some more expensive. Existing selection is already great. You can buy a truck, too, and use it for either simple stuff hauling, or defending your fort. If you get mad at other player for doing something, eg. damaging your car, you can just sit in your truck, find his, and simply maul it.
On the other hand, if a player does not have a car yet, he can wait for a bus that is also controlled by other players. Not everyone can drive a bus, and people with permits also have ranks and badges showing how good of a driver they are. If they damage the bus, they have to pay for the damages, which is a great initiative to not wreck it (same goes with private vehicles). Also, they can injure the player passengers inside, which will not leave them happy. The better the driver, the more money he makes during the drive. Players need to pay a small fee to ride, and if they feel the driver is exceptionally good, can tip him as well.
The most important part. Everyone steers with their mouse, no exceptions. That delives a completely different level of immersion than playing on plain keys because of analog simulation, and "no exception" part is for complete equality. Having no other alternatives forces players to practice driving on the mouse. Right click is used for looking around (and it does not pull the wheels back to zero position like in BeamNG.drive). The only time a player can look in third person is while being a passenger, so he can see the scenery and the driving style of their friend. While a passenger you can also shoot out of cars and do drive bys, which I will talk about in a bit.
There are a few racetracks on the map, scattered, that host races. Cars are divided by classes and players can race eachother with their personal cars using the mouse, for wagers. You can either win big, you can lose or you can crash and die. Your driving skills will determine.
Cars also need fuel to run which costs money, or can be stolen...

The next aspect are weapons. Aside from having beasts from nature attack you from time to time (which you can hunt to acquire goods), your clan can also be attacked by a rival one. You start with a rusty knife, and since the world is not exactly postapocalyptic, but more like a scenario where civilization and country system has failed and you are in the wild, getting ahold of firearms can be tricky. Maybe make a system of skills, as to what a player can produce, and an auction house for material and resources, or finished product trading. The clans have their clan vaults that can be stocked with various weapons. Posession of explosives can help you blast through target clan's walls and pillage. The clan can of course defend itself, or not... Depends on strength, resources and manpower available.
Depending on the size of the clan, the attacks may vary. It can be a dude in his Ibishu Pigeon coming and shooting his small peashooter pistol (which will rarely happen because it's probably a bad idea), or it can be five black V8 Gavril Roamers and players storming out with AK-47s, wreaking total havoc and killing everything in sight.

Death in the game needs to be frustrating. Not too much to deter players, but just enough for them to think twice before doing something stupid. It should be done without leaving the space for the trolls to ruin the experience to other committed players.

The ingame char name cannot be changed, because if you become a traitor and start killing your own clanmates, they need to know in the future it's you. If you do something like that, chances are your relations with that clan aren't going to be that good and you will get shot at at sight...
The communication is done by conventional chat or by mic. For conventional chatting I'd add some funny gibberish speak and animations based on the length and inertropunctions of the sentence.

Eventually, I guess this is overdoing, clans can get ahold of really rare, old tanks (like a T-34) which will first require fixing and won't be very reliable, as to limit the usage of them.

This is just a completely concise capture of an idea. Me and all my friends figure we would immensely enjoy something like this, so I figured to write it down and share it with you. Can't hurt to try, can it?

I am aware this game would be a gargantuan project and if even started with, would take a really long time to develop. It would be power hungry but as years pass computers are constantly faster and cheaper. I firmly believe that you are the only company that can pull this off and not screw it up. Forget the billionaire studios, they work solely for money, you work for ideas too.
I do not expect anything, I just feel much better with dishing out this idea and sharing it with you guys. Something like this does not exist and I know for myself that if it existed, I would probably spend my life and money on it... And I wouldn't be the only one for sure.
Oh and yes, pay to win strategy would completely destroy everything. Just sayin'.

This is all I wanted to tell you. Respect, I wish you all a great day.
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it would be seki (awsome) to make a ww3 inspired game like beamng thats a mix of fallout 4 world minecraft build abilty and randomly genorated server skyrim character options and beamng car pysics

General S'mores · Jul 2, 2018

To'afa said: ↑

it would be seki (awsome) to make a ww3 inspired game like beamng thats a mix of fallout 4 world minecraft build abilty and randomly genorated server skyrim character options and beamng car pysics
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How can you even make a game inspired by a war that hasn't even happened yet?
Also, how is it "like BeamNG" if the only BeamNG in it is the physics of the vehicles?

Michaelflat · Jul 2, 2018

I say it's good, but weapons? There's nothing to kill, the game's about cars, not even drivers.
Also i don't like the idea of mouse only steering. Maybe for matchmaking, just match up ones like "controller-controller", "mouse-mouse" and "wheel-wheel"

MASKED REPTILIAN · Jul 2, 2018

Retsuko said: ↑

How can you even make a game inspired by a war that hasn't even happened yet?
Also, how is it "like BeamNG" if the only BeamNG in it is the physics of the vehicles?
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its sci fi

Nathan24™ · Jul 2, 2018

FilipGereg said: ↑

Hello forum community, and hello BeamNG!

You have a perfect basis to create a wide variety of games. Your bus routes being tenfold more fun and immersive than all the dedicated bus simulators in existence only proves my statement. I had an idea for a MMORPG, that for myself, is addicting to such an extent that I caught myself only fantasizing about this, and as a result, playing the "raw" BeamNG.drive for hours. Your car physics, game mechanics and graphics simply compliment the hypothetical idea to perfection. I have impulsively written this article and am completely aware this is impossible. But I would still like to see if people would like this type of games, I guess that would show the probability of anything like this existing in the future.

So, the game: it is an online first person only game, kind of a mash of ideas between Rust (haven't played it, but I guess it has similarities based on what I saw), My Summer Car (personally one of most immersive games) and BeamNG.
For start, you are spawned as a lone person with not much in posession. A worn dirty shirt, some pants, a bit of gold (or silver) coins and a rusty knife. You have bars for hunger and thirst which are 50% full. Since everybody starts alone, it would be best to play with your friends, which might accelerate your advancing in game.
The world is placed in a map that is a mashup between Jungle Rock Island, Utah and those more open and "natural" environments. One of key features is the abillity to build, although it is not too easy to acquire materials and eventually "plans" that show how to do it. Time should be around the 1990s, with no GPS, satellites, smartphones and unfair high-tech weapons, but only the raw experience. Players have a map which shows "you are here" with a pin, but need to discover areas first. Bear with me further.

Clans, that can be formed manually by players, manifest through many player-determined things, like clothing that can, and should be personalized by players. Having a shirt design option should be mandatory, somewhat like vinyl design in those Need for Speed games- choosing, moving and placing shapes, which with creativity form a design. The design can be printed for a price and sold, or given out to clan members. Basically, an outfit can mark you.
To continue with the clans. They have the abillity to share wealth and resources, have control of certain areas and build handmade looking villages.
Clans, or players alone, choose their own location on the interactive world to start building, kind of similar to placing walls in Fortnite. They can't build on roads of course, but should roam around and find a good place, preferably hidden and with good defense topography to start their village. The buildings you make, for one reason or another, can be damaged or demolished.

The map is really big, so the players will need some transport. After getting ahold of money, one can buy his own, personal car (which he can crash!! Look out not to wreck your car!) and use it for driving and transporting needs. There is an ownership system, which means you receive a set of keys when you purchase a vehicle. If you don't have them, you can't enter or turn the car on. If you posess the car and some player asks to drive it, you can lend your keys to them... If you trust them enough. Also, if you leave your keys inside and leave it unlocked... If somebody finds that out, goodbye car! But still, the car can be stolen back.
You have a variety of cars to choose from. Some cheaper, some more expensive. Existing selection is already great. You can buy a truck, too, and use it for either simple stuff hauling, or defending your fort. If you get mad at other player for doing something, eg. damaging your car, you can just sit in your truck, find his, and simply maul it.
On the other hand, if a player does not have a car yet, he can wait for a bus that is also controlled by other players. Not everyone can drive a bus, and people with permits also have ranks and badges showing how good of a driver they are. If they damage the bus, they have to pay for the damages, which is a great initiative to not wreck it (same goes with private vehicles). Also, they can injure the player passengers inside, which will not leave them happy. The better the driver, the more money he makes during the drive. Players need to pay a small fee to ride, and if they feel the driver is exceptionally good, can tip him as well.
The most important part. Everyone steers with their mouse, no exceptions. That delives a completely different level of immersion than playing on plain keys because of analog simulation, and "no exception" part is for complete equality. Having no other alternatives forces players to practice driving on the mouse. Right click is used for looking around (and it does not pull the wheels back to zero position like in BeamNG.drive). The only time a player can look in third person is while being a passenger, so he can see the scenery and the driving style of their friend. While a passenger you can also shoot out of cars and do drive bys, which I will talk about in a bit.
There are a few racetracks on the map, scattered, that host races. Cars are divided by classes and players can race eachother with their personal cars using the mouse, for wagers. You can either win big, you can lose or you can crash and die. Your driving skills will determine.
Cars also need fuel to run which costs money, or can be stolen...

The next aspect are weapons. Aside from having beasts from nature attack you from time to time (which you can hunt to acquire goods), your clan can also be attacked by a rival one. You start with a rusty knife, and since the world is not exactly postapocalyptic, but more like a scenario where civilization and country system has failed and you are in the wild, getting ahold of firearms can be tricky. Maybe make a system of skills, as to what a player can produce, and an auction house for material and resources, or finished product trading. The clans have their clan vaults that can be stocked with various weapons. Posession of explosives can help you blast through target clan's walls and pillage. The clan can of course defend itself, or not... Depends on strength, resources and manpower available.
Depending on the size of the clan, the attacks may vary. It can be a dude in his Ibishu Pigeon coming and shooting his small peashooter pistol (which will rarely happen because it's probably a bad idea), or it can be five black V8 Gavril Roamers and players storming out with AK-47s, wreaking total havoc and killing everything in sight.

Death in the game needs to be frustrating. Not too much to deter players, but just enough for them to think twice before doing something stupid. It should be done without leaving the space for the trolls to ruin the experience to other committed players.

The ingame char name cannot be changed, because if you become a traitor and start killing your own clanmates, they need to know in the future it's you. If you do something like that, chances are your relations with that clan aren't going to be that good and you will get shot at at sight...
The communication is done by conventional chat or by mic. For conventional chatting I'd add some funny gibberish speak and animations based on the length and inertropunctions of the sentence.

Eventually, I guess this is overdoing, clans can get ahold of really rare, old tanks (like a T-34) which will first require fixing and won't be very reliable, as to limit the usage of them.

This is just a completely concise capture of an idea. Me and all my friends figure we would immensely enjoy something like this, so I figured to write it down and share it with you. Can't hurt to try, can it?

I am aware this game would be a gargantuan project and if even started with, would take a really long time to develop. It would be power hungry but as years pass computers are constantly faster and cheaper. I firmly believe that you are the only company that can pull this off and not screw it up. Forget the billionaire studios, they work solely for money, you work for ideas too.
I do not expect anything, I just feel much better with dishing out this idea and sharing it with you guys. Something like this does not exist and I know for myself that if it existed, I would probably spend my life and money on it... And I wouldn't be the only one for sure.
Oh and yes, pay to win strategy would completely destroy everything. Just sayin'.

This is all I wanted to tell you. Respect, I wish you all a great day.
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Nice text wall.

Nah, no thanks, this game is about cars and NOTHING ELSE, 'nuff said,

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