Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...

From: macsenour@faultline-studios.com (Mac Senour)

Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 17:49:34 +0000

I agree 100% that it's tough to have a "no deadline" game.  The
problem is, there's nothing to trigger in the players mind that he has
to DO something.  The result being that nothing gets done, out of
sight our of mind and then his position in the game desolves into
nothing.

Crown of the Emperor solves this problem by having NPC "assistants"
that prompt the player through email to take action.  Of course, the
player must READ the emails to get the nudge.

I have a horse that I can lead to water but... etc.

-Mac

http://www.crownoftheemperor.com/

"Chris Dempsey" <Chris.spelbinder@btinternet.com> wrote in message news:<aau6tv$7$1@knossos.btinternet.com>...
> Bledian Diary for one!
>
>
> Chris Dempsey
> Spellbinder Games
> "
>
> > Lots of PBMs have tried the 'no deadlines' approach, with varying degrees
>  of
> > success.  I guess the fact that none of them are still going (at least,
>  none of
> > the commercial ones that I can think of) would demonstrate how hard this
>  type
> > of design actually is to do.
> >
> > Steve T.

References

Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
rkrempel@hotmail.com (Ragnar Krempel)
Thu, 02 May 2002 11:42:28 +0000
Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 02 May 2002 12:23:36 +0000
Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
"Chris Dempsey" <Chris.spelbinder@btinternet.com>
Fri, 03 May 2002 14:30:23 +0000

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Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
rkrempel@hotmail.com (Ragnar Krempel)
Thu, 02 May 2002 11:42:28 +0000
Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Thu, 02 May 2002 12:23:36 +0000
Re: What sort of PBM game would you like to play...
"Chris Dempsey" <Chris.spelbinder@btinternet.com>
Fri, 03 May 2002 14:30:23 +0000