Any suggestion for a buddhist online game
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I am thinking of developing an online game about buddhism.
There is a huge group of gamers especially young ones who like to play games, if I can attract them to this website and let them know more about dharma, it will achieve my purpose.
The game must be fun enough to attract people and yet able to teach them dharma. I like to hear from you, what features you like to have in this game.
Any gamers here. -
Good idea... Btw r u a programmerOriginally posted by justdoit77:I am thinking of developing an online game about buddhism.
There is a huge group of gamers especially young ones who like to play games, if I can attract them to this website and let them know more about dharma, it will achieve my purpose.
The game must be fun enough to attract people and yet able to teach them dharma. I like to hear from you, what features you like to have in this game.
Any gamers here.
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used to be. how about you?Originally posted by neutral_onliner:Good idea... Btw r u a programmer -
Online game = flash based?
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No. Anyway do u agree tat having a engineering and programming back ground mk 1 easier to understanding BuddhismOriginally posted by justdoit77:used to be. how about you? -
I want to write a HTML based game, flash could be used but just as a secondary role. The game should be able to tell the players what are the practise that we buddhists usually do like meditation, chanting, do good deeds, spreading dharma , seek teachers, getting enlightened and so on.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Online game = flash based?
and how to present the concept of reincarnation, various traditions of buddhism to them.
The difficult thing is most games are attractive because of the scene of fighting monsters which I don't think I should use this in a buddhism game. Any idea? -
how abt question and ans typeOriginally posted by justdoit77:I want to write a HTML based game, flash could be used but just as a secondary role. The game should be able to tell the players what are the practise that we buddhists usually do like meditation, chanting, do good deeds, spreading dharma , seek teachers, getting enlightened and so on.
and how to present the concept of reincarnation, various traditions of buddhism to them.
The difficult thing is most games are attractive because of the scene of fighting monsters which I don't think I should use this in a buddhism game. Any idea? -
Having a programming background make me think more logical, step by step and either yes or no.Originally posted by neutral_onliner:No. Anyway do u agree tat having a engineering and programming back ground mk 1 easier to understanding Buddhism
It helps to certain extent, but it also gives me a habit of thinking within a boundary, which may not be good. Try thinking something in mind without using your mother tongue, it is not easy. -
Maybe I can create a question and answer corner that if answer correctly, the players' knowledge will increase. I will make it editable like in wikipedia for other buddhist to update the question and answer periodically.Originally posted by neutral_onliner:how abt question and ans type -
agree. the problem is our conceptual mindOriginally posted by justdoit77:Having a programming background make me think more logical, step by step and either yes or no.
It helps to certain extent, but it also gives me a habit of thinking within a boundary, which may not be good. Try thinking something in mind without using your mother tongue, it is not easy. -
Not a bad ideaOriginally posted by justdoit77:Maybe I can create a question and answer corner that if answer correctly, the players' knowledge will increase. I will make it editable like in wikipedia for other buddhist to update the question and answer periodically.
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Might be fun to have a game where the objective was to gather positive karma within a time limit (representing the lifespan) and to avoid negative karma?
But I'm aware that this may be oversimplifying very complex topics. Sometimes difficult to know what to do. -
You need to define the themes and sects this would be a bit of a problem
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So who are your audience?
Once defined your audience, select the appropriate theme
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Hey how abt a rpg theme where the player started out as a person trying to find buddhism teachings . Let the environment of the game be like an adventure where the player will go to various part of the world where he will meet buddhist masters , rinpoche who will give them some buddhist teachings and after end of the lessons , there will be a quiz for them to answer and only after passing the quiz then they can proceed to other places to learn more teachings . And of cos along the way they will have various queer encounters which will test them on their knowledge and understanding of the teachings that they have learnt. Any wrong step will have a different result , repeat the course or ending in a different path other then the intended one . And also if they manage to handle " obstacles " correctly , they will have some bonus things to help them on their journey to understand n know more abt buddhism thoroughly for example a gratefull couple informing them of a " hidden " location where there is a sage where they can learn some mantras or sutras " . Is it difficult to program such a game ? Used to be my dream to be a programmer so that i can create a game myself but things din work out that way . sigh !
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Hee suddenly tot of some added features for the game . Perhaps you can make it an online game where more then one player or player can form groups to play tgether , learn buddhism teachings together so that they can help each other make the correct choices . And maybe let the player have some chances to setup shops to earn money to go to some ulu inaccessible places like island where you need to buy or rent a boat to go and they only place where you can find a boat is through players shops which sell such items , in this way i think the programmer can earn some sideline to earn abit of income to keep the game going or improve on the game . And also this feature will make the game more lively other then just walking ard seeking buddhist teaching . And also let the char in the game have a wisdom/karma statistic whereby it will increase or decrease depending on the actions , choices or correct understanding of the buddhist teachings which will enable them to proceed to the next stage otherwise they will have to go back to the course or walk ard to help pple to accumulate the statistics , for example to donate money to build temples or to the needy to increase their statistic for positive karma . And you can put some encounter whereby the npc will pretend to spread or teach some distorted teachings ending with a yes or no , true or false answer to test if the player really understand the teachings anot .
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Sounds like some interesting ideas
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Theme like what?Originally posted by maggot:You need to define the themes and sects this would be a bit of a problem
Yeah, I will create different sects and each have its own unique way of practising, this is to represent real life situation and to add some fun to the game.
My audience is all online gamers.Originally posted by maggot:So who are your audience?
Once defined your audience, select the appropriate theme -
wow, very good idea. thanks dude.Originally posted by TWE:Hey how abt a rpg theme where the player started out as a person trying to find buddhism teachings . Let the environment of the game be like an adventure where the player will go to various part of the world where he will meet buddhist masters , rinpoche who will give them some buddhist teachings and after end of the lessons , there will be a quiz for them to answer and only after passing the quiz then they can proceed to other places to learn more teachings . And of cos along the way they will have various queer encounters which will test them on their knowledge and understanding of the teachings that they have learnt. Any wrong step will have a different result , repeat the course or ending in a different path other then the intended one . And also if they manage to handle " obstacles " correctly , they will have some bonus things to help them on their journey to understand n know more abt buddhism thoroughly for example a gratefull couple informing them of a " hidden " location where there is a sage where they can learn some mantras or sutras " . Is it difficult to program such a game ? Used to be my dream to be a programmer so that i can create a game myself but things din work out that way . sigh !
It is quite time consuming to program such a game considering I have my own work to do. I am not so good at grahphic design, so might have to borrow some graphic from other buddhist website, hope they will allow that.
And the data entry for the dharma Q&A will be another headache. I have to go and study about other traditions of buddhism and their practises, but I will treat it as part of my cultivation as well.
This website won't be out so soon, but will keep you all informed.
nvm, I help you to achieve this dream then. -
Wahahaha really ? Are you really going to program a game using my suggestion ??? Thanks man , you don't have to say that you know you don't have to help me fulfill my dream but well thanks alot really , i just helping to think of idea nia . I know how time consuming it is to make a game not to mention a online game . I learn programing before and i know the frustration involve in doing it . Take your time don't rush , we all have our own work to do
if you run out of ideas i will be very happy to help . Actually i always thought that i have creativity but somehow i'm stuck with a technical job 
. Feel free to contact me for ideas yah , hehehehehe your coments really light up my day . -
guys have u tried this game yet? its pretty interesting..
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~s-slater/Dharma/index.html
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oh, glad to know that.Originally posted by TWE:Wahahaha really ? Are you really going to program a game using my suggestion ??? Thanks man , you don't have to say that you know you don't have to help me fulfill my dream but well thanks alot really , i just helping to think of idea nia . I know how time consuming it is to make a game not to mention a online game . I learn programing before and i know the frustration involve in doing it . Take your time don't rush , we all have our own work to do if you run out of ideas i will be very happy to help . Actually i always thought that i have creativity but somehow i'm stuck with a technical job . Feel free to contact me for ideas yah , hehehehehe your coments really light up my day . 
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The beta version should be out by this year. -
This is a static page that brings you around to different realms and the explanation.Originally posted by geforce:guys have u tried this game yet? its pretty interesting..
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~s-slater/Dharma/index.html
nice idea. -
Anyone know any website that translate buddhism term from chinese to english?
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English Buddhist Terms
Chinese Buddhist TextsIndex [updated: 3/2/2006 ]
Both Chinese Traditional, though. Not aware of any chinese simplified webpages of that sort.