I will proabally help with chain game four, but I dont have any good ideas.

I'm about to give up because there is no way we will all agree on something. We all have different opinions and we all want something different. Someone has to step up, take charge, and introduce a concept to follow even if not everyone likes it.

We could, you know, have a vote. Right now it seems to be a tossup between futuristic and dungeon crawl.

I propose this ingenious third option;
A horizontal dungeon crawl set in a major city! Most dungeon crawls see you moving down... down... down... until you reach the bottom floor. Each level gets harder and has higher rewards, right? Why not have it so that each chapter unveils more and more of a big, futuristic city to the player? Each new area could have its own minigames and enemies, as well as the occasional NPC, but there wouldn't be much of a plotline past the backstory and the occasion NPC's quest, or something.

My idea for the backstory would be some virus-ravaged city where the last few inhabitants cling to life, and the player must make his way through the various parts of the city (outskirts, ghettoes, industrial district, marketplaces and stuff) to get to the rich pharmacom controlled area where the cure for the virus is. The evil corp. is sending more and more guys to stop him as he gets closer. We could work on the story as we progress, or if people REALLY don't want a story (for fear it will become to tedious) then we could just establish together before we begin and then make our parts.

What do you guys think?

We have these options:

Themes:
1. School/College
2. Dungeon crawler
3. Traditional RPG

Setting:
1. Medieval
2. Current
3. Futuristic
4. Mixed

I think we all agree on a futuristic setting but what about the theme? I can take care of the project's main organization after we select a theme. Trust me that I wouldn't offer myself if I had any doubt there was something I couldn't do. (I can show you my work in progress if you want a proof of my skills) Plus I currently have the time and the motivation to get this going, keyword being time, in the end its aaaaaall about time. =P
Decide on a theme and I'll get everything going.

Everyone should make their own CBS in two weeks? I don't think complicating the matter is a great idea, to be honest. There is nothing wrong with the DBS if it is used cleverly and sparingly, I don't think.

It seems to be nobody has a real problem with it being a futuristic game, and the only toss-up question is how to handle the unfolding of the storyline to keep it from getting bogged down by silliness. I would still prefer a traditional RPG, but a hybrid between the two (like I suggested) seems to be far and away the best way to keep everyone happy and to keep the game's story/progress moving at a fast clip.

And seriously, Mirthless, if you suggest "school/college" one more time, I am going to stop reading your posts. Not everyone loves animes and going to magical wonder schools, and having played Warcraft 3 for so long and seeing all the people who wanted to make "school/collage(sic)" themed RP games on the USEast server really, really soured me to the whole thing. I don't understand the attraction in the slightest.

I say RPG (or possibly URPC) should make a poll topic decided which system we should use; straight dungeon crawl, traditional RPG setup, or a hybrid of the two (dungeon crawl with story, really). We could start the ball rolling with it, at least.

I actually like the way CG2 handled the DBS. It was fun and fast and the battle animations were cool.

I'm fine with the futuristic setting. It's great that CG is taking a different direction with the setting. I'd also encourage everyone to be a little creative too. Futuristic doesn't necessarily mean a world full of neon lights and spaceships. You could probably insert a group of cave dwelling people into the setting for example.

Well Kaempfer, there's a saying in Spanish that goes sort of like... "For the tastes, colors were made." The fact that you don't like school/college themes doesn't mean everyone completely hates it and doesn't make me neither an ignorant nor a person with bad taste. I bet you my programmer's hands that I can make a school/college themed game you would like. What if I said "Let's make it about a blue hedgehog that runs really fast." or "The main character should be a fat plumber that jumps high." Sound like shitty ideas to you? Good things come from turning the absurd into the extraordinary.

I know taking a step forward with nothing but words makes me seem selfish, conceited and self-centered but trust me if I was any of that I wouldn't be here trying to set this thing in motion. I would rather be working on my own game. I want to be more involved in the overall course of the project and do my best to deliver a top-notch Chain Game. I want to do this because I know I can, it's not just a mere whim. I haven't wasted all this time learning about programming, pixel art and game making overall (including taking part in CG2 & CG3) to not burn my skills to their maximum potential. I want the RPG Maker community to stay strong and I believe a good Chain Game could help this cause if even only a little. As conceited as my posts look, I'm doing this for the community, not for myself. I don't gain anything by doing this, anything but the satisfaction from knowing that the community can put together the best Chain Game to date.

Seems like most people here agree on a dungeon crawler. The story doesn't have to be deep and through as long as it is concise but definitively there should be some story. I would say "let's go with this idea (futuristic dungeon crawler) because most people HERE (on this topic) seem to agree", however we aren't even 1% of the community so a poll should be made.

@UPRC: Chain Game 4* Do you mean we should all list our ideas here, or in a new metatopic? If here, then yes I would like to be involved and I would want futuristic game, cyberpunk preferably.

@Blitzen, not everyone knows how to make platformer levels, whereas most people can manage to make an RM2k3 map.

@Mirthless: I am not saying that it's not alright for you to like school based games, but there are a lot of people who don't like them, including me. And I really don't like them! I have seen them pop up all over the internet, and they are always the same exact thing. Maybe you should make a school game that doesn't suck and show me up, and then make something else for the CG.

I would like to take part in CG4. Even if I'll only get to do mapping.

Dungeon Crawler (with story) seems to be the easiest and most simple to do. Hope people are going to be a little creative with the setting and other aspects.

Honestly, I liked CG2 way more than CG3. CG3 was waaaaaaay too cliché and inconsistent plus the battles sucked more than CG2's. CG2 was also longer and done in less time... ._.
I say lets try out a futuristic dungeon crawler. It can start from a team trying to infiltrate a building starting from the sewer and ending at the rooftop. (Just throwing out wild ideas here)