At 01:11 PM 9/17/2003 -0700, Sharon Gosselink wrote amongst other things:
And there IS life outside my computer - it's at
Gilato's with one of them frosted coffee drinks while
I plan out my next project for class.  LOL






Well of course caffeine. That goes without saying.

4 years?  Guess I don't need to rush out and buy a new video card just yet :)

I think one of the realistic drawbacks to making a true roleplaying game is testing it.  You're bound to see results you didn't expect, and if you actually did it right none of these surprises would be considered bugs.

I've liked the potential of fuzzy logic for RPGs.  There is so much potential for them -- generating changes for evolving populations, economies, natural resources, and natural disaster outcomes.  We've seen non RPGs use evolving models, Civilization type games.  It would be nice to apply similar things to RPGs where quests and missions don't come from scripts but are created ad hoc.  Failure, success and timeliness go back into the karmic stew.  I'd like to have encounters based on player karma.  So you kill a few orcs in an area and get a reputation.  Kill a few more and maybe they decide to hunt you.  Keep it up and as you rise in power so does the wrath of enemies you made.  Perhaps banding together or even assembling armies and going to war.  It's all doable now.  But it takes scrapping every engine that's been made before.

I've had many ideas I'd like to be able to put in a game, I just haven't found anyone crazy enough to fund it.  I think Phil's seen the same thing.

Dan
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion
It is by the beans of Java
the thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains
The stains become a warning
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion