Re: Open-ended areas and game design





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Re: Open-ended areas and game design

Posted By: Mark Levin <haveblue@mac.com> Date: 8/16/00 12:46 p.m.
In Response To: Open-ended areas and game design (Knight)

> Well, an immediately obvious solution to this potential problem
> would be to tie plot points to the passage of the player through
> in-game time, rather than in-game space. However, this raises
> the additional problem
(I assume that you mean by this to have plot elements occur after the player has played for a certain time, not after he has reached a certain place or done a certain thing)
This also raises the problem of making the plot interactive. The game cannot assume anything about the world, since the player might not have gotten there yet, so it would have to be disconnected from his actions. This would pretty much kill the concept of being sent on missions, a staple of any story-oriented action game, and raise all sorts of consistency issues since the game and story are now in effect 2 different objects.
A time-dependent storyline might work for a fully nonlinear game like Escape Velocity, but I don't think it would work a game in which the player is an integral part of the plot.

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Halo World - To Matt Reaper Man 8/14/00 12:13 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Endah 8/14/00 2:53 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Mark Levin 8/14/00 3:04 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Luke 8/15/00 8:24 p.m.

Open-ended areas and game design Knight 8/16/00 11:57 a.m.

Re: Open-ended areas and game design Br'fin 8/16/00 12:27 p.m.

Re: Open-ended areas and game design Mark Levin 8/16/00 2:38 p.m.

Re: Open-ended areas and game design Mark Levin 8/16/00 12:46 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Smokey 8/14/00 3:29 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Forensic 8/14/00 4:17 p.m.

Above message is messed up, read this instead. Forensic 8/14/00 4:21 p.m.

Re: Above message is messed up, read this instead. Smokey 8/14/00 5:12 p.m.

I agree with 'nsic and Endah Freewill 8/14/00 8:58 p.m.

Re: I agree with 'nsic and Endah Forensic 8/15/00 7:25 a.m.

To be absolutely fair Desio 8/16/00 8:37 a.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Matt 8/14/00 6:48 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt Mark Levin 8/14/00 7:12 p.m.

Matt..... I am so let down. Not For You To Know 8/15/00 4:14 p.m.

Re: Halo World, or Scooterville Acid_Rabbit 8/15/00 4:40 p.m.

Re: Halo World - To Matt David Oosha 8/16/00 9:42 p.m.

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Halo World - To Matt	Reaper Man	8/14/00 12:13 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Endah	8/14/00 2:53 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Mark Levin	8/14/00 3:04 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Luke	8/15/00 8:24 p.m.
Open-ended areas and game design	Knight	8/16/00 11:57 a.m.
Re: Open-ended areas and game design	Br'fin	8/16/00 12:27 p.m.
Re: Open-ended areas and game design	Mark Levin	8/16/00 2:38 p.m.
Re: Open-ended areas and game design	Mark Levin	8/16/00 12:46 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Smokey	8/14/00 3:29 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Forensic	8/14/00 4:17 p.m.
Above message is messed up, read this instead.	Forensic	8/14/00 4:21 p.m.
Re: Above message is messed up, read this instead.	Smokey	8/14/00 5:12 p.m.
I agree with 'nsic and Endah	Freewill	8/14/00 8:58 p.m.
Re: I agree with 'nsic and Endah	Forensic	8/15/00 7:25 a.m.
To be absolutely fair	Desio	8/16/00 8:37 a.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Matt	8/14/00 6:48 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	Mark Levin	8/14/00 7:12 p.m.
Matt..... I am so let down.	Not For You To Know	8/15/00 4:14 p.m.
Re: Halo World, or Scooterville	Acid_Rabbit	8/15/00 4:40 p.m.
Re: Halo World - To Matt	David Oosha	8/16/00 9:42 p.m.