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So I’m back at it for game design after some time not posting anything. I had a couple of fairly busy weeks of work, and full day training, so I haven’t had a chance to think on it as much, but let’s jump back into …
So when building characters, the whole thing was pretty easy, the game is going to get you up and running pretty fast. For building the level, there is a whole lot more going on. I didn’t think that I was going to demonstrate how I …
Alright, let’s start getting into the details of this game. I’m not going to build everything out in front of people, but I do want to start and give some idea of what characters and levels are going to look like in practice. Eventually there …
So I talked a bit about the boss mechanics before, but let’s talk about the boss battle itself, how is that going to work, how will that kick off, things like that. This is probably one of the last things to do before I’m going …
So two last things that you can do on the level to talk about. Obviously there is a whole lot more work to do in terms of balancing these things, but I want to get the framework down on two last things. The first is …
I’m continuing going through the level activities. While some of them, questing for example, warrants being on it’s own, there are others that are going to be simpler to talk about. So I’m lumping those together into what I’m calling In Town Activities. Now, that …
We’re now onto some of the activities that you can do in town, so let’s talk about probably the biggest first, which is going to be quests. The Premise The Characters The Bosses The Guilds The Levels The Boards Cards vs Dice Character Leveling Skills, …
I already have talked about skills a little bit about how they aren’t something that you’ll level up and get a new one of. However, skills will increase with your level so that a skill at level 1 will be as good at level 20, …
I use the word level a lot when I talk about this game. I talk about a floor or two pages from the book as being a level. But when I’m talking about leveling, I’m talking about character level and what my thoughts are currently …
A debate as old as time, what do you go with in a game, cards or dice. Are dice more random, or less customizable? Which is the preferred method for combat for determining how well you do at something? That’s what I’m looking at and …