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Klear:

--- Quote from: HexaDoken on May 12, 2013, 02:49 ---So yeah. Less boring and less balanced chess.
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Chess? Boring?! You, sir, disgust me.

Nah, good to see you again. I'll need more information, but it could be fun. I'll wait and see for now.

HexaDoken:
Well if you like chess you will probably like this too!.. probably.

Anywho, I've forcefully dragged politely invited a certain friend of mine to this game. I'm not sure if he is going to register on forums, but anyway, that means we have four potential players - me, LuckyDee, Klear, and that mysterious friend guy. This means we can try a 2 vs 2 teamgame, rather than just a FFA. Opinions on that.

Also, it seems that it wasn't obvious enough for somebody, so I'm making it clear. I will be participating in the game both as a GM of sorts and as a player. I guess that's okay since there isn't much advantage I can get, at least without it becoming blatantly obvious that I'm cheating.

Aside from the game being FFA or Teams, there are two more discussion topics brought up.

First: the way of communication with players. More specifically, how the battlefield will be drawn. I thought I would just spam MSPainted images all over the place... but then it hit me. This is a damn roguelike forum. Why not use ASCII?

The thing is that images are obviously much more informative than ASCII. However, on the other hand, ASCII is much easier, allowing me to update faster and reduce the chance of me losing motivation.

Second: I'm debating whether I should include the exact inner formulas in the rulebook. Hiding the formulas from the players has one upside and one downside.

The upside: I find the gameplay more interesting when you dont know exactly stuff like how much damage that attack deals. I find it better when you just have to use faith. And since the random has a large impact on the formulas, it doesn't really give me that much of advantage, since even if I try to use the knowledge to predict everything, that blasted random miss chance will screw my shit up.

The downside: this impacts communication. If I hide the formulas from the public, I will have to resolve every friggin turn myself. While I totally can do that, this has a negative effect of players being unable to see the result of their immediate actions. If I make formulas public, players can roll damage and other stuff on the fly, to see what exactly happened right away.

So, your thoughts?


Also, I should probably notice that this game won't be quick. I haven't exactly counted, but I'm pretty sure previous games have taken a hundred or more turns - and since this is a forum game, I won't be surprised if a single round will suddenly take weeks. Though it might just end in one day... but yeah, be prepared for a long game.

The rulebook is still under construction. The progress is there - it is now more than an empty .txt file - but still not done.

LuckyDee:
Re: teamgame versus FFA (free for all? probably not 'free fatty acids', which I'm confronted with on a daily basis): either way is fine by me (as long as I'm winning)
Re: GM versus player: sure (as long as you're losing)
Re: show/hide formulas: show. Especially if we're playtesting your creation. I think we deserve to know what's fixed (and how) and what's random.

And do go for ASCII, simply because it's the easiest way. Images are icing on the cake, first you need to bake the fat bastard.

HexaDoken:
Well, this took MUCH more time than I thought it would. Goddamn internet instability and real-life problems.

The "rulebook" is complete. Note that it isn't exactly a small read. It's on the first post.

So well, what now? Now you ask question. If you don't have questions, you signify if you're going to participate or not.

And what I'm doing? I'm drawing a map, that's what. Also, after that, I'll be making a short battle between myself and... myself. It will sow you the basics of the rules and tell you how the turn format should be theoretically handled. I hope.

LuckyDee:

--- Quote from: HexaDoken on May 18, 2013, 01:23 ---The "rulebook" is complete. Note that it isn't exactly a small read. It's on the first post.

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Eep - you weren't kidding. Give me a week or two to absorb all this... :S

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