airbreather
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1 week ago The goal doesn't have to involve the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird* in the first place. We could have YAML settings to say which of the three zones you start in and which of the three zones' end conditions is considered "the goal".
- *Trivia: in fact, this specific choice of item it was kind of an in-joke in the first place that I've kept alive. A very very early version just randomly picked the items required for each location check, and the RNG happened to put the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird in the "needed to win the game" position. That game stopped at what we now know as Zone 1 / "The Sewers", but when the final map was designed, I thought it would be funny to have the absurdity escalate to the idea of flying to the moon on just a very fast (but still decidedly not-spaceworthy) airplane.
skidznet: we have plans to be able to change the check numbers, probably via allowing you to select which of the worlds you want to run through
In a bit more detail, the idea I had was that it wouldn't be too hard to let you choose one of the three zones' starting points to be where you start and one of the three worlds' ending points to be the goal. So if the default (and currently only) setup of all 3 zones just floods your multiworld with too many items, and #52 (once we get there) is problematic for other reasons, you could adjust the start / finish lines to get a shorter game.
also an idea i just had is yaml setting for lockheed sr-71 blackbird
option 1: always on snakes on a planent
Option 2: always in area 3
option 3: local to your game
option 4: anywhere in the multiworld
u wouldnt even be able to make it to moon if u got it right away so i think it could be interesting to have it anywere, personally tho id do 50/50 on 2 and 3