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| When Dave introduced us to a way in which textures on a hexagonal grid could be used to represent roots more naturalistically, | When Dave introduced us to a way in which textures on a hexagonal grid could be used to represent roots more naturalistically, | ||
| - | dave continues inside the roots | + | http:// |
| + | == Dave inside the roots in 3D == | ||
| + | At some point, Dave started working on a 3D version of the root growing game. | ||
| + | This became the most detailed gameplay prototype in this phase of the project | ||
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| + | == Tot above ground == | ||
| + | While Dave was creating the gameplay underground, | ||
| + | We felt that one of the important motivators in the social experience of the game, would be the plant avatars that each players would be growing. So we came up with a system to represent how these plants might look. And how a garden would look comprised of such plants. | ||
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| + | The basic shapes of these plants were based on drawings by Lina and Theun. | ||
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| + | The concept of or garden was that each player was represent as a basic shape that grew out of the ground surface and was made from the same material (we were imagining white ceramic for the prototype). So plants and world are one. This basic shape would grow according to algorithm that were specific to its species. This growth would happen very slowly. | ||
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| + | Next to the basic element that is specific to the species, every plant would be able to grow attachments based on nutrients found by the roots in the soils. This are like leaves and flowers, except that every plant is capable of growing every type of attachment. So the attachments are not species-specific (but they could be location or time specific). | ||
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| + | When below ground, the player would be playing from his plant' | ||
| + | Above ground, the player gets full control over the camera to roam the garden. | ||
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| + | == Ideas for future development == | ||
| no game | no game | ||
| our priorities: user experience is more important than artist' | our priorities: user experience is more important than artist' | ||
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| make a game for people? | make a game for people? | ||
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| - | adding missing elements: avatars, garden | ||
| ==== Context ==== | ==== Context ==== | ||
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