Re: open ended games

From: "Rob Harper" <stateofmind@breathemail.net>

Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Carol Mulholland wrote...
> Maybe the best solution would be to design this as a finite game
> rather than an open-ended one? Could be less trouble in the end?

Or alternatively, a closed-ended game for individual players, set
in an open-ended environment?

An example of how this might work is that you control a single
character, and when that character dies (or retires), you start
a new one.  If the game progresses at a rate of, say one game
year to two real world weeks, a 40 year career would last less
than 2 years.  The challenge would then be to have each character
leave his mark on the world, or build a faction's influence.  You
could even award victory points to characters, and could declare
the highest scoring character in any given (real world) year to
be a "winner", or have a hall of fame for dead characters with
the best scores or averages -- if you feel the need for such
scoring, that is.

Just a thought...
Rob.

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References

open ended games
grenadeboy@yahoo.com
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 01:38:46 +0000
Re: open ended games
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 17 Aug 2000 00:00:00 +0000