[project1dev] Re: [Design] Gameplay and the environment
- From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 11:11:27 -0700
I like the ideas as well. I like the concept of fighting with/against the
enviroment as well as enemies. I also like the idea of having enemies attack
your cities and having townsfolk help defend.
I think there should be destroyable terrain such as bushes and trees. We
could also have hidden stuff tucked away or secrets that are not so obvious.
On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I like your thinkin Nick (:
>
> In the original game thats exactly the spells you had... basically some
> basic elemental things (wind, lightning, earthquake, sun, etc).
>
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> 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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