Creativity & Other Lies

Ookayyy, so here it is, the first "game" I ever "publish". Yeah, too many air quotes means too much sarcasm being targeted at myself. Because true as this might be; that this is a game, and I did publish it on the internet, this is not something I would take to the market. But this was a requirement of the course and here I am, doing it. I think it stays hosted up there (on gamedev.net) for a month, and then I'll have to find some other way to host it. Maybe blogger provides an option to host a Webgl game. I don't know. If any of you know, teach me how... So, I took away many of the systems I planned for it, because this was supposed to be a quick exercise gig and the longer I stayed with this, the longer I was away from the meat of the course. So whatever I could figure out quickly, I left in and off with the rest. Didn't spend much time on visuals either. Same reason. And last, but most importantly, although the systems are working, balance-wise, it i...

I am supposed to build a small "choose your own adventure" game where each screen will provide the players with some options, and based on the option opted for, the story will progress. And we are supposed to build a "state" asset in unity (not sure if this is the correct term :p ) which we can then use to build as many branches as we like. Each state will ask for its branches and when provided, we have ourselves a working "game engine". And this is what I meant when I said such games seem to be "deterministic". Your choices matter for the story to progress but the same set of inputs will always yield the same output. You are not dealing with chance, or even with a system that you can work. And I want it different for my game, albeit it being just a small assignment. So I went with this idea: You are given a randomized set of starting resources namely: Population (subdivided into male and female, separately) Dimaa (Source of magic and sustenance ...