Games = Journey A to B

Ketchaval · 2003-05-14T02:14:17

Are (most) games simply about getting getting from point A to point B? + racing analogy. (A bit of a vague post, but I hope the point comes across. This post is talking about action adventure games, and first person shooters etc. rather than strategy games, although some of the considerations may well apply! And I also know that many modern first-person perspective games have objectives that you need to complete before getting to point B ) Think of games like Duke Nukem 3D and many (old-school) first person shooters, these games boiled down (for the most part) to getting your "character" from the start of a level, to the end of that level. Success came from getting to the end of the level by any means necessary. Is that all there is to it? Surely there is more potential for "meaningful interaction TM" (okay games such as Thief, Deus Ex etc.. make progress in this direction as they have objectives that you have to complete). Consider a racing game, most racing games are about getting from point A to point B, but they measure how well you have done.. ie. if you finish first you get more points than if you finish fourth. They reward the way that you get from A to B. How far can we differentiate between two players getting from point A to point B?

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Started by Ketchaval May 12, 2003 09:07 AM

10 comments, last by Ketchaval 21 years, 8 months ago

TheShadow

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May 13, 2003 09:10 PM

Life != Journy(A to B)

  #include "life.h"main(){RealLife LifeEngine;Person Name;Name.Born();While (LifeEngine.RealRandomNumberGeneratorCalledLife(Person, Permutation(LifeEngine.LifeExpectancy) {Name.Life = LifeEngine.RealRandomNumberGeneratorCalledLife(Person, Permutation(EveryotherpersoninTheWorld);}Name.Die();}

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Diodor

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May 14, 2003 02:14 AM

    #include "life.h"main(){RealLife LifeEngine;Person Name;A:Name.Born();While (LifeEngine.RealRandomNumberGeneratorCalledLife(Person, Permutation(LifeEngine.LifeExpectancy) {Name.Life = LifeEngine.RealRandomNumberGeneratorCalledLife(Person, Permutation(EveryotherpersoninTheWorld);}Name.Die();b:}

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