@djsundog @Angle Damn right!

@Angle ( err. this wasn't meant to imply that i think tooting about game dev shouldn't be on the public timeline or anything. )

@Angle 💖👍

I'm considering extending this to include travel to and from the dungeon, complete with random encounters, and maybe buying and building your own bases? I'm not sure yet.

I'm also deciding what I want the world to look like. I think they main play area will take place in whats basically been a constant battlefield for almost a hundred years, with conflict only now tapering off, leaving lots and lots of valuables to be had. First it was the site of a conflict between humans and orcs, and then there was a major undead black crusade, and also some fighting between elves and dwarves, and now finally people are resettling the region.

@Angle This seems _extremely_ cool.

@tindall Thank you! Now I just need to make it... XD

Also there've been a lot of mad wizards fleeing to the area to hide out. They're mostly leaving again, now that civilization is re-encroaching, but they still left a lot of interesting, dangerous, and possibly valuable stuff behind. Many dungeons are abandoned wizard towers, or have been screwed with by wizards, or maybe if you're really (un)lucky you'll find yourself a genuine living mad wizard.

Remnant undead are pretty common, as are parties from any of the races surrounding the area come here for various purposes - fellow looters, bounty hunters, criminals, what have you. And of course, theres always the occasional wandering beast to spice up life.

In terms of civilized races, I think I'm going to keep it to seven main ones, to start things off. Humans, Orcs, Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, Goblins, and these four armed veiled middle easterny nomads who I don't have a name for yet. Most of those will be sticking to their stereotype pretty closely, but I'll be sure to shake things up some.

I might also include some monstrous races? I'm not sure about that though. I'd like to let people recruit driders and such, but we'll see how well that works out. I'm also not sure about adding magic - GURPS allows so much tactical depth even with just mundane weapons, magic seems almost unnecessary. XD

Technology in the game is generally going to be a fair bit better - think renaissance to early enlightenment, instead of middle ages. There will also be lots of divergent tech - elves use all sorts of strange biotech, for example, like this bioplastic resin that they use for lots of weapons, or these puffball grenades that release poison spores. Dwarves have lots of advanced machinery and very good metallurgy, and make significant use of explosives and guns. Humans have a pretty decent basis in tech all around, and trade with just about everyone. Orcs, Hobbits, and Goblins are all a little behind in terms of technology, but they have their own advantages.

In terms of society, The races will all be a little different. Most of the game will have you dealing with human society, but it's possible to end up in another races territory, or just visit to buy items or whatever.

Humans will be pretty chill, and likely have some of the best markets. Hobbits will be a bit poorer, but they have excellent smugglers, so you can buy some really exotic stuff from them, and sell it to them too. Orcs and Goblins don't have as much variety, but you can't beat their prices. Dwarves and elves are often real difficult about letting you access their markets, but if you do you can buy all their cool stuff.

@Angle you'll need a different name for Hobbits, they are trademarked.

@Angle ASCII graphics, huh? hm...I'm trying to think of how that would look. Like, I've never actually played a game with an ASCII graphics interface except for a tiny bit of some dungeon-crawling game or other that used ASCII, back in 1992, and that's a different kind of thing from what you're talking about, right?

@alyx Mmm, yeah. For this, most of the art will consist of ASCII Characters turned different colors, expanded/shrank, and maybe rotated. Most games that use ASCII keep their graphs all the same size and orientation, but I wanna see what it looks like if I break that rule. XD

@Angle ohhhh, now I see what you're up to! So not literal ASCII graphics like produced by some programmer's library, you're talking about something just a bit more creative

@Angle it seems interesting!!

@bunnyhero Well you're in luck, cause I already tooted up a storm... XD