[ian-reeds-games] Re: Your top 3 most wanted features
- From: Austen Perry <austentheaxewielder@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 09:24:59 -0600
well, nice to see how many items have been implemented as far as the
previous top 3 d.
here are mine, wich are well thought after features lol.
1 submap buildings, or a tile that expands in to its own little
submap, good for creating a warehouse that instead of surving a
funciont would be like a shelter to those inside, and could be a way
to hide. it could also surve as planets in my space maps, the tile
would say earth 1 1 and when on the tile the keys shift down arrow
could be pressed and your cursor would be then in that tiles submap,
to exit shift jp arrow. my thought is, when a unit is on the tile,
there could eighther be an option to enter tile in the units list,
that would only show up on such tiles or have a key that enters and
exits the unit like when on a unit pressing control e for enter. there
could be a setting to make a tile on the sub map connect to the tile
on the main map so that all units entering have to enter on to that
tile and exit from that tile. if this was iplemented, eventualy it
would be interesting to have a planet tile at 1 1 then a nother planet
at 2 1, then in the submap 1 1 would be the entrance exit to 1 1 on
main map and another tile could be the entrance exit to 2 1, therby
creating 2 entrances in to the sub map.
2
esentialy for my second ranked want go to the previous e-mail and read
allens second want lol, as its mine.
to specify though, i want to use it as if a certain unit dies, instead
of death they would turn in to a zombi, so basicly a zombi could have
a skill called turn, then use it on your unit, then when it dies it
would turn in to a zombie.
or, like death flag in effects could have a summon in to flag, so some
units could have at 0 health summon warewolf or the likes.
i also like the idea of a skill that turns the unit in to something
emediately, a man in to warewolf, a vampire in to a bat, a citizen in
to a soldier, would be nice to see.
3 my last item is bonus items.
i know you are working on so many things and since it hasn't been
brought up in a while i would like to see not neccarily items that
stay with the unit, but say an item called clip could be placed like
everything else, then when a unit goes over the tile 1 they would
emediatelly pick it up or 2 would have a skill in the unit list called
take item wich would pick up whatever was on the square.
this would be nice with doors, as instead of killing dorors you could
take an item, wich would then give the unit a skill called unlock
green for green dor or whatever that would work on that particular
door.
it would also make finding more amo for weapons nicer, more med kits
for healers, grenades and likes.
but i want it to be like finding tbonuses not actual items that can be
dropped as that makes it harder than what i'm suggesting.
hope these can be implimented!
austen
On 1/3/13, Allan Thompson <allan1.thompson@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Looking thru that list, I am very impressed! You really must have little
> programming elves that run around in your north pole workshop at the north
> pole! Your like Santa Coder, grin. Delivering wonderful updates to all the
> little map creator girls and boys...
> Yeah,it's late, grin. At least for me.
>
> Ok, so here is my list, more or less. They aren't simple I don't think.
>
> 1. Dice rolling. The more I think about what carlos wrote to you about dice,
> and the various bell curves, I am convinced that adding in dice rolling
> based on the dice normally available for these genre of game is going to
> be needed at some point. Of course, remembering Austen, it shouldn't be
> mandatory so that it can be used one way or the other, with or without.
> Heck, that is problem a 1d20 bunch of things right there, grin.
>
> 2. I wouldn't mind seeing summon become an effect. Also an unsummon as an
> effect and skill. I figure those are all together in one niche. Summon as an
> effect could be an at_zero=shapechange wherethe effect causes the original
> unit to unsummon and then to summon in it's place a werewolf, or something
> like that. Unsummon could be used to land shuttles starships, could remove a
> summoned creature by another wizard, could recall a platoon fromt he
> jungles, having it unsummon fromt he ground, summoned in to the copter...I
> hope that all makes sense.
>
> 3. I would love to see a "charm" ability. Being able to make a enemy unit
> into an ai_controlled critter. Or even a team switch where it can be
> controlled for a short time. I know jedi have the mind trick, wizards with
> charm, hypnosis...imaginean evil wizard casting charm on a player unit! Now
> that would be worth the price of admission, grin.
>
> Ok, that is it. I got a zillion others, and I agree with some other stuff
> everyone else has, they are all great stuff, really.
>
> As for the flying over pits thing.
> The only thing I can think of is a flag to tell the terrain that it
> only affects non flying critters. so if it is a pit, then a
> non_hurt_my_flying_dude flag would make it safe, but a default would keep it
> so that , let's say the cloud of poisonous gas would still ahve an effect
> on flying units. What do you think? Is it harder then it sounds? grin.
>
> Thanks Ian for all you do. This kind of feedback from a game creator is
> priceless.
>
> al
>
> "The truth will set you free"
> Jesus Christ of Nazareth 33A.D.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ian Reed
> To: ian-reeds-games@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:02 AM
> Subject: [ian-reeds-games] Your top 3 most wanted features
>
>
> Hi all!
>
> As we've had a number of people join the mailing list and the game has
> evolved a fair amount since the last time I accepted map creators top 3
> items I'd like to do it again.
>
> This is starting from scratch, so anyone who gave me top 3 before can
> submit a new top 3. If you submit some of the same items I will note
> that they are still the most important to you.
>
> Remember that I will always choose what to get done next based on
> difficulty versus the value it gives to the game and that smaller
> features usually get done sooner.
> The top 3 items you provide is a good way to sway me in one direction or
> another and means more to me than the general list of all features that
> get discussed on the mailing list.
>
> So please provide your top 3 most wanted features or bug fixes, and
> please be sure to limit it to 3.
>
> Oh, also note that although I may have said I'm working on X or Y
> feature next this may change as I get everyone's vote.
> So if it's not already implemented and it's important to you, consider
> adding it to your top 3.
>
> Thanks everyone!
> Ian Reed
>
>
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