[Adonthell-general] Re: "Vacation" on Dere

[Kai Sterker]

On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 12:15 PM, Kai Sterker <address@hidden> wrote:

> Actually, after roughly a week of playing, I mostly found things that
> we can do better, but also a few nice things worth considering. I'll
> give some thoughts below, so if you intend to play Drakensang, you
> probably shouldn't read further for now ...

Another thing I lately had some "insight" is the plot of an RPG in
general. Looks like there are at least two elements that are
essential:

1. The main plot
2. The (main) character development

In Drakensang, there's a fairly nice main plot, but barely any
character development (stat improvements aside, but that's not what I
mean).

I think that is an area where we have to take care with Dun Barethsol.
We do not have such a strongly plot driven game (as there is a lot of
freedom how to pursue the main quest), but there is the chance for a
lot of character development (finding out about the characters past
and abilities).

If we can combine these two parts so that they complement each other,
that would be really great. Again, I'll have to see if that is
something that needs to be expanded in the Design Guide
(http://adonthell.berlios.de/doc/index.php/Plot:Design:Contents) ...

Thoughts?

Kai