11-16-2009, 01:05 AM
I'm not that big on mini-games.
Crafting could be made into a mini-game but I'm not sure why or how it should be done.
"Hacking" could have been a mini-game in Planetside. Did anyone ever play "Bomb Squad" for the Intellivision like 25 years ago? I always saw a hacking minigame looking like that. You basically have a circuit board and the game guides you through the process of discovering how to rewire the bomb by clipping out some circuit elements, adding new ones, etc.
"Puzzle Pirates" was basically nothing but mini-games meant to drive ship operation. Some guy on your ship would be manning the bilge pump by playing some mini-game.
Interesting concept but I'm not sure I'd like it.
Certainly if you were going to crew a ship, you'd have to come up with a pretty interesting mini-game for everyone (how do you make loading cannons or doing damage control into something fun?).
For a fantasy MMORPG I'm not sure what mini-games you would even need, other than perhaps siege weapon operation.
Though a crafting mini-game might be worth exploring.
Crafting could be made into a mini-game but I'm not sure why or how it should be done.
"Hacking" could have been a mini-game in Planetside. Did anyone ever play "Bomb Squad" for the Intellivision like 25 years ago? I always saw a hacking minigame looking like that. You basically have a circuit board and the game guides you through the process of discovering how to rewire the bomb by clipping out some circuit elements, adding new ones, etc.
"Puzzle Pirates" was basically nothing but mini-games meant to drive ship operation. Some guy on your ship would be manning the bilge pump by playing some mini-game.
Interesting concept but I'm not sure I'd like it.
Certainly if you were going to crew a ship, you'd have to come up with a pretty interesting mini-game for everyone (how do you make loading cannons or doing damage control into something fun?).
For a fantasy MMORPG I'm not sure what mini-games you would even need, other than perhaps siege weapon operation.
Though a crafting mini-game might be worth exploring.