Friday, October 7, 2011

Pacing

Keeping in pace with my last posts proposition to keep a diversity of game types, I'm going to put in a rather unique genre this time, a Dice game.
HW now.
Finally some programing, or at least typing out code. A bit flat, but I keep forgetting to do the turn-it-into-the-website thing, so maybe it's better they're simple so I can complete them fast enough to have time to derp around with remembering that. Now that I have filezilla at home though, that problem should clear right up. Looking forward to upcoming classes now that we're doing things with what we're learning, not only because it's more interesting, but also because it helps me retain them better.

Dice. Not really my thing, I hate chance dependent things since I prefer games challenging my skill or intellect than making me grind the RNG. But this dice game invokes a fair bit of planning, even if now and again the CPU screws you over with a series of imba dice rolls.
The game is Zilch by gaby. It's a recent find so I don't have much to rant about again...this is messed up I haven't ranted in several posts, MUST FIND SOMETHING TO RANT ABOUT NEXT POST.
Anyway, the game could use a much more randomized, or even just an improved arbitrary, dice rolling generator. I see combo's of 3 all the time, and I don't mean sets  of three, I mean the same exact score type three times in a row. Obviously Dice are pure arbitrary, but I still feel that it could be improved by some small degree. Ah well. Other than that, I'm curious if you are not allowed via the rules to just choose one dice when you get a pair or triple, or if it's just over-sight by the creator that it doesn't allow it since it automatically designates the highest set of them. I'm inclined to believe it's part of the rules. The biggest factor for the game in my opinion is the speed at which it loads, and the speed of the individual matches. It's great for filling in those little five minutes of wait before a class starts while your just sitting and waiting, or for something to play while another game loads. So, next post, next week, I'm going to pick something particularly controversial just so I can really let loose and rant.



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Id Est, this is one I made.