seems like a game I should try on emulator. Is it a bit like a RPG too? Also the HUD reminds me Illusion Of Gaia/Time

ActRaiser 2? I guess it's sort of like an action RPG. You never increase your base statistics, or anything like that, though. You do, however, have a selection of "spells" at your disposal.

Unlike the first ActRaiser game, you don't have any of the simulation / city-building elements - this is just straightforward action sequences. That kind of robs the game of any RPG value, but I still like it.

It should be noted that there are some problems with emulation. The game has a mode-7 zooming effect that tends to break a lot of emulators. I know it works on SNESgt, and I believe it may also work on snes9x. I'm fairly sure it doesn't work on the latest version of zSNES.

I'm working on a pen-and-paper RPG, and I'm trying to consider a more unique approach to determining the accuracy of attacks. I wanted to make this a very simple process that doesn't impose any math on the players. e.g., roll a single die, and check the value to determine whether an attack is effective or not.

What I don't like about how D&D handles this (at least, older editions) is that the player was tasked with checking a look-up table, depending on the enemy's armor class. I don't want to impose anything like this. It needs to be far more simplified.

The basic idea here is that any armored character or creature can absorb most any blow that's directed at it. Presumably, wearing armor means that your armor is going to stop a weapon dead in its tracks, thus making you much more difficult to successfully damage. The game must determine when an attack either hits a vulnerable, non-armored area of the target, or otherwise pierces the target's defenses somehow. So, this to-hit system need only consider the armor class of what is being targeted, and not the attacker's own accuracy or type of weapon being used. The finer details are left to abstraction.

What I was thinking was requiring the attacker to roll a single die and aim for a value that's greater or equal to the target's armor class. There are some issues, though: Which die represents a balanced probability that can universally encompass all kinds of attacks; what if the target's armor class is higher than the maximum value of the die? As far as the latter is concerned, I think there can also be a bonus on an attacker's to-hit score, which means this value is added to the total value that was rolled. If, for instance, you had a to-hit bonus of +2 and you rolled an 8, the outcome would be considered 10 instead. (8 + 2) In cases where a target has some abnormally high armor class, you might only be able to hit it if you had an adequate to-hit bonus to match. I'm really not sure how this looks in terms of overall balance, though.

Any insights would be appreciated.

Not quite sure if anyone can top this, but:



In all honesty, if it's conceivable for there to be a more energetic song out there, I would be highly curious about it.

In a way, I suppose this is actually a good thing. At least we know we're popular.

That looks perfect.

Let me go ahead and get these descriptions down, and I'll PM you later asking for your e-mail.

I can't do any typing or designing information.  However, if all the text and images are supplied, I will gladly create the pdf.

Do you have experience with this kind of design? Any samples or works you can post here?

I've been working on some ideas for a possible sequel, using a side-scrolling style. (similar to Gradius) Unfortunately, I'm a bit insomniac at the moment. Can't focus on the details.