Concept: Old School Mod suggestion
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 12:49 am
I have an idea for immersion.
It could be horrible. It most likely is. There is a method to my madness.
Back in the day of interactive fiction by "Infocom" they couldn't put all the information on the disk.
Part of the game play was to have a sheet of paper and to DRAW THE MAP.
Inspired by this I came up with a few bonker ideas.
I believe only the most hardcore players would try this.
1. No automap of dungeons. Not there no more, you have to memorize.
2. No automap of cities. There is a map but it only shows guilds, inns, shops, etc.
3. No auto-identify of buildings in cities.
4. No clock. You only have dawn,morning,noon,afternoon,sunset,evening,midnight,night. You need the SUN and MOON to tell the time.
5. No compass. You need the sun AND stars to navigate.
6. No all encompassing map.
There is a world map but it only list kingdoms and their capitals. No 'i am here' feature.
Detailed maps are only within a kingdoms limit. you can pay to see them, cheap; or to buy them, expensive.
These kingdom maps only list the local cities. Not smaller towns manors and hamlets.
7. Asking 'where am I' now becomes a more usefull feature if its not already in standard diologue.
8. Being decked out in armor can cause a panic in towns and cities and affect dialogue. So you have to have regular clothes.
9. No player journal. Get out your pencils and a real notebook.
10. with no detailed in game maps, roads are needed and printing out that kingdom maps might help you to note down where smaller towns are so you can get there.
11. Background music is replaced with ambient sounds . randomized with the dynamic music mod.
.
I'm not a programmer so I would not be able to make this mod/mod collection.
If I had to strip this down I'ld just have the no-clock and no-compass.
Thats my two cents of horrible.
Curious as to whom would try it though.
It could be horrible. It most likely is. There is a method to my madness.
Back in the day of interactive fiction by "Infocom" they couldn't put all the information on the disk.
Part of the game play was to have a sheet of paper and to DRAW THE MAP.
Inspired by this I came up with a few bonker ideas.
I believe only the most hardcore players would try this.
1. No automap of dungeons. Not there no more, you have to memorize.
2. No automap of cities. There is a map but it only shows guilds, inns, shops, etc.
3. No auto-identify of buildings in cities.
4. No clock. You only have dawn,morning,noon,afternoon,sunset,evening,midnight,night. You need the SUN and MOON to tell the time.
5. No compass. You need the sun AND stars to navigate.
6. No all encompassing map.
There is a world map but it only list kingdoms and their capitals. No 'i am here' feature.
Detailed maps are only within a kingdoms limit. you can pay to see them, cheap; or to buy them, expensive.
These kingdom maps only list the local cities. Not smaller towns manors and hamlets.
7. Asking 'where am I' now becomes a more usefull feature if its not already in standard diologue.
8. Being decked out in armor can cause a panic in towns and cities and affect dialogue. So you have to have regular clothes.
9. No player journal. Get out your pencils and a real notebook.
10. with no detailed in game maps, roads are needed and printing out that kingdom maps might help you to note down where smaller towns are so you can get there.
11. Background music is replaced with ambient sounds . randomized with the dynamic music mod.
.
I'm not a programmer so I would not be able to make this mod/mod collection.
If I had to strip this down I'ld just have the no-clock and no-compass.
Thats my two cents of horrible.
Curious as to whom would try it though.