Comments on: Shield Block Preview

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:47:47 +0000

edit for above again lol

have NumCount defined as the maximum bit space allowed so it’ll never overflow and bleed into other files.

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:09:23 +0000

edit for above:

SampleRollTrue = (SampleRoll1 + SampleRoll2 + SampleRoll3) /= 3;

…..

you could also randomize the sample so to add even more variation too with a loop variable of 1-6 (or more for bigger die).

SampleNum = number_range(1,6);

for (int x=SampleNum; x>0; x–)
{ SampleRoll1 = number_range(1,6);
NumCount++;
}

By: Scott

Scott — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:59:31 +0000

if you’re having a problem with the rolls, increase the sample pool size.

so instead of just a single

SampleRoll = number_range(1,6);

increase the sample size

SampleRoll1 = number_range(1,6);
SampleRoll2 = number_range(1,6);
SampleRoll3 = number_range(1,6);
SampleRollTrue = SampleRoll1 + SampleRoll2 + SampleRoll3 /= 3;

then just return it as either a whole interger or round it base on the tenth, doesn’t really matter; but from my class balancing experience, this seems to add a little more variation for those stubborn consistent rolls.

By: Jon

Jon — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:52:51 +0000

Yes, monster AIs can be tuned to play differently from each other. But there will be competitive multi-player too.

By: MustaphaMond

MustaphaMond — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:50:24 +0000

Interesting to see you refer to an opponent being “smart” or not…we’re still talking about a single player experience, right? Does that point to variable AI?

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:30:44 +0000

@Nicolas: this particular card is discarded once it is used. That’s not to say that there aren’t other reactive cards that do go back into your hand after use.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 22:29:43 +0000

@sagittary The colour of the text box is redundant – you should be able to use the icons to determine the card’s functions. I do try to keep colour blindness issues in the back of my mind when laying this stuff out but it is easy to miss something.

By: Nicolás Viegas Palermo

Nicolás Viegas Palermo — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:22:50 +0000

so, once this card is triggered it’s put back into the character’s deck? if so, how many block cards are there per average shield item card set?

it seems like a powerful card but if it is completely automatic and you can’t choose to avoid using it, then it can fail you when you need it most… unless you somehow decide to use a “drop guard” card or something.

still, it seems like a good approach after the previous post on reactive cards and game flow.

keep up the good work

By: sagittary

sagittary — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:36:17 +0000

Interesting though as a partially color blind player, I’m concerned that beige and grey won’t really look too distinctive.