Python game stuffs.

The arena is the fighting mode. Should be done on encounter, Pokemon meets Final Fantasy style. Turn based combat. Each turn can have one of several actions Change element Attack with weapon Attack with element Defend Use item Run away (not available for bosses) One mode for each element - each should promote its own fighting style Player chooses element and can switch in menu; not changed by environ Monster element is given by monster type Screen layout should have all actions available, along with basic stats Elemental skills are enhanced/reduced by environ Player selects up to ?five? skills per element Skills can be passive or active Skills are unlocked by elemental level Elemental weaknesses and strengths are given in 3 tiers Air - earth - fire - water - lightning Light - dark - sound Chaos Each tier does not interact with the others. Multiple monster battles can happen, each gets their turn Turns should be stacked in some sort of queue based on speed

Tile based Needs different terrain tiles Types of terrain: 1 for each element Water Earth Air Fire Lightning Light Dark Sound Chaos Neutral tiles, too. Maybe gradient tiles? Some ambiguity? Each tile should have a different mana value to draw from in the arena Needs doors Must be able to render monsters, player, and items. Maybe special tiles for things?

Main player stats and menu items Should have these main stats: Attack Defense Sp. Attack Sp. Defense Speed HP Level Experience And a separate level for the elements: Water Earth Air Fire Lightning Light Dark Sound Chaos Each elemental level can be given points to when a player levels up. Should have several equip slots for Weapon Armor Orb Ring And a backpack with ?20? Slots for items.

ITEMS Orbs These help with elemental skills and/or level Can store mana for off-environ skillcasting May boost general spatk or spdef Rarer? Off-environ effects should drain mana if passive General Items Basic potion healing stuffs Stat boosting stuffs Equipment - weapon/armor For use in equip slots Should be separate from backpack when equipped Boosts atk and def, maybe hp

Rings For more interesting effects Boost crit chance? May help with off-element skills, grant special skills, etc.

SKILLS These can be selected and added to the arena menu out of battle. ?Five? Skills per element unlocked. Each monster defeated adds basic exp and exp for its element Can have passive and activated skills for battle Skills can be gained by Leveling up an element Talking to NPCs Using an item Beating a given monster Doing something unique Should work almost like hearthstone deck building. Choose your skills to be put into the slots available. Passive skills only work if element is active

ELEMENTS Water Promotes sp. Def and healing Multiple target damage, but smaller Absorb and reduce damage Fire Spatk and burns Single target high damage stuff Increase damage effects Earth Defense, hp Neutralizes things like poison, burns, status changes Slow but high hp Air Speed Multiple attacks for small damage each, but stacks added effects Bonuses for multiple hits? Super fast but fragile evasive Lightning Attack Fast travel? Affinity with equipments, amplifies effects Light Defense, spdef Heals and neutralizes Added effects for level gain, but very weak attack Confusion? Reveal info about targets? Dark Atk, spatk Causes effects like burn, confusion, poison Does not give as much exp? Very weak defenses Life drain? Sound Speed and balance Multiple attacks and target effects Good evasion? Chaos Random effects, but powerful ones Reshapes the battlefield? Increases power but at the cost of control - more randomized effects

STAT GROWTH This should be affected by the elements a player levels up in. the elements given above affect their given values.