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0007254Valley 1Suggestion - Room Ideas/ComplaintsApr 27, 2012 8:31 am
ReporterPenumbra Assigned To 
Status consideringResolutionopen 
Summary0007254: Secret Doors
DescriptionDon't quite know how these would look. Wouldn't be on the map or scouted. Hidden switches to open doors?

All I know is that finding them is really, really fun. Just so long as nothing required is on the other side.
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Penumbra

Apr 26, 2012 5:02 pm

reporter   ~0022779

Last edited: Apr 26, 2012 5:12 pm

Only sometimes. It's an awesome game, don't get me wrong. But secrets should secrets, and puzzles should be puzzles. They do both very, very right, but sometimes a secret is the lynchpin in a puzzle and I find that annoying.

That is a game that is all about the hidden buttons, I know, and it's really fun to find them when I feel like looking for them. All I'm saying for AVWW is, don't put the lock in an overlord castle on the other side of a secret door, almost anything else at all would be fair game.

Edit: I think I may have come off a little harsh on Grimrock. It's a different game. Every situation is very custom tailored. There are usually nice hints as to where to find your secrets, and a reduced search space. It's quite clever and well done.

Something like that can't work here, because of the infinite nature of everything. Maybe a few hand crafted rooms, but they would repeat eventually. Coming up with dynamic, infinite puzzles is really hard in a platforming game. Sudoku works, but even then, hand crafted works better than random.

Edit 2: removed the snarky line against Grimrock. Isn't warranted or conducive to this topic.

tigersfan

Apr 27, 2012 8:31 am

reporter   ~0022810

Yeah, you're right, so I deleted my comment about it. ;)

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Apr 26, 2012 1:27 pm Penumbra New Issue
Apr 26, 2012 4:22 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Apr 26, 2012 4:22 pm tigersfan Status new => considering
Apr 26, 2012 5:02 pm Penumbra Note Added: 0022779
Apr 26, 2012 5:11 pm Penumbra Note Edited: 0022779
Apr 26, 2012 5:11 pm Penumbra Description Updated
Apr 26, 2012 5:12 pm Penumbra Note Edited: 0022779
Apr 26, 2012 5:12 pm Penumbra Note Edited: 0022779
Apr 27, 2012 8:31 am tigersfan Note Added: 0022810