Terrarum/work_files/GameDesign/ABOUT.md

Friendlier version of Dwarf Fortress Adventure mode

• Yet lots of !!fun!! (wat that double exclamation mark!)

• You can build your own hamlet (Dwarf "Fortress" reference)

• You die, you lose "you"; the world will be there, some of your possession will be on the ground, but you got to start over by making new character from scratch

  • Unless you have built Resurrection Shrine, which you won't going to easily build it

• Genre: Adventure, Open world (towns in RPG, building, town managing (conquer existing one or you build one and persuade existing people to move in) -> See Dwarf Fortress and Animal Crossing)

  • Adventure: adventure this vast—5,5 km wide—world, discover new (and good/horrible) things

  • Open world:

    • Building: building your own houses, structures, etc.
    • Town managing: 1. Build your own little hamlet and manage it or- 2. Conquer existing one and become a ruler The town is a special hamlet that can be tailored for your taste
    • Survival: mobs will trying to attack your assets (yourself, your hamlet, your people)

Side view

Interact menu w/ mouse right

User experience

• Indicative mouse cursor

Game mechanics

• 24 pixels == 1 metre

Purpose of the game (given to the player, explicitly)

• Survival
• Take care of/Kill the fuck out of people in the village (players will provide themselves a purpose)
  • You can make your own settlement (DF fortress mode)
• Go find/Exploit/Wipe out secrets of the world (players' choice)