Re: New Game

From: "Rui Pedro Santos" <Rui.Santos@esoterica.pt>

Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

> I've created a game kind of like that (do anything type) a year and a
> half ago. Be prepared to take a lot of time because it only runs well
> if there are a lot of players and few NPC's.
> If you want to check out the page
> www.geocities.com/treasonmaster

I'm not designing exactly the same thing... first I'm not beginning
from a RPG system... I'm designing the model based on Earth physics,
ecology, geology, hidrology, ect...
        The character part which I call Caesar, is important but not the
most important unless you want to assume a pure RPG position...
        Besides I propose to model everything... so has to have no necessity
of mails sent to the GM...
        So if you want to spit at a tree... just do it... it doesn't affect
the gameworld... ( unless you are a dragon :) )...
        You want to chop a tree... ok... give your Caesar the order to
retrieve the resource wood... that probably won't affect the enviroment
either...
        Tell your 10000 men group to collect wood... ok... there goes a
forest... but no GM involved...

All actions are programmed by the way they affect the world in the
same the scripts are done...
        Keeping with the former example...
        If you say that you want to HARVEST WOOD for 3 CYCLES, the game will
do something like this:
        Is there WOOD to be HARVESTED ?
        What does HARVESTING do to the AREA ?
        What skills affect HARVESTING WOOD ?
        Calculate how much WOOD can you HARVEST in a CYCLE using the above
mentioned items...
        Make you HARVEST WOOD for 3 CYCLES...
        Add 'x' of WOOD to your CARGO after each CYCLE and increase your
FATIGUE...
        Determine either the WOOD HARVESTING potencial in the AREA should be
reduced at the end of each cycle...

But all of this can be described has a script that one can
potencially call HARVESTING, runnable by sentient beings and having 2
variables, resource and time. I can also tell you that this particular
script decomposes time in cycles... so if you send HARVEST WOOD 3 the script
itself will post to new immediate commands:
        HARVEST WOOD 1
        HARVEST WOOD 2
        And then execute HARVEST WOOD 1

All actions are atomical if possible... even actions that take more
than one CYCLE...
        For example imagine you want to cast a ritual...
        The game will execute a script that keep track of your casting...
cancelling the casting you skip a CYCLE for some reason ( being attacked for
example )...

See Ya,
        Rui Santos

PS: Sorry for the long posts....

References

New Game
"Rui Pedro Santos" <Rui.Santos@esoterica.pt>
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: New Game
treasonmaster@my-deja.com
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Referenced By

New Game
"Rui Pedro Santos" <Rui.Santos@esoterica.pt>
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: New Game
treasonmaster@my-deja.com
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000