From lojban+bncCIXohuTaHxCLhvDxBBoEmjbO7w@googlegroups.com Fri Aug 05 07:50:01 2011 Received: from mail-ww0-f61.google.com ([74.125.82.61]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QpLio-00084F-90; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:50:00 -0700 Received: by wwf4 with SMTP id 4sf751279wwf.16 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlegroups.com; s=beta; h=x-beenthere:received-spf:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:x-original-sender :x-original-authentication-results:reply-to:precedence:mailing-list :list-id:x-google-group-id:list-post:list-help:list-archive:sender :list-subscribe:list-unsubscribe:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=7kywHQGxhIHnKADWdRV0v3bdGuK6C70uqAJXnW81wUc=; b=q2V9zN/9tsD9Vb3PtUhjG+rKkRYpsYQE+IPk7sT1MXDp/Mr755VcrR/i4rT+Vo3LX/ IGTTbfSr+HDNOB5zBCCyyR129d5Jh6lgpNk1rDb5rH1OltrR4KoE86hKVB+GvKbOb6xd 5kde950EA2FQHfoFGxQf+5mUcyperUewW7Xrc= Received: by 10.216.161.82 with SMTP id v60mr234969wek.6.1312555787477; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:47 -0700 (PDT) X-BeenThere: lojban@googlegroups.com Received: by 10.14.15.130 with SMTP id f2ls111985eef.2.canary; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.22.3 with SMTP id s3mr166571ees.11.1312555786076; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.14.22.3 with SMTP id s3mr166570ees.11.1312555786059; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail-ew0-f52.google.com (mail-ew0-f52.google.com [209.85.215.52]) by gmr-mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p42si3248466eea.0.2011.08.05.07.49.46 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:46 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: pass (google.com: domain of matt.mattarn@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.52 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.215.52; Received: by ewy28 with SMTP id 28so391688ewy.25 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.157.10 with SMTP id z10mr721498bkw.347.1312555785820; Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:49:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.204.13.202 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2011 07:49:45 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110804231602.GD22654@digitalkingdom.org> References: <20110804231602.GD22654@digitalkingdom.org> Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2011 10:49:45 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [lojban] Random lojbanquest noodlings From: Matt Arnold To: lojban@googlegroups.com, lojban-list@lojban.org X-Original-Sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com X-Original-Authentication-Results: gmr-mx.google.com; spf=pass (google.com: domain of matt.mattarn@gmail.com designates 209.85.215.52 as permitted sender) smtp.mail=matt.mattarn@gmail.com; dkim=pass (test mode) header.i=@gmail.com Reply-To: lojban@googlegroups.com Precedence: list Mailing-list: list lojban@googlegroups.com; contact lojban+owners@googlegroups.com List-ID: X-Google-Group-Id: 1004133512417 List-Post: , List-Help: , List-Archive: Sender: lojban@googlegroups.com List-Subscribe: , List-Unsubscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm glad to see movement on this! -Eppcott On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > https://docs.google.com/View?docid=3Ddg5wbmjw_12fjmvcm for background. > > It used to be on the MUD, but I got tired of implementing that. =A0I > think it would be pretty easy to do it as a web app. > > Anyways. > > I was thinking randomly today that the problem with Lojbanquest has > always been motive; it's *only* about monster-killing, basically. > > Some random ideas I've had more-or-less related to that > > > - rooms have various connections that are non-Euclidian (connections > =A0to words that differ by one letter, connections to the same > =A0selma'o and (most importantly) connections to the next-most and > =A0next-least common word) > > - monsters get harder in less-commonly-used-word rooms > > - random bosses; when you try to go to a room it warns you?; bosses > =A0are much harder > > - Key Idea #1: Rooms only drop the word associated with the room > =A0name, which forces exploration to be able to make whole sentences > > - Key Idea #2: A special/rare treasure is magic *sentences*; if you > =A0have all the elements of the sentence, the attack is *MUCH* more > =A0powerful. =A0Using these is essentially required for bosses and the > =A0higher end rooms, let alone a boss *in* the higher-end rooms. =A0But > =A0what if your magical sentence needs "zajba"? =A0Well, you'll have to > =A0get to the zajba room, and defeat something. =A0Major incentive to > =A0explore. > > -Robin > > > -- > http://singinst.org/ : =A0Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > is "na nei". =A0 My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups= "lojban" group. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegr= oups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojb= an?hl=3Den. > > --=20 You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "= lojban" group. 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