Beating an Idea to Death

I have been working on the master quest script for my game Epiphany Online. The whole idea is to make the whole questing process random. There is no level requirement to do a certain quest. This should make the gaming process alot more interesting as in the beginning, when it first goes online, there will be noone telling you exactly how to do something. In fact, I am thinking of putting variations in each quest so that your quest may not be exactly like the last persons.

But anyway, back to the subject....I always wander.....

This script has perplexed me as each time I have written it and then implemented it, something just didn't mesh. So I would rewrite it. After messing with it for a while I finally found a script that made it totally random and worked exactly as I wanted it to. So I put it in the game and started putting in blank quests just to test it. It worked great.

Then....as I was driving home from work today I thought of another way to implement all of this with less scripting. So now I am debating as to whether to try this new idea, with the chance of having to climb over more obstacles or just leave well enough alone and move on.

Sometimes, well more times than I like to admit, I tend to overanalyze things. I know there has to be a self-help program for that somewhere :)

Rambling On

I started working on this game a couple of years ago. I was playing Astonia, a medieval mmorpgh and I ran across a game engine called Explorations. I was hooked. The thought of creating my own world to walk around in was my goal. It has been a long and adventurous trip so far. And the adventure continues!

My website is coming along and my world is almost complete. Although I keep changing my mind and changing my maps. Comes with being female I think. :)

Writing and implementing the quests is going to be one of the most challenging parts of this adventure. The Explorations engine is improving everyday. It has come a long way since the early days of learning. I am sometimes not the brightest crayon in the box, and when I first started I got real confused and frustrated. But after years of bug chasing and watching the fixes, and watching what I have created come to life, it is awesome.

For anyone who has the gaming itch, the opportunity to create your own world and watch it develop, is a dream come true.

Something New

Blogging is supposed to be fun, informative and sometimes just complete nonsense. This blog will be my writing space for ideas and ramblings for my game Epiphany Online.

Feel free to jump in and post.