GRINDALF'S PROFILE

I don't see how sexuality matters in a game. I never play a game for the sexual interactions. When I played ff6 and ff4 I didn't wonder why tera wasn't getting it on with one of the males(or females for that matter) ff7 did have a couple of interactions between cloud, tifa and aeris(and barret for that matter) but they were minor and didn't really show characters as being hetro, bi or anything else, but did it really matter? did it make it a worse game? But maybe that's the point I would not want to play a game where the sexual interactions are such an important part of the game(Im sure a lot of people enjoy character interactions as a main component, I guess Im just not one of them)


As for race puubutt nails it right on the head. the games setting is the main thing that should control that

author=Frogge
your game loses part of its identity when you have to explore maps you’ve already explored a gazillion times.

This is also true of pretty much any premade asset. Your game loses its identity when you are using the same graphics as other games you have played before.
Your game loses its identity when you are using the same music as other games you have played before.
In most cases a person would not notice the same code used again with the possible exception of menus.
Using any premade assets puts you in a dangerous position of people not wanting to play your game. This is a gamble you have to decide on being worth the time/effort needed to make the assets in question. I myself am rather crap at making music if I forced myself to make my own music my game might never get finished, is that a risk I want to take or do I just take the easy way out and use other peoples music?
Maps are generally the easiest thing to make when it comes to gamedeving so I would say it is the most questionable thing to use a premade asset for, but I would never tell a person they have to make original maps, just that I might not play it :P

EDITED(Ok I will have my say on this) Sample maps are like any premade asset. They take work out of gamedev.
Things I would classify the same would be.
Code, Plugins, Graphics, 3D models, Music.
Some people need to use these things because they don't have the time due to life being busy, and some people need to use these things because they don't have the skills. I use a little bit of premade code on occasion and all my music is made by someone else.
I see premade maps as no different. the problem with using premade assets is that you run the risk of your game looking unprofessional(and I mean unprofessional on an indie level) and that can mean less people playing your game.
Often using premade assets can make gamedev much easier but you need to edit the premade assets and put your own personality into them. I would see premade maps no differently. If you just dump a few premade maps together and make no alterations then that is lazy.

This also depends on what the minimum amount of cards in a deck is and how often you have to draw cards.
If we look at "Triple Triad" you needed a minimum of 5 cards in your deck(which was also your starting hand and you never draw more cards)
In a card game like this 50 cards would be loads and might take you a while to collect all of them.
I know triple triad is technically not a real card game but it was fun and shows what can be done with very few cards.

you still need to say what style of game. 2d overhead action could be Zelda style(a small world where you revisit the same areas) secret of mana style where you virtually never revisit places and are on a constant huge adventure.
Will you have world maps like in the final fantasy games or will your areas be constantly normal size.
You also have to determine how long you want the game to take to play(for instance couple of hours like a very normal indie game or 20+ hours for a more professional feel)
If I was you I would be aiming for 20+ hours. This is the low end of the commercial rpg side of things.
you cant say how many quests without knowing storyline but I would say that each quest should be 15 minutes to 45 minutes long.
So you have 20+ quests with that kind of timeframe that gives time to travel to the next location and storyline bits in between to get you up to the 20+ hour mark.