So I know loads of folks that play monster breeders are more than likely familiar with Pokemon, and those that use the RPGM XP title, might be familiar with the Pokemon Essentials. However, while Poke-Clones are an okay thing, I am more interested in the creation of a Monster Rancher like game.
For those not in the Know, Monster Rancher was a game similar to Pokemon, and other monster breeders, but the interaction of the player and the monsters is something more like a final fantasy game. You also gained monster in a very strange way, which is what I am really looking for suggestions/aid with. Any and all assistance is welcomed.
In MR you go to a shrine after finding some ancient disks out and around the game world. Upon arriving at the shrine, you get to place said disk into some device, and then the game paused. At this point, you opened your PS1 and placed another disk (dvd, cd, game disk) and the game read the disk. From the information on the disk was translated into a Particular monster that is created and joined your party. All extra monster beyond your party simply stayed at the ranch.
Its a great game concept, and I would love to use something like it for a small game I am creating. Its base idea is "Music is life." With that, you approach a shrine, offer up an MP3, and the game takes the information from the MP3 file, not the lyrics, rythym, etc., but the Title, artist, song length, etc. to create a new monster to add to the party.
Has any one run into a way to make this work, or maybe have a concept on how to make something like this work? I know that this might make my tiny game become something huge, due to the coding that might be involved. With that in mind, I may need to reexamine my plan, but for now I need to find out if this even a possibility, and if I can integrate it into the game I am working on.
Once more, any assistance, advice, etc. is welcomed, and appreciated.
XP - Making a Monster Rancher Like Game
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Monster Rancher 4Ever <3 especially Monster Rancher 2 :D ! Keep me posted on your project! Unfortunately I am no programmer so I cannot help with something like this but I've often thought about fancy ways of obtaining characters in a game due to some sort of crazy player input.
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I am not sure about checking for artist or song length, but I have recently used Monster Rancher disc generators to create Mystery discs in a fan game using RMXP, so some form of monster generation is possible. Here is a list of what RUBY can check for.
https://ruby-doc.org/core-2.2.0/File.html
and yes I know that RMXP runs RGSS version 1.8.0 (I think) but for the most part it should work.