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Stream of consciousness - Trials

  • Marrend
  • 02/21/2015 03:14 PM
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So, part of the plan is that players visit the Dojo of the Dragon Fist, and talk to the Grandmaster. He won't talk to them right away, of course. Players have to pass the trials of spirit, mind, and body. The problem is what these trials actually involve.

The trial of body will probably involve fighting in some way, shape, or form. What, who, or where might be interesting, though. The initial thought was to have players go to the bottom-most level of the Dojo, and fight a battle with a monk. However, I literally just thought of inserting a dungeon into the wasteland area somewhere. Though, wait, wouldn't that just pad the game? Hrm.

I am absolutely horrible at designing puzzles (or I just plain despise doing puzzle set-ups), so the trial of the mind will probably be some kind of knowledge test based on the books that you can read on the top level of the Dojo.

Then there's the trial of the spirit. For full disclosure, I'm having a few issues with this in regards to Oracle of Askigaga as well. I mean, this trial would probably be more metaphysical than anything else, and, to be frank, I'm not sure how I'd go about testing it for either games. Maybe a trial of morality? Hrm. If I go with that idea, I figure there would have to be some kind of setup, or it would just fall apart.


I think, ultimately, I just need to keep things simple for this game. Which probably means my initial thought about fighting the monk for the trial of the body is going to happen. I'm probably okay with the ideation I have of the trial of the mind. Still not sure about the temple trial of the spirit, though. Huh. I just realized that players would have access to Jobito and Dark Forest again. Maybe, I could do something with those?

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Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Huh. It's slowly occurring to me that I wanted to move the time-skip event from the overworld map to inside the Jade HQ's central chamber.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
Okay, now I'm at the point where I can start worrying about what all is going to happen with the Dojo of the Dragon Fist! Though, maybe "worry" isn't the right term, as I am a huge worry-wart.

L-let's use "contemplate"!
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
The trial of the mind seems to more or less work the way I want it to. Though, this leaves the trial of the spirit. I actually have a few ideas about this that might feasibly see it as a way to end the game? It might be a bit tricky, but I think I can manage it, given enough time.

For the moment, it's probably high-time I look up those posts I saved to help cheer me up.
Marrend
Guardian of the Description Thread
21781
The writing seems to be flowing okay-ish. Maybe a bit too much of a text-dump in places, though. On one hand, I kinda don't care. I just want to finish this stupid game already, then I'll be able to pass out in peace rest for a while. On the other hand, I still worry about this game's reception (if any?), because I am a total worry-wart.

Either way, I'm mostly aiming to have this out by week's end. We'll see, I guess.
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