Goonhub
09-09-2020, 06:42 AM
I guess when I'm thinking of extra code cost I'm thinking of the cost of maintaining that code. But since I'm not a maintainer with any experience I can't really say how much of an issue that would be.
If we did tie races to something other than spacebux, which I think makes sense and opens up some nice opportunities (like lizard + alternate jumpsuit or w/e), my objection to giving races greater differences goes away. As long as we keep in mind that we should avoid mutant races being "better" than humans in the metagaming sense and spread out the love between all the mutants rather than giving lizards all the cool toys. I already feel bad that cows/skeletons/roaches have fewer customization options than lizards.
I also think it would be interesting if the current mutants remained mostly human variants but we had the option for other really "different" races that are weirder and more code-intensive. Potentially weirder than plasmamen and vgstation Vox. But that's a whole other thread for sure.
If we did tie races to something other than spacebux, which I think makes sense and opens up some nice opportunities (like lizard + alternate jumpsuit or w/e), my objection to giving races greater differences goes away. As long as we keep in mind that we should avoid mutant races being "better" than humans in the metagaming sense and spread out the love between all the mutants rather than giving lizards all the cool toys. I already feel bad that cows/skeletons/roaches have fewer customization options than lizards.
I also think it would be interesting if the current mutants remained mostly human variants but we had the option for other really "different" races that are weirder and more code-intensive. Potentially weirder than plasmamen and vgstation Vox. But that's a whole other thread for sure.