I haven't started working on this yet, but I wanted to ask about it first so that I had a better idea of what I would be getting myself into, and if my exact idea is even possible.
In my game idea, the top half of the screen is an image of what your character is seeing, the room he is in or a street view, etc. The bottom half of the screen are text options like 'look', 'move', etc, and that's how you control the game. If you've played the game Snatcher, picture that. How I want this to work is when you click on 'look' you might only have one option like 'area' or 'street'. Clicking that will give you a description that could contain some keywords like 'tavern' or 'shoppe'. After you have discovered these keywords they would be added to the 'look' and 'move' menus. If you 'looked' at 'tavern' you might get another keyword like 'dwarf'. Then another category, 'talk', would show up under 'look' and 'move' and have the keyword 'dwarf' inside of it.
That brings me to the dialog system. On your journey, you will get keywords that show up under the menus like 'look' and 'move', but those would be room-specific. You're not going to be looking at the street once you enter the tavern, etc. You will also get keywords that are for dialog that will span across all rooms. For example, when you start a conversation with any character, your only options are these keywords, kind of like clues, that you picked up. If you have ever played Shadowrun on SNES, picture that. So you will have this changing list of keywords when talking to different characters, it has to span all rooms, and they all have to have their own responses, which may contain more keywords for dialog choices.
So, hoping I explained that clearly enough, how easy or difficult would this system be to create?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and any responses are appreciated.
In my game idea, the top half of the screen is an image of what your character is seeing, the room he is in or a street view, etc. The bottom half of the screen are text options like 'look', 'move', etc, and that's how you control the game. If you've played the game Snatcher, picture that. How I want this to work is when you click on 'look' you might only have one option like 'area' or 'street'. Clicking that will give you a description that could contain some keywords like 'tavern' or 'shoppe'. After you have discovered these keywords they would be added to the 'look' and 'move' menus. If you 'looked' at 'tavern' you might get another keyword like 'dwarf'. Then another category, 'talk', would show up under 'look' and 'move' and have the keyword 'dwarf' inside of it.
That brings me to the dialog system. On your journey, you will get keywords that show up under the menus like 'look' and 'move', but those would be room-specific. You're not going to be looking at the street once you enter the tavern, etc. You will also get keywords that are for dialog that will span across all rooms. For example, when you start a conversation with any character, your only options are these keywords, kind of like clues, that you picked up. If you have ever played Shadowrun on SNES, picture that. So you will have this changing list of keywords when talking to different characters, it has to span all rooms, and they all have to have their own responses, which may contain more keywords for dialog choices.
So, hoping I explained that clearly enough, how easy or difficult would this system be to create?
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and any responses are appreciated.