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Post by pielover19 on Mar 6, 2015 18:10:46 GMT -5
The tracks are abandoned.
You drive forward and feel them once again. They are smooth, nice, and metallic.
It's time to go back into buisness.
PRESENTING: DEAD ON RAILS, A DARK TAKE ON THE THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE SERIES!
Anybody interested?
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Post by deviantsword on Mar 6, 2015 19:27:53 GMT -5
The only problem with this idea is that most people only know Thomas... so are we gonna have like 6 evil thomases........ training....... each other?
How would the game play?
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 6, 2015 19:54:42 GMT -5
I was just asking if anybody liked the theme.
Ok, here's how the game works:
Now, the incentive of the game is to dominate everybody else in the shipping buisness. Everybody starts with one vehicle that's either a train, a boat, a car, a plane, a helicopter, or a tank! They will describe basic details on the vehicle, like its personality and its look. Everybody starts with 100,000 dollars, and that is used to fund and coordinate trips, supply fuel and management for the machines, upgrade machines, and buy more stuff! You take shipping requests from certain companies and ship things. It will take a certain amount of real life days.
Now, each shipping vehicle has its own attributes, like cars can't take on big packages, but they can go pretty fast and they are small. Planes are fast and can carry a lot of stuff, but it limits the areas you can land in. Same thing with boats, except both of them have different limits. Helicopters are decenty small, yet fast. Tanks have a weapon equipped to them.
Now, let me go onto the dark side of the game. You can attack companies, shipments, and areas with weapons to devastate places. Not to mention that this takes place in a terrorist ridden world, so you could recruit some people for a price. You can even destroy vehicles!
Now, if all of your funds run dry and you can't do anything, you can take out loans and try to pay them off, but if you don't, you're going to get attacked. If you are in a dept over 10,000 dollars, you lose the game because of bankruptcy.
I will be making up locations and such while giving shipment times to several places for each vehicle and if any vehicles are off limits.
That's the gist of it. Any questions?
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Post by deviantsword on Mar 6, 2015 19:59:21 GMT -5
Can we have a list of what each benefit and limitation are for the vehicles, average shipping times, a basic set of rules, and victory conditions?
I really like the concept of a tycoon game, because I LOVE THOSE! Let's run with it.
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 6, 2015 20:25:22 GMT -5
I'll do the basic rules in a bit since I'm on an IPad, so I'll do the rest. Train. Average Shipping Time: Short Distance: 1 day. Medium Distance: 2 days. Long Distance: 3 days. Advantages: Short shipping times, smoke can drive off some people, can ship more then one order at a time, can ship heavy orders. Disadvantages: Limited movement with tracks so it can't reach some areas, little weapon capabilities, large and open to fire, weak point in the engine, low defense. Cost: 1,500 Dollars. Boat. Average Shipping Time: Short Distance: 2 days. Medium Distance: 3 days. Long Disrance: 4 days. Advantages: Can ship multiple packages, large weapon capabilities, high defense, can ship heavy orders. Disadvantages: Slow, limited shipping area, large maintence costs, expensive upgrade, expensive recruitment costs. Cost: 4,000 Dollars. Plane. Average Shipping Time: Short Distance: Half of a Day. Medium Distance: 1 Day. Long Distance: 2 Days. Advantages: Can ship multiple packages, can ship heavy packages, has quick delivery time, noise fends off certain Terrorists. Disadvantages: Little weapon capabilities, large target, expensive to recruit, expensive upgrade, expensive maitenince. Cost: 5,000 Dollars. Car. Average Shipping Times: Short Distance: Half of a Day. Medium Distance: 2 Days. Long Distance: 4 Days. Advantages: Small Maiteinince, Small cash back if killed, extensive upgrades, cheap upgrades, cheap recruitment costs. Disadvantages: Severely suffers if not maintained, slight shipping limitations, low defenses. Cost: 500 Dollars. Helicopter. Average Shipping Times: Short Distance: 1 Day. Medium Distance: 2 and a half Days. Long Distance: 4 Days. Advantages: Great defenses, lots of weapon oppertunites, can ship almost everywhere, and is evasive to attacks. Disadvantages: Expensive in all remarks, severes a lot without proper Maitenince. Cost: 4,000 Dollars. Tank. Average Shipping Times: Short Distance: 3 Days. Medium Distance: 6 Days. Long Distance: 10 Days. Advantages: Best weapons in the game, intimidates terrorists, large shipping area. Disadvantages: Expensive and Slow. Cost: 6,000 Dollars. Win Conditions: Monopoly - Destroy All Of The Shipping Compainies. Billionaire - Get One Billion Dollars! Peace Warrior - Stop Terrorism. Shipping Peace Warrior - Unite Everyone In The industry. Force To Be Reconded With - Recruit every Terrorist and put fear everywhere that if you don't use your shipping, you're dead. Sly Dog - Secretly control the Transportation Industry.  - Use Rockets to mind control everyone. - Ship 50 Vehicles to a fiery place. Secret Win Inititive that Won't Be Revealed until later. I will establish maintence costs, fuel costs, upgrade costs, and more later. Also, two new vehicles could be eventually unlocked. |
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Post by deviantsword on Mar 6, 2015 21:02:52 GMT -5
Don't forget to include purchase prices.
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 6, 2015 21:11:20 GMT -5
I added them.
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Post by deviantsword on Mar 6, 2015 21:23:17 GMT -5
Is that their cost or their upkeep?
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 6, 2015 21:44:54 GMT -5
Upfront cost. I decided that maitenince costs will be decided by the player, and they can have positive or negative effects. The vehicles with high maintinence needs as a disadvantage will have to have higher maintinence to get benefits and such.
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 9, 2015 7:42:29 GMT -5
Um, is anybody else interested?
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Post by Malefio on Mar 9, 2015 8:23:19 GMT -5
Can be funny!
I would join this even if I don't remember Thomas the train engine well.
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Post by deviantsword on Mar 9, 2015 11:09:52 GMT -5
I don't remember it either, but I was just gonna play it like a tycoon game anyhow.
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Post by Malefio on Mar 9, 2015 11:16:30 GMT -5
My name will be Wiggler, I will be a train...
Heh heh heh xd
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Post by pielover19 on Mar 9, 2015 11:57:23 GMT -5
Final Rules:
Hello! Welcome to Dead On Rails, a tycoon game that takes place in the world of Thomas The Tank Engine. You are trying to conquer everybody in the shipping business. You will accept requests from a request board, and ship it to that place with one of Ten vehicles with different attributes! After you ship the package, you can get Thomas Credits. These are used to upgrade vehicles, hire vehicles, maintain vehicles, and more!
Now here's were the exciting part kicks in. You can try to recruit terrorists or use your own vehicles to sabotage other people's shipments. Not only can you steal their shipment, but you can also destroy A VEHICLE! Maybe you could even destroy an area...
You start off with 10,000 Thomas Credits! If your funds run dry, you can take out a loan. If you can't pay that loan, you will receive interest. If you have a debt over 10,000 Thomas Credits, you must file for bankruptcy and lose the game.
Now, you can choose how much money you put in maintaining every vehicle. You have to keep track of your vehicles, upgrades, and money. Upgrades will be bought in a shop for a price.
Here are the types of vehicles:
Train.
Average Shipping Time:
Short Distance: 1 day.
Medium Distance: 2 days.
Long Distance: 3 days.
Advantages: Short shipping times, smoke can drive off some people, can ship more then one order at a time, can ship heavy orders.
Disadvantages: Limited movement with tracks so it can't reach some areas, little weapon capabilities, large and open to fire, weak point in the engine, low defense.
Cost: 1,500 TC.
Boat.
Average Shipping Time:
Short Distance: 2 days.
Medium Distance: 3 days.
Long Distance: 4 days.
Advantages: Can ship multiple packages, large weapon capabilities, high defense, can ship heavy orders.
Disadvantages: Slow, limited shipping area, large maintence costs, expensive upgrade, expensive recruitment costs.
Cost: 4,000 TC.
Plane.
Average Shipping Time:
Short Distance: Half of a Day.
Medium Distance: 1 Day.
Long Distance: 2 Days.
Advantages: Can ship multiple packages, can ship heavy packages, has quick delivery time, noise fends off certain Terrorists.
Disadvantages: Little weapon capabilities, large target, expensive to recruit, expensive upgrade, expensive maintenance.
Cost: 5,000 TC.
Car.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: Half of a Day.
Medium Distance: 2 Days.
Long Distance: 4 Days.
Advantages: Small Maintenance, Small cash back if killed, extensive upgrades, cheap upgrades, cheap recruitment costs.
Disadvantages: Severely suffers if not maintained, slight shipping limitations, low defenses.
Cost: 500 TC.
Truck.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: 2 Days.
Medium Distance: 3 Days.
Long Distance: 5 Days.
Advantages: Cheap, can carry large packages, great defense, low maintenance.
Disadvantages: Slight limitations, low weapon capability.
Cost: 1,000 TC.
Helicopter.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: 1 Day.
Medium Distance: 2 and a half Days.
Long Distance: 4 Days.
Advantages: Great defenses, lots of weapon opportunities, can ship almost everywhere, and is evasive to attacks.
Disadvantages: Expensive in all remarks, suffers a lot without proper Maintenance.
Cost: 4,000 TC.
Golf Cart.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: 1 Day.
Medium Distance: 3 Days.
Long Distance: 5 Days.
Advantages: Cheap in all respects.
Disadvantages: Slow, can't carry large packages.
Cost: 10 TC.
Tank.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: 3 Days.
Medium Distance: 6 Days.
Long Distance: 10 Days.
Advantages: Best weapons in the game, intimidates terrorists, large shipping area.
Disadvantages: Expensive and Slow.
Cost: 6,000 TC.
Rocket.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: 1 Day.
Medium Distance: 1 Day.
Long Distance: 1 Day.
Advantages: Fast with amazing upgrade capabilities.
Disadvantages: Expensive with limited carry capacity.
Cost: 11,000 TC.
Digital Device.
Average Shipping Times:
Short Distance: Instantly.
Medium Distance: Instantly.
Long Distance: Instantly.
Advantages: Instant shipping times.
Disadvantages: Expensive, can't ship to more rural areas, has a ten percent chance of having the package be lost in cyberspace.
Cost: 20,000 TC.
Quite the variety, huh? Multiple people can actually win at this game, and the same person can have two victories. Here are the win conditions:
Monopoly - Destroy All Of The Shipping Companies.
Billionaire - Get One Billion Dollars!
Peace Warrior - Stop Terrorism.
Shipping Peace Warrior - Unite Everyone In The industry.
Force To Be With - Recruit every Terrorist and put fear everywhere that if you don't use your shipping, you're dead.
Sly Dog - Secretly control the Transportation Industry.
Rocket Overlords - Use Rockets to mind control everyone.
Digital Device Destruction - Ship 50 Vehicles to a fiery place.
Golf Cartz - Destroy a terrorist group with Golf Carts.
(So, does anybody like the new vehicles?)
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Post by Ultra on Mar 27, 2015 13:54:10 GMT -5
i will get golf cartz. and my little brother forces me to watch Thomas....i hate my life
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- Use Rockets to mind control everyone. 
