STraTOS 1997 April & May/STraTOS 1 - 1997 April & May.iso/CD01/INTERNET/SITES/RAND/ALL96.LZH/t0202/text0006.txt

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Here are some more ideas from Robby. He sent them to me. I send them to the
list. But from now on, as he's on the list, he'll be able to do it himself.

So here it is:

[e-mail] wrote:
>
>   New ideas:
>  Some doors are not opened by switched, perhaps they are very secret doors,
> but must have their locks picked. This is almost like a different part of
> the game as it requires a little sequence all of it's own. Perhaps a
> sub-screen/game where you must set the lock tumblers or revolving
> combination lock. Lot's of things could be done with this..
>
>   Jaguar joypad support.. an important one I think.
>
>  A good luck machine placed in the middle of some of the rooms.. this good
> luck machine looks and behaves a lot like gambling machine where the lever
> must be pulled. The numbers/images roll by and whatever combination they
> land on, a certain effect can happen such as: A new weapon, kill all
> enemies, weaken enemies, make rooms darker(you need infrared goggles then),
> nothing happens(most of the time), summon an attacking spirit onto a player,
> bad luck onto a player, etc. These devices can only be used once..
>
>  A different play mode, against the time - race mode. Against the time is
> where all monsters are locked away and you must try and beat the score of
> the person that set the score ahead of you(the best score). If the time runs
> out, then all monsters are released from their holding place and they flood
> into the maze.. where it is almost certain death for the player but if they
> still beat the maze, even past the time limit, with all the monster running
> around then they are called the supremem victor anyway. Race mode is where
> the others are allowed to participate at the same time and race in the maze
> toward the exit.. players that are killed before they reach the end or
> players that have finished it already can go into ghost mode and wander
> around the maze, watching the other players.. even to the point of being
> able to still use their hands in things like moving around weapons,
> unlocking certain monster doors, etc. All mazes can either be loaded in or
> generated randomly.
>
>   Weapons that one already has, such as a shotgun or similar, when picked
> up.. can then be held in both hands for double firepower. When three
> shotguns are have been picked up during the course of the game, the weapons
> can be taped together to form a triple barral system. There is a limit to
> how many that can be placed together, probably about four of them. When this
> many weapons are together, they use two/three/four times as the amount of
> ammo you normally use. This can't be done with all weapons are some may be
> too powerful for our player to handle..
>
>   A razor, diamond edge sword for a new weapon.
>
>   Weapons, when picked up, can be combined together in combinations, such as
> shotgun, long range rifle, grenade laucher, etc. Weapons can be stacked
> together and then fired. Many weapons together will produce a kick back
> where it throws the player back.. maybe even damage her/him a tad. There is
> a built in joke with all of this though: If a player were to combine
> everything(weapons), we would see a huge mass/bulg of weapons being barely
> held by the player.. we zoom out to show the whole world/realm/area
> shaking.. then we hear gun shots(one gun shot but we hear all the weapons
> being shot at the same time).. and then the whole world blows up from all
> the firepower. End of game.
>
>   A spiked shield.. reduces damage from enemies but at the same time can be
> sued as a thrust. There could be different types of shields, mirror
> shield(reflects laser shots-cracks against shotgun/etc.), spiked shield,
> sling shot shield(reflects shotgun-destroyed by laser), etc.
>
>   See through wall x-ray glasses.. a short range glasses that can be used to
> see through walls. These are rare and they cannot see through all things
> such as lead(hehe), very thick walls, whatever else decided on..
>
>   The ability to disguess yourself as a dead monster.. much like hiding in
> it's skin. The player who hides in it's skin isn't totally hidden however,
> as the eyes/face is semi-viewable through some of the dead creatures own
> skin. Besides, some creatures skeletal structure/skin is too tough to get
> into or they may be too small.
>
>   Oil tracks.. the ability for a player to leave behind oil spills to
> slip/lose control over.
>
>   Caltrops tracks.. the ability(once the weapon is found) to leave behind
> razors sided dice on the ground for other players to walk over. These, which
> are small, shine on the ground like little razors.. especially under much
> light.
>
>   Grow wings.. a powerup blessed by a hidden fairy that hides in each
> level.. ocne found, she blesses the player with wings so she/he can fly
> through the air.. over acid, oil, etc and even onto other levels such as
> upstairs through elevation adjustment.
>
>   Make smaller.. a rare potion that once found, can make the player smaller
> so as to make her/him hard to find.. about half or little more than half
> their original size.
>
>    Guess that's it for now..
>
> Thanks,
> Robby