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Customization Mechanic - Diary
I have an idea for a fun, RP-centric character customization mechanic -- the Diary.
The basic concept is that at certain intervals, the main character/PC would write in their diary and respond to recent plot events. These responses would be player-controlled, and so would make intimate the experience of the plot.
Each plot event the character could respond to would be represented by a "keyword." When writing a diary entry, the player would choose a keyword from the word bank he or she had accumulated so far, and then choose a primary emotional response. (Note: emphasis on primary.)
For the more involved role-players, the player would also be able to type sentences containing a single keyword and then type responses containing a single emotional response word. (For example, you could type a whole paragraph denoting your feelings as the main character. As long as, per each keyword, there came an emotional response word before any other keywords, everything would check out fine.)
The data collected by these diary entries has any number of obvious consequences: you can use it to determine class customization, as a platform of abstraction for choices (that is, you can potentially make the plot change based on solely these reactions), anything you set your mind to.
Without regards to feasibility, does this seem like reasonable design to anyone?
And then with regards to feasibility, does this seem viable? It seems like if we could figure out how to make this, we could make it modular/pluggable enough that it could just be a shared script and people could import this functionality and use it at their leisure.
What do you guys think?
The basic concept is that at certain intervals, the main character/PC would write in their diary and respond to recent plot events. These responses would be player-controlled, and so would make intimate the experience of the plot.
Each plot event the character could respond to would be represented by a "keyword." When writing a diary entry, the player would choose a keyword from the word bank he or she had accumulated so far, and then choose a primary emotional response. (Note: emphasis on primary.)
For the more involved role-players, the player would also be able to type sentences containing a single keyword and then type responses containing a single emotional response word. (For example, you could type a whole paragraph denoting your feelings as the main character. As long as, per each keyword, there came an emotional response word before any other keywords, everything would check out fine.)
The data collected by these diary entries has any number of obvious consequences: you can use it to determine class customization, as a platform of abstraction for choices (that is, you can potentially make the plot change based on solely these reactions), anything you set your mind to.
Without regards to feasibility, does this seem like reasonable design to anyone?
And then with regards to feasibility, does this seem viable? It seems like if we could figure out how to make this, we could make it modular/pluggable enough that it could just be a shared script and people could import this functionality and use it at their leisure.
What do you guys think?
[~WRITE OFF THE BAT~] Sing me a Song
Whoa, Marrend, you play Magic? That's pretty awesome. I assume you were/are excited about Gatecrash coming out tomorrow(Friday)?
[~WRITE OFF THE BAT~] Sing me a Song
This'll be awesome. I'll try to make these interesting. Also sorry everyone, I really don't like traditional-style rhyme schemes, I let rhythm carry my words.
01 - Like a Roses Thorns
02 - Fire Night
03 - Sugar and Spice
04 - Abstract
05 - Living Under
06 - Breath
07 - Silly Lyrics
01 - Like a Roses Thorns
Like a rose's thorns,
brittle, hidden,
callous, uncaring,
stabbing, piercing.
But in that moment, we connect;
you aren't hidden, you're in my skin,
crawling,
and I have seen beauty.
brittle, hidden,
callous, uncaring,
stabbing, piercing.
But in that moment, we connect;
you aren't hidden, you're in my skin,
crawling,
and I have seen beauty.
02 - Fire Night
A clean feeling,
smoke and never found besides the glass
and ash and masks;
passion, sure, but purity.
Concentration, and concatenation
of concept and absence of concept.
Hot and heavy by heaving too hard --
and I burn in my heart a Fire Night.
smoke and never found besides the glass
and ash and masks;
passion, sure, but purity.
Concentration, and concatenation
of concept and absence of concept.
Hot and heavy by heaving too hard --
and I burn in my heart a Fire Night.
03 - Sugar and Spice
and everything wrong with the world.
04 - Abstract
Time-twisted and heaven-sent,
flippant without a taste of mustard,
and you, silly world
waggle on
flippant without a taste of mustard,
and you, silly world
waggle on
05 - Living Under
First it was rocks,
then the trees. It grew away from us,
and we looked and said, "Nay, bring us
the night!" And so
we brought it back with the rood,
and the shackle, and the curling iron,
and makeup, and tuxedos;
and yet the finest points of darkness
are those pixels. In comparison,
we still live under the rock.
then the trees. It grew away from us,
and we looked and said, "Nay, bring us
the night!" And so
we brought it back with the rood,
and the shackle, and the curling iron,
and makeup, and tuxedos;
and yet the finest points of darkness
are those pixels. In comparison,
we still live under the rock.
06 - Breath
and as the dragon sees the flame,
the plant sees the sun.
Pulse,
and as the heron feels the tide,
the faerie feels the shadow.
Quiet,
and as the tyrant shouts my name,
the ends meet, and all these together-things
Fall, apart
the plant sees the sun.
Pulse,
and as the heron feels the tide,
the faerie feels the shadow.
Quiet,
and as the tyrant shouts my name,
the ends meet, and all these together-things
Fall, apart
07 - Silly Lyrics
The color of the orange is orange!
The color of the rose is rose!
The color of oatmeal is porridge!
And the color of that wall is gross!
The color of the rose is rose!
The color of oatmeal is porridge!
And the color of that wall is gross!
Not your average greetings post (I hope)
author=kentona
Now I have a quandary for you: your intent was not to have an average greeting; were you shooting for above average or below average?
Welcome to RMN! I hope you enjoy your time here!
Thanks for the welcome!
And, to be honest, either would have been acceptable result. But if it were below average, I would've tried to find another community, haha. I don't want to try to gain acceptance in a place that won't handle baseline thought.
Obviously not everyone will be willing no matter where I go, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that, but it's still important to me to get some reasonable responses to something like this.
I hope that sounds reasonable and not short or offensive.
author=marrend
By-the-by: Welcome to RMN! Share your creativity with us!
That's the plan!
author=Liberty
Your question brought to mind the quandary of the sword and shield (and thus, Suikoden II*) - the sword could break anything, the shield could never be broken. Which was stronger? Which weaker?
In the end they both destroyed each other so neither was the right answer, and yet both was as well.
That's definitely one way to look at it, and as I said, I agree with this general point of view. But I've definitely received answers before that took a different stance. Some people have said they respected the book more because they saw the pen as having only a small amount of time-value; the pen is an embodiment of instant gratification to them, and the book is an embodiment of stability and constraint. There are lots of other ways to see this too. Let me know what you think!
Not your average greetings post (I hope)
I don't liken myself a philosopher, but thanks! There is never an end to the places I stop thinking, but I like to make sure I'm still an individual.
Interesting way to relate to the question! I rather like this bit of text. When I read it quickly on a forum page I feel like it seems (warning: read the rest of the post) trite, but I don't think it actually is. I'm glad you put thought into your response and are excited about learning and experiencing! Those are traits that I think serve a person well.
Haha, it's alright. This is an optional experiment for those interested. Thanks for the welcome either way!
author=wildwes
I myself am an open book, so to speak, with my wonderful tales available for the world to see and hear. Sadly, I am a young book, and not many pens have written in me. If you would, you could tell me a tale and write it in my pages for the world to see!
Interesting way to relate to the question! I rather like this bit of text. When I read it quickly on a forum page I feel like it seems (warning: read the rest of the post) trite, but I don't think it actually is. I'm glad you put thought into your response and are excited about learning and experiencing! Those are traits that I think serve a person well.
author=Nightowl
Sorry, I don't speak philosophy.
Welcome to RMN. I am your friendly neighborhood sociopath who destroys kids.
Haha, it's alright. This is an optional experiment for those interested. Thanks for the welcome either way!
Not your average greetings post (I hope)
author=Marrend
The unwritten book has no potential without the pen, and the pen has no use outside writing in the book. It's a rather circular relationship!
What I'm actually asking with the second question is: Is there any reason you would relate to or appreciate either object more? This is more of a symbolic question.
But yes, I agree! I personally think that the circularity of the relationship makes them reach a balance of power very quickly.
As a friend put it, "they are two parts of the same machine."
Not your average greetings post (I hope)
I've never understood these moments --
the moments where you stop, ask the world to look at you and accept you, risk yourself for the chance to extend your identity into adopting affiliation anew; and so often they are unfulfilling. Many will come here, receive welcomings, and know that they aren't known.
I want to mix that up a little bit.
What kind of person are you, the audience of this post? What of me can you see through the glass of your screen?
I have a hypothetical situation for you to consider, and two questions to answer. Feel free to disregard them, but it should be fun, and it'll help me in a number of ways:
Here's the scenario:
Now, my questions are:
the moments where you stop, ask the world to look at you and accept you, risk yourself for the chance to extend your identity into adopting affiliation anew; and so often they are unfulfilling. Many will come here, receive welcomings, and know that they aren't known.
I want to mix that up a little bit.
What kind of person are you, the audience of this post? What of me can you see through the glass of your screen?
I have a hypothetical situation for you to consider, and two questions to answer. Feel free to disregard them, but it should be fun, and it'll help me in a number of ways:
- I get to feel like an individual.
- I get to truly communicate (read: have two-way conversation!) with the community, hopefully providing some semblance of fulfilling relationship construction.
- You guys get the chance to feel fulfilled (if you find my questions interesting) just by thinking about things!
Here's the scenario:
I have, in the palms of my hands, a book and a pen. I want you to consider the relationship between these two objects. This book can only be written in by this pen, and this pen can only write in this book. This book is empty, holding only blank pages. Neither object has any utility outside of the constraints of their relationship (i.e. the pen can only be used as a writing utensil and cannot be used, say, as an eye gouger, and the book can only be used as a content storage and retrieval tool).
Now, my questions are:
- Do you think either of these two objects is more powerful than the other? Why?
- Do you respect either object more?
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