The 3 Pillars of Gameplay - Weekly Podacast - ALL Episodes!

Elloa

Greetings everyone!

The 3 Pillars of Gameplay is a new weekly serie where Tim Andersen and myself are discussing the 3 most important aspect of our game, the 3 pillars of gameplay: Community,  Challenge, Immersion

Episodes after episodes, we are going to discuss concepts, ideas, and what we are trying to create for our game Saga of Lucimia. We want this serie to be informative, but also the occasion for YOU to discuss. Do not hesitate to share with us in the comments your opinions, experience in other MMORPG, your dreams and expectations, your ideas...

We hope you will enjoy those episodes! Do not hesitate to share our videos around you!

Happy watching!

>> PLAYLIST <<

COMMUNITY

• Episode 2 : Group Based Gameplay
• Episode 3 : Heavy Emphasis on Roleplay
• Episode 4 : Play Nice Policy
• Episode 5 : Forums
• Episode 6 : Group Finder
• Episode 7 : Camps and caravans
• Episode 8 : Ensured content progression
• Episode 9 : Player interdependence
• Episode 10: Static Group VS Pick Up Group

IMMERSION

Episode 11: Immersion from Roleplaying
Episode 12: No mini Map
Episode 13: No waypoint
Episode 14: Darkness
Episode 15: Weight Limit (and bridges)
Episode 16 : Realism
Episode 17: The world around us


CHALLENGE

Episode 18: Group based Gameplay
Episode 19: Skill based combat
Episode 20: Combat Interdependency

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You should get one (or more) of the dedicated fans to summarize each episode.

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Slapshot1188 said:

You should get one (or more) of the dedicated fans to summarize each episode.

That would sound a little bit like a homework to do :P

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SavageHorizon

Let me have your phone number lol.

But joking aside i like then new updates.

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Renfail

Episode 17 from last week, talking about the world around you: no question marks or icons marking NPCs, no automatic quest tracker, no automatic updates, actually needing to read the dialogue and listen to what NPCs have to say in order to find directions to objectives (no mini map or waypoints), as well as listen to what NPCs are talking about around you to find rumors that might lead to something happening nearby, such as rumors of a wyvern attack on the farms north west of a city, and riding out to find a farmer offering a reward for the slaughter of said wyverns, which ends up being the hilt of a long-broken sword that turns into an epic question chain for a raid-level two-handed sword. 

You won't know unless you pay attention to the world around you. Space-barring your way through dialogue in our game = the fastest way to wind up clueless, as there are zero waypoints showing you where to go, no mini maps leading you from point A to point B, and no way to know which NPCs have quests or which ones have important dialogue that could lead you to adventure. PAY ATTENTION!

Renfail

In today's episode, we started talking about the Challenge Pillar of Gameplay, and today it's all about the group. How creating storylines and challenges that require a group of people working together wind up creating friendships, like Gimli and Legolas starting off as enemies and winding up as brothers after dealing with the epic adventure that was the destruction of the One Ring. 

If all they had been presented with was a milk-run to the grocery store (the equivalent of single-player storylines in modern MMORPGs), there never would have been a need to rely on another person, thus no friendship formed over time. 

Nothing you can do alone can be considered challenging. Only when you need to rely on other people, rely on their friendships and support, can something transcend milk-run and become truly challenging. 

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