subject:"\[Audiogames\-reflector\] Kerkerkruip 9 released"

Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Kerkerkruip 9 released

2014-04-22 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — New releases room: VictorGijsbers

Re: Kerkerkruip 9 released

themadviolinist wrote:Now a game play comment. Have you considered giving a damage bonus for beating the defense rating by a sufficient margin, say +1 damage for beating by 6 +1 per additional full three. Example: I roll a 20 and with other bonuses, I beat the defense rating by 15, Id score 4 extra damage? Seems this would make 20s more special. Of course theyd get to do that too which could ruin ones day.I originally added the possibility of rolling 20 in order to ensure that every attack could be a hit. That means that as a player youll always have a chance to hit even the baddest enemy, and even a puny monster still has a chance to hit you. So its not supposed to be critical hit, just a free hit.Your idea might still be good, of course. But there are two reasons I dont think it would be a good match for Kerkerkruip. First, it makes the game more random in a way that disadvantages the player. More randomness always disadvantages the player -- since the player wins most fights, making fights more random means hell be losing more often -- but in this case it would also decrease the players ability to judge whether or not he was still safe in a fight. If monsters can suddenly get big damage bonuses, they can ruin your day in ways that you couldnt have foreseen.Second, you would get the weird situation that weak monsters -- who mostly or only hit you when they roll 20 -- will always or almost always deal bonus damage. Its like Dungeons Dragons second edition, where a peasant would hit a level 20 character exactly 5% of the time -- when rolling 20 -- and would then always do critical damage. Thats just weird and counterintuitive. You can solve that the way it was solved in third edition -- have the attacker make a second attack roll, and only deal critical damage when both are hits -- but I feel that that is too complicated.So, while I can certainly see the logic of your idea, I think there are some arguments against adopting it.Is there a way to create items or monsters for the dungeon? Could such a construction be created? I do keep running into new items, but it would be fun to add some personal touches into my games.Well, you can create items or monsters by downloading the source code and programming them! :-) There would be really no way to make an easy and powerful item/monster creator in the game itself except by basically reimplementing the Inform 7 programming language in the game itself. That would be a waste of everyones efforts. If youd like to try your hand at creating some stuff, let me know. Inform 7 is a fun language to learn, and Ive even written some tutorials for Kerkerkruip, which you can find here: http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtop … amp;t=5694URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172960#p172960
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Re: [Audiogames-reflector] Kerkerkruip 9 released

2014-04-22 Thread AudioGames.net Forum — New releases room: VictorGijsbers

Re: Kerkerkruip 9 released

themadviolinist wrote:Im curious what the design intent about the difficulty of the game is. What is your expectation about the frequency of winning, or at least making it to the final confrontation with some chance of winning is? I know that Im still learning and theres a surprising amount of subtlety to winning. I get to Malygris about one time in six and have won exactly twice out of many tens of games. I dont mind, I am still learning, but there are definitely combinations of equipment and enemies as well as placements that make winning seem impossible at my current level of skill. Im just trying to evaluate where Im falling on the skill continuum.This is a bit of a guess, but I think my win percentages are something like this. On novice, almost every time. On apprentice, about 50-75% of the time. On adept, about 25-50% of the time. On expe
rt, rarely. (You can see your current difficulty by typing score.)Its certainly true that some games are easier than others, but thats part of the roguelike fun. A good example is Israfel, one of the level 4 enemies. If you can defeat Israfel, it gives you a very, very good power. Youre almost guaranteed to beat Malygris with it. But Israfel is quite strong, probably stronger than the other level 4 enemies. So depending on how your game is going, it might sometimes be smartest to just skip Israfel, and try to beat Malygris with another combination of powers -- maybe a level 3, 2 and 1 power, if possible.URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=172961#p172961

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