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Old 05-18-2009, 11:51 AM   #17
dentin
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Re: Single User Dungeon

This is probably not what you're looking for, as it seems you're tending more toward interactive fiction, but I have an interesting possibility.

An amusing feature of Alter Aeon [] is the 'ignore all' facility. Ignore in AA is bi-directional and extremely powerful; setting ignore all makes all mortals and low level gods disappear. You don't see them on channels, on where, or in the same room as you. With a few exceptions (such as permanent PK and cases where there would be clobbering/resource conflicts), this effectively renders the game single-user.

It's really quite entertaining to play the game this way. Equipment still shows up on auction and you can bid on it; items rotate in and out of shops, and sometimes you run into evidence that other people have been nearby. But rarely do you see direct evidence that another person is there or that a player is responsible as opposed to just the regular workings of the game.

I've also seen pairs and small groups that ignore all then 'ignore allow' each other, so that the game becomes multiplayer with just their friends.


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