Re: [TuxKart-devel] The nature of this game.

[Charles G. <ch...@ve...>]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 00:58 +0200, Ingo Ruhnke wrote:
> How do you come to the conclusion that the game needs 'interesting
> from behind karts'? I mean, sure, they shouldn't look especially bad
> or completly similar from behind, but I really don't see a need to
> make this such an important point.

Actually, I happen to agree 100% with Steve on this.  90% of the time
you are viewing the karts from behind.  99% of the time, you're viewing
part of the back of the karts.  It is the most important view.

> Don't forget that a 'good look' only lasts for the first few minutes
> of the game, after that people will care about gameplay. So its really
> only imporant that the game looks 'good enough', not perfect, not
> especially 'interesting from behind', just good enough that they don't
> instantly yell about its ugliness.

Agreed, the game is about gameplay.  Steve was OTT in his harshness.

> Its not for "change's sake", its because her current look is really
> quite ugly, as said "Tux with Tits". I really don't want keep
> anything, unless there is good reason to do so.

ROFLMAO.

Tux with tits really isn't good.  But 'gown' as a concept is something
everybody is happy with.  Her look needs to be a bit more, um, nice.

> > I disagree about BSOD - but OTOH, I don't see how an ice-cube is any
> > better!
> 
> I consider anything that isn't anti-microsoft propaganda better than
> BSOD.

I think we should just dump 'em both.  They're both boring.  But that's
my opinion. ;)

I don't see what the character fuss is all about.  We should just draw
up a list of what characters are proposed and then let the group decide.

Yes, I know I said I'd do that list a few nights ago.  I will... soon.

> > - towards a very basic go-kart simulation with animals driving the
> > karts instead of humans.
> 
> I wouldn't call it simulation due to all those special items and such,
> but beside that I don't see much reasons to not target 'karts with
> animals', the original MarioKart wasn't much else and especially due
> to that it was so great.

Karts with animals vs. karts with geeko and BSOD.  It's hardly a
difficult choice to make.

> > There was NO discussion of taming the game down and turning it into
> > a regular gokart game.

It already is a regular gokart game.  I thought this GotM was about
making it a special, fun gokart game.
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- Charlie

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