Guild Wars 2

Hi. I think I filled the internet with this kind of ideas but didn’t get any response. The thing is – my dream is to create a Guild Wars 2 non-commercial fan videogame. I have stated this in…a lot of places. Why ? Because no one did this and I consider that a videogame is the ultimate tribute to show that you really like the game Arena.Net made. A lot of people do artworks, pieces of music or write poems. By making a videogame, you simply get a similar feeling of what an Arena.Net developper feels like when he gets a feature done. You simply have the chance to grab similar tools, and learn something on the go. I don’t make illusions of things that I could never achieve. I want to do something that a single person could make. I think that most of the people, when they see my posts, say ,,this guy is not serious", and ignored the treads. I want to demonstrate that I’m capable of doing this, even if the actual development might start after a few years. I am aware that game development is not an easy thing. In my past fan projects, I have modelled a Charr :https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/community/fangen/Charr-3D-model/first#post3905829 As could you see, I still have to learn a lot.

What I could do – A single player episode, similar to a Living Story instance. Something focused on a short term story, doable by an indie. Basically, in all of this, the most important thing is the message transmitted to the players/viewers. I don’t fear the programming because nowdays there are tools that let me use visual scripting instead of coding. The art creation takes the biggest time.
I concluded that the best way I could proceed is to do the game, then release a video walktrough. After that, I mail Arena.Net and ask if I could release the game, and if they accept, I’ll share the game to the community.

What do you think ? Is this dream viable? Do you advice me to continue ? Should I take other things in consideration ?

Maybe not a first player story. You would have to be the coder, the writer, the graphic designer, etc etc. Something simpler, more closely related to facebook games, would be a decent start.

I would suggest a combat game. Maybe design it so you have male and female of each race and class, with only 2 skills and a 3rd elite. Then have them duke it out until one goes down.

Thanks for the advice. Indeed, a combat game is easier to make than a story-driven instance. However…there needs to be some story behind, so the game’s message could reach the players. Mabie the game could be made half storybook, half combat phases. Currently, my first goal is to create the characters and set up basic combat mechanics. After that, I would decide what could I do, depending on my resources at that time.