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Is there such a thing anymore? If I see another MMORPG with a Diablo-style "doll" for equipping weapons and armor, I'm gonna scream. I did a search for...
humm, sounds interesting, so what you are talking about is creating something like a c++ class of monster that would report back to you but would also be...
... Everything wouldn't be given away. Only the stuff that would be tediously easy for you to acquire. The "shell avatars" would die when they encounter...
From: "Brandon Van Every" <bvanevery@... ... City of Heroes/Villains originally had no inventory other than some inmterchangeable +stat items, although I...
Gerry Quinn
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Aug 4, 2008 3:27 pm
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... Clearly there are alternatives: 1) no doll. Items in inventory don't need any kind of special placement. 2) apply the items directly to the player's 3d...
... I have to admit I /much/ prefer the equivalent in console games ala Final Fantasy where you're effectively doing discrete/cursor-based drag/drop. ... ...
well, RPG games have been around for a long time. I even helped write some of the very earliest ones. basically, a RPG is where the player assumes a role to...
Well, first decide what's the issue - the interface (slots arranged against a figure diagram) or the concept (collectible stuff that can be worn). While it is...
... World of Warcraft (WoW) can be played without ever looking at the doll (it would admittedly be harder), but you can double-click items and most of them...
... That's TBD. I have a tension about story vs. game mechanics. In theory I'm story oriented. King Of Dragon Pass http://www.a-sharp.com/kodp/ is one of my...
... I don't believe in viewing a game solely as a task. Focusing on tasks can result in logical UIs that look and feel exactly like everyone else's. From a...
well, the problem with doing a screenplay type game is that you are stuck to the script. movies and theater are 1d worlds, the audience sees the same thing...
... Hehe, that is true... WoW is many things to many people. Fundamentally, it's a game that everybody can play, just like those schoolyard games from long...
Gerry Quinn
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Aug 5, 2008 1:24 am
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... What the player can or can't do is our choice. It's pretty well known that Japanese RPG is biased towards linear storytelling and American RPG is biased...
... It's an interesting exercise to surf the net for negative WoW reviews. I haven't seen any pattern to them. Except for 1 dude screaming about several...
From: "Brandon Van Every" <bvanevery@...> ... The endgame content is raids, although in the expansion they reduced the standard raid size to 25 and also...
Gerry Quinn
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Aug 5, 2008 11:53 am
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... In many ways it depends on what you want to do, I've been playing heavily since last fall, and I don't have a single toon that can raid or do the end-game...
well, when I started writing games I did the art work. 8x8 pixels and my daughter even did an animated helicopter... the next game I had an artist assistant...
... I worry a bit about jumping into the deep dark bottomless pit of animation. However, I'm not committed to working with bipeds. Game tokens that walk is...
... well good luck. when the pixels get to be 32x32 the NPC doesn't look real. scaling down always loses the image, they become just a tiny smear. ... From:...
Perhaps low resolution devices are ideal - low expectation (and reduced capability) lends itself to discarding some of the problems of 'high resolution'...
... From: Wayne Imlach <wimlach@...> To: gamedesign-l@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 7:47 pm Subject: Re: [gamedesign-l] story vs. game mechanics ...
"Game Design Foundations 2nd Edition" technical readers wanted Finishing the 2nd edition of my book and need a few industry experienced readers to proofread...
yeah, and an iPhone has internal devices that detect motion and stuff turning an iPhone into a sword is possible but it's a limited market. a NOKIA game would...
I'll keep this short, and sweet. This has probably been one of the best threads I've read in over 6 mos about game design and programming. What I believe is...
... Every once in awhile this list gets on a roll. :-) ... I've been stymied by stories for 10 years. My core problem is, I just don't have that complete...
... Can't really trust history channel et. al. either, I watched an episode of "Warriors" and that episode got just about everything wrong except when and...
... I suppose in a MMORPG that routinely needs 40 person raids to get anything good, the manufacture of healing and mana potions could become a cottage...
... I'm not sure that ANYONE is participating in 40 person raids anymore (and I'm not positive, but I think you can do the old 40 person raids with as few as...
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