How to Structure Your Suggestions

Discussion in 'NPCs and Creatures' started by Tctoocold, Jul 12, 2012.

  1. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Mobs.png

    A Mob is a Computer-Controlled Non-player Character they are the "Enemies" of the game; the “Basic Monsters”; the “Minions” To make a Mob suggestion you need to cover a range of points:


    Drops/Loot:
    What items, buffs or materials the Mob drops or gives when slain
    How many?
    What do they do?


    Environment/Habitat:
    In what location does this Mob spawn?
    Is it Planet-specific? If so what planet(s)?
    Is it Biome Specific? If so what biome(s)?
    Is it Time Specific? If so what time(s)?
    Does it grow Stronger or weaker in a certain Time, Planet or Biome?


    Spawn Rate/Spawning Conditions:
    What events or conditions cause this Mob to appear?
    How often does the Mob Appear?
    How much Health does the Mob have?
    Does it have Mana or a form of Energy usage?
    How much Mana or Energy does the Mob Have?
    How much Armour does the Mob have?
    Is the Mob resistant to Certain attacks or Debuffs? If so what Attack(s) or Debuff(s)?


    Movement:
    Explain how the Mob moves; how does the Mob get around?
    Does it crawl?
    Does it walk?
    Does it roll?
    Does it fly?
    Does it propel its self with gas?


    Attacks/Damage:
    How does the Mob deal damage to the player?This can easily be defined as eitherRanged”orMelee”
    How much Damage does the player receive per attack?
    Does the Mob’s attacks grant debuffs?
    What do the Mob’s attacks look like?
    How often can the Mob attack?
    Does the Mob have special Abilities? If so how often can it use it/them?


    Pictures;Visuals:What does the Mob Look like? (Provide Visual Aids)
    (We don't care how bad you are at drawing get on that MS Paint and give us a rough idea)
    Does the Mob have Spikes? Claws? How Many?
    Does the Mob have Spots? Scales? Another form of skin?
    What colour is each individual part of the Mob?
    Mobs in Starbound are logged in a logbook (how original) to make your suggestions more appealing and Starbound-like you can add your own demonstration of what the Mob's Log Book page would look like:
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    Loogbookemplatewithnumbers.png
    How the Log Book Works:

    1Pictures of the items the Mob Drops
    2A picture of the Mob
    3The Mob's Name
    4The Mob's "Description"
    Empty Template:http://i1137.photobucket.com/albums/n515/Ghostars/Loogbookemplate.png?t=1343706045



    NPC's.png
    NPC's are "Non-player Characters". Writing NPC's suggestions is a little bit more difficult as the term is fairly loosely defined and can make for some fairly broad adaptations of things that may even fall into the "Mob" category the main differential is the fact most NPC's cannot do damage nor harm to the player

    Purpose:
    What purpose does your NPC serve? Why does it exist?
    Quest-Giver(Someone who gives quests or exists as part of a quest)
    Civilian(Ultimately useless gives advice or tips occasionally)
    Vendor(Buys/Sells/Trades items or specifies in one)


    Phrases/Activity:
    What does your NPC say/do? this is a broader explanation of its real purpose in the game For example:
    When "[Trigger]" Happens "[NPC Name]" Will say/do
    (It may include actions; waving, jumping, moving around)


    Pictures;Visuals:What does the NPC Look like? (Provide Visual Aids)
    Does the NPC have Spikes? Claws? How Many?
    Does the NPC have Spots? Scales? Another form of skin?
    What colour is each individual part of the NPC?




    Races.png
    Race is a classification system used to categorize beings into large and distinct populations or groups by anatomical, cultural, ethnic, genetic, geographical, historical, linguistic, religious, or social affiliation, Races the biggest and most time-consuming suggestions, they include a variety of points:


    Name:
    What is your Race called?
    (The easiest way to make a name is Google Translate an English word(s) into another language

    History
    The history of a Race is often the most important part of any race suggestion as it gives the Player an overview of why a Race looks/acts how it does what technology it uses and why. There are a number of points to cover when writing Race history:

    Technological Advancement:
    How advanced is your Race?
    What "Age" are they at?
    Do they have special Technology that differs from other Races?
    what are their capabilities?


    The “Age” System
    Caveman - No real technology use sticks, wood, fire and stone
    Modern - Use of basic alloys rockets, guns, helicopters
    Futuristic - Spaceships, lasers, cloning, robots

    Hostility:
    How friendly are they to outsiders/invaders?
    Do they attack when provoked?
    Are they untrustworthy?
    Do they try to use the player for their own personal gain?


    Historical/Defining/Notable moments:
    Things that happened in the past that made the race what they are;
    Discoveries?
    Alliances?
    Technological Advancements?
    Fatal accidents?
    Invasions?
    Plagues?
    Natural Disasters?
    Resource Depletion?


    Pictures;Visuals:What does the Race Look like? (Provide Visual Aids)
    Does the Race have Spikes? Claws? How Many?
    Does the Race have Spots? Scales? Another form of skin?
    What colour is each individual part of the Race?
    How do the genders differ? (If there are any)
    What is its height in pixels? (Humans Are 30Px)


    Size Chart PlayerExample size.png Base Human Sprites f6gcK (1).png
    Moving sprite0_strip8.png



    Bosses.png

    A Boss is Mob-based challenge, To make a Boss suggestion you need to cover a range of points:

    Drops/Loot:
    What items, buffs or materials the Boss drops or gives when slain or while changing forms
    How many?
    What do they do?


    Environment/Habitat:
    In what location does this Boss spawn?
    Is it Planet-specific? If so what planet(s)?
    Is it Biome Specific? If so what biome(s)?
    Is it Time Specific? If so what time(s)?
    Does it grow Stronger or weaker in a certain Time, Planet or Biome?


    Spawn Rate/Spawning Conditions:
    What events or conditions cause this Boss to appear?
    Does it have a spawner or an event trigger to make it spawn?
    How often does the Boss Appear?
    How much Health does the Boss have?
    Does it have Mana or a form of Energy usage?
    How much Mana or Energy does the Boss Have?
    How much Armour does the Boss have?
    Is the Boss resistant to Certain attacks or Debuffs? If so what Attack(s) or Debuff(s)?


    Movement:
    Explain how the Boss moves; how does the Boss get around?
    Does it crawl?
    Does it walk?
    Does it roll?
    Does it fly?
    Does it propel its self with gas?


    Attacks/Damage:
    How does the Boss deal damage to the player. This can easily be defined as eitherRanged”orMelee”
    How much Damage does the player receive per attack?
    Does the Boss have special Abilities? If so how often can it use it/them?
    Do the Bosses attacks grant debuffs?
    What does the Bosses attacks look like?
    How often can the Boss attack?
    Does the Boss have special Abilities? If so how often can it use it/them?
    Does it have different forms? If so What Happens differently in them?
    Does it spawn smaller Boss-Themed Mobs? If so what do they do?
     
    Last edited: Apr 16, 2014
  2. GunmanRex

    GunmanRex Oxygen Tank

    Thank you for the help, I have been waiting for this so I can get a Decent and well done race page done and so the people with the "my race are ..... people" and then the end of the post.:up:
     
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  3. This looks like a fairly good start to some guidelines. I've stickied the thread. :)
     
  4. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Any suggestions to additions I can make??
     
  5. GunmanRex

    GunmanRex Oxygen Tank

    Wants, and culture.

    for races of course!
     
  6. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    The culture is intended in the history prt but indeed i guess it needs elaborating, what do you mean "wants"?
     
  7. GunmanRex

    GunmanRex Oxygen Tank

    I mean what they value most like in glunaughts they value cyrstals, and in culture I mean what kind of religion system do they use and what their views on the world are, etc.

    and also are they militaristic, are they mainly farmers,etc.
     
  8. The Enlightened Grue

    The Enlightened Grue Master Astronaut

    would it be terribly bad to have a Description instead of Pictures? I would draw something, but my attempts never feel like they are good enough to leave the blackened pits of shame.
     
  9. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    A combination of both is usually the best in my opinion, even if you think it looks bad it still gives other people a vague idea, rather than leaving it up to their imagination.
     
  10. Ghostar

    Ghostar Steakeater

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  11. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

  12. XENOXES

    XENOXES Subatomic Cosmonaut

    How to structure a suggestion for a Boss.
     
  13. MrBraun

    MrBraun Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Its coming soon, probably just structure it like a Mobs structure.
     
  14. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Yes, and indeed they are much the same but nonetheless sometime in the next few days i will update all the sections
     
  15. Shock

    Shock Spaceman Spiff

    Very useful, I might use this sometime.
     
  16. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    Cheers ahaha, i've seen loads of people using it as i've lurked around,
     
  17. Coryn02

    Coryn02 Zero Gravity Genie

    I want to suggest a mob that is based off something that already exists in popular culture. Is this okay, and if so can I use a picture of it that already exists?

    Edit: And does it have to drop eight different items?
     
  18. unstoppable

    unstoppable Industrial Terraformer

    Add weakness its useful
     
  19. Tctoocold

    Tctoocold Subatomic Cosmonaut

    I Shalt update this, i haven't visited in a long time i think it is time for me to come back
     
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  20. GunmanRex

    GunmanRex Oxygen Tank

    I've been waiting for you, welcome back.
     

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