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0003277Valley 1Gameplay IdeaJan 25, 2012 6:31 pm
ReporterChris_McElligottPark Assigned Tokeith.lamothe  
Status assignedResolutionopen 
Summary0003277: NPC Ghosts.
DescriptionThis isn't something urgent, but is something I'd like to pursue at some point as we're developing out the story. Mostly when someone is dead, they are dead and gone and that's that. However, in a few cases I think it would be interesting to be able to speak to ghosts. Particularly, this might make sense in the VWW that you recently posited, where time is frozen and thus maybe the spirits of the dead are trapped instead of being able to depart like normal.

Anyway, this should be a rare and notable sort of quasi-NPC to be able to talk to, and it's not a type of NPC that can ever become a player character. They would use the new PlayerGhost graphic, and the player would be able to speak to them as if they were regular NPCs. I think that this would be more effective, visually, for the VWW rather than showing any specific character sprites for those involved in the various permutations of the disaster.

Something for much later, but wanted to note it down.
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keith.lamothe

Apr 19, 2011 1:04 am

administrator   ~0011962

Definitely something to explore. Preliminarily I think I'd limit to some sort of "echo" rather than actual two-way communication with a ghost, but it could be a good place for some very important or moving (or both) bit of text.

Indeed, it could be one of the ways in which clues towards the VWW are found. One of the "cracks" in the otherwise nigh-impenetrable wall of mystery between any mere mortal and what really happened, etc.

Chris_McElligottPark

Apr 19, 2011 9:09 am

administrator   ~0011966

Ooh, echoes -- I like that even better, yeah.

Chris_McElligottPark

Jan 25, 2012 6:31 pm

administrator   ~0018127

Yep, this is still something we could do at some point in the future, potentially.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
Apr 18, 2011 10:06 pm Chris_McElligottPark New Issue
Apr 18, 2011 10:06 pm Chris_McElligottPark Status new => assigned
Apr 18, 2011 10:06 pm Chris_McElligottPark Assigned To => keith.lamothe
Apr 19, 2011 1:04 am keith.lamothe Note Added: 0011962
Apr 19, 2011 9:09 am Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0011966
Jan 25, 2012 3:15 pm tigersfan Internal Weight => Feature Suggestion
Jan 25, 2012 6:31 pm Chris_McElligottPark Note Added: 0018127
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am Chris_McElligottPark Category Suggestion - Gameplay => Gameplay Idea