SAILERIUS'S PROFILE

author=pianotm

Shinan
Lots of things can ruin one's life. A worst case scenario is always a worst case scenario whenever you are doing something that isn't allowed. This here is not admission of guilt (:P) but I've driven over the speed limit. Sometimes even so fast that I would have lost my license. A license that I need for my job. My life could easily have been ruined by not following this rule. I also have on occasion pirated movies and tv shows. Considering the fees a very small amount of people get for being caught doing that that could also very easily have ruined my life.

Every day I make decisions that could potentially ruin my life. A lot of them are more likely to ruin my life than me deciding to make a fangame.

Also, most of what this lawyer's talking about is the fact that most people literally don't have the resources to fight wealthy industries, so the law may say something but most companies are rich enough to make it do something completely different at a whim.

What post did you get that from? Because he makes it clear multiple times that the law as written explicitly makes fangames of all kinds illegal.

I think it's useful to make a distinction between mechanics that make the game less annoying (an extra-ludic benefit to the player) and mechanics that make the game easier (a ludic benefit to the player).

Mechanics of the former type improve the player's play-experience and don't provide a tangible benefit inside the world of the game itself. Mechanics of the latter type in some way reduce the challenge of the game itself.

I don't think it's a good idea to gate quality of life improvements behind progression. The reason they exist is to remove friction between what actions the player wants to express in the game world and the execution of those actions. Since they don't provide a meaningful mechanical benefit to the player, by gating them, you're making the conscious choice to make your game more annoying to play.

For example, in the case of inventory limits, I always get annoyed at games which have an inventory limit, but it's very large (i.e., it takes many hours of looting before you fill it up). Often these games have a way to increase the inventory limit, but none of the gameplay challenges are ever oriented around inventory management, so it feels like an arbitrary time-wasting measure. If your inventory space is limited, then inventory management should be an important aspect of the game's design. If it isn't, then what purpose does limiting the inventory serve? It just makes it annoying to have to make multiple trips to sell things. It's not fun, it's not challenging, it's just boring filler.

This is a pretty well-written review and I'd agree with most of what you said. Consciously replicating the flaws of another series or genre doesn't put those flaws above criticism.

Working with C++ makes me want to become an alcoholic.

Use FF6 or Rudras rips. Guaranteed 5/5 reviews.