Re. Multiplayer That is a good issue to tackle :-) . Could it be part of the bug, everyone who enters by accident is being mistaken for a certain Mr. Williams? And the Mr. Williams video would be a recorded video of him saying that there has been a mistake...
Or there could be many ways to enter the game, not just one. On Sat, Dec 25, 2010 at 5:27 AM, david blanchard <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On 24/12/2010 17:43, Alex Vachon wrote: > >> Do you remember North >> by Northwest? >> > Nice reference, yes this kind of situation works really well I agree > > > Also, it would be very exciting to see Williams, or someone who calls >> himself Williams appear on video for the 1st time . >> > I'd like that ! Mental note for when we start adding videos :) > > > >> As for the accidental entrance into the organization secret zone, we >> need to think this process through a little bit. If I am a visitor, and >> all of a sudden, I'm granted passage, then what I would do eventually >> is try a second time just to see what happens. If the passage is >> granted every time with the same script, perhaps that would take away >> the magic. Perhaps, whatever device is used, it should not grant >> automatically entry every time someone fills out the poll. Perhaps, a >> technical glitch caused by hackers on the home page allows the visitor >> access to the secret zone, a worm, an cyber attack? >> > > yes, I think it should be exceptional, a 'catastrophe' in the scientific > sense :) > So if I sum up, the player is there on the web site and is asked to answer > an innocent poll and suddenly something happens such as a cyber attack which > will create a glitch and grant him an unauthorized access, and where maybe > his first tack can be to help defend against the attack ? > I think it could work - I'm not 100% sure yet but there is something I > like, for sure. > > The one issue that I currently have in mind is the fact that one of the > next step for the game is going to be the multiplayer features. The players > are going to play together in this game, so the game entrance is at the same > time exceptional (cyber attack) and the same for every player, which is not > very realistic. Actually I have the same problem with the Kaplan/Williams > story, it's good but seems a bit strange to apply to all players. Imagine > millions (let's be optimistic !) of Williams all double agents, all playing > together :-) It's a recurrent problem that multi player games face, this > one. I'm not sure how to tackle this yet. > > Alex I'll try to grab you on the chat or skype at the beginning of next > week so we can sum up what has been said and discuss the next steps. > > > D > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Farsides mailing list - [email protected] > > Wiki: http://farsides.com/ > List: http://farsides.com/ml/ > Forum: http://farsides.com/forum/ > Ideas: http://farsides.com/ideas/ > Chat: http://farsides.com/chat/ > -- Best, Alex Vachon cartouchecreations.com Follow me on Twitter <http://twitter.com/cartouchefilms> Follow me on Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=602172865> Montreal Loves New York Loves Montreal<http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_135269469856078&ap=1> New York - Montreal - Vancouver
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