Spectator Mode

Akraticist · 2018-10-06 19:01:57

It would be neat to sometimes see the bigger picture in a city without being involved. Just watching people interact, resources deplete, the city change shape.

I imagine by default there is a zoomed-out camera focused on a city's center (the oldest home marker in the family? the oldest slow-burning fire?) that the spectator can then move around, zooming in and out at will. Maybe some sort of integration with the Family Trees in order to select the starting location for the camera.

Some more thoughts in no particular order:
-Creates this weird incentive to open both spectator mode along with the regular game to gain more information.
-Impacts what it feels like to play. With the prospect of someone watching, maybe an eve that would otherwise give up plays on. Encourages theatrics in general.
-Could be described as redundant because of live streams, but I would argue it gives the spectator more control along with a different feeling (streams are necessarily focused on the streamer and the story of their character).
-A spectator new to the game can focus on players doing tasks they want to learn without concerns like being annoying or consuming resources.
-Easy way for a player to check up on a city they are invested in, perhaps think about their next contribution before joining in.

Of course this represents a large technical challenge to implement, but it was a passing fancy I wanted to at least share.

Edit: Here is another thread where this idea is discussed, which I found after submitting.

Last edited by Akraticist (2018-10-06 19:07:17)

bENdI · 2018-10-07 01:19:04

damn put this in the reddit suggestions
we need this
besides, there is nothing negative about this other than griefers planning their attacks, but honestly i could talk about ways to prevent griefers such as myself from wreaking havoc

jasonrohrer · 2018-10-07 04:08:05

I have thought about this...

But I worry that it will make life itself less special.

Currently, the only window into the world is to get born into it.

The family tree is another window, but very abstract by comparison.

I have thought about some mode where you could watch your descendants, like a ghost. Would be kinda cool if maybe you had 5 ancestors watching you, but you didn't know it. Maybe they could whisper to you...

As cool as that sounds (and it does sound very cool), it verges into paranormal territory, and that's not really what the game is about. The curses already go there, but that was a problem that just had to be solved (because of reincarnation being different from real life, and the possibility of repeat criminals).

In real life, I don't believe our ancestors are watching us. So... I'm hesitant to go the Pixar Coco direction here...

I think that death really meaning something, and meaning as much as it does in this game, helps each life to have meaning. That black screen, you know? Goodbye, everyone. (If you could pop back in and watch right away, it just wouldn't feel as brutal).

WalrusesConquer · 2018-10-07 07:43:02

I used to think spirit animals or being born as a bear would be cool...you'd wander along your family ect.
But then I realised you'd probably be killed very quickly

Aurora Aurora · 2018-10-07 08:46:45

jasonrohrer wrote:

I have thought about this...
But I worry that it will make life itself less special.
Currently, the only window into the world is to get born into it.
The family tree is another window, but very abstract by comparison.

I have thought about some mode where you could watch your descendants, like a ghost. Would be kinda cool if maybe you had 5 ancestors watching you, but you didn't know it. Maybe they could whisper to you...
As cool as that sounds (and it does sound very cool), it verges into paranormal territory, and that's not really what the game is about. The curses already go there, but that was a problem that just had to be solved (because of reincarnation being different from real life, and the possibility of repeat criminals).
In real life, I don't believe our ancestors are watching us. So... I'm hesitant to go the Pixar Coco direction here...

I think that death really meaning something, and meaning as much as it does in this game, helps each life to have meaning. That black screen, you know? Goodbye, everyone. (If you could pop back in and watch right away, it just wouldn't feel as brutal).

Aww come on Jason. I wanna be a spooky ghost uncle.

Also give me dads.

tana · 2018-10-07 10:10:45

Well I know it's not exaclty the same, but you can always watch streamers...

There's quite a number of them now, it's not rare for them to land on one of your old cities, you can always ask them to show you what happened to your projects after you died if you had any. Or simply to show you around to see what changed.

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