Re: [Super-tux-devel] Magic system

[Keir L. <ke...@th...>]

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 08:50 -0500, Christopher A. Webber wrote:
> On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 08:36, Keir Lawson wrote: 
> > true, im just not convinced that a "magic system" is the best way to
> > achieve uniqueness, seems eiter you have some sort of penalty either for
> > using magic to much, or for switching between magic, but the abilitys
> > themselves wouldnt differ that much for say SMB 3 or SMW (didnt know
> > there was a yoshi's island 2, heard of yoshi's story though), im not a
> > fan of the penatlys idea, makes the game more sonic like (not gameplay
> > wise, just that you can loose coins)
> 
> I understand where you are coming from... but keep in mind that there
> has to be balance in the game somehow.  Keep in mind that the magic
> meter thing is not agreed upon... though it seems that ingo and I both
> agree on the sword/ upgrade to scepter thing.  I think, quite frankly,
> that this would be a heck of a lot of fun.  I think that you'll agree
> too, once it becomes playable.  I think one of the things that mades
> it seem so iffy is that it's never been done before in a platformer
> (as far as I know of).
> Anyway, magic itself doesn't "require" a magic meter.  Magic is simply
> a concept.
if there is to be no running-out or penalty for use, then i dont
understand how this differs from powerups aka smb2/smw/smw2, other than
instead of morhping the whole sprite, a scepter changes

personally i agree with ingo that you should have poweups which you have
to use quickly, aka smw/smw2

Keir