Runes brainstorming

[ragingspeedhorn]

Within the next couple of versions of Pirate Tag I am going to implement runes that spawn around the map which you can walk into and gain a positive effect from. To start out with I am going to be implementing 4 different runes, but I need ideas!

So far the only 2 runes that I am 100% putting in is:

-Speed Boost Rune
Gives the one that picks up the rune a temporary speed boost.

-AoE Stun Rune
Stuns everyone close to the one that picks up the rune.
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So please come with any rune ideas you might have, the more the merrier. Start brainstorming!

 

[Redeemer59]

Blink Rune
Blinks the person who picked up the rune forward a short distance.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Thanks for the suggestion, that might work, I'll think about it!

 

[Bob27]

Well you could have the Speed Boost Rune, and a Slow Rune, but have the same model, and have them both named Speed Rune or something, so that when you go to pick up one of the two runes you have no idea of knowing which one you are picking up.

 

[Mini-Me]

I'll quote myself from the other thread:

Speed bonus (must have ),
Disguise (turns the land hugger into a pirate for short amount of time, but he isnt really caught, if the land hugger runs into a pirate while in disguise he gets caught),
Slow speed (negative powerup, slows you down),
Shield (you cant get caught for short amount of time),
Invisibility (you turn invisible, you can still get caught if you run into a pirate)

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Well you could have the Speed Boost Rune, and a Slow Rune, but have the same model, and have them both named Speed Rune or something, so that when you go to pick up one of the two runes you have no idea of knowing which one you are picking up.

I think I will make it so there is just one rune and then pick a random effect with triggers so that you never know what you are going to get.

@Mini-Me - Thanks for reposting that, I totally forgot about it.

 

[Razorbrain]

maybe you could have some kind of mega boost, that only appears once every game or round or something

a typical mega boost : Turns a random land hugger into a pirate(not you)

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Hmm perhaps, I don't know though, seems kind of unfair to suddenly be transformed for no apparent reason, that would make me angry if it happened to me atleast.

 

[Fulla]

Random Rune

A question mark, model, gives a random effect.

 

[RedBlade]

Shadow Rune
Turns the user invisible for a short time
Black Hole Rune
When used, a black hole appears on the user, absorbing anyone near him for a short duration

 

[PlRATE]

Rum Rune

Makes your enemy walk to random points on the map for like 5 seconds.
I hope i helped....

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Blink Rune
Blinks the person who picked up the rune forward a short distance.

*Blinks into sea*

Hahahah! Now you cant get me!!!!

Anyway, I 'lready posted some in a differnt thread, and I havnt got anymore since then..

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Do re-post them, easier for me to browse through

And RedBlade how would that Black Hole Rune work? I don't quite get it, people get sucked in, but to what? And what happens to them?

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

Do re-post them, easier for me to browse through

And RedBlade how would that Black Hole Rune work? I don't quite get it, people get sucked in, but to what? And what happens to them?

Water Wave

When this rune is picked up, A giant wave comes up from the sea and carrys along youre land hugger\Pirate, untill the wave hits the other side of the island.

Un-natural Growth

Three Trees grow up behind youre land hugger\Pirate, and after 10 seconds (Or whatever) the trees fall down.

Invisibleitly

Youre land hugger\Pirate gose invisible for ### seconds.

Trick rune: Polymorph

Turns youre land hugger\Pirate into a frog\sheep\crab\w\e for ## seconds.

Island Erruption

Creats a volcano in the center of the island for ## seconds and stuns whoever get hit by a rock for ### seconds.

 

[Pyritie]

Bah, too lazy to repost. And I lost the thread link.

 

[donut3.5]

Disorientation Rune:
Makes the user walk in the exact opposite direction of ordered (still the same distance)
Chaos Rune:
Swaps every player with another random player.
Illusion Rune:
should be self - explanatory.
Fire Shield:
Gives you an immolation that burns down trees.
Omniscience Rune:
Reveals the map for 5 seconds.
Apocalypse Rune:
Makes meteors strike the ground on random areas of the map, stunning people they hit.
--donut3.5--

 

[Kixer]

Capitan's Rune
Calls a ship that picks up the user and removes him from the island for a short time. Land lovers only.
Downside: You might get tagged when returning to the island. ( some waits for you to get dropped off )
Rune of Return
Causes a Pirate to be ruturned to Land Lover form. Cannot be used unless there are 3 pirates.
Entangling Rune of Protection
Causes your Pirate/Land Lover to entangle to next Land lover/Pirate that comes in a certian range of it.
Thats all I've got for now, the first to will probably be a major element if added and it would be cool if one of the Rune of Return's spawned each round?
- Hope this helps...

 

[Pyritie]

If you're going to add runes, I think the map size should be increased. At the moment, the playing field is fine for no runes, but with all of these rune ideas, the game would be over too quickly.

 

[Kixer]

You could also add more islands ( not rune related but slightly on topic ).
The islands could have different themes and you could alternate between islands each round?

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Adding more islands would mean having to increase map size a great deal and I don't know if that is worth it, atleast not yet, the map would need to be more well known so people would accept the longer download time.

Thanks for all the rune suggestions though some is very complicated, which is good but for now when I introduce runes I want them to be rather simple, they should just do minor effects, not a whole rescue team

 

[Pyritie]

Omniscience Rune:
Reveals the map for 5 seconds.

The map is already revealed by default.

 

[Nudl9]

Slide Rune
Makes the guy slide around like hes on ice (or maybe he even turned into ice)

Push Rune
Pushes aside all nearby players/pirates

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Nice ideas, thanks Nudl, both are simple but effective, I'll think about them!

 

[Sacrimo]

teleport rune:

teleports you to a random area in the map

 

[Arab4life]

Beserker Rune (Land hugger only) - Enlarges the land huggers size (like bloodlust) formidablly, and throws him into insanity for ## seconds, increasing his speed, making him invincible, and allowing him to send ANYONE he comes in contact with flying (a short distance).

Dig Ruin (Land hugger only) - causes the Land hugger to burrow into the ground, making him invisible/invincible, but disables movement. After ## seconds the Land Hugger pops back up.

Ice-blaze Rune - Causes the user to create an ice trail behind him, which slows the movement of anyone who comes into contact with it.

Mine Rune (Land hugger) - Creates a mine at the point where the rune is obtained for the user. If someone passes over the mine, it explodes and stuns them for ### seconds. Users cannot be effected by their own mine. (Mine is also invisible and lasts for ### seconds)


Monkey Rune - Makes the user constantly eat bananas, making him immune to the effects of other runes, and leaving behind banana peels that trip who ever goes over them and stuns them for ## seconds. Lasts ## seconds.


Storm Rune - Creates heavy winds that slow moving units down, and push units that are not moving. A tornado is also created, which picks who ever crosses paths with it (even the user of the storm rune) and throws him a short distance, stunning him for ## seconds. Lasts ## seconds.


I just made all these up while i typed. Hope these help.

 

[RedBlade]

Earthquake Rune : Creates an earthquake and slows down everyone but you in the map.

 

[Razorbrain]

Invisibility Rune (fake)

Turns all pirates invisible for a short amount of time

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Nice ideas guys, especially you arab, keep them comming. That ice-blaze rune is a good idea.

 

[Sacrimo]

Runner runes
these runes can only be picked up by runners
note: runes should be random

Fire rune: This rune allows the player to burst into flames, making it invulnerable for a short time.

Sun rune: Gives the player some health and immunity to spells for a short time.

Moon rune: Makes the player invisible for a short time.

Death rune: Kills the player and traps him for a short time.

Tagger runes
These runes are for taggers only

Lucky rune: If you are a tagger and you get this rune, you automaticly become a runner who is nearest to you.

Catch rune: Gives the tagger 50% extra speed.

Spy rune Makes the tagger look like a runner for a short time.

Boo rune: This rune scares the tagger so badly that taggers loose 80% of there speed, runners are able to kill you in one shot(if possible in the game)and taggers do 0 damage for a short time.

 

[Nudl9]

Mini Rune
The player becomes mini and is alot harder to catch

edit:
Drunken Rune
This rune has more of a negative effect then positive.
The player gets drunk and the camera will wave with a slightly visible facing screen.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Drunken rune, nice, I like that effect!

Sacrimo, most of your ideas would not even work for the game, please try the map before comming with more rune ideas, players can't die or lose health

 

[Pyritie]

But his one about a pirate becoming a landhugger again... that's not a bad idea...

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

True, but I would need to do some major triggering to get that one done, checking if the first pirate has caught anyone or not and some other things aswell, I would need to restructure many things. I might make it but not for now.

 

[Nudl9]

Giant Rune (pirates only)
The Pirate becomes huge, but a bit slower.
So its easier to catch the landhuggers.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

All runes are for everyone, there are no pirates-only runes or things like that and that rune could work for both teams, for one team a positive thing, for the other team a negative thing, which is a nice twist!

 

[Kixer]

Rune of Masking
Gives the user a mask ( attachment suggested ).
If the user is a pirate he dawns the mask of a landhugger, causing him to attract landhuggers. ( Issues an order to nearby units to move to the users periodicaly )
A landhugger will dawn the mask of fear, he will scare off any pirates that try to capture him. ( A pirate who is about to tag the user will either stop or run away ).
Lasts for ## seconds.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Hmmm that might be doable, good idea Kixer, I'll think about that one. The problem is just getting some masks or some other attachment to use.

 

[Pyritie]

MC made some good ones. Or you could just stick a pirate hat/bandana on it.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Pirates already wear hats.

 

[Pyritie]

Then use the bandana then? Or they could be fake-pirates, so that real pirates think that they're already a pirate, when they're actually a land-hugger!

 

[Nudl9]

Oh, now i got a better idea.
??? Rune
When Landhuggers pick this Rune they will become mini and when Pirates pick it up they will become big!
Just fix a name for it!

 

[HappyTauren]

Luck Rune
Sometimes heals you,sometimes hurts you.

 

[Sacrimo]

Happy Rune:

Langhuggers run ###% faster

Pirites attack speed is faster

 

[Nudl9]

Sacrimo i suggest you play the map...

The Pirates doesnt need attack speed.
Its all about running.

 

[Razorbrain]

Flying Rune

the name says it all, allows the taker of the rune to fly for a short amount of time

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

Exactly Nudl.

And thanks for the ideas people, everything will be taken into account when I begin work on the runes, currently I am too busy with other things prior to updating such things though.

 

[Nudl9]

Flying Rune

the name says it all, allows the taker of the rune to fly for a short amount of time

Doesnt that make him invulnerable?
It would be better if he bounce flies.
So he bounces once in awhile, so he atleast risks being caught!

 

[Gausslander]

Pirate Ward
This does good things to Pirates, bad things to Ground Huggers.
It's just named Rune, so people will get super confused
Ground Hugger Ward
This does good things to Ground Huggers, bad things to Pirates.
It's just named Rune, so people will get super confused

 

[RedBlade]

Random Rune

This rune will give random effects of other runes.

 

[ragingspeedhorn]

--> ATTENTION <--

So far I have received a lot of great rune ideas, but I still need more!

If anyone has any suggestions, any at all, that they would like to share then do come with them, good or bad, they may all inspire me to do stuff that I hadn't thought of before.

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