Notices by hypolite (hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com), page 2

@ikanz @clacke Reminds me of this joke:

A farmer wants to increase the productivity of his milk farm. They hire a mathematician who stays in their study for three days non-stop. The fourth day, ready to present their result to the farmer, the mathematician begins with:
“Let’s assume cows are spheres…”

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That would be one (1) order of magnitude. 😒

@sean This is a common conundrum in game design. Many designers end up creating a systems game. Each element of the game reacts independently to specific triggers, and when you combine enough of these with enough different behaviors, you get a very complex branching potential narrative tree without having had to implement every single lines. The epitome of this genre is Dwarf Fortress, but many other game ended up implementing a limited version of this, like the Hitman series, where you have several distinct ways of accomplishing the mission's objectives which are fixed.

I feel like with your grouping you have at least part of a hybrid system that recognizes important outcomes but could turn to a systems game for the part leading up to them.

@clacke It used to be an elimination game for us, until only one player remains.

It’s called a « Tournante » in French, with a rough translation being “Spinning[table]”