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Skill Development Concepts
Concept: Player and Non-Player characters develop skills faster by failing than they do by succeeding ( Read more... ) -
The Stat Nobody Loved
I'm toying around with some of the base game mechanics for Z2K at the moment, specifically those regarding human players and non-player characters ( Read more... ) -
Of Interfaces
One of the key things I'm keeping in mind when working through designing the interface for this game is displaying as much useful information as I can without making it overwhelming to someone who's not an information junkie or hardcore strategy gamer. It needs to show you what you absolutely *must* know at any given time, but allows you to access ( Read more... ) -
Coming Soon...
Watch this space.
For now, you can browse through some of the archived posts from my personal journal below. Also, a hastily constructed FAQ from an earlier design document is available on the user info page.
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**ARCHIVE** Z2K
I decided that this week would entail a short break from studying C#.NET to play around with TorqueScript and see if I can get some very basic framework happening for Z2K. I justified this diversion by telling myself it's still coding. :P ( Read more... ) -
**ARCHIVE** Of TGB!
I spent most of today playing around with the "feature complete" build of the Torque Game Builder (previously Torque 2D). I've still a long way to go on paper for Z2K before I can consider scripting anything substantial, but I really wanted to get my hands dirty and play around with the engine a bit to get a better idea of what it's capable of ( Read more... ) -
**ARCHIVE** Of Balance
I'm finding that one of the most challenging things about writing a turn-based computer game with role playing elements - especially when you've come from a tabletop gaming background - is having to remember that the computer doesn't know when to "fudge" things in the player's favour in the interest of keeping the game fun ( Read more... ) -
**ARCHIVE** Self Education 101
I'm going to teach myself C++ over the next month. I was thinking about it the other day when I was having a browse through Angus & Robertson, as it's the next most sensible thing to add to my coding language repetoire. Reading up some more information on the Torque game engines tonight has all but made my mind up for me. 100 USD for a fully ( Read more... ) -
** ARCHIVE ** Your own Zombie Canon:
There's a million different opinions on the best doomsday zombie scenario. I'd love to give the user the opportunity to set up their own gameworld at the start of the game to suit their own "ideal" - or even purely out of the interest of creating a more dynamic difficulty level setup (want an easier game? retard your zombies.) - but that's an ( Read more... )
