Legend of the Star Dragon

[White Knight]

If this is the wrong place for this, then please feel free to move it.

I've been considering the possibilities of a variant Green Dragon game called the Legend of the Star Dragon. Instead of being a fantasy game, it's a science-fiction game in the same basic style:

Villages are replaced by planets. Degolburg, rather than a planet, is a massive space station.
Elves, dwarves, trolls, felynes, and storm giants would be renamed, but would have the same basic abilities. For example, dwarves might be called Anastar (just something off the top of my head), and would be a species highly skilled in economics, gaining extra credits from space battles.
Weapons and armor are likewise replaced by more sci-fi gear.
Instead of searching the forest for trouble, players would elect to patrol space, meeting sci-fi creatures and encounters, and earning XP and credits. They might also acquire the occasional star crystal.
Mystical Powers become Psionics, Dark Arts would now be Hidden Secrets, and Thieving Skills remain pretty much the same.
Lonstrider and his band are now pirates.
When players die, they go to the clone vats, where Ramius, the clone master, might have them do a few favors in return for getting their regeneration processed more quickly.
Level titles would also be changed to reflect the setting.
And of course, the green dragon is replaced by the awesome star dragon!

Anyway, it's an idea. What do you folks think?

[God Valxirion]

Sounds good,
but you cant call it another game

For example with christmas, Legend of the green dragon was temporarily called Legend of the abonimable snowman, and also alot of names where changed (not as much as in your idea) but it isn't changed in another game

[muad]

it seems to me that the licensing allows you to do whatever you want to the game but you have to make it available to whoever wants it and you have to give credit when reworking someone else's work.

[Sir Quady]

Hmm. I had this idea too, but i don't know squat about PhP programming (though that will hopefully change...), but after being fully confused by the liscencing weaselese, i came to the conclusion that you can't call it a new game, but a mod. One of the other servers is legend of the gold dragon, but it is a mod, not a new game (not that it's really relevant to this)

[Talisman]

If you change the wording and appearance of it, essentially all you've done is reskinned the game. The mechanics are still the same.

If you do those changes using your own .css templates and database changes using the Translator Tool, what you do is your own property under the license. As soon as you start editting the distribution files, you must ensure that you make your changed files available upon demand.

Same if you write new content which uses or relies on core content...it must be publically released. It is very much possible to do what you are suggesting; just ensure you understand and comply with the CCL.

[White Knight]

:oops: Well, I'm hardly an expert on PHP, and I have no server. I was actually hoping to interest someone enough that they might take up the project. However, I'm studying, and if I ever get the opporunity, I may try this.