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Oct 16, 2016, 6:16 am
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Why not open the mushroom level for everyone? Have a side quest from New Attnam that opens to the mushroom level.
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Oct 16, 2016, 9:33 am
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chaostrom wrote
Didn't we have a sort of "multiplayer" IVAN that shared bones before?

Yeah, it was that port where you logged in to a server and played there. I believe you could also spectate another player going at it. I loved it!

fejoa wrote
I don't know if I plan to include a mushroom level on XT. It can always be transplanted to a new, as yet undesigned dungeon however.
I do remember the mushroom level from LIVAN, it was chaotic as hell once those magic mushrooms got going...

Mmm yeah, just the way we like it here!
Oct 16, 2016, 11:47 am
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chaostrom wrote
Why not open the mushroom level for everyone? Have a side quest from New Attnam that opens to the mushroom level.

That would be kind of nice. I always thought it would be nice to have a larger incentive to return to New Attnam from time to time and not just leave it behind.

fejoa wrote
I do remember the mushroom level from LIVAN, it was chaotic as hell once those magic mushrooms got going...

Yeah, good times. Magic mushrooms polymorphing themselves all the time...
Oct 16, 2016, 11:56 am
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And flying. Can't forget flying mushrooms.
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Oct 16, 2016, 3:04 pm
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I've always wanted to make puffball mushrooms that make spore clouds.
System would indicate in graphic if person is mounted on horse or not.
Same system also show if person mounted on boar, elephant, polar bear etc.
Or if person mounted on ass.
Ivan find mounting on ass funny.
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4zb4 wrote
I've always wanted to make puffball mushrooms that make spore clouds.

Spore infestation! Spores infect you and you'll randomly start to spawn hostile mushrooms.
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red_kangaroo wrote
Spore infestation! Spores infect you and you'll randomly start to spawn hostile mushrooms.

They would of course grow out of the player's head.
Oct 16, 2016, 8:58 pm
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I love this line of thought.
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Oct 17, 2016, 5:19 am
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Yes this is the very essence of IVAN!
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It's a bit of a niche situation, but maybe if you regenerate limbs from healing liquid/troll blood while you have the polymorphing status, you should grow a limb of a random flesh-type substance. Not sure how much that would affect game balance.
Oct 21, 2016, 6:37 pm
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Serin-Delaunay wrote
It's a bit of a niche situation, but maybe if you regenerate limbs from healing liquid/troll blood while you have the polymorphing status, you should grow a limb of a random flesh-type substance. Not sure how much that would affect game balance.

That is a great idea
Oct 21, 2016, 6:49 pm
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I love it!
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Oct 21, 2016, 8:40 pm
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I re-read a big chunk of this thread last night. There's some good ideas in here, buried in the back. Lots of crappy item ideas too.
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Oct 23, 2016, 3:05 am
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Adapted from an idea earlier in this thread, here's a (low priority) idea: A "Hall of Legends"; nothing particularly gamechanging, just a semi-hidden world-map-accessible empty dungeon full of nods to the IVAN developers (past and present). Maybe a few minor boons.
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Oct 23, 2016, 5:48 am
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Ischaldirh wrote
Adapted from an idea earlier in this thread, here's a (low priority) idea: A "Hall of Legends"; nothing particularly gamechanging, just a semi-hidden world-map-accessible empty dungeon full of nods to the IVAN developers (past and present). Maybe a few minor boons.

What kinds of things would we put in there?
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Oct 23, 2016, 10:35 am
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"Here lies holybanana, the last of the Old Kings."

I dunno. Just an in-game credits reel.
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A temple with statues of developers on a far away continent? I approve.
Oct 24, 2016, 7:41 pm
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Here are some clues left behind by the original devs: https://github.com/Attnam/ivan/blob/master/AUTHORS
Batman? wrote
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Oct 24, 2016, 7:58 pm
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Ighalli under Additional Coders! i had no idea you were contributing that long ago
Oct 24, 2016, 8:10 pm
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capristo wrote
Ighalli under Additional Coders! i had no idea you were contributing that long ago

Yep he was rocking around the old forums too. Ighalli has a pedigree
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Oct 24, 2016, 9:31 pm
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Hey look I'm in that file too.
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Oct 25, 2016, 1:34 am
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Aha, that list is from the end of the Greatboards era I believe.
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Oct 25, 2016, 6:31 pm
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Ischaldirh wrote
Hey look I'm in that file too.

Which of the names is yours on the list Izzy? (You don't have to divulge it )
I wonder if we need to update the file with the names of our contemporary devs?
Batman? wrote
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Oct 25, 2016, 7:31 pm
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I'm of the opinion that the git history speaks for itself as far as modern authorship, but I'll go with the flow.
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It would be nice if New Attnam showed as Tweraif on world map after Revolution.
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