Hi Jim, Well, you have a good point there. The biggest problem with being the game developer is games, no matter how good the story, really hold no surprises for the developer himself or herself. If its about exploration you already know basically where every trap is, where every passage leads, and what should behind every door.
About the only solution for that problem is a level generator or maze generator that basically randomly constructs a new level every game. I believe Entombs levels are done this way so no two games are exactly the same game. Plus if you randomly select and place items you will never find them in the same place from game to game. That helps restore some of the unexpected challenge to the game that a new gamer might feel towards your game. So in your adult dungeon game perhaps one solution would be to design a system where by the castle is randomly generated from game to game and the women are randomly placed accordingly. It would require a radical redesign of the game, but could be done to make it different from game to game. Cheers! On 3/27/13, Jim Kitchen <j...@kitchensinc.net> wrote: > > Hi Dark, > > You know one thing about games that are all about exploration is that they > are no fun for the author to play. Well unless there is lots of other > random things in those areas. Just exploring is no fun if you wrote it and > know it all already. My Dungeon Master game is the best example of that. > Other than the random descriptions of the women in the rooms the game is > always the same. So I think that is my worst game as far as replay value. > > BFN > > Jim > > I'm looking for some good Easter grass. > > j...@kitchensinc.net > http://www.kitchensinc.net > (440) 286-6920 > Chardon Ohio USA > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
