[gameprogrammer] Re: CCRPG[actions]

Honestly, it does sound like a pain, if I played maybe I would make new
actions, but then again I find it fun to program, but many don't. Plus it
opens space for bugs and things seeming to work one way but actually working
the other way (as Jake already showed).
I would prefer that you only have a certain sets of moves with different
parts, say a leg has step, kick, jump, raise and lower. Walking would be
right-step, left-step repeat. You could also maybe add unlockable skills by
doing certain combos, again still giving that sense of freedom, but still
controlled for simplicity, and giving you more control.
I mean, I would hate if I had to think all the things my brain calculates to
do actions, and even then the brain is pretty ambigous about it (something
computers don't like is ambiguity), I just think, if I jump with one leg and
kick with the other, I get a high kick, and sometimes special things happen,
say the hand has, between it's actions, block and attack, well if I block
first with my shield, then I attack, I get a pretty good hit, especially if
I do it between actions.
Also with simplistic actions you can solve what happens when you move from a
certain move to another, say you have a kick action, and a stand_on_one_leg
action, what if I stand on one leg and kick? The easiest and most human
solution would be stop, stand still, then kick; but with a more open action
sistem, you could just do the next thing, if a combo is done then a combo is
done, it's simpler to handle and predict, and it feels smoother, if you want
to stop, then you stop and do your action. Oh and maybe you could consider
the using of keyboard in skills as well, even in B&W I used the keyboard
every so much because it's so much more faster, but if the battle is turn
style (which I think it is) then I see no problem.

You shouldn't think so much about how hard it is to program, if you truly
want it you can do it with 0s and 1s, but still it should matter if it'll be
fun for everyone to play it (I think you'll want others playing it later
on).

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