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| + | ====== Scene Guidelines ====== | ||
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| + | This is a list of qualities we are looking for in our scenes. It is not a "you must follow every bullet point to the letter" sort of thing but please keep them in mind to increase the chances of your scene getting into the game. | ||
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| + | ===== Things to Avoid ===== | ||
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| + | * Long, straight distances that players can pick off Nords from. | ||
| + | * Kill zones that let players mindlessly kill bots with low risk. | ||
| + | * Wide open areas with no cover. | ||
| + | * Needlessly large maps. | ||
| + | * Small rooms. | ||
| + | * Positions where bots have an unfair advantage (shooting through trees). | ||
| + | * Camps that people never need to leave. | ||
| + | * Having a few stragglers outside the camp that force players to leave is fine. | ||
| + | * Stragglers should not be too inconvenient to reach. | ||
| + | * The goal is to make players move without dragging out the run too much. | ||
| + | * Bot positions that only one or two Swadians can attack. | ||
| + | * This mostly happens when cleaning up stragglers but it applies everywhere. | ||
| + | * One way to prevent this would be having two paths out of the camp so that stragglers can be cleaned up from two sides. | ||
| + | * Having it safe for only one or two ranged to clean up stragglers is an example of something to avoid. | ||
| + | * Unnatural grid-like layouts. There is such a thing as too much symmetry. | ||
| + | * Styles that don’t fit the Swadian / Nord theme. | ||
| + | * Including un-released items (such as legendaries) as props. | ||
| + | * Areas of the map that only bots can reach but not players (particularly spawn points). | ||
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| + | ===== Things to Look For ===== | ||
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| + | * Maps where players need to move around a bit. | ||
| + | * Layouts that give players choices. | ||
| + | * Having multiple camp options would be ideal but not necessary. | ||
| + | * Having multiple paths to take to clean up stragglers is more important. | ||
| + | * There should not be bot positions vulnerable to only one or two players at a time. | ||
| + | * A natural layout with a certain amount of haphazardness (not perfectly symmetrical). | ||
| + | * A certain level of realism (no exposed walls ending abruptly or not lining up properly). | ||
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| + | ===== Closing Notes ===== | ||
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| + | * Many existing scenes in the game do not yet follow these guidelines. As time goes on, they will gradually be reworked. | ||
| + | * These guidelines will probably be modified as time goes on based on discussion and how well they work in practice. | ||
| + | * You are welcome to discuss the guidelines [[https://forum.nordinvasion.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=79 | on our forum]]. | ||
general/contributors/scenes/guidelines.txt · Last modified: 2018/02/28 23:24 by kip
