Re: New Game

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

Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

> Your game sounds an admirable vision of what can now be achieved, but
> there are many things to consider. Does having a complex simulation
> engine actually make the game more enjoyable ? Even if the mechanics
> are hidden away from the player, could you achieve the same results
> with far simpler, and more easily maintained algorithms ?

Thank you for the "compliment".
        As to if simpler mechanics could work the same to the player...
quite probably... but besides the fun of doing it, I also wish to study the
model to see how a lot of thinks work... I did mention that I was into model
research... :)
        Anyway most of my mechanics are simple... it's the gathering of them
all them might make them look complex... so atomically it's quite simple...
but if anyone tries to encompass everything he will probably be
overwhelmed... which is my intention... no one is able to grasp all of Earth
mechanics in his decisions...

> Look at it from an object orientated approach, model your world into
> those objects, and keep the back end as clean and simple as possible
> to achieve those results.

I'm doing that... thanks for the advise anyway...

> The module idea is a good one, which is something I am also working
> on, it allows the same engine to run a variety of different games, and
> by its very nature, makes it more marketable if you are considering
> licensing it.

An OO approach would immediatelly lead to a modular approach...
actually everything is modular albeit some won't make much sense without the
others... ( Having characters with a map is possible, but they couldn't do
much so what would be the fun... )

See Ya,
        Rui Santos

References

New Game
"Rui Pedro Santos" <Rui.Santos@esoterica.pt>
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: New Game
Carol Mulholland <Carol@flagship-uk.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Re: New Game
nospam@here.please (Evilb)
Fri, 12 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000