[project1dev] Re: Skill Design Input
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:41:40 -0700
you know... the "using a skill to make it better" idea is really awesome...
i really like the direction you are going with all this (:
what would be really neat too would be if we did something such as at every
10 levels of a skill (could be different for different skills), the graphics
of a skill could change too.
It's kind of the idea of fire 1, fire 2, fire 3 from final fantasy but itd
be the same spell you just get better at it and the visual effects look more
awesome.
we could do fun stuff too like make a really wimpy spell that if you level
it up does a ton of damage to the hardest enemies in the game and that kinda
thing.
::high five::
really nice Nick, this is great stuff
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Nick, nice job!
>
> Im a fan of making it simple too usually and that simple rules can make for
> more complex gameplay (ironically!) but i think if done right, these
> different options could make a lot of replay in the game with people wanting
> to try diff methods and play styles.
>
>
> "Player would gain 3 points per level to use on the tree, this model
> assumes 17 playable areas (9 overworld, 8 first person) and a potential of 4
> total level ups per area, so an assumed max level of 68"
>
> Cool deal. If we end up making more levels or less, we should be able to
> scale the points per level or # of level ups per level to stretch or squish
> this i think. This is a good starting metric for us to work towards but
> yeah, just pointing out we can adjust if necesary w/o too much impact on
> things (hopefully!)
>
> I like your idea of making it so the more you use a skill the better you
> get at it (and similar skills). Do you think we'd show someone's
> profficiency in a specific skill to them or would it happen behind the
> scenes?
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> So I've been mulling over ideas for skillsets, how they will work, various
>> variables, etc, and I've talked to Eric a little about balance and
>> simplicity vs complicating things just to be complicated, but I feel
>> complication adds depth. In light of that, I wanted some input, because I
>> believe that complication adds tremendous depth and replay value if its
>> simple to the user.
>>
>> I have in mind a couple dozen skills, along with 8 trainable skill trees,
>> with two separate types of level ups for all Elemental trees. Player would
>> gain 3 points per level to use on the tree, this model assumes 17 playable
>> areas (9 overworld, 8 first person) and a potential of 4 total level ups per
>> area, so an assumed max level of 68 (game could be playable at final stages
>> at much earlier levels for players who decide not to go over an area several
>> times to gain exp)
>> Skill Trees: [Elemental] Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning [Other]
>> Population, Town, Dragon
>>
>> Insight leveling and combat leveling are combined to figure the total
>> overall power, however mastering one skill may not be the most beneficial to
>> the player, allowing for these two types provide the ability to specialize
>> as well as keep the player balanced in other areas.
>>
>>
>> [Insight Leveling]
>> Skill points sent into the trees via leveling will increase overall
>> abilities, and unlock more sub-skill sets, including the ability to combine
>> skills for devastatingly powerful attacks. There will be enough of these to
>> insure that spreading out points will not necessarily yield any advantage or
>> disadvantage over dumping all points into a specific skill.
>>
>> [Combat Leveling]
>> Combat leveling is gained via using Elemental skills. Combat leveling
>> increases all attributes of all skills under its relative element, example:
>> Max level for any element or skill is hard capped at 50
>>
>> Fireball - Skill Name
>> Fire - Skill Element
>> ManaCost -
>> CoolDown - Time in seconds between being able to use the skill
>> Speed - Speed the physical attack moves from player to target
>> BaseDamage - Damage
>> DamageRadius -
>> SplashDamage - Damage outside the normal damage radius
>> SetOnFire - %Chance to set target on fire causing damage over time
>> OnFire_Damage - Damage per second target takes
>> OnFire_Duration - Time in seconds target will remain on fire
>> FireResistance - %Resistance player gains from fire based damage
>>
>>
>> [image: Capture.PNG]
>>
>>
>> If more information is necessary on examples and how this type of leveling
>> system will work, please feel free to ask, I have more notes, and am
>> currently working on more material, but I don't want to get too involved
>> with this method unless approved.
>>
>>
>
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