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Author Topic: New to suggestion games and seeking advice  (Read 575 times)

The Fool

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New to suggestion games and seeking advice
« on: January 06, 2012, 02:40:14 pm »

I started a suggestion game (link in sig), but I'm not sure exactly how I should go about pacing the updates. Right now I think the updates are too long and restricting, but I don't want to shorten the updates drastically. This is mainly because there is a fair amount of game system to introduce still.

There is also the problem of combat. I have no idea how to handle that at all.

This is a learning experience for me, and I don't really want to let the game die out just because I don't know what I'm doing.
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Re: New to suggestion games and seeking advice
« Reply #1 on: January 06, 2012, 09:39:07 pm »

Personally, I think you should do like I'm doing and have done for a long time: try a bunch of different things to see which ones work for you and which doesn't. My main forum game is next to nothing like how it originally started, for example.
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Re: New to suggestion games and seeking advice
« Reply #2 on: January 06, 2012, 09:42:25 pm »

Obligatory K.I.S.S. statement.

(Keep it simple, stupid.)
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Re: New to suggestion games and seeking advice
« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2012, 09:56:00 am »

I appreciate the comments, and I think that my game isn't going to die right away anymore. I think the CYOA style works well enough for me, but I'll be sure to branch out if it stops working.

I'll lock the thread now. Thanks everyone.
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