Goonhub
05-27-2020, 08:34 PM
Space tooth fairy and dentist sound so fun and gimmicky oh my gosh.
I think teeth could be a cool thing as long as they're mostly for flavor and enhancement. It'd be good if they were a thing you could choose to care about and have fun with, but could also choose to ignore and not experience negative effects or altered gameplay mechanics with.
I think it'd be good to keep tooth simulation itself simple and straightforward. I don't think it's necessary to keep track of all 32 teeth and what kinds they are and what state they're all in and tell the player all of that. "All teeth", "some teeth", "no teeth", could work pretty decently. Or maybe people in space only have five teeth or something, I dunno. That way you could focus on the more "fun" stuff like dentistry or teeth jewelry. Additionally, keeping the teeth system relatively standalone would probably be good from a code perspective. Cavities from a bad diet sounds fun, but you'd have to figure out what a bad diet means, and then somehow score and track everyone's diets.
I think teeth could be a cool thing as long as they're mostly for flavor and enhancement. It'd be good if they were a thing you could choose to care about and have fun with, but could also choose to ignore and not experience negative effects or altered gameplay mechanics with.
I think it'd be good to keep tooth simulation itself simple and straightforward. I don't think it's necessary to keep track of all 32 teeth and what kinds they are and what state they're all in and tell the player all of that. "All teeth", "some teeth", "no teeth", could work pretty decently. Or maybe people in space only have five teeth or something, I dunno. That way you could focus on the more "fun" stuff like dentistry or teeth jewelry. Additionally, keeping the teeth system relatively standalone would probably be good from a code perspective. Cavities from a bad diet sounds fun, but you'd have to figure out what a bad diet means, and then somehow score and track everyone's diets.