These plans were determined by the JKahvi J_Kahvi and the IVAN community at the first IvanCon: ---- Discussion about IVAN on 4.8. and 5.8.2010 Attending: Alveradok, Bored, Chaostrom, Ernomouse, JoKe, J_Kahvi and Z ----*Player mood system; Graphics are ready (Ernomouse has them) various levels of panic morale paniced <-> psycho Berzerk mood Animated face of the player when high on mushroom, new face One for every mood Male and female chars are different *Sex Ask Somagu *Magic system ISP/telekinesis kind, no fireballs and other cliches F.ex. lift a sword and use it to attack Shouldn't be based on Mana  Telekinesis/Magic travel through walls but no objects can be carried/worn player leaves his body and inventory behind and turns into a ghost should the body rot if you're away too long? ghost items amulet of astral projection magical mushroom gas could result in Astral projection something else than mana-point based system if mana-stamina drops low, it'd cause bizarre things the player will have to sleep dreams the player could gain things from dreams affect food burning rate; Affect stats; Affect item spawning rate finding spells only from the dreams 12 or so dream world eaten items could enhance spells (Nethack?)  *Dig up or down Escaping up/downwards *A new quest Retrieve a hammer from the catacombs Smith gives you a key to petruses wives Sex with one of them -> pregnancy (3 days?) What if you're female? Sacrifice the child and become Valpuri's champ If groin gets scarred a lot, you might get infertile Probably Petruses children could be sacrificed instead, as a harder guest Magical way of restoring fertility *Player classes Might not be needed *More comments to the code are needed Someone should write a guide to code files *There is a power chart for balancing weapons Accuracy, power, sturdiness Frequency of appearance is used to balance the power Add features -> play testing *Steppingstone material between meteorite steel adamantine The int requirement takes a huge leap *Every weapon class should have an artifact More special items would be nice too (f.ex. flaming sword) Trophy items and NPC's for people who contribute a lot to IVAN there are plenty of examples already *Another route to Attnam might be nice [SCRAPPED IDEA] Not sure if it's necessary, as there already are alternate ways *Different types of damage Slash, point, blunt, burn Variance between different weapons Works diffeerently on f.ex. armour Ranged weapons would get more reasonable to have sling for blunt bow for point ...  *Should full helmets dampen sound The less dense a material is, the better sound barrier it is *Items and limbs made of f.ex. gas A weapon: "Fan" Steam powered Vacuum cleaner effective against ghosts, insects, thrown items *Monsters could be put into items Iron maiden Cage traps The problem is to make the charachter disappear Could be handled as f.ex. traps? *A cloud of insects (fireflies, locusts?) The catacombs could have lots of insects *You could have a conversation with the gods Ighalli's god system effects should be balanced somehow, so that better effects need better relations bad effects god requesting an offer for some favours lifestyle choises could effect god relations blood contains a lot of iron f.ex. *Ghosts apperance could vary Appearance saved when dying Blue and small transparence Ghosts that disenchant items Ghost that eats anything in the way Make them irritating Invisible chars leave invis. ghosts *Chaostroms Zombie torso riddance idea Limit the torso animation rate to third or quarter of what it is now When the groin is severed, the torso cannot turn into a zombie any more *Convert all graphics to 32x32 (J_Kahvi could probably do it) Opens possibilities to f.ex. turning into a big monster?? Would double the objects available midget objects wand of object enlargement Midget tunnels and dungeons Gulliver Create new midget monsters from the existing 16x16 graphics midgets handle as groups, so you'd attack all the midgets in one square they still could move freely about *Individual throwing accuracy for all items *Monster ideas: Wand using monster Poltergeist monster Insect cloud monstertype that you cannot attack by normal melee attack *Moods on the dungeon ("quite like underground weather") magical weather, tiring weather, hungering weather *Different dungeon types Tower dungeon very open levels wind going against the wind would be taxing or slowing illusions of f.ex. floor tiles you should be able to escape the tower by jumping outside if the player walks on a floor made of air then he will fall down a level, until he hits something solid Damage based on falling distance can't progress backwards wind blow would affect large and unencumbered creatures more if you jump or fly, you'd automatically get blown a certain amount with the wind this way small creatures could find secret dungeons tower made of balsa if the player weighs too much, the floor breaks For a cloack you could wear a Dwarven parachute, which radically decreases falling damage Small alien side dungeon Based on the frenchmen's alien mod Astral projection dungeon only accessible as a ghost astral projections could carry only one item only one revard could be brought outside, in case the side quest would be accessible only once wizard hiding from something in an astral plane his body is f.ex. suspended into a nearby statue constantly exploding level as the entrance explosions triggering every moment ghosts could be immune to explosions ghosts could move between levels without stairs see digging up and down Midget dungeon *Too much mining would collapse the level above (Dwarf Fortress style) generate not only the level you enter, but the ones next to it *The catacombs should have a different algorithm than the GC and UT *BUGS:Shops shouldn't have locked doors without warning when the shop is put into a room, change the locked doors next to it into unlocked ones *Every new version needs more than the faces and the god systemA couple of tricky features, and a few easier ones *Spreading fire which generates smoke Smoke clouds should have a intensity modifier In towers and towns wind should blow away the smoke and spread the fire Insects could act as clouds that move randomly Beehive that grows... Ogod! bug room makes a nice practice thing *Side dungeons that go sideways *Joke ideas: Monty Python: llamas dead parrot holy hand grenade the killer rabbit a little chance of a killer rabit spawning from adult mutant rabbits mating witches that weigh the same as a duck duck flesh and witch flesh *Item ideas: Fan (blows away insects and ghosts) Steampowered vacuum cleaner (sucks in insects and ghosts) Instead of steam powered, it could be basically just a captured Eddie; when it breaks, the Eddy comes out... Wand of unlocking / locking (closes unlocked and unlocks the closed doors) neither of these ideas were generally liked Dwarven parachute Rubber boots that boost electricy resistance HUGE morningstar type weapon weapons destroying walls? You can kick them... Weapon tweaks The stethoscope is a bit strong as a weapon Gauntlets don't use unarmed skill (if they're wielded as weapons, maybe they shouldn't either) Wielded gloves should affect unarmed skill and worn gauntlets should do extra damage *Next version shouldn't be too hard: No new dungeon BUGFIX: the shop door creation bug and dissolving body parts (TTY only?) BUGFIX: Mustard gas hostility bug Insect clouds Fire Mood system Having the bones ghosts look like the original characters = IVAN 0.51