Pilastri di disegno

Il design di Ashes of Creation aderisce a cinque pillars principali.

1. Storia coinvolgente e coinvolgente
2. Mondo reattivo
3. Interazione del giocatore
4. Agenzia di gioco
5. Risk vs reward

Nel progettare Ashes of Creation, ci atteniamo a cinque pilastri principali per ogni dettaglio: Storia Avvincente ed Immersiva, un Mondo Reattivo, Interazione tra Giocatori, Agenti sui Giocatori, e Rischio vs Ricompensa. Anche nell'ambientazione, tutto ciò che farete come giocatori interagirà con questi pilastri, mentre tutto quello che la vostra gilda fa, tutto quello che il vostro server fa servirà a mantenere il mondo fresco, in costante cambiamento, e cosa più importante... emozionante.

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There were originally four design pillars: Economia, Nodi, Meaningful conflict and Narrative.

Q: Are there any mechanics or systems that you wanted to add to the game but haven't because you wanted to ensure that your development schedule stays on track? And if so, what are they?

A: There's a lot. We- generally when we're doing our internal meetings and reviews and a great idea comes up, we throw it in the backlog post-launch. That's our- generally our MO when it comes to great ideas. Because the reality is, as we continue to go through features, we develop those features, we test those features and iterate on those features, a lot of new ideas and opportunities come about for the team to think about. Well, wouldn't it be great if this feature actually did this and interacted with another feature over here that did this. And so we're trying to make sure that another feature over here did this. And in some situations we'll evaluate and determine whether or not that type of interaction is really necessary to demonstrate what the core loop of a particular system might be trying to demonstrate and we'll make the changes necessary. But in the majority of cases, we try to stay cognizant of, hey, here is our MVP necessary list of core integrated systems in order to achieve the identity of the game that we're in the core gameplay loops that we want players to experience. And we work towards that end from a launch perspective; and anything that's added that sounds good, or we want to incorporate, we throw it into the expansion bucket. There's an opportunity for us to- we need stuff obviously for us to expand upon and for us to continue development post-launch, so that's generally our MO with regards to new ideas and stuff. – Steven Sharif

Design

Anteprima del design del sito di Ashes of Creation (WIP).

Ashes of Creation ha un'ambientazione fantasy medievale, fondendo l'immaginazione con una grafica di ultima generazione. Stiamo rimettendo la parola "massa" in "multiplayer di massa" con meccaniche uniche e innovative che porteranno significato alle azioni del giocatore. Ashes of Creation incorporerà le parti migliori dei tradizionali MMORPG con innovativi concetti sandbox. Sceglierai il tuo destino ad ogni opportunità. Le missioni inizieranno e finiranno basandosi sulle interazioni dei giocatori con il mondo, perché in questo mondo le scelte sono consequenziali. I mostri vagheranno e aumenteranno in ferocia man mano che la civiltà ostacola l'ordine naturale delle cose. Dalla posizione alla dimensione delle città, sarai tu a determinare l'aspetto del tuo mondo. Ci saranno culture, paesaggi ed economie uniche.

Ashes of Creation è un MMORPG in corso di sviluppo ambientato in un mondo fantasy nel quale le scelte dei giocatori plasmeranno e definiranno il mondo attorno a loro.

Ashes of Creation è una prospettiva unica dell'esperienza MMO. La struttura del nostro mondo è dinamica e costruita per rispondere alle azioni dei nostri giocatori. Le città si innalzeranno e cadranno, la loro popolazione sarà basata sulla storia del mondo man mano che i giocatori la creano. Le missioni si sbloccheranno quando queste popolazioni si riuniranno, i loro bisogni cresceranno, e i segreti verranno scoperti. Visto che la struttura degli NPC del mondo è stabilita in tempo reale, i giocatori avranno la possibilità di distruggere quello che hanno creato, preparando la strada per nuovi sviluppi, nuove popolazioni, e cambiamenti reali. Strategie politiche ed intrighi giocheranno un ruolo veramente importante nella struttura del vostro mondo. I giorni dei mondi statici sono finiti, d'ora in poi ci sarà il cambiamento.

Il nome in codice originale per Ashes of Creation era "The World of Origins" (il mondo delle origini).

In order for sandbox mechanics to mean something, there must be curated content to accompany the player’s choices. Which means, as the developers, we must create that Themebox style content but for every possible path the community may take. – Steven Sharif

Ashes of Creation is a PvX game built on the foundational principle of risk versus reward. The developers may seek feedback and make changes to portions of the game, but the core design pillars of the game will never be changed.

We will refine systems, we will iterate on systems, but we will never change the core identity of the intent and philosophical approach to what Ashes of Creation as an MMO brings to the MMO genre space... What we want to do is express that Ashes of Creation is endeavoring to build a risk-versus-reward centric PvX style game. And that intent and purpose will be delivered upon, and it will not change. – Steven Sharif

• Ashes of Creation is referred to by the developers as a "themebox" or "sandpark" game as they aim to create a reactive player-driven world accompanied by curated content.

When it comes to how MMO’s have been traditionally designed, most gamers are familiar with two distinct types of gameplay loops: the “theme park”, and the “sandbox”. The vast majority of MMO’s we’ve all seen come and go in the gaming industry have been of the theme park variety – these games put the player onto a specific path, guiding them along, with plenty of pretty sights in between the same old quest hubs, very little in divergent paths, virtually no freedom in player progression. Recently the MMO genre has seen some games of the sandbox nature come onto the scene, but despite the ultimate freedom the sandbox affords players, many are left wanting more, as there is by definition no pre built world content, no human touch, just the vastness of the “sand” for lack of a better term. Thus many MMO players often find themselves caught between the repetitive rock of the theme park or the vast dead spaces of the sandbox’s hard place. This chasm between the state of MMO gameplay loops is where we intend to inject Ashes of Creation’s Node system.

Q: How do you go about designing some of the more old school systems such as XP debt, minimal fast travel, and open world raiding that have really gone away for the most part in modern MMOs?

A: When looking at the reasoning behind why some of those old systems existed, a lot of it was centralized around the idea of risk versus reward. I mean, let's take a look at the three that you name, XP debt, minimal fast travel, and open world raiding. Experience debt is a cost of failure. Experience debt is the bite of not achieving success. If I die to a monster because my strategy was bad, because my performance was bad, because my planning was bad: all of that means that debt is the cost I pay for the bad choice... Minimal fast travel: My location matters; and the time it travels there is the cost I pay. Open world raiding: I'm not the only person interested in completing this objective. I have competition. That competition represents pressure. That pressure represents a desire to succeed and perform. All of those are touch points on player emotional connectivity. There is a reason why I want to succeed: Part of that reason can be incentivization through reward; part of that reason can be distance; it can be incentivization through failure. So that I think are one of the core fundamental philosophies as to how you design some of the more old-school systems. – Steven Sharif

Inspiration

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Ashes of Creation ha tratto ispirazione da diversi altri titoli MMORPG.

• Eve Online, con la sua economy regionalizzata e risk vs reward nel transportation.
• ArcheAge, con i suoi building systems, transportation e naval combat.
• Lineage II, con i suoi castle sieges, flagging, open world PvP e guild progression.
• Star Wars Galaxies, col suo crafting systems.

Parlando di quello che è venuto prima, stiamo cercando di capire chi ha fatto cosa meglio e trarre ispirazione da quello: Portare il genere avanti; rendere le cose innovative e portarle nel ventunesimo secolo. – Jeffrey Bard

End-game

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Non ci sarà un tipico end-game in Ashes of Creation.

Parte dell'esperienza con i Nodi è che non c'è un vero end-game, poichè il mondo cambia costantemente ogni giorno. Il mese uno sarà veramente diverso dal mese due; e questo vale per i livelli 50 come per i livelli 1. – Jeffrey Bard

See also

• Ashes of Creation