Repost: HAVE YOUR SAY ON GAME DESIGN From: tenchi@opera.iinet.net.au (James Gwinnett) Date: Sat, 13 Jul 1996 00:00:00 +0000 For all intensive purposes this is the same survey that was posted 2 weeks ago. If you have already filled it in and mailed it to us than we thank you and hope you don't take offence at seeing it again. For those of you who havn't seen it or filled it out, we would be extremely grateful if you would. Your input will have a direct effect on our future work. A few people have expressed interest in the results of the survey, so we will be posting a summary midway through next month. Thanks for your valuable time. Survey Begins : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Bit Productions are a new game writing team, with interests in developing strategy war games. Before we commit time and effort into producing new games we would like to know if this is worth doing. If you would spend a few minutes to complete this survey, we would appreciate it. 1) Do you play strategy games? Y/N if yes: 1.1) Which genre of strategy games most hold your interest? a) Science Fiction b) Fantasy c) Present Day d) Other...(specify) 1.2) Which aspect of strategy games most holds your interest? a) Combat b) Resource Management/Development c) Plot Development d) Other...(specify) 2 Bit Productions are interested in producing a net based Play-By-Mail (PBM) strategy war game. In the PBM system, players participate in the game by sending game orders to a moderator, who coordinates the players actions and game plot development. The results of each turn are then sent to the players who then act on this information to produce their next turn. We would like to know if there is any interest in this project and what features players would like to see. 2) Do you have your own internet account? Y/N 3) If not, do you plan to get your own account? Y/N 4) Have you ever played a PBM game? Y/N If yes: (if you have played more than one, answer the following questions with your most liked PBM game in mind) 4.1) How often did the game turn around? 4.2) How much did the game cost per turn? 4.3) For how many turns did you play? 5) Are you interested in playing a net-based PBM game? Y/N if yes: 5.1) How often would you like turns to be processed? a) 2 weeks b) 1 week c) 3 days d) Other...(specify) 5.2) How long would you want a game to last? a) 100 turns b) 80 turns c) 60 turns d) 40 turns e) Other...(specify) Thank you for assisting us with our survey. The rest is optional, however we would like to know something about you as an individual. 6) Name: 7) Gender: 8) Occupation: 9) Age: a) <15 b)15-24 c)25-34 d)35+ 10) Country/State: 11) Hobbies: 2 Bit Productions appreciate the time you have spent replying to this questionnaire. Please send the completed survey to: E-mail address follows tenchi@iinet.net.au If you have any other comments to make regarding what you would like to see in a strategy game we would also like to hear them. Up