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2014/06/16 00:24:54
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Veteran ORC
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So what do you guys think about a stealth based DotA Clone?
-Most characters die from two hits, including Lane Creeps
-Players battle in the jungle for resources to sabotage the enemy or bolster their own forces.
-Most player skills are a trap, alarm, or similar.
-Capture the flag based, so instead of just avoiding things to push towers, you actually have to sneak in the base and steal the flag.
-Aesthetics are either Zombie Apocalypse (Players steal food/supplies from each other) or Psych Ward (Players steal food/medicine from each other), with lane creeps being Zombies/Nurses.
So do you guys think this would be too small of a niche, or something I should pursue? It'll carve out it's own spot in the "MOBA" verse, so there's that. And it's not about Money, going to be doing this as a hobby.
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I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying. |
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2014/06/16 00:36:54
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Have you looked up Dead Island: Epidemic?
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2014/06/16 03:03:45
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Veteran ORC
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Had not.
A bit different than what I'm imagining, but still pretty close. Niche is already filled....
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I've never feared Death or Dying. I've only feared never Trying. |
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2014/06/16 03:35:11
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Secret Force Behind the Rise of the Tau
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Yeah I was reading your post and was like "I know I've played something somewhere up this alley recently" XD
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2014/06/16 08:52:16
Subject: Re:Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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Sounds kinda interesting. The setting would however ruin it for me to the point of not even trying it. 
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2014/06/16 15:17:03
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Confessor Of Sins
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The gameplay sounds interesting enough, though I imagine you will run into pretty major barriers in terms of balance and variety of everything is kinda hidebound to 'ambush and trap' style characters.
That said...the setting sucks. It's such a safe, tame and predictable zombie setting that it quite honestly bores me. I read your description and think "another zombie game".
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 Ouze wrote:
Afterward, Curran killed a guy in the parking lot with a trident.
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2014/06/16 15:24:30
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Beautiful and Deadly Keeper of Secrets
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2014/06/16 16:45:24
Subject: Stealth DotA, too niche?
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Confessor Of Sins
WA, USA
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Also, you may want to give this a watch if you are serious about designing this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC22ZF21Llk&feature=kp
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Ouze wrote:
Afterward, Curran killed a guy in the parking lot with a trident.
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