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Author: gom276

Osmosis Jones MMO???

Posted by gom276 Monday April 28 2008 at 8:33AM
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Another idea for the public domain, that I thought was worthy of posting in hopes someone picks it up if they haven't already.

  The idea I was having is why haven't we seen an biology MMO, OK here is the premise.  Think, "Osmosis Jones"  meets MMO.  In other words.  And MMO that takes place in the human body.  Imagine the game based on the systems and functions of the body.  Opposing factions virus and bacteria Vs. the many bodily systems.  Heck what if the viruses could actually cause the body to die.  Or the bodily systems force the viruses out completely.  Think of bodies parts as realms and pvp war happening in them.  With a rolling number of realms.  Each time the viruses win that number dwindles and the viruses gain an advantage the more realms the body system force the viruses out a new realm is created.  Once all the realms are destroyed the body dies.

When it dies the bodily system faction receives a penalty and the viruses gain a bonus.  And they start anew with the next human.  Heck you could even base it on a family that all the systems must work together to protect.  So say you have a husband and wife, with a few kids.  The viruses and bacteria can wipe out the whole family if they are strong enough.

Then you move on to neighbors and so forth until you have a full blown plague on your hands.  Mwahaha!!  Oh wait sorry.  I mean kill those nasty bugs, you white blood cells!

which leads me to classes... You could have body systems be everything from white blood cells, red cells, histamine and other immune type components.  Pardon my lack of biological awareness.  But I do know there are enough things going on in us that if your creative you could create a whole class system.  Such as kidney cells could be your crowd control, while white blood cells would be your tank obviously.  Red blood cells could be your crowd control, of course brain cells your mage type class.  And bowel cells your rogue class.  LOL...  that would be classic.  But you get the idea.

For viruses you could have common cold be your tank class, back up with many of the other deadly viruses.  The combat system could be creative using anti-bodies and enzymes as your ammunition or spell type casting.  For melee combat you could have physical transformation such as creating sword and shields out of hands.  As you grow and develop you gains strength and learn new ways to protect or destroy the body you live in currently.

For the PVE side I would imagine each cells starting in their respective body system and adventuring across the whole body.  If you can imagine the kidneys as massive maps and such.  You could have epic raids for both factions as well as faction specific raids.  Imagine fighting an Ebola infection in the bowels.  Or viruses fighting a flu shot.  I can imagine the whole story line, you could maybe even start this out as the body is a baby.  And as she/he continue to grow and change so does the game world.  And the epic PVP battles shape the way he/she grows up.  Maybe instead of killing the body you could just end up in the hospital with that organs PVE self being now accessible by the opposing faction.  Gaining access to raids and PVE content.  So in essence you could lose the kidneys to infection.  And kidney cells would be left without a home.  And new kidney cells would be forced to start somewhere else.

Anyways that's the general idea.  I sure hope someone picks this up.  I just think as we are all tired of playing the same type games why not something completely original?  What do we think?  Good idea? Or crap?... that's an aspect of the game that should be interesting.

Let me know what you think.

Shadowhand writes:

Well I hope to hell thats sarcasm, That could be the worst idea for an mmorpg i've ever heard of.

Mon Apr 28 2008 11:16AM
fansede writes:

Actually it isn't so far fetched.  We have saturated fantasy worlds and worlds of the future. Why can't there be a mmo based on one of the most dynamic and complex places known as the human body?

There can be factions as gom stated. You can be an Invader - which we have thousands of life forms to choose from. Examples like : parasites, bacteria, viruses, fungi could be a broad caterogory.  I would place parasites in the "tank" camp because of their size and ability to soak a lot of damage. Viruses I would throw in a stealth category because of their knack for evading system defenses. Bacteria can be hybrids of sorts because they have abilities to releases endotoxins, etc. Fungi are rare invaders but difficult to irradicate.

Anyhow there amount of material one can draw from for entertainment purposes is legion here. So many different types of critters which want to set up shop in your body, how does one even wake up each morning?

We got Defenses. This faction includes Neutrophils ( engulf invaders) Macrophages(release chemicals toxic to invaders),, lymphocytes cells(provide assistance to neutrophils via memory response)  Mast cells ( with 'histamine" aginst allergens and with eosinophils work on parasites.

Lots of scenarios - some players starting off as Invaders can begin their existence from an entry wound from a splinter, or perhaps float through the respiratory tract as a virus, etc. the battleground body sends alerts to the Defenses to attend to the problem at hand.

PvE ? tons of opportunities. Tumors, trauma, toxins, radiation, autoimmune issues ( where good cells go bad) etc.

Currency? Mutagens for Invaders. Mutations which unlock new abilities. Adaptations for Defenses.

Crafting? gene sequences or genetic material looted from fallen foes

Just a few thoughts in my cranium...

Mon Apr 28 2008 11:57AM
gom276 writes:

Hey if done right, and I am not saying it has to be based on osmosis jones its just an example of creating some kind of thriving community using biology. 

But yes I am serious, it has lots of potential for some serious fun.  As I said if done right.  Not as a learning simulator mind you just a fun as hell game defending a body or invading it.

Mon Apr 28 2008 12:39PM
grimfall writes:

These ideas are getting better and better.  I bet Blizzard is kicking itself for going with Warcraft when the Osmosis Jones IP was out there to be had.

Let me give you some ideas for future posts:

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Catwoman

American Idol

Black Knight

Mon Apr 28 2008 4:25PM
grimfall writes:

Oh gosh, I must have skipped the first sentence when I first glanced at it.  That's classic.

Mon Apr 28 2008 4:27PM
gom276 writes:

Why would it be a bad idea?  Can you imagine graphically what you could do with it how bad ass it would be.  Imagine fighting some big bad a$$ tape worm. 

I have this picture in my head of how this would look.  So maybe it looks better in my head.  I am not thinking it would look like osmosis jones just that was the only example I could think of to give people an idea of what I was referring to. 

It would be a nice departure from your standard MMO fare was my idea that bad?

Mon Apr 28 2008 7:08PM
hibye123 writes:

i think this would be interesting but how would u expanded it more content? expansions? cool idea though

Mon Apr 28 2008 10:06PM

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