[MUD-Dev] Continuous versus Discrete Functions

Caliban Tiresias Darklock caliban at darklock.com
Mon Jan 21 13:18:26 CET 2002


From: "John Buehler" <johnbue at msn.com>

> I HAVE said that most designers seem to be entirely
> achievement-centric in their thinking, precluding quality
> entertainment for those who are less achievement-centric and are
> instead more focused on socialization, exploration and killing.
> Particularly the first two.

Virtually all achievements consist of an area you explore, an
opponent you kill, and a task you can later discuss in social
settings.

So the achievement covers the other three bases naturally.

This isn't true, of course, but it's more or less how the
achievement-centric developer sees it.

The difficult part is trying to define WHY this isn't true.


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