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Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.
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In-game note taking #13541

Closed drbig closed 7 years ago

drbig commented 9 years ago

(Full immersion FTW!)

Items:

Mechanic:

Code:

The pen-only thing is for balance - no reusable notepads. It is another anachronistic thing (we have PDAs)... but then if we were to get this in it'd be little work to actually make PDAs more useful :)

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stk2008 commented 9 years ago

Wow this is cool On 11 Sep 2015 21:26, "Piotr Staszewski" notifications@github.com wrote:

(Full immersion FTW!)

Items:

  • Pen - has charges, scaling tbd
  • Notepads - various size, random number of clean pages

Mechanic:

  • You can write line-wise on clean pages of your notepad
  • You can't edit, but you can cross-out stuff
  • Lines have some fixed width, but number of lines may depend on INT (scaling tbd)
  • You obviously need to be literate for all of the above

Code:

  • Browser+editor as a simple UI with per-page view and lines addressed by a shortcut
  • Probably save as another JSON, array of pages each with array of lines of content + crossed-out flag
  • Need to tie it to particular item ID - is that doable?

The pen-only thing is for balance - no reusable notepads. It is another anachronistic thing (we have PDAs)... but then if we were to get this in it'd be little work to actually make PDAs more useful :)

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Coolthulhu commented 9 years ago

Lines have some fixed width, but number of lines may depend on INT (scaling tbd)

Scaling sounds like way more problem than it could be worth. And it isn't exactly realistic (intelligence doesn't help with handwriting).

The pen-only thing is for balance - no reusable notepads.

Stuff that's 100% flavor doesn't really need any sort of balance.

drbig commented 9 years ago

Scaling sounds like way more problem than it could be worth. And it isn't exactly realistic (intelligence doesn't help with handwriting).

Do agree.

Stuff that's 100% flavor doesn't really need any sort of balance.

Mhm, it makes sense for pens (not going to even suggest implementing an eraser). But for PDAs we'd need editing anyway.

chaosvolt commented 9 years ago

Amusing, but not sure if this should be mandatory.

What next, needing an in-game map and compass? X3

drbig commented 9 years ago

@chaosvolt mandatory? Definitely not. It's a flavour thing.

chaosvolt commented 9 years ago

Ah, I see. So this would be supplementing map notes, not replacing them?

drbig commented 9 years ago

Exactly. Map notes are more like putting a circle and some super-short note. This would enable you to keep in-game stuff written down in-game. Mostly for role-play (keep a dairy?) - also it'd be super cool if we were to play succession games (you'd have previous player's notes right in game on your character :D).

stk2008 commented 9 years ago

How about books

We can write whole books and place them on a book shelf. Just like in mine craft.

Writing books would be epic On 12 Sep 2015 09:49, "Piotr Staszewski" notifications@github.com wrote:

Exactly. Map notes are more like putting a circle and some super-short note. This would enable you to keep in-game stuff written down in-game. Mostly for role-play (keep a dairy?) - also it'd be super cool if we were to play succession games (you'd have previous player's notes right in game on your character :D).

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FireCrow1973 commented 9 years ago

Wold be cool if you found a journey diary on survivor zombies, detailing a slow dissent in to madness. Tons of creative writing opportunities, and a fun way to explore lore.

chaosvolt commented 9 years ago

Or something like more involved survivor notes.

i2amroy commented 9 years ago

(keep a dairy?)

Mmmm, a new source of fresh milk! :P

That said definitely liking the idea.

stk2008 commented 9 years ago

What would be even cooler is

Finding a note on a dead body and it gives you hints to a hidden stash (Stalker rip off LOL).

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 11:46 PM, Christian Buskirk < notifications@github.com> wrote:

(keep a dairy?)

Mmmm, a new source of fresh milk! :P

That said definitely liking the idea.

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chaosvolt commented 9 years ago

If this makes the stash generate only AFTER finding the note, I will be saddragon. XP

stk2008 commented 9 years ago

LOL yeah very true I hate that in stalker its nearly as bad as enemys spawn ontop of you from no where lol

On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 12:11 AM, Chaosvolt notifications@github.com wrote:

If this makes the stash generate only AFTER finding the note, I will be saddragon. XP

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chaosvolt commented 9 years ago

Or when they develop a case of Titanium Forehead Syndrome?

stk2008 commented 9 years ago

Yeah a lot of mods fixed that though but I know what ya saying LOL.

kevingranade commented 9 years ago

Implementing the text storage would be fairly straightforward, mapping functions to items is also pretty easy, also we could use the same mechanism for pre-existing items with large amounts of text the player would want to read. As for the text editor itself... this is why we don't have this feature already, I didn't feel like writing a text editor :) Please do strive for utf8 cleanliness, we want everyone to be able to play :)

As for maps and compasses in-game, it's not out of the question, orienteering is a big part of survival :)

stk2008 commented 8 years ago

Damn was just thinking I need to make notes and then thought oh yeah I see this a while ago.

I assume its not been PR`d :(

Soyweiser commented 8 years ago

Just fyi, this idea has been suggested before: #6197

mugling commented 8 years ago

this is why we don't have this feature already, I didn't feel like writing a text editor

feeping creaturism

illi-kun commented 7 years ago

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