Introduction I’m not a big fan of the episodic content release concept. I understand the so-called benefits but think too many people are jumping on the bandwagon. A nice comparison is that of a magazine and a book.
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A collection of text posts, including Poll Questions, Text Interviews with moddersand Phillip’s Blog. All posts are written to encourage friendly debate and discussion.
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No Turning Back?
Introduction Thinking about Poll Question 3 got me thinking how a game designer could control the consequences of a player’s choice. Specifically, when a player chooses a particular path what’s to stop them from saving just before the choice and then going back later and taking the other path?
3rd November 2006 10 Comments
Poll Question 003 – Which path would you choose Indoors or Outdoors?
You reach a point in a game where you have to choose between two paths.
The paths do not cross and there is no way to replay either path.
Perhaps the game is a Single Player Online game, meaning you cannot just load from a save point.
3rd November 2006 20 Comments
Poll Question 002 – Which do you collect first; Health or Ammo?
You have 50% health and 50% ammo. In front of you the enemy is rushing towards you.
There is health to your left and ammo to your right but you only have enough time to collect one before you will be engaged by the said enemy.
Which do you collect; Health or Ammo?
27th October 2006 21 Comments
Single Player Website Network
Introduction I believe webmasters of websites that focus on or at least contain content relating to Single Player FPS games should form a new network. We are both competitors and allies. We compete for viewer’s attention and time but also support each other through the dissemination of information. The Corner Shop Small fan sites like… Read More
24th October 2006 24 Comments
Poll Question 001 – Have you Crowbarred Barney for his ammo?
The very first poll question was suggested by PasserbywhoplaysHL. His question: “Have you Crowbarred Barney for his ammo?”
The question may reveal a number of things about you but I’m no psychologist. Here’s my interpretation:
20th October 2006 27 Comments
My Perfect Mod
Introduction I have recently been considering learning how to map and it has caused me to think about exactly what type of maps and levels I want to create. Questions like “why exactly do I want to map? Who will the map be for, me or other players?” With the release of Leon’s Coastline to… Read More
18th October 2006 7 Comments
Read Mes and Filenames
Introduction It seems that the quality of readme.txt files has become quite bad. Sometimes a zipped map file doesn’t even contain one! The Catalyst Email Dougjp recently sent me an email which discusses the read me files in map downloads. He’s a quote: “This was brought to light recently with a HL2 map which could… Read More
13th October 2006 18 Comments
GameRadio Idea
Introduction There’s something different about listening to music on a radio rather than a normal system. I’m not talking about the sound produced but the psychology behind it. The fact that somebody else is choosing the music for you, the fact that maybe you will be introduced to something new that perhaps you wouldn’t normally… Read More
26th September 2006 4 Comments
Financial Models For FPS Games
The introduction of Steam and episodic content has changed the way we buy games and I thought I’d take a quick look at some financial models within the gaming industry and see whether they would work for FPS games. Standard Retail Box Out of all the options available this is my favourite. I like having… Read More
24th September 2006 7 Comments
4th November 2006 1 Comment