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- | This is an initial game design for ' | + | ======Germinator X====== |
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+ | This is an initial game design for Germinator X - a permaculture game for social networking platforms. | ||
Very rough hand wavy stuff, feel free to poke in new directions. | Very rough hand wavy stuff, feel free to poke in new directions. | ||
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======Permaculture companion====== | ======Permaculture companion====== | ||
- | You will be aided in your planting by a companion who can help point out good areas to plant your seeds in, and explain why, based on the permaculture system below. | + | You will be aided in your planting by a companion who can help point out good areas to plant your seeds in, and explain why, based on the permaculture system below. The role of the companion will be to explain permaculture through the game. |
- | They will not force you to do anything, but express dissatisfaction if you refuse to listen to them. | + | It would be interesting |
The relationship of the player with the companion should be a focus for testing. The companion could follow the model of the companion character Yorda in the Ico game, slower and needing attention from the player in some way. This way the companion will require a little investment of time - even if it's just waiting for it to catch up. I'd like to explore whether this actually increases feelings of attachment - especially if it's use to you and knowledge are not clear to begin with and are gradually revealed. | The relationship of the player with the companion should be a focus for testing. The companion could follow the model of the companion character Yorda in the Ico game, slower and needing attention from the player in some way. This way the companion will require a little investment of time - even if it's just waiting for it to catch up. I'd like to explore whether this actually increases feelings of attachment - especially if it's use to you and knowledge are not clear to begin with and are gradually revealed. | ||
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+ | Possible companion forms: | ||
+ | * An insect. | ||
+ | * A wise old man/woman. | ||
+ | * A plant - could everything in the game be depicted in a vegetal form? | ||
+ | * Control - no companion, but the same information dispensed in "tool tip" like form. | ||
======Permaculture system====== | ======Permaculture system====== | ||
- | Plants in the game will grow according to simplified [[permaculture]] and [[companion planting]] rules. As well as players, plants are also arranged into guilds, of mutually beneficial plants. | + | Plants in the game will grow according to simplified [[permaculture]] and [[companion planting]] rules. As well as players, plants are also arranged into guilds, of mutually beneficial plants. |
^ Plant ^ Function | ^ Plant ^ Function | ||
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| Apple tree | Provides shelter | | Apple tree | Provides shelter | ||
- | In this way each plant benefits from close proximity to the other, and forms a loop of dependency. Not sure if this particular example is accurate - it's important that we use real examples. | + | In this way each plant benefits from close proximity to the other, and forms a loop of dependency. Not sure if this particular example is accurate - it' |
Pea needs -> Apple tree needs -> Turnip needs -> Pea | Pea needs -> Apple tree needs -> Turnip needs -> Pea | ||
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* Plants foraged in boskoi replenish your energy in the game. | * Plants foraged in boskoi replenish your energy in the game. | ||
* As your guild improves, so boskoi unlocks secret plants in your city. | * As your guild improves, so boskoi unlocks secret plants in your city. | ||
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+ | ======Road Map====== | ||
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+ | * Flash/HTML5 clientside isometric graphics engine [done] | ||
+ | * Large world navigation mechanic [done] [[http:// | ||
+ | * Persistent server process storing plant/world information [in progress] | ||
+ | * Integration with facebook | ||
+ | * User model | ||
+ | * Permaculture rule system running on the server | ||
+ | * Data driven plant descriptions/ | ||
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+ | Alpha testing: Seeing if the permaculture rules work for a simple system. Time now to iterate this until it's satisfactory. From this point on plants can be added in parallel to the development. | ||
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+ | * Player guilds | ||
+ | * Player energy system | ||
+ | * First pass companion | ||
+ | * First pass boskoi/ | ||
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+ | Beta testing: Concentrating on the companion and player/ | ||
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+ | * Visualisation of pestilence and weather | ||
+ | * More companion types | ||
+ | * Seasons | ||
+ | * Adding more regions | ||