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I think that's where the next big breakthrough in IF/CRPGs will be... by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/31/2013, 12:11pm PDT
Fucking Elves wrote:

Catch Jessica in a lie early on, can't follow up on it at all in the conversations or take any precautions for the inevitable betrayal.


I didn't catch her in a lie. I am not a good detective.

This problem has plagued games for decades. How do you let the player communicate that they "caught" something that most players won't? From a pure input standpoint, I mean.

You could follow up on the lie in one way -- if your character's intelligence is greater than x, then dialogue options would be displayed that let you go down the path of proving she lied.

That doesn't do much in terms of gameplay, because the fights are supposed to provide pleasure, and skipping them due to dialogue isn't necessarily what anyone wants.

But back to the thing I quoted: that is really difficult to implement. But I think it IS worth implementing. You could allow the free input of text, but then the player is motivated to do:

Ask Jessica about what topic?
>lying

to every NPC.

Dunno, curious as to the best way to tackle this. (And I get your greater point, that the same stuff plagued tabletop RPGs.) :)


ICJ
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            I think that's where the next big breakthrough in IF/CRPGs will be... by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/31/2013, 12:11pm PDT NEW
                Re: I think that's where the next big breakthrough in IF/CRPGs will be... by jeep 07/31/2013, 1:46pm PDT NEW
                    The Etiquette/CHA system needs some work by WITTGENSTEIN 07/31/2013, 3:41pm PDT NEW
                        Re: The Etiquette/CHA system needs some work by Fucking Elves 07/31/2013, 5:40pm PDT NEW
                            Holdout weapons in social settings would have been useful as well by WITTGENSTEIN 07/31/2013, 5:48pm PDT NEW
                        Was there a use for this etiquette. . by Last 08/02/2013, 8:49pm PDT NEW
                            You can use it to squeeze another 250 nuyen out of your fixer by WITTGENSTEIN 08/03/2013, 2:48pm PDT NEW
                Re: I think that's where the next big breakthrough in IF/CRPGs will be... by Fucking Elves 07/31/2013, 6:33pm PDT NEW
                    >tells jessica i have an organ donation for her NT by MY COCK 07/31/2013, 10:22pm PDT NEW
            What was the lie you caught Jessica on? by fabio 02/18/2015, 4:17am PST NEW
                I don't remember now by Fucking Elves 02/18/2015, 5:18pm PST NEW
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