[project1dev] Re: Use button plan of attack
- From: Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 09:07:06 -0700
I don't think Eric has ever layed out his telekenis plans. Have they been
fleshed out yet or is it more of an idea still?
I was saying I liked the sonar bubble being a skill that detected nearby
stuff. There could be range variations as well as how well it detects
variations.
Question for Eric: In the milestone 2 description you mention the oldman
calling out to the player and telling them they dont have a body. Thus the
player talks to the oldman and forms his body. Now do you want the old man
to yell out to the player or do you want the player to walk up to the old
man and speak to him or both?
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> i dont mean to be contradictory but i think it doesnt work too well with
> the telekenesis idea, I think we'll have to do something seperate for that
> if we want it.
>
> Reason being, this system can be used for talking to people, reading
> plaques on walls, activating lifts, and anything else where the player hits
> the use button to make something happen.
>
> For some of those things like opening a treasure chest telekenesis makes
> sense but for talking to someone from a distance or activating an elevator
> platform that we want the player to be standing on, telekenesis seems like
> something we wouldn't want.
>
> shrug
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 5:19 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> the thing with alan's idea is it works hand in hand w/ our idea for
>> telekenisis, i.e. people w/ mental powers could have a longer rope... i
>> dunno though, it seems a little unwieldy though having to directly control
>> it... i think we'd have to see it in practice.
>>
>> a side option to keep in the back of our minds if that doesn't seem easy
>> to use would be, we could have a search button that uses the same radius as
>> the interact, and when you search a place and there's a hidden interactive
>> piece near you, THEN you'd get the interact button.
>>
>> I don't know
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Both seems like a fine idea.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> i actually kinda dig that idea cause we get the user friendlyness of the
>>>> pop up bubbles, while also still bein able to do secret stuff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I would say yes. Hidden interactables such as finding a secret passage
>>>>> way, pulling a hidden lever, etc, could easily be made to line up with the
>>>>> body.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:56 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> It seems like it might be weird cause think about this...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> #1) you walk around and periodically a message pops up that says
>>>>>> "Press A to read the book" without you even looking at the book
>>>>>> #2) Othertimes you look at stuff and press A and it interacts.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ok actually that doesn't seem that weird :P
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if we went that way, would the single ray from the middle be enough?
>>>>>> we are at the origional question again hehe
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:51 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hidden interactables such as pushing a statue or bookshelf could make
>>>>>>> use of the ray originating from the center of the body like you said.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Alan Wolfe
>>>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> That's a good idea.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The only downside i can think of is if multiple items are in range,
>>>>>>>> we can make it pick the closer one easily but if we have a lot of them
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> range it might be hard to pick the one you want (although we also have
>>>>>>>> control over this so if you are ok with it it's not an issue).
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Oh and another possible downside is we wouldn't be able to have
>>>>>>>> hidden objects to interact with cause every interaction would pop up
>>>>>>>> that
>>>>>>>> message. Like if you interact with a statue it opens a passage way or
>>>>>>>> something, it would be real obvious. what do you think about that?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 8:43 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> what if we just have objects that are usable/pickupable have a
>>>>>>>>> radius and if you are in the radius a little button pops up that you
>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>> press, seems easier from a player standpoint but maybe there are
>>>>>>>>> downsides?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Ok so in 2d RPG's it's easy to tell what the player is intending
>>>>>>>>>> to do when they press the use button because the world is just one
>>>>>>>>>> later and
>>>>>>>>>> everything is broken up into a grid.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> In our game, since it's real 3d, we could have items like a book
>>>>>>>>>> on the ground, or a floating orb, or a book case that the player is
>>>>>>>>>> trying
>>>>>>>>>> to use.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Also, we could have multiple floors of map (like in cavemap how we
>>>>>>>>>> have the bridge over the boss area).
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> so that makes things harder. Here's what i was thinking for
>>>>>>>>>> finding out what the user wants to interact with.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> 1) User presses the "use" key (enter on the keyboard, A on the
>>>>>>>>>> controller, whatever)
>>>>>>>>>> 2) The game shoots an imaginary ray out of the player that
>>>>>>>>>> originates in the middle of their body (ie bellybutton-ish) and goes
>>>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>>>> direction they are facing for about a foot of distance
>>>>>>>>>> 3) If that ray hit an object, that's the object they are trying to
>>>>>>>>>> interact with.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There could be a problem if there was a book on the ground the
>>>>>>>>>> player wanted to "use" since our ray starting at the middle of the
>>>>>>>>>> body
>>>>>>>>>> wouldn't hit the book.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> There could also be a problem if something was floating above the
>>>>>>>>>> middle of the body, or if there was a hole in the object that the
>>>>>>>>>> ray shot
>>>>>>>>>> through hehe...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> but, since we have control over where objects are placed we could
>>>>>>>>>> just be careful and make sure these cases never came up.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> what do you guys think, think that'd work ok?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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