Game Design

The Eclectic Meme Conspiracy Online (EMC Online) is an online, persistent, 2D, tiled, role playing game (RPG), multiplayer, virtual world set in a post-apocalyptic/cyberpunk world some 50 to 100 years after a civilisation-ending war between humans and superheroes on one side, and AI on the other.

Gamedev.js Jam is now officially closed. We're one of 236 submissions. So many great games and innovative takes on the theme "Power".

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https://itch.io/jam/gamedevjs-2024 

JiGS, Drupal and Content Modelling

Today I want to discuss Content-driven development based on Drupal's Content Modelling, the foundation on which JiGS in-content engine is built. 

What is Drupal Content Modelling and what has it got to do with game design?

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Yes, after a long hiatus and a totally new rewrite, the MMORPG is soon ready for release as well as the open source codebase. 

For the final week of developing the process pipeline, I copied all the config files, made some databse backups, upgraded to Drupal 10 and extended the Claro Admin template so I can clean up the paragragh types.

At this stage I can start adding random stats as fields and entities as Content types or Paragragh types. For a level designer I think Drupal makes the perfect content manager.

The goal is to use Drupal to

• Host a game
• Create map-grids as content types
• Add items to map-grids
• Add NPCs to map-grids
• Add game attributes to user profile
• Use Drupal Groups to implement factions
• Host VueJs pages for the various buildings (form based fields and widgets) that inhabit each map

The game engine will be compatible with turn-based and real time loops. Later PhaserJs will be used for the real time graphics based modules.

Roadmap: