From 5179800abc24ebf6b39761ff2e62e8134770d3b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Elizabeth Alexander Hunt Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 10:34:19 -0800 Subject: Minor stress test --- design/design.txt | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+) (limited to 'design/design.txt') diff --git a/design/design.txt b/design/design.txt index 3cf671b..df8842c 100644 --- a/design/design.txt +++ b/design/design.txt @@ -51,3 +51,30 @@ Science Strategy manifests in maintaining the order of upgrades you choose to stay ahead of the threat. For instance, a distant civilization that is really really advanced in science might take less precidence over a medium advanced military civilization close by attacking soon. The Oracles are key to your combat experiences. There are a few oracles. It marks on your map the positions of civilizations and when they plan on attacking. But it doesn't reveal what kind of civilization (magic, military, science, etc.) it is. Thus, you need to go scout the attackers to see what you need to plan / gather for. + +===Game=== + + +The game starts out in a cave. You have to fight through the levels of the cave to get to the floor below the overworld. +You have to get basic tools from fighting skeletons, etc. The cave should have 1 - 3 other players. If you don't kill them, +they have the chance of getting to your wife and killing her. This gives the player the incentive to explore the entire +cave system to kill each. + +Once you find the path to the overworld you can place a fire down to start attracting other players. You want to protect +the entrance to the cave for obvious reasons. + +=== Terrain === + +The game is front-facing, like paper mario. This is essential to giving the combat mechanics "height" that I think would +be hard to represent in a top-down game like stardew valley. +But there are "forks" in the road, so to speak. I imagine that these forks would be dithered or otherwise not visible. +And the forks go up or down. + +This gives the world a little bit of "depth". + + _______ + / | + / | +---------S | (height difference is two screens' worth + \ | + \_______ -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2