[Ephemera] First thoughts, and intentionally failing.
UserClone:
By the way, I just want to thank the organizers for holding this contest. I'm having an unbelievable amount of lonely fun designing this game, and the possibilities for it feel limitless, and with every bit of it that forms, it...it's difficult to describe. Catharsis is the best word I can think of. That and joy. :D
UserClone:
BRAINSTORMING A LIST OF THINGS TO GO DOWN THE SIDE OF THE DICE GRID:
How are children different from adults?
Children are Innocent / Adults are Guilty.
Children value Honesty / Adults value Guile.
Children are Small and Weak / Adults are Big and Strong. not really digging the physicality of this one. I prefer attributes which are less concrete.
Children are Selfish / Adults are Selfless.
Children are Uncompromising / Adults are Compromising.
Children are Oblivious / Adults are Wise.
Children are Afraid / Adults are Courageous.
Children are Flighty / Adults are Steadfast.
Children are Trusting / Adults are Cynical.
That's probably enough for now (and actually, I'll have to narrow these down to only four or five (or so) dichotomies).
In other news, each of these Mirrors (sudden epiphany for stat names...SHIT! Epiphany is going to be an event in the game too! Like when you finally switch from one side of the slash to the other, you have an Epiphany which makes you an Adult in that aspect. From now on, you can automatically succeed with that Mirror, but only looking through the Adult side of it...or something) will have the following dice types (which can only be used once per Mirror): D4, D6, D8, D10. YES, you may choose the D4 and intentionally fail (provided you must Face the Challenge by getting the lowest roll, this will automatically provoke a decision by your Friend to Offer Aid...or not...).
Finally, I'm thinking that when you fail, you must describe how the Child side of your chosen Mirror caused you to fail, and if you succeed, you must describe your success based on how the Adult side of your Mirror. If you succeeded when you should have failed, you must describe how your Child side Mirror would have caused you to fail, if not for the Offered Aid, and the Friend who Offered Aid must then describe how the Adult side of their Mirror helped you succeed instead.
This is really fleshing itself out quite handily for me! :)
UserClone:
Children are Whimsical / Adults are Practical.
C. Edwards:
Quote from: UserClone on April 08, 2012, 02:06:33 AM
I may decide to make an electronic version for the sole purpose of judging <snip>
Good! Would hate to see you make a cool game and then not be able to enter it.
BlazmoIntoWowee:
I'm loving this duality thing you've got going on and how each success brings you farther from childhood. I'm trying to get a duality feel for my Coyote in re: wisdom vs. folly, so I'm right there with you.
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