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Date Posted: 22:35:06 09/21/00 Thu
Author: Fire
Subject: Miss Kiwi being like Miss America, but with skimpier outfits.
In reply to: Mokoshan 's message, "Damn those Kiwi Contests..." on 11:33:44 09/21/00 Thu

> Maybe... uh... the possibilities and ramifications of
> various species on the game..? Y'know, will each
> species have specific quirks, what will they look
> like, etc...

(Aye. I was thinking of using common perceptions. Rodents are the best with Dexterity, wolves.. the large herbavores being good with strength and endurance-- great for black smithing, etc etc..)

> And no, I'm actually against having dragons on the
> game, other than the possibility of "boss" AIs...
> however, draconian-ish critters are another story...

(I'm considering dragoconic and reptilian bipeds to have their own special place in the history-- and thus playable characters. Actual dragons will be left to NPCs, monsters, and possibly 'wizard characters' They'd be too big as common sprites)

> We should also figure up precisely the level of tech,
> and the possibility of technology being built by...
> whoah.. that'd be a very interesting quirk..

(It would... but I'm thinking just go for different genres at a later time.. as for tech level, pre-explosives.. just classic-type meideval weaponry from fantasy... anything more would be too complicated for just starting. Laser rifles will be in a later version, heh.)

The
> possibility of players accumulating intelligence and
> being capable to gather and construct things... the
> possibilities for that would be quite remarkable, and
> would cut down on the hack and slash population for a
> more or less intelligent majority... Think of it:
> The possibility to have inventors as well as smiths
> and warriors and such...

(The big problem with that is what I saw on Furc.. everything goes sci-fi -very- quickly...though its something that can prove an interesting plot point if you remind me once in awhile.)

> With that thought I believe I'm going to be for
> player-killing, but it must be some form of consent,
> else we'd not have any newbie characters (or at least
> not any lone newbies), as well as a penalty of some
> sort for dying...

(Yeah, that's always the major issue.. if we ever get
more people in on this we can have a vote..)

> I was also toying with another very interesting idea
> as well... As an artist, I've always wanted to be
> able to change just tiny details about my character's
> avatar appearance (such as visible scars or two
> different colored eyes), what if we could create a
> script that could change size, shape, and even draw on
> the avatar? I know its possible to do so (just look
> at the wings option on Furcadia... If you can stick a
> pair of wings on a select few, its quite possible to
> change the appearance of the avatar as well)... It
> would be a rarity that would put "make your own map"
> to shame...

(Actually, that's the beauty of wireframes. All you need to edit the colors and such is a paint program or other bitmap editor. Its really that simple. Adding parts and layers is a bit more work, but not much. Well, it won't be as soon as I figure out how to do it, or find someone who already does. the plan is to make a character perfectly identifiable by appearance alone.)

> If none of that makes sense, I'll put it in simple
> terms:
>
> 1) We should figure out what species and races will be
> on the game, and figure up their backgrounds and
> social status.
>
> 2) Draconians good, dragons bad.
>
> 3) Discuss the possibility of a rising tech level
> through players "inventing" things
>
> 4) I'm for controlled player-killing and a penalty for
> dying
>
> 5) Discuss the possibility of being able to utterly
> create your avatar, including being able to paint on
> scars and change the size (within reason) and shape
> (also within reason).

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