Re: PBM Programming.

From: Jason Jensen <jjensen@libby.rbls.lib.il.us>

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Don't think of it as gods controlling earthlings. Think of it as aliens
controlling earthlings and gods controlling the aliens.

AA van Zoelen wrote:
>
> Roger Carbol wrote:
> >
> > AA van Zoelen wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > > This may drive them more willing to get further into the
> > > game.
> >
> > Interesting idea.  I think the way to approach it would be
> > to portray the higher-level control as "random events".
> >
> > Example:  A continent-controller wants to drive more money into
> > medical research.  So he releases a toxin into the drinking water
> > of a certain country.
> >   That country's player receives the message "A plague strikes
> > your nation!" and so he responds by giving the medical scientists
> > more money.  He doesn't know that the plague wasn't just
> > a random event.
> >
> > That's how I'd implement it, anyways.
> >
> > .. Roger Carbol .. rog@shaw.wave.ca .. the game conspiracy
>
> That was what i had in mind back them.
> You can see it like gods controling then earthlings, but who are
> controling the gods?
>
> Bram

References

PBM Programming.
AA van Zoelen <vsim@xs4all.nl>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM Programming.
Roger Carbol <rog@shaw.wave.ca>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000
Re: PBM Programming.
AA van Zoelen <vsim@xs4all.nl>
Mon, 15 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000