WIP #40 detailing out some of the gameplay systems and how they may work.

Author: finger563

design.org

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+#+title:  Design
+#+author: William Emfinger
+#+date:   <2022-04-10 Sun>
+
+* Overall Design
+** World
+The world within the game is separated into sections of differing scale:
+*** Overworld
+The largest scale map (hence only the largest scale features show, and the
+characters within the map are the smallest scale). The overworld scale is
+approximately such that the characters are only 3 blocks tall. The overworld is
+also potentially unbounded - meaning at this scale the player can go anywhere
+and it is not a fixed camera. While travelling around the overworld, the player
+may find places (towns, caves, points of interest) which can be entered - then
+taking the player into a fixed local map of lower scale (smaller scale features
+show).
+*** Local Map
+The local map consists of a subset of the map, with bounded extents and in which
+the player character is approximately double the size (5-8 blocks tall). Within
+this map, the player may find places (houses, cave rooms, etc.) which can be
+entered - then taking the player into a fixed interior map of lower scale
+(smaller scale features show).
+*** Interiors
+The interior map is the smallest scale map (smallest features show) and is
+reserved for when the player needs to interact with / see very fine features. It
+usually represents the interior of houses, cave rooms, and potentially very
+specific points of interest within a map (e.g. under a bridge).
+** NPCs
+All NPCs have some basic characteristics, stats, and behaviors:
+- Goal points with path planning
+- Health, Stamina, Fear, Magic, Status(es)
+- Item & Environment interaction
+- Equipment / items / Droppables
+- Interaction with other NPCs and player character
+- Possessable: they can be controllable by other characters / players
+NPCs can come in a variety of types with different customizations between them:
+*** Animals
+Animals are NPCs which randomly wander around, may forage for food, can be
+killed for food, and can be frightened (by player or other NPCs). They can
+additionally be interacted with by the player in various ways (e.g. feeding,
+petting, etc.)
+*** Friendlies
+*** Foes
+*** Neutrals
+** Items
+*** Interactible (chests, doors, etc.)
+*** Foragable (mushrooms, plants, rocks, etc.)
+*** Droppable (health, meat, weapons, armor, etc.)
+*** Holdable (weapons, torches, etc.)
+** Status Effects
+*** In-world / Area of Effects (weather, spell, etc.)
+*** Applied (buff, drain, etc.)

devlogs.org

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 - [ ] Add Tam Model
 - [ ] Add pen door model (for sheep / horse pen)
 
+* Week of 2022-04-10
+
+- [x] Work on game design document to detail out some of the systems
+
 * Week of 2022-04-03
 
 - [x] Break apart voxel scene into different models