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Re: [Adonthell-devel] Quest map
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cirrus |
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Re: [Adonthell-devel] Quest map |
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Wed, 05 Feb 2003 14:06:14 +0000 |
Sounds quite good!
We were planning something similar with 0.4's journal I think. But that
was just text-based - I like your idea of graphics to remind the player
of key events. Perhaps the two ideas can be combined?
-James
Sasha Kushnirenko wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a suggestion about quest map. We are generally used to
> "geographical" maps in the game, which show:
> - where you are located
> - how much area you have discovered and how much there is left
> - where to go to find unexplored territories
> - location of useful items and so on.
> - generally map is a tools that help and can can give you a hint you in the
> quest.
>
> I must say that I really like maps in games, and this is the object perhaps
> I look at quite often.
>
> One of the drawbacks of the games that involve quests (especially with
> dialogs) that there is a lot of information to keep in mind (who said what
> and so on). If you left the game for a week, it really takes an effort to
> dive back and restore this net of information. Some games introduce diaries
> - but they are usually quite long and that is the last thing I do is going
> back to read it again.
>
> I suggest we can use a "quest map" - graphical representation of how far you
> have progressed in your quest. It can show goal of the quest, suspects,
> possible leads to the solution and so on. To be specific I attached
> wastesedge possible quest map (I apologize for poor drawings) in the middle
> of the game:
> - you know about the noise
> - you know that Jelom was singing
> - there was an argument and for whatever reason Alex was listening
> - you start to suspect that gems are fake ....
>
> During the game certain pictures can show up and go away. For example at
> some point you can cross out chemist as it does not help you in the
> solution. And so on. Generally the idea is to have a quick representation
> of how far you have progressed in the game, and one can even use it as a
> tool to give player a hint.
>
> I do not think that map can replace diary: they probably can coexist and you
> can extract diary entries for example by clicking on some pictograms.
>
> >From programming point of view quest map uses same global variables as
> dialoques and should be "straightforward" to implement (that is usually what
> I say when I have no idea how to do something :)
>
> What do you think?
>
> Sasha.
>
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