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Since I didnt get much response in the other thread, I was hoping you brainiacs could expound on my request: ------------------------------------------ There was a thread awhile back about self-creating story engines that created dynamic content. One of the links I posted was an article by the designer of one of the best roque-likes, GearHead. In my current project, Im separating quests (story-driven adventuring) from missions (action-driven adventuring). I would like for our missions to be based on elements that could be recombined on the fly over and over, but still be fresh. I really think it depends on the sheer number of categories and options that you pull from. Here's what Ive come up with...please add more if you can think of any: Enemies # of enemies spawn location difficulty weapons weaknesses Objectives # of objectives placement difficulty skills required Dangers/Obstacles Bombs Traps fall, locked in Pits Locks Rewards amt of money weapons ammo wearables information faction changes Location Starting location Other locations involved Faction Involvement Formal involvement Informal invovement Faction fighting with itself Scripted Events Cutscene NPC animation Methods of Achieving Main Goal Science Force Persuasion Stealth Map Variables Size of Map Number of wings to building Number of rooms ...im sure there are more, add some :)
