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night. weather.

it would be cool if the world would have day and night states, like the top bar on the website does.

weather would also be cool.

maybe even seasons.

maybe not for every realm. i can't imagine seasons in IX, for example .. but perhaps in some?

i dunno.

also it would be cool if at night you could hear crickets chirping and see owl eyes appear in trees as the light grows dim.

or maybe that's just a waste of time and resources.

weather would also be cool. rain, specifically. maybe it could influence mood.

like rain could decrease mood, unless you had a yellow raincoat and galoshes, in which case it would increase it.

Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • oh I so totally agree with every letter of this post! That would be wonderful.

    It would also be cool (if even remotely possible) for players to have short-term individual weather or time. There is a character in a book I love who is surrounded by this half-mile wide column of darkness that just goes with him everywhere he goes (it's a spell he can't reverse) and I just had this flash of seeing other characters in the game in a similar situation. Maybe watching one's character look like a black tube wouldn't be so fun, but what if a rain cloud followed you everywhere for a while?
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • i like a cute little rain cloud following you around if you are sad or something.

    maybe even if you aren't sad!

    i quite like rain and don't get the association with sadness.
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Rain is good for growing things, it's not a sad thing!

    How about weather disasters? A tornado that blows through an area and damages things that would then have to be repaired? Or would that be too annoying?
    Posted 3 years ago by FrankenPaula Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I guess the question for individual weather is what triggers it and how long it lasts...and does it necessarily need to be reflective of your character's internal state? If so you get rays of sunshine beaming down on you, rainbows arching out of your head and so on, but like you said, then it just sort of follows a cliche about weather. I would want it to be less predictable, like real weather, and cued by something else, not your character's health. Plus we have other indicators for that.

    But it's cool when other characters can visually share in what is happening to your character, like they do when you get to spin the game show ticket thingmabob, which delights me to no end.
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ooh, like the idea of weather having an impact on the environment, like tornadoes, that would be cool.
    Posted 3 years ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • not cool if it blows up your house : [
    Posted 3 years ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • maybe rain dances :) Tie that in with gardening?
    Posted 3 years ago by cohesion Subscriber! | Permalink