Re: [Rails-devel] Game Options

[John D. G. <jd...@di...>]

>> Still don't see why it is a problem.
>> Game option setting is part of game initialisation,
>> not of game selection. What is exactly wrong with that?
>> I don't see what we gain by mixing that up.

> Take a look at nearly any other computer game ever made.

How about Colossus?  I believe that's the way variant selection should work
(including the "Load External Variant" capability).

> Take a look at Simtex's 1830 game and how it's UI operates.

I have never liked AH's computer 1830 startup, because if you choose a
player-portrait without knowing any better, it will go ahead and start a
one-player game rather than wait until you're definitively done setting
options.

> Every single game allows the user to freely navigate the game's setup
> window(s) without starting up a new game or locking them into a specific
> way of interacting with the setup options.

Agree.  And the Colossus method agrees also; the 1830 method doesn't.