[project1dev] Re: Dungeon decoration, feel, and design

  • From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:05:26 -0700

Eric - That sounds awesome. I fully agree with you. I've been saying that
for a while now.

I guess I will just make my cave level a rectangle for starting. Flesh out
the shape and feel.

Does anyone have any themes for this first dungeon. Theme ideas would
definitely help in the creation of it. What's the players motivation for
going in?




On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:53 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> oh and most importantly, i think we can accomplish all of this while still
> making the game fun...
>
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:52 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Visually, everything can be tweaked, and polished so dont be tooo
>> concerned about that.
>>
>>
>> just a note on the general design philosophy of the game:
>>
>> basically, i want everything to make sense in the world that we create.
>> if there are enemies, etc. somewhere, there should be a reason - not just
>> random creatures that wander around and attack for no reason... i would say
>> a lot less random meaningless encounters with more mini-bosses or
>> fights/confrontations that make sense.  the idea is more about exploration
>> and adventure as opposed to just grinding (though theres defintely room for
>> grinding areas) puzzles that make sense are great, i really liked what chris
>> said re: having the exit being different than the entrance.  Basically i
>> think the more fully fleshed out and sensible the world is, the more
>> immersed the player will be.  in rpg's etc, i feel like there are usually so
>> many monsters and battles that they become rendered meaningless, theres no
>> sense of danger in random encounters in final fantasy, no sense of loss when
>> a character dies, no fear.  i want to bring tension and suspense in, i want
>> there to be concequences to being defeated that dont just involve having to
>> start the level/dungeon over again.  i think these things will separate this
>> game from the pack of rpg's... have a sense of meaning and accomplishment
>> that come from the player, not just written in by us as the creators.  i
>> believe games can invoke fear, mystery, wonder, sadness, joy... i actually
>> believe that they have more potential for that than movies because the
>> player is directly tied in, the more we can immerse ppl into the experience,
>> the better.
>>
>
>

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