diary #6!

[The diplomat]

check out the next diary!
It has some really interesting points about how to raise the player's interests in his/her dinosaurs.
I particularly like the king/queen dino idea and the baby dino idea. How can you not like a cute little baby dino!

[Slingshot]

Hopefully no dino's cry "Find the enemy!" each time you click on them. That would really turn up my emotional thermostat.

I wonder if there is any connection between the "alpha-dino" concept and the Civ III "hero" concept?

This last Diary was the most inspiring.

My favourite line is the very last:

quote: That's it for now. Until next time, keep it bigger than a walnut and have fun gaming.

... hopefully they don't think Apolytoners have a problem their walnuts - I mean brains!

[Atahualpa]

Nice diary!

Dino becomes a more and more interesting game!

Ata

[Hugo Rune]

Oooh, diary. Sounds all right, and definately places it away from Simulation and into Strategy. I think that's a good move.

[The diplomat]

I really really hope that they adapt the "dinoCam" idea to civ3! It would make the game come to life.

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No permanent enemies, no permanent friends.

[onepaul]

lord o'mighty! I'll go nuts if they don't post any screenshots...

[MikeH]

I like the idea of caring about your dino units and starting them off as babies but I really don't like the idea of a single King/Hero dinosaur. It'd be nice if you could bring up your babies to be good warriors/food gatherers/ baby spawners or whatever but having one game winning/losing king sounds like it'd take focus from your normal population, that dino would be the main character.

[Jesus Egg that Wept]

The King/Hero thing might also detract from the mutations thing that was supposed to be important.

[Hugo Rune]

Of course, the way to solve the King controversy is to make it a disadvantage to lose the unit, but not killing your game because of it. You should be able grow a new one at a high cost, but you could only keep one at a time. Think Tiberian Sun's Cyborg Commander, for example.

[Kyle]

I have to say, this single Diary increased my interest in this game a thousand fold.

I like the idea of having to nurture a new leader if the head dinosaur is killed.

[tniem]

I think the best way to deal with the king/queen dinosaur is to have a hiarchy of the dinosaur family, like a pack of dogs. You could have the alpha male and female and they would be the dinosaurs that you would most want to have their traits passed on. The more a trait is worth the higher you put them on the chain. It would add to game play and help with the whole mutation idea.

[tniem]

I would like to apologize. That was my first post and this is my first time on these boards. I know see that the idea of an alpha dinosaur has already been proposed on another thread. I then do not wish to seem that I stole another's idea, just happened upon the same and thought that I was the only one.