psbettinger
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9 years ago I like it. I think the way to do it would be a scene, though I'm not sure about it. Also, I know the cave entrance thing isn't working, but I basically put that there as a placeholder so everything would still be connected.
I think it would be cool to have a Sphinx that blocks the entrance to the cave instead of the boulder. The Sphinx would ask a riddle and it must be answered correctly to pass. I can't figure out how to answer/interpret the answer to a question. This is what I have so far:
Sphinx is a woman in the Cave Entrance. The description is "It has the head of a woman but a body of a large lion, with wings of a great eagle, and tail of wicked serpent. A creature of beauty, wonder,... and death. For they are known as treacherous and merciless creatures, if you fail to answer it's riddle it will most likely devour you..." After asking Sphinx about “cave”: say "Sphinx says, 'If you wish to enter the cave you must answer one riddle. You will be given a single guess but beware if you fail the consequences will be dire. Will you answer my riddle?'" If the player consents: say "Sphinx speaks the riddle, 'Always running, never walking, sometimes babbles but never talking. What am I?'" otherwise: say "Sphinx shouts in anger, 'THEN LEAVE THIS PLACE! HA! AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE READY!'"
The answer to the riddle should be a river, we could do multiple riddles or have it ask you a random riddle from a list each time you play. But If anyone has any idea on how to get the conversation to work correctly that would be awesome. If the player answers correctly they should be able to pass, if not ....they die or something else? Do you think this is a cool idea or should we just focus on getting other things working correctly? Also I noticed we can just go north or south and bypass "doors" or the cave entrance, we need to figure out a way to block access to the cave entrance once you enter. I will continue research on this when I have time, any help on the idea is appreciated.