Personally, I would be in favour of platforms having a set time as James had it. There are other areas where randomness would better serve the game. However, you've ultimately got to figure out what suits you and your testers best. I now have confidence that you'll produce for us a faithful rendition of this classic game. One thing you might want to look at is having more randomness introduced as the difficulty level increases. Alternatively, you could have one mode of play which is absolutely faithful to the original and another which attempts to enhance the game with ideas you and your testers come up with. Which ever way you go, I know I'm in for a terrific time.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 9:15 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] question about the vanishing platforms in monti > Hi Michael, > James North's version of the platforms was closer to the original. The > original were completely timed. I could of course do this, but I felt > randomly changing the length of times would be more challenging. > I mean if you want them to be timed I can do it, but random elements > seamed a good idea at the time. > > Michael Feir wrote: >> Hi Tom. I wasn't expecting you to hand over the keys to the kingdom so to >> speak. I had hoped for some more in-depth discussion about the proper use >> of >> random elements in games. The unavoidable bomb in Treasure mania1 is a >> clear >> instance of completely unfair and unavoidable death. What you've thought >> up >> is a somewat different use of invisible platforms. I think I prefer >> James's >> method overall but yours will still work quite nicely I think. It still >> provides a fair challenge. I can't wait to experience the complete game >> when >> you've got it done. >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
