[Lightbringer-devel] Re: BoL -Gameplay doc - Vote - by 10th Sept 2005

[Simon <sim...@em...>]

> Gameplay:
> 
> Controls:
> 
> Keyboard and mouse combination. For example: W,A,S,D
> for direction of movement. Left mouse for actions,
> right mouse for invetory, etc...
vote for whatever puts less stress on the hands
> 
> Display:
> 
> Main screen with overlay. Overlay will include:
> Minimap, health bar and (other).
> 
> Other options, two item holding boxes, for weapons,
> spell use or item use. With Functional key quick menu
> for other items.
> 
> Graphics:
> 
> The game will be in 3rd person prepective (3PP), but
> we have the follwoing graphics options:
> 
> 1) 50 to 60 frame rate, but a lower polygon game. So
> graphics standard taken down a notch, to improve
> gameplay, loadability and general cross the board
> gaming.
>
> 2) 30 frame rate, better graphcis. Aimed at the higher
> end of the processor/graphics card group.
> 
> 3) Or other?
> 
> Also, with the 3PP with have a few choices:
> 
> 1) Fixed camara, so some kind of enforced isometic
> view.
> 
> 2) Ability to rotate camara 360 degrees.
> 
> 3) The above option with ability to move the camara on
> the vertical plane.
> 
> 4) Number 3 option, with a first person prepestive
> added.
I vote for tomb raider/dungeon siege like view and 4).
> 
> Combat:
> 
> The options for battle system are:
> 
> 1) Combat takes place on normal screen.
> 
> 2) Combat takes place in battle area. (like FF7) 
> 
> 3) Another form of combat, ie like a card battle (like
> magic TG)
> 
> 4) Turn-based figthing, (fallout).The game is in  real
> time.
> 
Here I'd go with the 1st option.
> 
> The hitting options we have a few options here.
> 
> 1) To hit enemy, purely skill based option. Where
> characters skill is the only element taken into
> acount.
> 
> 2) Running bar, this is a bar upon the screen. Where
> the close the bar becomes to being full, the character
> has an increase chance of hitting the enemy.
> 
> 3) Combination of the above two.
> 
> 4) Other.
> 
I'd vote for a combination and make the stats more involved in hitting 
the enemy.
> Jumping Character:
> 
> 1) Plain jump, to help character move around uneven
> scenery.
> 
> 2) additional jump, for use with jump related puzzles.
> 
> 3) Additonal tomb raider type play, hanging on ledges,
> jumping, etc... Taking the best elements into the
> game, so game is not just hack and slash.
> 
> An idea here. All the skills mentioned above: jumping,
> running, 
> climbing... could be assembled into one skill(maybe
> name it Athletics).
> Higher skill in it would mean the character will run
> faster, jump 
> higher..could be incorporated in some quests. Cheers,
> Simon.
> 
> 
that's all

Cheers, Simon.