0004714: Guns and Gadgets for the industrial age - Arcen Idea Tracker (Bugs and Features)

ID	Project	Category		Date Submitted	Last Update

0004714	Valley 1	Suggestion		Oct 8, 2011 8:10 am	May 12, 2012 9:01 pm

Reporter	paramime	Assigned To	Chris_McElligottPark
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	0.521

Summary	0004714: Guns and Gadgets for the industrial age
Description	When playing the beta i was disappointed to see spells instead of guns. World creation should allow the player to start as someone from the industrial age and those characters should have guns and gadgets as a unique difference to people from the ice age. I was thinking something along the lines of grappling hooks and steampunk guns, and a greater emphasis on crafting using the available materials. This will aid the player niche that want guns instead of spells. Industrial areas will have parts for crafting weapons and items giving players a greater motive to explore those areas. The majority can decide if spells can be learned or if the gameplay should have a completely different feel.
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Internal Weight	New

Chris_McElligottPark Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am administrator ~0016205	No guns, swords, or similar are ever coming for the game -- it's a magic theme. This is just not what the game is about, sorry. We're replicating a lot of the FEEL of those sorts of things, but using magic. Guns and so on require lots of character animations and aren't that exciting to look at otherwise, whereas magic is a lot more flexible and interesting and can have cool particle effects, etc. The player niche that wants guns instead of spells is looking at the wrong game -- like going to Magicka and wanting a shotgun. ;)

RetroNutcase May 12, 2012 7:55 pm reporter ~0024164 Last edited: May 12, 2012 8:07 pm	To be fair though, x4000, Magicka DOES have pistols, machineguns, and rocket launchers. ;) I admit it's kind of a shame that it's magic only, because I think the various characters from different periods would have more incentive to be used if they had access to their own, unique abilities. That said though, given the scope of what would need to be done for this to work, I can understand the decision.

Lokarin May 12, 2012 9:01 pm reporter ~0024168	Farm some sulfur and charcoal. Don't need literal guns - A cannonball attack would be hardcore, especially if after it hits a wall it rolls down hills and stairs via physics for a short time and then explodes. Plus there are spells with physicality like Throw Rock and the Summon spells Clearly fire element.

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
Oct 8, 2011 8:10 am	paramime	New Issue
Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Internal Weight	=> New
Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Note Added: 0016205
Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Status	new => closed
Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Assigned To	=> Chris_McElligottPark
Oct 8, 2011 8:27 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Resolution	open => fixed
May 12, 2012 7:55 pm	RetroNutcase	Note Added: 0024164
May 12, 2012 8:07 pm	RetroNutcase	Note Edited: 0024164
May 12, 2012 9:01 pm	Lokarin	Note Added: 0024168
Apr 14, 2014 9:28 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General Idea => Suggestion - General
Apr 14, 2014 9:30 am	Chris_McElligottPark	Category	Suggestion - General => Suggestion