Hi Charles, I don't think Dark or I was suggesting anything quite as complex as you are talking about below. You are thinking of something like Dungeons and Dragons, which is indeed pretty extensive, but a roll playing game does not have to be nearly as complex and heavily based on rules as that. In fact, the Aemon adventures, for example, only has some very basic stats like health, melee rating, etc which is all you need for a basic roll playing game. Plus what is nice about Aemon is that unlike traditional interactive fiction the parser commands are very simple and basic too. You type commands like get candle, use candle, and drop candle which is about as basic as you can get. So don't let the idea of a roll playing game make you think it has to be some complex game that needs volumes and volumes of rules or a game with a million different commands. It does not have to be that complex at all.
What I was thinking was something more like a text adventure with basic commands, perhaps a menu if people would like that better, where you have a handful of stats like health, a melee/attack rating, strength, whatever and would go on adventures and so on. It wouldn't be nearly as complex as Dungeons and Dragons because it would be a straight up adventure game more or less. However, unlike a straight up text adventure you could pick a character to play which would have all their stats already determined by the developer so there would be no need to roll the dice and pick this skill or that skill before hand. Cheers! On 4/19/13, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem I have with an RPG is the extensive set of rules. Those I have > > encountered seem to have been so lengthy! I don't enjoy a game that uses a > > large book of exceptions to a lengthy set of rules. This is why I would > prefer a side scroller. There would be room for exploration if the game > were designed, although I would think that it would quite an undertaking. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
