New IP - "Destiny" - How it could be integrated into Aerospace.
Contents
- Platforms -
- Consoles
- Computers
- SmartPhones
- Console/Computer Features
- SmartPhone Features
- Xbox Live "Free to Play" service for MMOs
- New Trademarks -
- Seven Seraphs, Osiris, New Monarchy, and Dead Orbit
- Playable Factions? Different design-genre for each?
- "Crimson" - Aerospace's Steampunk iPad-based "test" game.
- Aerospace: "software downloadable from a global computer network"
- Cortana, Durandal and Joyous. Three Mythical Swords. Three Advanced AIs.
- Destiny Gameplay -
- Controls cross-platform being unfair?
- Bungie.net's WLID integration. -
- Aerospace migration.
- Security.
- Platforms -
Consoles:
Xbox 360
Playstation 3
Computers:
Windows PC
Apple Macintosh
Facebook
Smartphones:
iPhone
iPad
Android
Blackberry
Destiny on consoles, Windows, MacOS and Facebook: players on XBL and PSN networks will be connected to gamers on the other platforms through Aerospace much in the same way that the Halo games are connected to Bungie.net, by way of an external server. Only, the it's not just statistics that get sent over, but:
- Live data of player coordinates and location in the universe
- What platform they're playing on
- Connection-speed data
- Live actions
- Voice-communications
- Text-communications
- File-shares* (including screenshots, saved films)
- Inventory View (marketplace): items [health-packs, ammo, weapons], quest items, etc
- Bungie Aerospace APIs could allow the community to create their own SmartPhone and Computer apps to expand on the already-expansive feature-list for the game. These will include things that Bungie can't predict the Community will ask for (a common thing found in all games).*
Destiny on SmartPhones will be able to access the content on Aerospace and could display:
- Live Global Player Location Maps/Search (updated every few seconds)*
- Marketplace to spend Player-Investment "Credits"
- Destiny-related Mini-Games to earn Credits
- Text-communications with players connected to Destiny through Aerospace
- A PDA of Missions/Tasks/Achievements/Medals showing completion levels for your character
- A cut-down-in-filesize (simplifying polys and textures) version of the game that you can play on SmartPhones that can handle it (such as iPhone and iPad).
- Potentially more.
*Bungie-Pro subscribers only (that's a heck of a lot of data to cross over Aerospace)
Rumoured Free to Play service on Xbox Live could be provided for Destiny, meaning essentially that in place of monthly payments, they could instead use micro-transactions (as I predicted in my OP). Thanks, AJ.
- New Trademarks -
Seven Seraphs
Osiris
New Monarchy
Dead Orbit
Copyrighted under "artwork'
I believe these to be the names of four playable alien factions in Destiny. Their appearance is likely to be dramatically different from eachother. My reasoning for this is so that silhouettes from a distance are identifiable, and similarly, characters close-up can be interesting to look at. Not to mention that this allows Bungie to be extremely creative and combine all sorts of design themes and genres together in a single game.
Remember that Bungie were asking for Steampunk reference images?
We were actually shooting for another video game company in space borrowed from the Bungie Offices. The game we were shooting for is going to be on the iPad.
Sneaky, that quote essentially implies that it's not directly Bungie who are to be doing a Steampunk game, but "another game company borrowed from Bungie".
Bungie Aerospace, maybe?
Please note that it says for Bungie Aerospace's services:
Computer game software downloadable from a global computer network; Computer game software for personal computers and home video game consoles
Computer software development in the field of mobile applications
This harkens back to my theory that perhaps the iOS games, in accordance with the Bungie Beta program, will simply be there to essentially playtest the entire Aerospace network before Destiny comes out. I think this iOS game will either be called Crimson or Grognok. I think specifically for a Steampunk-styled game, "Crimson" sounds more appropriate. I especially think this as Bungie Aerospace has trademarked "Crimson".
What about Cortana 5's theory regarding Cortana, Durandal and Joyeuse?
Well, the general idea is that Marathon and Halo's stories are entirely about the two AIs featured in the games, and that Joyeuese will be the player's AI in the new game. I love this theory and I fully support it; having expanded on it and helped Cortana do her research for it, but I feel like Joyeuse will play a much larger role.
The overall story of Cortana, Durandal and Joyeuse is that they are swords "of the same steel and temper", hidden across the world and take part in many myths and legends of this world. We've already found Cortana and Durandal, and have carried them as our own swords to defeat the enemies that have stood before us.
Now its Joyeuse's turn.
All three swords have had their names altered slightly.
Curtana | Cortana
Durendal | Durandal
Joyeuse | ?
My guess is that "Joyous" will be the Bungie-version, as "Joyeuse" is French for Joyful, but I figure that they'll want a name that's similar in layout, but in English.
As to what Joyous represents...that can really be almost anything, but it is my belief that it will represent some form of ancient AI kept within a long-forgotten weapon of sorts; perhaps a sword. I think that Joyous will play an important role in Destiny, guiding the player to it, and essentially acting the same guidance and support role as Cortana and Durandal.
- Destiny Gameplay -
Controller VS Mouse/Keyboard VS Touch-Screens?
How would that even be fair? Well, it could be made fair by doing away with PvP missions, unless you were playing against other players on the same platform as yourself. I fully expect to see PvP content, but I think the game will have AI at its core. Makes more sense to me as it would stop any worries about unfairness and imbalance.
You could even create separate World Servers for each player to immerse themselves in.
- Bungie.net's WLID integration. -
Currently, Bungie.net uses WLID at its core for members to sign in with. This means that it works through Microsoft's Live service. How off-putting could that be to Microsoft's competitors' gamers such as Sony and Apple's? I'd say very.
People interested in Bungie Aerospace from Bungie.net could migrate their accounts over to a separate account, then allow them to link their WLID, PSN Account, etc. Whether or not you get to keep your Bnet profile's attributes (like member titles, account-age, etc) is another matter. Not sure about that.
However, Bungie's doing a good job of attracting extra players to link their Gamertags to Bungie.net, so perhaps they're planning to migrate our accounts for us to simple Aerospace usernames/password accounts separate from WLID.
This also allows Bungie Aerospace to provide their own security, not having to rely on WLID's security. Not being a part of Microsoft, this seems to be extremely important.
Well that's my update on my thoughts regarding everything I may have missed from my first post.
Also.
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It also says he's in Seattle currently.
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[Edited on 06.26.2011 5:24 PM PDT]