On 2/26/06, Matthew Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat 25 Feb 2006 08:02, Stéphane Magnenat wrote: > > I also think there is no > > use to link glob2 to any humanity. But I also like this story, it is quite > > fun and its mix of Starcraft, Hyperion and real world politics makes it > > funny. Nevertheless, as funny as it can be, it does not fit glob2's > > universe ambiance. > > Personally, I like how glob2's background story already is: absent. > > There is no explanation for why the trees are pink, how anyone could call > those circles 'wheat', or even what the globules, in fact, /are/. This is > all left up to the player. The player is free to explain (or not explain) > these phenomenons with their own imaginations. One player sees it as another > dimension. Another sees it as some alien lifeform. Or, perhaps a scientific > experiment. Or even bubblegum overrunning a candy store. Or perhaps the > player simply accepts that it is, and thinks no more of it. > > To me, glob2 has an entirely different feeling than any other game, and I > think this is why. I am able to interpret what I am seeing how _I_ want to > do so. I'm not restricted to the view of someone else. (however > entertaining they may be.) > > Glob2 seems to have a certain sense of 'wonder' around it. Provide 'official' > answers to the questions, and you remove the wonder. I think this is why > Slann's story doesn't "fit glob2's universe ambiance." I think this is why > no story ever will. >
Do you challenge me so? I bet I could write a "globulation story" that can keep the player in wonder while answering the all important question, and keeping the games "ambiance" and interest. Difficult, yes, but certainly possible. > Although, I do realise that this makes it incredibly difficult to make a > campain :D > > Just my 2 cents... > > MWM > > > _______________________________________________ > glob2-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/glob2-devel > _______________________________________________ glob2-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/glob2-devel
