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Trials Ultimate!
This game does not exist! I created all of the things in the first few posts just for brain exercise, and I decided to share my thoughts.
Easier to read details in ODT format here.
I mean absolutely no disrespect to Redlynx.
Single Player;
Multiple Difficulty Levels;
Beginner;
Beginner levels should feature small jumps, and be passable without changing
the driver's riding posture. It should be very difficult to fault on these tracks.
Base tier required for these tracks.
Easy;
Easy levels should feature small jumps, easy technical obsticles, and light use of
required posture changes.
Base to Tier 1 required for these tracks.
Medium;
Medium tracks should be the first tracks to use physics based obstacles, larger
technical jumps, and a large percentage of posture changes.
Tier 1 - 2 required to complete these tracks.
Hard;
Hard tracks should be extremely difficult for franchise beginners, feature obstacles
requiring precise bike control, with landings and jumps requiring smooth transitions for completion.
Tier 2 - 3 required to complete these tracks.
Extreme;
Extreme tracks should be impossible to complete for beginners, and extremely
difficult for Trials regulars. Tracks should require extreme confidence and skill in
bike handling and control to be passable.
Tier 3 required to complete these tracks.
Insane;
Insane tracks should be locked/hidden until every other track in each difficulty
level has been completed. These tracks should be very difficult for even the most
experienced riders to complete.
Tier 4 required to complete these tracks.
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Customization;
Multiple Bike Sets;
Bikes should be unlocked in tiers, and each tier should have at least 2 bikes.
Bikes that are unlocked must still be purchased before being used. Bike
purchases include frame and engine with default setup and one primary color
selection. Additional customization must be purchased in the garage for
individual bikes.
Bike customization should be unlocked when Class B is obtained. Bikes
can be customized in the following ways;
Rim design - Rims should be divided into 3 categories,
and each category should be more expensive than the last, and each category
being unlocked with the respective bike tier unlock.. Rim color should be
restricted to silver hues until rim coloring is purchased.
Rim coloring should be purchased for EACH custom rim purchased.
Handlebars Handlebars should be divided into 3 categories,
each category being more expensive, and each category being unlocked with
the respective bike tier unlock. Handlebars should also be restricted to metallic
coloring until Handlebar coloring is purchased.
Handlebar coloring should have 2 levels.
Level 1 should only color the metallic colors on the handlebars.
Level 2 coloring allows single color selection for grips, throttle and brake handles.
Seats Seats should all be unlocked with the stage 3 bike
unlock. Seats should only be visual customization, offering no real customization
value.
Engine Engine unlocks should be directly unlocked with bike tier
purchases. 50cc(Base Tier), 60-80cc(tier 1), 100-150cc(tier 2), 300-350cc(tier 3),
and 400-500cc(tier 4) engine tiers should be unlocked only when requirements are
met.
Base tier should be available from the beginning of the game.
Tier 1 should be available upon unlocking Easy tracks for play.
Tier 2 should be available upon unlocking Medium tracks.
Tier 3 should be available upon unlocking Hard tracks.
Tier 4 should be available upon unlocking Exteme tracks.
Coloring for engines should be available for purchase when an Engine from
the tier is purchased.
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Frame Default frames unlocked and awarded for Bike
Tier Unlocks, other Frames for the tier should be purchased individually.
Frame coloring should be restricted to metallic colors until Frame Coloring
is purchased.
Brakes Brakes should be available in Hydraulic Disk and
Mechanical Drum. Initial selection should be made during tier unlock. Coloring
should be restricted until Brake coloring is purchased.
Forks Forks should be purely cosmetic and offer no real
advantages from one to the next.
Coloring should be restricted until Fork coloring is purchased.
Shocks/Springs Allow for purchase of shocks with varying
heights and bounds. Coloring should have 2 tiers.
Tier 1 Shock/Spring coloring should change base coloring.
Tier 2 Shock/Spring coloring should allow colors to be selected for the shock
and spring individually.
Exhaust System Each exhaust should be purchased
individually and should change the tone of the engine it is paired with. Coloring should
be restricted to metallic until Exhaust coloring is purchased.
Rider Customization;
Male and Female rider options.
Multiple helmets (purchased individually)
Chest apparel shirts, hoodies, jackets, leathers. Purchased individually.
Footwear Boots, shoes.
Gloves Multiple gloves for use.
Lower body clothing Jeans, leathers.
Each clothing purchase should have custom color available when purchased.
Clothing should have ONLY cosmetic effects.
Currency/Money;
Money should be earned for completing tracks and tournaments in single player,
winning races in multiplayer, and completing Challenges. Faults and time should
reduce the money earned for each track.
Receiving a medal (for the first time only) on a track should add a currency bonus,
Earning 2 medals in one track play should offer a token for a free part.
Currency can be 'gambled' with Challenges (read Challenges Section for more info).
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Multiplayer;
Multiplayer should be divided into the following classes;
Class A Class A is drivers who have not yet beaten all Medium and previous difficulty tracks.
Class B Class B drivers have beaten all tracks up to Medium difficulty.
Class C Driver has beaten all tracks up to Hard difficulty.
Class D Driver has beaten all tracks up to Extreme Difficulty.
Class R Driver has unlocked Insane Difficulty Tracks.
Class S Driver has completed every track in the game.
Classes should be divided into the following Divisions.
Bronze Player has Bronze medals in Class Completion
Silver Player has at least 50% silver medals in Class Completion.
Gold Player has 50% gold medals in Class Completion.
Platinum Player has 50% platinum medals in Class Completion.
Luminary Player has 80% platinum medals in Class Completion.
Beast Player has 95% platinum completion in Class Completion.
Ranked Match - Players should only play Ranked Matches against players
of the same Class and Division. The loser of each Ranked Match earns no currency.
The Winner of each Ranked Match earns Currency. Ranked Matches should be a
Random track from the selected Difficulty level.
Each Ranked Match is played with a realtime ghost of the other character on screen,
the ghost does not affect the driving line, and does not trigger physics. Rider
positioning data is used instead of recreation of direct user input.
Social Match Social matches are open to anyone, no Currency
is exchanged and the Match Host is able to change match settings and win conditions.
Social Matches can be played with either a Ghost, or with both riders on the same
track. Both riders can trigger physics object. This allows players to create
cooperative tracks in the editor.
Challenges Challenges are customizable, with win conditions
available for editing. Challenges are available from Redlynx, Friends, and Rating. Players
pay the Challenge Creator a small amount of in game Currency for Challenge downloads.
Challenges can be wagered on after reading the Win Conditions. If the Challenge is
completed, the player earns a small amount of Currency. No Currency (other than
purchase amount) is lost for failing a Challenge.
Win conditions Players must complete conditions to beat a Challenge.
On Fire Player must complete the selection while on fire.
Flip Player must complete amount of flips in the track section selection.
Wheelie Player must perform a wheelie for the amount of time.
Time Per Section Player must complete sections in specified time.
Power Down Player must use the selected bike to finish a Section Selection.
Track Selection Track selection is available, with point to point Section Selections.
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Options Options menu includes typical sound, music, and brightness options. Nothing else.
Credits Game Credits, nothing else.
Leaderboards;
Leaderboards for each track in the game can be viewed in the Track Listing during Single
Player mode as well as in the Leaderboard Menu selection.
Leaderboards can be viewed for Weekly, Monthly, and All Time.
Leaderboards can be viewed for Friends, Everyone, and My Score.
Friends shows the scores your friends have on the selected track.
Everyone selection shows the top 25 scores for the track.
My Score shows scores near yours in the Leaderboards.
Overall Leaderboards show your combined scores for every track in the game, Overall
Leaderboards can be viewed for Friends, Everyone, and My Score.
Friends shows the scores your friends have.
Everyone selection shows the top 25 scores.
My Score shows scores near yours in the Global Leaderboards.
Multiplayer Leaderboards;
Ranked Matches - shows your Ranked Matches played win percentage.
Only players with over 25 Ranked Matches will be listed.
Social Matches There are no leaderboards for Social Matches.
Challenges Shows the amount of money you have spent on challenges and the
amount you have won.
Skill Games;
Skill games have been removed from their current role (in Trials HD) and have been rolled
into the Challenge section, in this role, they do not affect Global Leaderboards.
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Theater;
Theater should allow players to record clips from their replays (replays should be available
for saving during the race results screen). Multiple Clips from different replays can be added
to a video with effects and Background music. Videos can be uploaded to your Shared Files.
Stills, or pictures, can be recorded as well.
The player's best time/fault runs are saved to device memory. This way, every player
can view all of his/her replays, even if they are out of the Top 5000 scores per track.
Share;
Player share should be limited to 10 slots, each slot can be used for either ONE custom track
or ONE Video/Still image upload.
Each Share slot has a spot for Name and Description of file, each file has a 0 to 5 star rating.
Each Share slot can be set to either Worldwide Share, or Friend Share.
Worldwide Share is open to anyone in the world, regardless of
Friendship status.
Worldwide Shared Tracks are assigned a 0-5 point value by downloaders, this
allows other users to find high quality tracks faster.
Friend Share is restricted to people currently on your Friends List.
Editor Additions; As the current (Trials HD) editor is an amazing editor,
only the additions and alterations will be noted.
Scale Each piece now has a predetermined scale amount.
Hue/Saturation Pieces can now have customized Hues, and Saturation amounts.
Floor Material Floors now have several materials they can be made out of. Dirt(dust),
Mud, Rocks, Brick, and Concrete.
Dust lightly affects traction.
Mud greatly affects traction and breaking distance.
Rocks greatly affect breaking distance.
Bricks lightly affect acceleration.
Concrete gives normal traction, braking, and acceleration.
Construct Save This feature allows the currently selected pieces to be saved to a Construct
folder. This allows track builders to save intricate pieces of track construction for use in multiple tracks.
Skyline This allows for the selection of different Sky Boxes allowing for more
environment customization in User Created Tracks.
Tera-form Tera-forming allows for more detail to be applied to room blocks in the form of
altering the blocks dimensions while still fitting into the size of one (1) room block.
Saving Tracks can now be saved in multiple ways.
Default Save Saves the current track to device memory. Name is set and it is not
available for sharing until placed in the player's share.
Test Save Track is saved to the player's share, and only Users selected as Testers by
the track builder can download and play the track.
Collaboration Save Track is saved to the players share, and only Friends selected as
Collaborators can download, play, and alter the track. When the track is saved by a
Collaborator, it is uploaded to the same spot on the original share.
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That's all I have, please feel free to completely demolish my ideas, or (even better) tell me how much you agree with me!
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Very interesting.
I agree with nearly completely everything you've listed.
But the 'Beast Rank' should be achieved after 100% Platinum medals i think.
Love your multiplayer ideas, they are different game types right? (On Fire etc)
Personally for me, i know a lot of people will disagree with me here, but i think Skill Games should still count towards the Global Leaderboard, just not contribute as much points as they do now AND ONLY include Skill Games that DO NOT require luck (Scrap Bones, Ski Jump, First Hill Climb? Flugtag) Keep Skill Games along the lines of inside the ball, Wheelie etc.
Really would love to see a multiplayer feature in Trials though, i like the way you've set out the ranks and win % etc. Deffo should include a separate leaderboard for Ranked Online Matches.
I like how you've gone so in-depth with the customization of the bike...I think there should be some REALLY expensive things to buy (Such as handlebar tassels) That interact with the physics of the bikes movement (Fly around etc) This would give people a target to 'aim' for.....Just like the really expensive stuff in COD (Or getting to last prestige just so you can use the Gold Camo)
Like the challenges idea, always thought it would be a great addition to Trials, but challenges could be quite distracting and limited? Races are for racing, you don't want to do anything but race but you are forced to do certain stuff in order to complete a challenge (Of course this wouldn't apply in Skill Games)
And lastly, you missed out. I would like to see a Multiplayer Tournament. Just like in-games tracks, which can include up to 4-5 riders? (Similar skill levels)
Before i foget! : Love this idea, just thought of it as i was about to press 'Submit'.
ANYWAY, i think it would be a GREAT thing to include a Weekly Tournament? Lets say, every Friday at 7:00pm or so....Trails servers holds an 'overall' Tournament, you can enter from the Main Menu (30 mins joining time) Tourney starts at 7:30.
As much people can join (1000's) and it would consist of extremeee tournaments (No Extreme tracks, but LOADS of Easy's, Mediums and a few Hards) Kind of like the Ultimate Endurance tournament, so everyone can participate. This would keep Trials very close and something for people to look forward too, adds more competition.
Then there could be prizes for something like top 50 riders? Could be money as Shifty suggested (But more money than usual because it's an achievement to reach Top 50 out of 1000's of people) Since you don't get to re-start the tournament, it's a one-shot thing every week.
I think there should be a special prize for the people who 0 fault it and whoever gets the fastest time (Extra money)
Damn you Shifty! Getting me all exited for Future Trails if there is any!
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I set it to 95%, many would argue that it should be 100%, but what percentage of riders can complete the current tracks/tournaments with Platinums? Setting it to 95%, and this includes Insane tracks, which are more difficult than Extremes, would be a bit more difficult than getting 100% platinums currently.Originally Posted by Elements1992
The true Multiplayer that I have laid out is 1 vs 1, basically a heads up race against highly transparent ghosts. I'll go into more detail in the part of your post about Challenges.Originally Posted by Elements1992
I spent a while thinking about that, the list you see now is a smaller one than I had originally made, there were too many different requirements for rankings before.Originally Posted by Elements1992
Games like Battlefield and Call Of Duty were definitely the inspiration behind the customization area. I find myself playing "One more game" all the time, not because I really want to play more, but because I want this upgrade, or that color...Originally Posted by Elements1992
Unlocking things as you progress can be as addicting as the game itself.
Challenges are not things you do while racing a regular track. They are in their own area. If you Download and Load a Challenge, it doesn't affect your times on the Challenge's selected track.Originally Posted by Elements1992
ie; In Challenge mode, you would be able to select Checkpoint 3 to 7 of Smoke and Mirrors, use the On Fire modifier, and people would have to complete that area of the track while on fire to complete the Challenge.
Woah, slow down man. This could be accomplished in the Challenges mode.Originally Posted by Elements1992
It could also be accomplished using features in the Social Multiplayer Area.
This is a great idea. But I think that people should be able to play the weekly tournament as often as they want.Originally Posted by Elements1992
Great feedback Elements!
Come on guys, what do you think?
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thats awesome, enjoyed reading thru it, real nice work shifty
if that exact game was to be released id be a very happy man, VERY HAPPY
