Re: [Snowballz-general] Simple design proposal...

[dunk <du...@du...>]

> With that in mind, I decided to write out a design proposal for snowball 
> surprise.  It's in the Wiki here:  
> http://snowballz.literati.org/SimpleDesignProposal

sounds perfect to me 

> Will this design be the top game of the year?  
>     Not a chance.
> 
> Will this design go down in history as being highly innovative?
>     No way.
> 
> Will this design attract thousands of players, and hold them for a long time?
>     Highly unlikely.
> 
> Will this design be obtainable?
>     YES!
> 
> 
> Being able to answer 'yes' to that last question is, IMHO, the most important.  
> I think we should stop even thinking about MMORPG, AI, innovative gameplay, 
> large frameworks, wind simulations, avalanching, drifting snow, animated 3d 
> eyes, (notice that I am hitting on myself as much as anyone,) even powerups, 
> fish, swimming, tobogganing, custom hats, or even teams.  

heheh, i wonder why i started on balazar bomber...

> Let's just come up with a very simple goal, and reach it.  Once there, we can 
> add a few extera features, should the gameplay need it.  (multiple snowballs, 
> team play, capture the flag.)  Then perhaps we can add a few frills.  (Choose 
> your hat, maybe even animated eyes, etc.)  Then, I propose that we work on 
> polishing it up.  Make it so that it is a small, fun, highly polished game 
> that linux distributions might find worthy to place on their CD's... a game 
> that people do not perceive as being 'unfinished'... a game that makes us 
> proud to have our names on the credits.


good email

dunk