So about 2 years ago in the midst of managing a really crappy real estate software product line I realized that I was done playing online games and wanted to build them. I had no coding experience, some drawing skill but really nothing but thousands of hours of game experience from Ultima Online to World of Warcraft. When I first arrived here at Scirra I wished for a multiplayer framework and now that it is here I am ready to reveal my "big idea" and hoping that as a community we could pull together to build a unique game.

So what is Mozaic? It's a 2d top down survival craft game with MOBA style fighting, procedurally generated world. Think Rust + Minecraft or if your familiar something VERY similar to Haven and Hearth.

What makes this game different than every other MMO survival game?

1. it's built on construct!

2. the game is all about crafting, everything in the world including the ground is interactive.

3. Mozaic is the underlying story of the shattering of the "mozaic" with 100 pieces being embedded into the procedurally generated world once the Mozaic is returned (yes think Tri-Force in Zelda) something amazing will happen. This meta game will push exploration and trading.

4. I want to try and create a series of master hosts using the peer multiplayer system to see how many concurrent users can be on a single peer before stuff gets wonky (science)

5. It's a great crowdcoding opportunity because it has a ton of moving parts.

If people would consider buying in I am more than willing to buy a server / heroku / couchbase for JSON storage / JIRA for tracking and whatever else we might need.

Call me crazy.

gazoogle I am talking about having thousands of objects, so I really can't do it with animation frames.

shinkan thats EXACTLY what I was wondering. Appreciate everyones feedback!

I am very close to making my C2 purchase. I want to ask a few questions about how families work.

I am currently using the same block sprite with different skins I need these blocks to have the same set of behaviors and actions I want to confirm that I can do that with families. Thanks

Night time over map 3

Survival RPG isometrics test.

<img src="http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h473/stillgamingat30/isotestc2_zpsf0cf5e38.png" border="0" />

Are people on this forum more likely to want to be involved if they see examples of your concept first? Just curious.

Sorry to bump. Going to post up my CAPX so far in a few.

Steps:

1. Get IMG from URL "redblock1.png"

2. ON GET IMG FROM URL create Sprite, Give sprite same name as image from URL and give the sprite an instance variable

name:value

type:number

initialvalue:0

3. Pin "redblock1.png" to Sprite redblock1

4. Get XML variable for "redblock1"

<xml>

<blockname> redblock1

<value> 2

</value>

</blockname>

</xml>

5. Insert from XML value 2 into "redblock1" instance variable.

6. Add Behaviors Drag and Drop.

What am I trying to accomplish here?

A sprite called redblock1 with an image overlay of redblock1.png

with the instance variable value / number / 0 pulled from my XML file.

Doing this will allow me massive amounts of sprites without my C2 file size being massive.

Hope that makes sense. How Do I <img src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

thanks again ramones.

One off the topic question can you turn a IMG from URL into a sprite or pin that image to a system created sprite? Thats my last hurdle.

My fantasy is to have a XML file with all the sprite values / variables and the img URL and then something like this would run:

System > Every Tick

System > For Each IMG from URL create object IMGSprite

On Click > IMG from URL Pin to IMGSprite.ImagePoint(0)

That way every image I load into my game can become a sprite.

If I can't do this with C2 I am sure it can be done using Javascript.

Sounds like an addon IMO.

I can't thank you all enough for your help, its a lot of fun to get intelligent feedback.

ramones

Fantastic - thank you.

Long way to go still but something basic learned today!

In the attached CAPX I have an object that is moved around using Drag / Drop. Its location can be saved using "Save". This saves to Local Webstorage using Sprite.X. The local file is saved as "XLoc".

I created a "Load" button and am able to load in the JSON data to make sure it is loading properly - and it is.

My next step - Which is not working is that I want to SET LOCATION of Sprite to XLoc Sprite.X (the X coord in the in XLoc within Webstorage) I can't seem to figure the code out for this.

Can someone who is good with code take a look at it, it is a very small CAPX.

Thanks.

Don't have reputation so you will have to copy and paste.

dropbox.com/s/m7mjt8nib468nl8/LoadSpriteLocationFromWebStorage.capx

APE

hmm time to fool around with that first concept you have.

I think that might work. Will post my findings in a few.

Appreciate the bumbp actually! Not getting too many bites on this one.

I am wondering if we can store an array of object names and their X,Y so they can "load in" perhaps using system create object on load. Even if the load is actually re-creating the scene it would work well.

Object1 X=123 Y=123

Object2 X=321 Y=321

Allowing a user to "load" using those objects and have them placed in the scene is a crucial part of my design.