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Ideally, players should be able to travel over the whole world, particularly in [[MRPG SkyShips|skyships]]. But, if their ships crash, players fall off, etc, they should not either die or find themselves in a completely empty region. Rather, the vast swaths of land should be populated by hostile enemies. | Ideally, players should be able to travel over the whole world, particularly in [[MRPG SkyShips|skyships]]. But, if their ships crash, players fall off, etc, they should not either die or find themselves in a completely empty region. Rather, the vast swaths of land should be populated by hostile enemies. | ||
| − | [[Mage Wars RPG]] will include basically the entire [[Greater Continent]], but only the main areas like the [[Agras | + | [[Mage Wars RPG]] will include basically the entire [[Greater Continent]], but only the main areas like the [[Agras Plain]] and [[Sun's Beacon]] will be immediately accessible. Large, unimportant wilderness areas will be programmed procedurally, meaning mobs and some things like minor villages and dungeons will be generated automatically. |
Mob spawns will be controlled by population, meaning the more players in an area, the more mobs will spawn. | Mob spawns will be controlled by population, meaning the more players in an area, the more mobs will spawn. | ||
Revision as of 22:52, 13 August 2012
Ideally, players should be able to travel over the whole world, particularly in skyships. But, if their ships crash, players fall off, etc, they should not either die or find themselves in a completely empty region. Rather, the vast swaths of land should be populated by hostile enemies.
Mage Wars RPG will include basically the entire Greater Continent, but only the main areas like the Agras Plain and Sun's Beacon will be immediately accessible. Large, unimportant wilderness areas will be programmed procedurally, meaning mobs and some things like minor villages and dungeons will be generated automatically.
Mob spawns will be controlled by population, meaning the more players in an area, the more mobs will spawn.
Keep in mind that everything south of the Barrier Range belongs to the Marcons. If we could find a way to spawn entire working systems, towns and villages and farms, all with destroyable buildings and infrustructure, we could have the most fantastic end-game content ever created. Your guild races against other guilds to see who can wreck the most Marconian stuff.
Development
The large areas need to be produced using a combination or procedural and hands-on design. Procedural-generation can fill in the bulk of the worl while a team of coders and designers works to add high levels of detail. These teams should be given high levels of autonomy in order to encourage creativity. We have a very large world to fill in and only a few major cities to consider.
