VALHALLA-45 Thread

Game mockup I've been messing around with.

It certainly looks interesting..........but what IS it?

holy crap. would love to learn more about this. It looks pretty incredible. I want to know how the switch between first and third person works. or what that feature even is..

TerranAmbassador wrote: It certainly looks interesting..........but what IS it?

its valhalla45! lol

Hehe, VALHALLA-45 is an action/strategy hybrid in which players take control of Heavy Suits and through a first person view attempt to venture deeper into VALHALLA-45. Meanwhile, watching the action from a top down isometric view, the Alien player will try to stop their efforts using his various creatures and powers.Free-to-play and in browser, VALHALLA-45 is an easy to pickup and play action adventure.

It's also in pre pre pre pre production

I like this amazing oldschool look. Makes the game look original and different from the rest. Also, pretty far for a mockup. Seems awesome to me!

Syaped wrote: Hehe, VALHALLA-45 is an action/strategy hybrid in which players take control of Heavy Suits and through a first person view attempt to venture deeper into VALHALLA-45. Meanwhile, watching the action from a top down isometric view, the Alien player will try to stop their efforts using his various creatures and powers.Free-to-play and in browser, VALHALLA-45 is an easy to pickup and play action adventure.

It's also in pre pre pre pre production

Ooohh...That is interesting. But could you explain HOW you're doing the free-to-play aspect? Is there going to be microtransactions, is there going to be a 'premium' option with more unlocked versus free players, etc., etc.?

TerranAmbassador wrote:

Syaped wrote: Hehe, VALHALLA-45 is an action/strategy hybrid in which players take control of Heavy Suits and through a first person view attempt to venture deeper into VALHALLA-45. Meanwhile, watching the action from a top down isometric view, the Alien player will try to stop their efforts using his various creatures and powers.Free-to-play and in browser, VALHALLA-45 is an easy to pickup and play action adventure.

It's also in pre pre pre pre production

Ooohh...That is interesting. But could you explain HOW you're doing the free-to-play aspect? Is there going to be microtransactions, is there going to be a 'premium' option with more unlocked versus free players, etc., etc.?

I sure hope not

Servers have to be maintained somehow. Synaped's forgone both subscriptions and box-sales. Unless he's planning on relying on donations (a dubious prospect of even more dubious chances for success), some form of 'freemium' or microtransaction store is basically required. I hate to say it, but there's no such thing as a free lunch (or free multiplayer game, for that matter). SOMEONE has to pay, somewhere, at some time.

I'm curious as to how this will be handled.

Very true. This thing is still in very early stages and free-to-play is just an ideal goal. Honestly I'm open to any creative ideas people have on how to achieve it.

Honestly, I'd suggest staying away from 'freemium' style free-to-play. If you need to pay a subscription to not be handicapped (or at least not be a second-class citizen), the game might as well be a subscription-only game.

If you're hell-bent on f2p, something I'd suggest against doing unless you have a way to produce truckloads of content, I'd suggest focusing on a WIDE variety of cheap cosmetic options. I know that sounds like a cookie-cutter answer, but without knowing how you plan to make the game, it's the best I got. Off the top of my head, from just that video, I see the potential for weapon effects, texture packs, skins, even individual custom colors if you price them cheaply enough.

Syaped wrote: Hehe, VALHALLA-45 is an action/strategy hybrid in which players take control of Heavy Suits and through a first person view attempt to venture deeper into VALHALLA-45. Meanwhile, watching the action from a top down isometric view, the Alien player will try to stop their efforts using his various creatures and powers.Free-to-play and in browser, VALHALLA-45 is an easy to pickup and play action adventure.

It's also in pre pre pre pre production

- So there is exactly one Alien player, for whom the game is an RTS.
- The opposing team are a number of Heavy Suits, for whom the game is an FPS.
What's the maximum number of players you were thinking of for the Heavy Suit team?