Re: PBM Programming.

From: Roger Carbol <rog@shaw.wave.ca>

Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

AA van Zoelen wrote:

> The first game start basic
> The game is played by different sets of players. The
> basic player would each control a country. And dealing
> with all the trouble of being a leader. The two or more
> top players of this game are offered a different position
> in the game but at a higher level.
>
> This second level players are players that more control
> continents. They steer and drive cultures and countries
> for their own goals. All without the first level players
> knowing it. You design secret tech centers, abduct people
> and such to reach also for space.

[etc]

> The question here is would you keep the lower levels
> un-informed about the possibility that they might be
> controlled in some way. Ineventually they will find out.
> 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

References

PBM Programming.
AA van Zoelen <vsim@xs4all.nl>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000

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PBM Programming.
AA van Zoelen <vsim@xs4all.nl>
Fri, 12 Jun 1998 00:00:00 +0000