Ryzom Ring, Diary #3

Ryzom Ring (R²) - Developer Diary #3 (Page 2 of 2)

Scenarios with multiple game masters

As the planned date approaches, Matthew runs a few test sessions with a few friends. It becomes clear that the combination of an elaborate scenario and a bunch of players splitting up and running off in different directions is more than Matt can manage on his own. To prevent problems, he decides to invite Oliver, with whom he clearly gets along, to help him run the session.

The session was a big success and, although Matthew had initially only called on Olivier for security (in case the players split up and things got out of hand), he had actually played a big part in making the session truly memorable for the players. It became clear from the feedback at the end of play that, above and beyond the quality of Matthew's story telling and of Olivier's ambushes, the true strength of the session had come from Olivier and Matthew's collaboration. While Matthew put words in the mouths of the escorted NPCs to warn the players of the dangers ahead, Olivier played out the role of a prowling Gingo boss looking out for opportunities to dispatch his minions to go after the escorted animals.

Is this only the beginning?

Following the first run, the scenario starts to live a life of its' own. Any pioneer who wants to run it themselves can go to the scenario's dedicated page on the R² site and schedule their own run with just a few clicks. At the same time, pioneers who want to not only run the scenario but also modify it and add their own ideas can find download links on the same web page.

Frame n°5: “scenario” page on the web. Following the first run of a new scenario, a dedicated web page is created, covering all of the info concerning the scenario and the list of runs that have been made. It can be edited by the pioneer who created the scenario. The following schematic(with text in French) is purely for illustration purposes and doesn’t reflect the final content or look of the web site. It is here to give a rough idea of what we have in mind.

Following the success of the escort scenario, Matthew is inspired to push out the bounds and try something a little more ambitious (after all, there is more to life than escorting convoys). In order to make his new scenario an even bigger success, he decides to investigate two new avenues that he hadn't previously explored.

• In order to be able to create a greater diversity unique scenes, Matthew looks into the different 'rare content' packages to which he doesn't yet have access and the ways in which he can get hold of them.

• At the same time, the higher level crafters in his guild have offered to craft up a set of nice items for Matthew to give away to players as rewards in their scenarios. Matthew, who is very pleased with this offer, plans on a cooperative venture with them to raise the profile of the guild.

- David Blanchard

Thank you to David for his hard work on this article. This is the final non-exclusive diary. Check back later today for Ryzom Ring, Diary #4.

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