[CF List] levels & exp

Mon Apr 1 17:28:02 CST 2002

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      the process fun to plan && well-streamlined. Emphasis there

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      would be on allowing people to lay out "effective" dungeons

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      [whatever definition we come up with] with minimal overhead.

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      Maybe a map editor could give some support here? I currently have no idea

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      how to make an "effective map" template, but I have a few other ideas that

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      would simplify map making.

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      How about a few quick buttons, to which you could temporay assign a few

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      commonly used tiles for the current map. Like if you use stone floor tiles

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      and lava alot on a map.

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      And in the Java editor, a "fill below" option like the old X11 editor had.

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      A random level monster designer, that makes files to put under the styles/

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      directory.

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      Maybe there could be templates for commonly used map mechanisms, like a

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      1-8 randomizer; spikes,boulder and 8 buttons. I know these aren't really

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      hard to make, but if you're new to map making a collection of map

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      mechanisms could at least give you some ideas on what is possible. (or

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      just a machanism gallery in the help section)

Going overboard for a moment, what about a design document 
w/ suggestions from the better maps. It could include comments
on why the maps seem good and what the designers did do make
them work.

Might be worth [yet another] mailing list for dungeon designers
to discuss what they do and how. The archive of this list would
make a nice reference on how to do things properly and probably
give some good feedback to the map-designer-tool maintainers on
how to improve that also.

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