Cities?

JLrep · Post by **JLrep** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:49 pm

hdlsa wrote:I hope there are some more crowded cities though, with lots of alleyways and civilians.

Honestly, I hope not. Civilians just get in the way, use processor power and remind me of GTA.

As for alleyways - I don't mean to simply be contradictory here - but I prefer the idea of more organic, almost Eastern-type villages, like, well, in the picture; I don't want the rabbits to be anthropomorphised too much. That's just one man's opinion, though.

Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:29 pm

There will be a variety of styles. Different races will have dramatically different villages.

lpod100 · Post by **lpod100** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:34 pm

that "dramatically" doesn't really sit well with me. i think they should have subtle differences, not "dramatic" differences.

Post by **Jeff** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:53 pm

Rabbits live underground, hobbit style, for instance. Clearly a desert trader town is going to be dramatically different from a foresty rabbit village. Why is that bad?

JLrep · Post by **JLrep** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 10:54 pm

I would think anthropomorphic rabbits and wolves would live very differently...

lpod100 · Post by **lpod100** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:03 am

ehhh, idk w/e.

I just thought that it would be easier for the player to see a familiar basic framework of the town, like knowing how to climb certain buildings, instead of having to learn new skills for every town you go to.

then again, more variety increases a games re-playability...

I don't really know what I was thinking when I said that, might as well disregard it.

Nuky · Post by **Nuky** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:22 am

That's a pretty picture

I almost believed it was an ingame screenshot.

Looks great, I like the style, and a similar city to that would be awesome.
Keep up the good work!

Xiao · Post by **Xiao** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:42 am

Holy crap, that concept is amazing. Huge props to you guys. Also, I hope that if cities really look like that in-game, you can interact with them properly, and they aren't just objects in the game that your character collides with.

JLrep · Post by **JLrep** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:37 am

Xiao wrote:Holy crap, that concept is amazing. Huge props to you guys. Also, I hope that if cities really look like that in-game, you can interact with them properly, and they aren't just objects in the game that your character collides with.

Haha
I imagine David reading this and thinking "Crap! Crap! They want to be able to INTERACT with the city? I'm going to have to scrap my entire city-collision code!"

Next thing you know we'll be worrying that all the objects are actually just cubes that LOOK like rabbits and wolves and stuff.

Silb · Post by **Silb** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:50 am

Xiao wrote:Holy crap, that concept is amazing. Huge props to you guys. Also, I hope that if cities really look like that in-game, you can interact with them properly, and they aren't just objects in the game that your character collides with.

I'm not too worried. I challenge you to name any feature in Lugaru that does not have gameplay applications

Okay, apart from the hawk.

zip · Post by **zip** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:42 pm

Silb wrote: Okay, apart from the hawk.

Hope the hawk shows up in Lugaru 2. Easter egg ^_^

wormguy · Post by **wormguy** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:21 pm

zip wrote:
Silb wrote: Okay, apart from the hawk.

Hope the hawk shows up in Lugaru 2. Easter egg ^_^

Seconded.

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 6:49 pm

Curse all that time spent flying after that hawk. Still, you have to love the little guy. Maybe Turner could have a pet hawk? Maybe Turner could have a pet that could aid him in his travels, or befriend a misunderstood badger?

JLrep · Post by **JLrep** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:45 pm

I'm missing something here... can you do something with the hawk(s)?

Renegade_Turner · Post by **Renegade_Turner** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:48 pm

JLrep wrote:I'm missing something here... can you do something with the hawk(s)?

No, the point was that the hawk is pretty much the only thing in Lugaru you can't interact with in any way. It just circles in the sky.