Square pegs play in Square Holes

TechnoGoth · 2005-06-20T10:32:00

Most games these days have some sort of character customization and character sheets but what about allowing the player to customize the world they are playing in a similar mannor? There could be a world sheet which players assign points to during character creation to play in the world they want. It could even be taken further by allowing the player to continue to customize the world as they play. Why not have the quests the player complete given world points? Amass enough world points and you get a world up.

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Started by TechnoGoth June 19, 2005 01:33 PM

10 comments, last by IronGryphon 18 years, 10 months ago

rmsgrey

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June 20, 2005 10:15 AM

I haven't actually played it, but from what I've heard, Kingdom Hearts, Chain of Memories used a system whereby the player used "cards" to determine what lay beyond each door as it opened. This seems to relate to the tile system.

IronGryphon

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June 20, 2005 10:32 AM

I like the idea. To keep gameplay somewhat balanced, a change to one attribute would need to have an effect on all the remaining. Just in different proportions. That way a world would be completely stacked to one situation but would still be customizable to benefit the player.

SDBradley
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