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N = Nupanick (one-way exit to east, one-way entrance to south)
a = asiekierka (floating room, uses one flag for alternate ending)
I = infosponge (one-way entrance to east, one-way exit to north)
S = Seventh Shade
J = Jur (green key, one-way exit to east)
Q = Quantum P (final board, 3 doors)
Z = Zamros (one-way entrance to north, one-way exit to east, contains red key)
C = Commodore (one-way entrance to west, one-way exit to south)
D = Dr. Dos
ö = Schrödinger's Cat (one-way entrance from west, paths to north, south, and east)

Map:

       a
     
   S-+ +-Q
   | | |
   J>ö-N>C
   | | ^ V
   D-+ I<Z 
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Post by superbowl shuffle »

What about me? I don't care what board.
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Post by Dr. Dos »

Petition to call the game Collabyrinth.
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Post by Scribbit »

There's only a few left so I'll go ahead and assign them.

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N = Nupanick (one-way exit to east, one-way entrance to south)
a = asiekierka (floating room, uses one flag for alternate ending)
I = infosponge (one-way entrance to east, one-way exit to north)
S = Seventh Shade
J = Jur (green key, one-way exit to east)
Q = Quantum P (final board, 3 doors)
Z = Zamros (one-way entrance to north, one-way exit to east, contains red key)
C = Commodore (one-way entrance to west, one-way exit to south)
D = Dr. Dos
ö = Schrödinger's Cat (one-way entrance from west, paths to north, south, and east)
s = Superbowl Shuffle (blue key)
R = RobertP
A = Alexis Janson


Map:

       a
     
   S-R s-Q
   | | |
   J>ö-N>C
   | | ^ V
   D-A I<Z 
My mock-up's done. If you need to see how it all fits together, check it out. And I decided to call this style of collab an OBE, for One Board Each.

EDIT: Collabyrinth is better. Ignore my mock-up title screen.
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Post by Dr. Dos »

<s>Your earlier key says my board should have a white key on it, but isn't mentioned in later posts or in the example file.</s>

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Post by Commodore »

That is a pretty catchy name.
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Okay, since my board is going to be a sort of central crossroads, I'm making a small shop. I'm thinking letting you trade 30 points for 10 health, and maybe gems for torches or something. Is anyone making a dark board or would torch sales be pointless?
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Post by Seventh Shade »

Dark boards are terrible. Besides, if we don't use that counter for actual torches we could use it for boss health or something.
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Post by Scribbit »

Okey dokey then.

Buy 10 health: costs 30 points.
Buy 50 ammo: costs 3 gems.

prices sound reasonable? Is anyone even using gems?
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Post by Commodore »

A shop might be pointless. Since there's a wide range of ideas that will go on, people making boards should assume the player could enter the board with any number of health or ammo. You would have to set more restraints to make something like that worth while.

also unless people program in some bonuses, that's a steep price for health.

then again, you're the boss. You tell us. :tie:
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Post by asiekierka »

Remember that there's my board full of bonuseys...
...:D

Also, the only counters allowed IMO to not break anything is Score and Torches. No more points, Nupanick. Only gems.

Just because you may need both counters for some stuff. {{x/y player position calculation? boss health? random point giver?}}
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Post by zamros »

heyyyyyyyyyyyyy we need a deadline
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Post by InfoSponge »

deadlines are for chumps

that being said when is this shit due?

ps mine's almost done

pps that was a lie

ppps or was it ._.
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Commodore wrote:A shop might be pointless. Since there's a wide range of ideas that will go on, people making boards should assume the player could enter the board with any number of health or ammo. You would have to set more restraints to make something like that worth while.
I agree -- you'd have to make agreements with the other participants in order to make a shop useful. You would need (1) at least one person to include an action sequence, and (2) at least one person to reward the player with gems.

I don't think purchasing items from the shop should be necessary, though. As Commodore said, the player ought to be able to complete each board without any extra health/ammo. However, being able to purchase extra health/ammo might be a nice convenience.

Just my two cents.
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Post by Scribbit »

Okay, no shop for now. Let's finish by the end of the month.
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