What’s your craziest rom hack idea?

One idea I had brewing was part dating sim-type visual novel, part FE gameplay game. The MC is the daughter of a retired general who moves out to the countryside and she joins the drama club at school. As a result, the club decides it’d be fun to do a war-themed play with more fight scenes for the year. The game is split between free time building up relations with others and rehearsals for large fight scenes that the MC helps direct. Besides your My Unit, the other two ‘lords’ are the president of the drama club who’s the heir of the local yakuza/mafia-type gang and an artist with celebrity parents that moved in lately, and besides drama club, the real main plot is their ongoing romance and the objections of the local gang head. At the end of the game when the play takes place, there’s a real fight where the gang storms the performance to abduct their heir back and the MC is able to rally all the students/townspeople she’s befriended during the visual novel-type part of the game to help fight back against the gang, leading to multiple endings based on your units recruited/performance in battle.

The main issue would be grafting the FE-style gameplay to a VN-style one, which is theoretically possible with world maps and stuff with FE8 hacking but would probably be more practical using Lex or SRPG studio or something.

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It’s you! Thank goodness I looked all over youtube and goggle and couldn’t find it. To think it was you the whole time :sweat_smile:

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Turn hackrom into actual game

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Fire emblem with multidimensional time travel.
I am not joking.
(It was inspired by this): imagen
(And yes, this is a thing in steam)

I planned to make a 1-chapter demo hack loosely tied to CoBK where, using the “Shinan guide menu”, one of your units could activate an event at will to rewind the turn count (Effectively going back in time) and clear enemy placement, but keep player units in the same place, with the same items and stats. You could also use dragon veins to increase the rewind’s power. It could be used for puzzles, such as going through a gate that is about to close, and it’s normally impossible to go through it, but by rewinding time to before it happened, you can cross the gate, grab the item and trigger a dragon vein to rewind everything else to turn 1.

I quit literally 15 minutes in because I was busy that day .-.

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A hack where every single unit you command is My Unit or some sort. Inspired by Lobotomy Corporation where you can recruit and customize the agent you want to use, while also have permadeath system.
The idea is that instead of recruiting a character, you get a villager-like generics who you can immediately promote to any of the base class. All the unit have 30% growth and small bases on all stat, but stat boost item (except boots/swiftsoles) is cheaper and appear more frequent. There’s also a series of item that boost one stat’s growth by 5% or 10%, which also appear frequently but is a little more expensive than regular stat boost item. For promotion, either only using Master Seal, or can promote using altar or anytime at level 10 or higher

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That’s so doable! Great idea btw. It wouldn’t need to much of a story either. Only time consuming part would be setting up the classes.

Probably could do a Villager that’s either perusing Magic or Melee/Archer and go from there.

Then have them branch off

I like the idea, I’ll add it to my list of projects to start and never finish

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I once wanted to make a 40k hack.

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I always thought a Modern Zombie themed hack with some really simple survival mechanics would be really cool

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That would be amazing!!

I do agree

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Random idea, Mage Wars ive thought about jsut never tried it

3 factions you pick which one you want to join

Mages , Mageknights and Sages

Saints, Bishops And Valkyries

Shamans, Druids and Necromancers

Each faction would also have a flying type
Perhaps

Falcon Knights
Wyvern Knights
Gargoyles?

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Another one of my idea, a little more crazier, but not a core mechanic.
An item that allow Tier 2/Tier 3/ whatever is the highest Tier class to reclass to the same class again like in awakening, resetting level and getting the promo bonus again, but for some classes, also allow you to change the animation of the class.
For example, if you would reclass a Berserker, you get to change your animation to either Hawkzerker, Yetizerker, or Dozlazerker/Derzerker, or even vanilla again if you prefer it. Or reclassing a Paladin allow you to change the animation to the Vanilla, Greentea’s Sain/Kent version, or the SALVAGED version.

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Craziest idea I ever had was a hack where everybody has exactly one hit point. Each. And they can all kill each other except some can move in different ways and-
Oh, wait.
That’s more or less just Chess lmao.

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Honestly? A FE romhack that’s literally just chess could actually be interesting.

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Someone acutally made it, but it’s for SRPG Studio

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There are many ideas - an ally system, so called “training grounds”, where u manipulate bases, growths etc.

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Welcome to the community.

That sounds like a great idea. Fire emblem games do need some type of testing grounds or training grounds at times. Like how Fe 8 has the Tower and Ruins I know it’s not the same but it’s the closest thing I’ve seen.

Thx for the welcome.
I actually have a few ideas on my own.
I just copy them
Don’t mind the spelling and grammar mistakes and some of the terms. Latter are a part of my own Fire Emblem idea.

Camp:

Between the chapters, the player has the opportunity to manage his stock, units and finances in in different menues. There will be other functions, as well. Some will be revealed later, while others are there from the beginning. Also, some functions gets expand over the course of the game.

Finances:

The currency of the game is called Líres. Finances will be managed in two different ways. The first is through army funds, which, represents the money your army is currently able to have. It is used for the camp shops, training grounds and for paying salary to your mercenary and recruited units. Some functions of the camp can be expanded, like shops or the Spy Network.

There are also Unit funds which will include their payment as well as extra money that the player can transfer from their army funds. In contrast to the Army Funds, the Unit’s Funds’ limit lies by 20.000 Líres.

Training Grounds:

Viable for every unit to train there are skills and get better with their weapons. Every Training costs a certain amount of money. There is training for the four physical weapon types – sword, lance, axes and bows – and for the three different mounting classes – flying (griffons), flying (wyverns) and cavalry. There is also a special knife Training which enables units to wear daggers. The training for the weapons enables a unit to get higher weapon ranks and even better growths and stats through the cause of the game, which functions as following:

-Training Level 1 – enables the use of selected weapon until weapon rank B

Swords: +1 to Strenght, Speed and Constitution, +3% Strength and Speed growth

Lances: +1 to Skill, Defense and Constitution, +3% Skill and Defense growth

Axe: +1 to Strenght, Skill and Constitution, +3% Strenght and Skill growth

Bow: +1 to Skill, Speed and Constitution, + 3% Skill and Speed growth

-Training Level 2 – enables the use of selected weapon until weapon rank A

Swords: +2 to Strenght, Speed and Constitution, +5% Strength and Speed growth

Lances: +2 to Skill, Defense and Constitution, +5% Skill and Defense growth

Axe: +2 to Strenght, Skill and Constitution, +5% Strenght and Skill growth

Bow: +2 to Skill, Speed and Constitution, + 5% Skill and Speed growth

-Training Level 3 – enables the use of selected weapon until weapons rank S

Swords: +3 to Strenght, Speed and Constitution, +7% Strength and Speed growth

Lances: +3 to Skill, Defense and Constitution, +7% Skill and Defense growth

Axe: +3 to Strenght, Skill and Constitution, +7% Strenght and Skill growth

Bow: +3 to Skill, Speed and Constitution, + 7% Skill and Speed growth

The training for the mounts functions differently:

-Training Level 1: enables use of Lv.2 mounts

Cavalry: halves Speed penalty

Griffon Riding: Nullifies Speed penalty

Wyvern Riding: lowers Speed penalty by 1

-Training Level 2: enables use of Lv.3 mounts

Cavalry: nullifies Speed penalty

Griffon Riding: nullifies Speed penalty, gives Speed bonus of 2

Wyvern Riding: halves Speed penalty

-Training Level 3: enables use of Lv.4 mounts

Cavalry: nullifies Speed penalty, gives Speed bonus of 2

Griffon Riding: nullifies Speed penalty, gives Speed bonus of 4

Wyvern Riding: reduces Speed penalty to -1

Also, units can learn their mastery skill by hitting level ten of their promoted class and then pay gold to attend their Master Class Training.

Recruits:

After certain conditions are met, or a certain point of the game is cleared, willing people can be recruited over the Military list. Ther base class is recruit and at the beginning, they are not be allowed to move into battle. Instead you have to train them in the „Recruitment Training“ field of the Training Grounds. Once they have reached the first Training level of at least one Weapon Training, they can change into one of the classes of the respected weapon. By attending the Knife Training they are enabled to use the Thief class. They also can train further and get the bonus right away, before they change class. They are also able to wield weapons they normally wouldn’t wield in a certain class when they trained them to at least Level 1. They also get a better Training Level. Training for mounts can also be used. When used on the battle field some of the recruit even have the Eite skill, which will help them, gaining levels faster. For orientation, players can look at the base stats, their gender and their age to determine, which training they need. Some might even bring experience with them in the use of weapons and some might start of at higher levels. To balance things out, the training time for a recruit gets doubled, means, they get smaller amounts of Training experience than your normal units. After the class change, they can train in all of their learned weapon types.

Spy Network:

The Spy Network does many things in exchange for money. They can spy out the nearby locations to find a village attacked by bandits or are even able to locate Gaiden quests, if certain conditions for them are met before, and, because they are practised in thievery can locate chests and treasures. Some of these items are pretty rare or are only found once per playthrough. The more you pay them, the more villages or information they find or the rarer are the treasures.

Raid Enemies:

Whenever you free a villages from the clutches of evil forces, you get a certain amount of money based on how good and how fast you did. Sometimes, there even are villagers or smaller houses who are in desperate need of protection. They will grant you with loads of extra cash and, sometime, items.

Ally System :

There are three factions who ally with you to bring the bitter fights to a good end: the Rebellion, the Southern Alliance and the Marble Knights. While everyone is unsure to you, you can anger them by making decisions that oppose their ideas, or please them by making the right choices. Different loyalties mean different outcomes and different scenarios. So choose wisely. Other factors like enemy raids or having special characters in your army also influences this system. Also the classes of the protagonists change at a point of the game to those, which fits the Ally System at this time.

There are 3 fluid stations of loyalty:

Distrust:

Neutral:

Loyalty:

Negotiations:

Sometimes, blades clash, and, sometimes, words. At important plot points throughout the game, you have to decide which strategy is the best, or which allies to trust. There are decisions with minor impact on the following, and decisions that change entire chapters. They also change your allies‘ views on you.

Conversations and New Units:

Support conversations now take place in your camp, not on the battlefield. As an extra there will be additional conversions between groups at some time which give the characters more depth and togetherness – and maybe items. Also, after you met some condition, some new characters want to speak to you to become your allies.

Growths

The units’ growths are definitely not skyrocket high, but they can be altered through the use of certain weapons, as some will give extra growth rates as long as they are equipped.

Magic

Albis is a continent without magic – or just a small portion. There are a few characters, able to bend the last bits of this gift to their will to heal or to attack. Those „Gifted“ are not found until half of the game and are pretty rare. They gain spells by levelling up and by using them in battle. Also, the Anima triangle is back. The more they use them, the stronger forms they get, after a fixed number of times. Most spells get stronger, gain more uses in battle and/or are getting new effects, while others are strong enough, so that they don’t need another upgrade. As some spells get devastating power, the overall fighting power of most gifted is limited, for gameplay balancing. The spells weight will be subtracted immediately off the users speed, taking their constitution not into account. Like in the first Fire Emblem games, magic and resistance are odd stats that, mostly don’t level up, due to the low growths they possess and the underwhelming or non-existent bases characters have. However, many relics of old times are found in the world - swords, lances, axes and bows - embued with magic. Not only can their wielder unleash magic attacks at long range, but they also increase the growths of magic and/or resistence by a fair amount.

Early Time Healing

As there are nos taffes to be found at the beginning of the game, some characters will have fitting personal skills, which can give them the heal command. Instead of the magic stat, the skill stat will be taken into account and has a similar function as its substitute.

Skill

In the end, a character can have up to 6 different skills: 1 Personal skill, 3 Class skills, 1 Mastery Skill and one Mount skill. The first class skill will be learned at Level 1 of the base class, the second on level 10. The unit will gain the third Class Skill at level 5 of their promoted class. The Mastery Skill will be learned, once the unit is at least level 10 of their promoted class and has attend the Mastery Training at the Training Grounds. They possess their Personal Skill from the beginning and gain a mount skill, whenever they equip a mount.

Classes and mounts

There are three mounts in the game: horses, griffons and wyverns. Nearly every unit can switch between their base infantry/armored class and their mounted class, as long as they have a mount in their possession. Mounts can be equipped and be unequipped. When units fight indoors, they are not allowed to mount. By equipping a mount, you gain a penalty of speed, if you haven’t trained in the particular Mount Training. The better your Training ranks are, the more lowered will be the penalties and are changed into bonus points. A mount always brings a mount skill with it. There are 4 different species each for every mount class:

Level 1:

Cavalry: Coldblood (-4 Speed, 7.Mov.)

Griffon: Hawkbeak (-2 Speed, 8 Mov.)

Wyvern: Whitescale (-4 Speed, 7 Mov.)

Level 2: Canto (can use leftover movement after action)

Cavalry: Warmblood (-2 Speed, 8 Mov.)

Griffon: Buzzardbeak (9 Mov.)

Wyvern: Blackscale (-4 Speed, +4 Defense, 8 Mov.)

Level 3: Canto+ (can use movement again after action)

Cavalry: Thouroughbred (10 Mov.)

Griffon: Eaglebeak (10 Mov.)

Wyvern: Greyscale (-4 Speed, +5 Defense, 9 Mov.)

Level 4: Wararmor (Canto, nullifying weapon effectiveness against mount)

Cavalry: Warbred, (9 Mov.)

Griffon: Falconbeak (9 Mov.)

Wyvern: Silverscale (+6 Defense, 8 Mov.)

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These ideas gives me some Varlkyria Chronicles Vibes.

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