2009-10-23, 01:07 AM
Well I would help someone make a multi-game game (like a multi-disc game) if they had the games all ready to go. The main reason to do this is to get around many hard limitations imposed by SOM. I was just expanding the concept to include one map per game if John ever figured that out or I got around to it.
I think making a game this way would be way more involved than just making a traditional SOM maze-like game. I think Todd wants to do this because of a desire to illegitimately remake the environs of Shadow Gate, where I guess every scene would have it's own feel. But either way, that is a lot more work in the art dept.
Personally I'm more interested in outputting SOM geometry (3D screenshots) which users could then use as a reference to make point perfect patch pieces/objects for trouble areas (SOM really sucks in the transition dept.) ...kinda the same thing, but more practical from where we stand.
Personally I'd also like to see our database keep evolving to be reusable. Where just chopping up someone's wonderland into pieces is completely unusable for anything else. I'd rather all that art time be spent working on things for everyone. Though I suppose a number of confined objects and textures could be salvaged from such an undertaking.
I think making a game this way would be way more involved than just making a traditional SOM maze-like game. I think Todd wants to do this because of a desire to illegitimately remake the environs of Shadow Gate, where I guess every scene would have it's own feel. But either way, that is a lot more work in the art dept.
Personally I'm more interested in outputting SOM geometry (3D screenshots) which users could then use as a reference to make point perfect patch pieces/objects for trouble areas (SOM really sucks in the transition dept.) ...kinda the same thing, but more practical from where we stand.
Personally I'd also like to see our database keep evolving to be reusable. Where just chopping up someone's wonderland into pieces is completely unusable for anything else. I'd rather all that art time be spent working on things for everyone. Though I suppose a number of confined objects and textures could be salvaged from such an undertaking.