Comments on: Keys http://www.flare-rpg.org/index.php/keys/ Flash rpg game developer blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:59:28 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.flare-rpg.org/index.php/keys/comment-page-1/#comment-111 admin Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:57:19 +0000 http://www.flare-rpg.org/?p=162#comment-111 Thanks Callan, good suggestions. I'll need to think about the player rewards once I have the crude basic mechanisms working. Im just now pondering if I should add a basic item based quest system to the game already. It would make rewarding straightforward. But are we all bored about "go get 10 wolf hides for me" type of game mechanisms? Is there any good alternatives? Thanks Callan, good suggestions. I’ll need to think about the player rewards once I have the crude basic mechanisms working. Im just now pondering if I should add a basic item based quest system to the game already. It would make rewarding straightforward. But are we all bored about “go get 10 wolf hides for me” type of game mechanisms? Is there any good alternatives?

]]> By: Callan S. http://www.flare-rpg.org/index.php/keys/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Callan S. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:00:53 +0000 http://www.flare-rpg.org/?p=162#comment-110 Just on the key drop you must have to get through, this might just be me but I think you need to look at whether your presenting a sort of gamist challenge in doing that or not. If it's a challenge, then it's not a matter of must, but more like you daring the player to try and suceed at it. And if they do, they don't just get past the skeletons, they also get a congratulations message for passing the challenge. Otherwise I think (perhaps I'm wrong) it seems more frustrating - because they can't get past unless they get the key, but getting the key isn't made out to be anything special in itself. Actually I wrote something about that on my blog (I've got a second one now): http://philosophergamer.blogspot.com/2009/10/psychology-of-gamism.html Just on the key drop you must have to get through, this might just be me but I think you need to look at whether your presenting a sort of gamist challenge in doing that or not. If it’s a challenge, then it’s not a matter of must, but more like you daring the player to try and suceed at it. And if they do, they don’t just get past the skeletons, they also get a congratulations message for passing the challenge.

Otherwise I think (perhaps I’m wrong) it seems more frustrating – because they can’t get past unless they get the key, but getting the key isn’t made out to be anything special in itself.

Actually I wrote something about that on my blog (I’ve got a second one now): http://philosophergamer.blogspot.com/2009/10/psychology-of-gamism.html

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