What do you want from a 2D Indie MMORPG?

What type of view should the game take on?

Please select all that apply.

• Top Down (90deg, completely above)
• 2.5D / Top Down (parallel oblique, ~45deg above)
• 2.5D Side-scroll (+parallex)
• 2.5D Isometric

What type of movement or allocations, and rotations?

Please select all that apply.

• (movement) Completely free movement - more natural and freedom
• (movement) By grids - simplified location, collisions, etc.
• (rotation) Completely free (all 360 degrees) - for 2D, unnatural and maybe confusing, but advanced
• (rotation) By 8-directions (for isometric and parallel oblique) - harder to design, a bit natural
• (rotation) By 4-directions (either by pi/4's or by pi's, iso or obliq) - simpler, maybe unnatural or confusing
• (rotation) By 2-directoins (left or right facing for 2D side scrolls) - simple, efficient, natural

Most important aspect of a 2D MMORPG?

• Theme: Mood, Setting, Genre, etc.
• Progression: EXP, Levels, etc.
• Social Interaction: Parties, PvP, Trade, Guilds, etc.
• Variability: Customization, Types of Quests, etc.
• Presentation: Graphics & Sounds (qualities and types), etc.

What should the game progression focus on? (Please select only a few that seems to prioritize over other choices)

Please select all that apply.

• Easy EXP and Leveling (enough to minimize the effort it takes to reach a certain high level)
• Rather challenging EXP and Leveling (enough to easily separate novice and sophisticated players)
• Level just to get more power and variety of skills
• Level just to access more places or interact with different environments including players
• Economics and Market (Items from hunting, quests, etc.)
• Grinding for Money (mining, fishing, etc.)
• Player to player competition/cooperation (PvP, GvG, PvE, etc.)
• Supporting various kinds of events that deploy many functions (event maps, attendance check system, etc.)
• Social Organizations (forming parties, guilds, etc. with sophisticated systems)
• Eyecandies (speical gfx, flashy/crisp visuals)
• General Graphics (resolution, details/precision, higher requirement, etc.)
• Sounds (SFX & BGM)

Control Schemes?

Please select all that apply.

• either: Movement with Mouse
• or: Movement with Keyboard
• either: Completely configurable keys and hotkeys (items, popups, attacks, etc.)
• or: Set key configuration with rather limited configuration freedom as it is not so important for an indie mmorpg.
• either: Both hands on keyboard for the majority of time
• or: One hand on mouse, one hand on keyboard for the majority of time

What more important to come first?

• either: Systems (Intricate party/ trade/ combat systems...)
• or: Content (Size of world, NPC's, # of jobs/skills, monsters, etc.)