Story boarding of game mechanics

[kwg]

Main branch for game mechanics

[schrum2]

Here are some speculative ideas. None of these are meant to be tasks that I'm assigning. This is simply a place to brainstorm, and as we settle on particular issues, they will be created elsewhere. Here are some initial ideas:

• [x] Either an item or in game event should turn recurrent links on/off #36
• [x] Select/store art items (pictures, shapes, etc) in a limited inventory that influences crossover #20
• [ ] There need to be tasks in the game: somehow, certain places required to make progress should only be reachable if certain items are possessed (need to flesh this out more)
• [ ] Game should start with only still 2D images, and others times of evolved artifacts should be unlocked throughout the game.
• [ ] 3D shapes: have one per room? In this case, the same lineage of CPPNs would generate 2D images and 3D shapes #44
• [x] 3D shapes: have 4 per room? In this case, 3D shapes would come from a separate lineage than 2D images. The player is allowed to pick up one item in each room, and this item generates the items in the next room (if no item is picked up, the next room has the same items)
• [ ] 3D shapes: start as blocky, and become smoothed via Marching Cubes after some item/powerup is grabbed, or some game event occurs #18
• [ ] Animations, both 2D and 3D: these should also be unlocked by in-game achievements or special items.
• [ ] The game should force the user to backtrack and explore different art branches. Certain rooms could show an image that you generated earlier, and that you need to backtrack to find again to progress. For example, all portals to new rooms could be locked, and only backtracking is allowed until you find and grab the designated target image

More ideas?

[schrum2]

The checked items above are those that we have already committed to doing in one way or another. Unchecked items are still up for consideration.