Re: my dream, your nightmare
@Dardar just trying the new planetoid system now.
I like the idea behind it, though it doesn't seem to trigger that often, Ie, I just harvested 1600 minerals at a rate of four per scoop, and got a grand total of five objects, I'm not sure if this is just me being unlucky, but maybe if this object grabbing system is supposed to give interest you could consider making it occur a bit moreoften.
I also wonder if you'd considered occasions where instead of giving players information and just asking them to push buttons, you actually require them to think.
perfect example of this is the mastermind minigame in land of livia for ios. Lots of games have a basic item research skill where you just tap away and auto research, however land of livia has you play mastermind instead.
So what occurred to me with the planetoid drones, is instead of giving players all information and just requiring them to match that information with the concept, why not get them to think?
For example, instead of having you do a "view" command and the drone telling players where item is so they just find it, why not have a sort of light locator affair where the player is just told the debris is either above or below, and instead of the player typing "pd up" or "pd down" the player has to type pd 1-10 to go to the appropriate level.
Nope, it wouldn't be difficult, but it'd be something to do and a way of getting rewards.
This is the sort of thing I mean, finding ways to engage players while the game is going on rather than working on automatic stuff.
Btw, totally agree with Orin about the economy and Ai buyers as well, I'd love to be able to actually sell my minerals and such rather than just turn them in for points.
I also really agree about all the upgrades, the amount of times I've tried to do something new like planetoid harvesting and forgot a certain part of the upgrade. I'd love to see the universe get more dangerous and more chances of being attacked and ships destroyed (assuming the space combat overhawl works out), in which case the easier to replace your ships the better, and I don't mean financially since cash is easy to come by, i mean in terms of all the random stuff you need to have a ship of your level that can actually do the various in game activities.
I'd also like to see ways where some of the other crafting methods, spear making, building statues, quilt making etc could actually have a tangible bennifit in game, since again, those could be activities that revolve around exploring the universe and finding stuff and could be great fun.
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