DIMES!! DIMES!! DIMES!!

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Jul 8 2003, 1:33 am
people can buy perm houses on my game...
but now the dimes are gone... they can't, so i need a solution... a way (except for paypal) to pay!
doesn'T have to be with money but... with something, not good behavior or points.. but something logic.. something good, may sound stupid, but.... HELP?
Jul 8 2003, 6:13 am
Game money? But needing A LOT, as in TONS, as in very hard to get amount?
Jul 8 2003, 6:21 am
The length they've played your game? The longer they play, the better house in which to stay.

Worlds:Hey, that rhymes. Use it as a housing slogan.
Jul 8 2003, 8:14 am
Code in some sort of quest/mission that is quite difficult. You could throw in riddles to test the logic. And all different aspects of the game of the game would be required to complete it. And give them a deed or something once completed.
Jul 8 2003, 10:03 am
In response to Hazman
The longer they play, the better house in which to stay.

Worlds:Hey, that rhymes. Use it as a housing slogan.

Barely rhymes. Five syllables and eight syllables don't mix well. =)
Jul 8 2003, 10:39 am
If you're really into supporting and improving this game, have the players provide something tangeble to improve the game.

Not only would this give players a reason to help make the game better, but it would also give them a better sence of being listened to, and other then the problems with implementing in-game, it eases a touch of the workload with you.

An examplle would be perhaps donating a few icons, either new, or a better quality version of something that already exists. Or perhaps detailed (and as balanced as possible) ideas for a new monster, quest, item, or dungeon. Or even just volunterring to host the game for x hours a day.

Just a thought.

Elorien
Jul 9 2003, 1:23 am
In response to Blueseed15
i came to a solution..
the easiest i gues...
EVRYONE GETS A FREE PERM HOUSE :D!
ok, maybe for in-game money... but that's the bst solution i guess..
hey and i heard the rumor there's coming a new kinda dime system, could it be true?
Jul 9 2003, 2:09 am
In response to ShakerDeath
BYOND is moving to Paypal. You can set up a Paypal system if you want; Skysaw did it with MLAAS, no reason why you can't do the same! =)
Jul 9 2003, 2:14 am
In response to Crispy
hey, i'm Dutch, 13 and my mom doesn't trusts anything on the internet... so that's the problem u know
Jul 9 2003, 2:29 am
In response to ShakerDeath
Easy enough to set up a Paypal account that people can transfer into. You don't need any starting funds or a credit card or anything, you just fill out a form and make your account. Then you can use it just like the old BYONDime wallet for online transactions, and not just BYOND transactions either.
Jul 9 2003, 2:33 am
In response to Crispy
maybe.. but still....
my mom wont lemme :Z
damnd moms..
hey i inented a new smiley :P eeh, i mean :Z
well same as :S but straighter..
Jul 9 2003, 3:04 am
In response to ShakerDeath
Do you have a bank account, credit card or debit card? Take it to PayPal! (does your mom watch you on the comp? sneak behind her back....=P....I mean.....*run*)

But it's really simple. I recently signed up with a bank account. Now, I can add my debit card, upgrade my account, and I get *cool echoing voice*The Paypal Visa Credit Card!*/cool echoing voice*. Anyway. Paypal is really easy to use. Just nag your mom untill you get it =P.

Airjoe
Jul 9 2003, 3:31 am
In response to Airjoe
thx, i told her....
but she still doesn't TRUST IT DAMND IT!!
I DUNNO WHY?!?!
and if i do it behind her back so she finds out soon or later.. i'll be a dead man :P
Jul 9 2003, 3:31 am
In response to ShakerDeath
so nvm it, i don't need money :P
Jul 9 2003, 8:08 am
In response to JordanUl
And then when one person completes it, they will just tell everyone how to do it, and they ALL get houses. Hooray!
Jul 9 2003, 8:48 am
In response to Garthor
That's why you either add an insane amount of randomness to it, make it even more insanely difficult to do, or make an action type minigame that's hard to complete.
Jul 9 2003, 11:54 am
In response to Jon88
None of those seem logical.
Jul 9 2003, 7:27 pm
In response to Garthor
MLAAS uses randomness very logically for its quests.

A house quest could be as simple as asking the player to submit the quest rewards from five randomly selected quests out of a possible thirty or so subquests designed exclusively for building houses. For example, one subquest could be to obtain 50 "atrium nail" artifacts, which are only found as loot from a certain monster type in a specific dungeon, etc. etc. Another subquest could be to locate and hire a bunch of carpenters (who are located in various cities around the world, and they walk to a different location in the city once someone has visited them). One more quest could be to give a master carpenter a special hammer which is, you guessed it, found only in the hands of a big bad dude. And so on, along the same theme.
Jul 9 2003, 8:52 pm (Edited on Jul 9 2003, 9:01 pm)
ShakerDeath wrote:
people can buy perm houses on my game...
but now the dimes are gone... they can't, so i need a solution... a way (except for paypal) to pay!
doesn'T have to be with money but... with something, not good behavior or points.. but something logic.. something good, may sound stupid, but.... HELP?

After reading all the replies, I'd have to agree with Blueseed somewhat... Make game money, and make everything really expensive. That way people play really long to get what they want. If you do it this way, be sure to make fun ways of earning money... How about use the bump proc on clients to 'mug' them? I think too much..

mob/var/money = 5

mob/Bump(mob/M)
    var/stolenM = rand(0,M.money)
    usr.money += stolenM
    M.money -= stolenM
    view(3)<<"[M] was mugged for $[stolenM]!"



Just tested it, it works fine.


-Camaro-
Jul 9 2003, 11:22 pm
In response to Spuzzum
But you can't create random riddles for the player to solve. And if it's just more monster pounding / find person A, then it's not much of an accomplishment anyway.
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