[project1dev] Re: [Design] Gameplay and the environment
- From: Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 13:54:25 -0400
I think you should be able to command elements to help you. Lightning,
fire, water, wind, earth, ice, and variations of them as the game
progresses. I like the idea of having to worry about the terrain and using
that to aide your population (and perhaps even fight against enemies), plus
if we go that route, I could think of some awesome combat concepts involving
the elements in 1st person fighting modes
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Katie finished the terrain (woot!) which im going to try and get into the
> game tonight, and now she's looking at populating the level with trees.
>
> She brought up a good question though that i wanted to brainstorm about and
> see if anyone had any input.
>
> In the original act raiser, there were trees that you could destroy (bright
> green bushy things) and trees you couldn't (dark green evergreens).
>
> You would destroy the bushes with lightning and then you'd be able to build
> on the tile.
>
> Also in other levels of act raiser you had to fight against the environment
> a little and do things like use a rain spell to wash away sand dunes, or use
> a sun spell to dry up marshes. You did both so that it would clear up a
> tile and your people could build there.
>
> Do we want to have these kind of elements in our game?
>
> I myself think it would be nice to have these types of things in our game,
> but maybe even make them a little more real time. For instance..
>
> #1 - in the desert level, the desert sands encroach on your houses. You
> have to use rain to wash away the dunes, and eventually you conquer the
> whole desert, but the more desert there is, the more dunes it generates. if
> you let the dunes get too out of hand, they can bury your houses (which
> destroys them and you lose population)
>
> #2 - in the swamp level, it is perpetually (or often) raining. We'll have
> cool rain effects for that :P Anyhow... low land areas get more and more
> flooded as they get rained on more. You'll need to do something (cast one
> of your spells) to keep them from getting too soggy and having your houses
> sink into the bog. After you defeat the boss of the area, the rain goes
> away and your land is safe.
>
> Also after talking to Eric and Nick since this project started I think i'm
> starting to think more along their lines about combat that we should do
> stuff like have defenders of your town, and have enemies rush your town
> sometimes (like a horde of zombies) and it might get pretty hairy. This
> instead of the act raiser enemy combat which is more mellow and slow.
>
> Anyhow, more info on that later (for brainstorming) but i just wanted to
> bring it up so you could see how things would play out... that in later
> levels, the environment would be actively encroaching on you while at the
> same time you had to fight off enemies.
>
> How do you guys feel about that gameplay? Or do you have any other ideas
> or input?
>
> Also what i'm thinking for level 1 is that it's a very mellow level (much
> like the original act raiser) in that the environment doesnt fight you, and
> the enemies are weak and pretty tame.
>
> I think we should have both trees and bushes on the map... and make it so
> bushes can be destroyed by lightning so that you have more room to build,
> and that trees are immune to lightning and are permanent barriers.
>
> Whats your guys' thoughts?
>
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