Working on an RPG, needed help with some ideas [graphics & planning]

You know.. Me too.. Secret of Mana (Plus Sword of Mana, which is their second game, or first.. i cant remember..) has also influenced me.. but only since 2011, since that is when i have heard of it.

havent played "Sword of Mana" but if i can remember correctly Sword of Mana should have the story that happened before "Secret of Mana"... nonetheless... SNES games are evergreen for me

yes.. I only skimmed the description of, "Sword of Mana" But I think it said something about being a second game and being a Prequel.. (Sorry.. dont know how to spell it correctly..)

But it was a fun game. It was played the same way.. Had the same monsters.. But it also had some things changed.. Like.. You can pick your gender. (Boy/Girl) And you had the ability to jump. Also.. There were more weapons.. And a different way to use magic. Also.. There were days in it. Not just being dark or sunny. But it kept track of the month and day in it. Also.. When you leveled up.. You could pick classes to level up your stats.. Like mage.. sage.. warrior.. etc..

But, sorry to kinda take over your post.. Trully.. so.. back on topic..

QUESTIONS: 1: I already know there will be races.. But will there be CLASSES? And if there are, what kinds.
2: Will there be any kind of custimizations? Like.. Creating how character looks. Like in Dragon quest 9?
3: What kinds of equipment will there be.. Will there only be 3 or 4 equipment slots like in the final fantasy series.. Or will there be a whole range of different slots of which to equip things into?(Head,Arm,Shoulder,Body,Waist,Hands,Legs,Feet,Weapon1,Weapon2,Weapon3,Acc1,Acc2,Acc3,Acc4)
4: Will this be a short game or a long game?

Thats all... For now.. 

yes.. I only skimmed the description of, "Sword of Mana" But I think it said something about being a second game and being a Prequel.. (Sorry.. dont know how to spell it correctly..)

QUESTIONS: 1: I already know there will be races.. But will there be CLASSES? And if there are, what kinds.
2: Will there be any kind of custimizations? Like.. Creating how character looks. Like in Dragon quest 9?
3: What kinds of equipment will there be.. Will there only be 3 or 4 equipment slots like in the final fantasy series.. Or will there be a whole range of different slots of which to equip things into?(Head,Arm,Shoulder,Body,Waist,Hands,Legs,Feet,Weapon1,Weapon2,Weapon3,Acc1,Acc2,Acc3,Acc4)
4: Will this be a short game or a long game?

Thats all... For now.. 

WOW! I guess i need to play "Sword of Mana" O_O...


To your questions:
1. Yes, I like to call them perks, and you can go down any path from a sneak thief to a hulk warrior. Namely right now i have thought of Marksmanship(archery), The Warriors Way(melee weapons), The Shadow(sneak), Thief(pickpocket and lockpicking). Thinking about complex classes like smithing, brewery etc. but not so sure i should pick them up right away or not...


2. Customizations, for now include, picking a race, type of armour(head, torso, arms, legs), which in-turn change the look of your character. You can work your combinations if you want.


3. Equipment slots would be the basic: head, torso, arms, legs, Weapon/Spell slot, Buff(1,2,3). You will have the ability to mark favorites and bind to shortcut keys[1,2,3,4 keys right above WASD] so switching weapons/spells during combat is made easier.


4. Well... not sure if I can count this into a long or a short game, for now I have mapped out 1 Main quest which itself is a combination of multiple small quests(roughly 40-45) and then I have mapped out 50 Side quests(might expand later) and then we are looking at 50 Errands you can run infinite times in the game(might expand these too)...


Trust me this is MASSIVE amounts of work, just mapping it all out is frigging hell so this is a long project, I might upload it in its initial to show how far I have progressed, but I guess the final game will start taking proper form in around 1-2 months and my estimate to complete all of this is by April next year, might not be possible, but still will try my best to get it done by then.