Re: MI game design

From: fuegi@CS.ColoState.EDU (Aaron D. Fuegi)

Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 22:49:14 +0000

In article <2mbtir$82d@rc1.vub.ac.be>,
Karel Driesen  <kjdriese@vnet3.vub.ac.be> wrote:
>Am I correct in assuming that Monster Island delibirately limits the speed
>with which a monster gains items & skills ? I have been doing one quest
>for
>about 20 points each turn (a total of 8 for 7 turns) and only half of them
>resulted in something useful. I know that I have material
>to make, for example, a squzskin helmet, but I don't seem to be able to
>get
>the blurb.
>Moreover, I read here that you need to be 15 turns old to do or learn
>certain
>things, whether you do all the right things or not.
>
>Is this a way to increase the amount of money you have to spend to get a
>decent
>monster ? If so, I would call that bad game design. In almost any other
>game
>I have played, you get better according to the way you play, not
>according to
>the amount of money and time you have already spent.
>
>Reactions welcome,
>
>Karel
>
>| Karel Driesen                      E-mail: kjdriese@vnet3.vub.ac.be   |

Karel,
	Yes, you've gotten the idea of MI with regard to quests at the beginning.
For the early quests there is a turn requirement along with any other
requirements for a given item(what items you possess, what terrain you are in,
etc...).  You should probably quest only about every other turn and make sure
to vary the terrain you do it in.
	The good news for you is that the turn requirement for quests only applies
at the very beginning of the game(at most first 20 turns).  Following that the
only things that require set intervals of turns is the gaining of religious
ranks.

Aaron
fuegi@cs.colostate.edu

References

MI game design
Karel Driesen <kjdriese@vnet3.vub.ac.be>
Fri, 18 Mar 1994 09:51:22 +0000