Comments on: Inaria iPhone Update 4: Musings on Inarian Architecture http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/inaria-iphone-update-4-musings-on-inarian-architecture The professional blog of Anthony Salter, game programmer. Sun, 25 Jul 2010 12:42:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: aaronw http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/inaria-iphone-update-4-musings-on-inarian-architecture/comment-page-1#comment-2168 aaronw Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:37:43 +0000 http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/?p=1004#comment-2168 i do see some upsides to the smaller towns. in the original you might click five plus times in a row and see the nearly the same board. i'm impatient and i'm wondering if i'm heading out of town accidently, to the merchant, the blacksmith, or what? after multiple clicks why doesn't my screen have any "new" information for me. on a smaller board a lot more information can be presented in a single screen. "i'm at the blacksmith, and oh i can see there is merchant in the other room, and ohhh what is that room partially off screen at the top?" i think this only works for towns. for dungeons and such you don't want to compact the board as much. i just wanted to play devil's advocate. either way looks great! i do see some upsides to the smaller towns. in the original you might click five plus times in a row and see the nearly the same board. i’m impatient and i’m wondering if i’m heading out of town accidently, to the merchant, the blacksmith, or what? after multiple clicks why doesn’t my screen have any “new” information for me. on a smaller board a lot more information can be presented in a single screen. “i’m at the blacksmith, and oh i can see there is merchant in the other room, and ohhh what is that room partially off screen at the top?”

i think this only works for towns. for dungeons and such you don’t want to compact the board as much.

i just wanted to play devil’s advocate. either way looks great!

]]> By: Viridian http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/inaria-iphone-update-4-musings-on-inarian-architecture/comment-page-1#comment-2163 Viridian Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:57:15 +0000 http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/?p=1004#comment-2163 At this point, adding new terrain tiles may be more trouble than they are worth (the format is fixed both in the editor and the game). But using a square or two of lava to represent the blacksmith's forge is actually a reference to Ultima IV...so it's staying :) At this point, adding new terrain tiles may be more trouble than they are worth (the format is fixed both in the editor and the game). But using a square or two of lava to represent the blacksmith’s forge is actually a reference to Ultima IV…so it’s staying :)

]]> By: Dan Cardin http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/inaria-iphone-update-4-musings-on-inarian-architecture/comment-page-1#comment-2161 Dan Cardin Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:03:30 +0000 http://www.viridiangames.com/blog/?p=1004#comment-2161 I do have to agree on some points. Mainly the smallness. The jaggyness though seems inevitable since its a tile based game. Otherwise, very nice job. I like the new tiles quite a bit but i think giving certain things their own tiles for specialized things (ie, if that building was indeed an outhouse, you might want couple of outhouse specific tiles instead of stealing them from something else (main culprit i noticed was the blacksmith's lava). I do have to agree on some points. Mainly the smallness. The jaggyness though seems inevitable since its a tile based game. Otherwise, very nice job. I like the new tiles quite a bit but i think giving certain things their own tiles for specialized things (ie, if that building was indeed an outhouse, you might want couple of outhouse specific tiles instead of stealing them from something else (main culprit i noticed was the blacksmith’s lava).

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