Discord
Maybe! Not sure honestly. I'm remembering that the Watt part of Wattplants could also come from this being a digital pet game, and now that I think about it my power idea seems like a lot of unnecessary mechanics? You don't have to scrap it if you don't want to, but I think I want to focus more on mechanics for story and exploration.
Even though this is gonna be a lot different from Neopets, the explore function is really important to the experience and should be carried over I think, even if it is isn't a Wattplant world for Wattplants. I'm trying to think of a way for there to be worlds be as varied as like, Fairyland and the Haunted Woods and the Virtupets Space Station, without necessarily just being different survivor settlements. Maybe the survivor settlements are where the players are, and the world is taken over by strange capricious beings that either give you quests (like the Fairy quests) harm/scare your pets (like many things around Neopets tbf) or do their own thing? I feel like having something more than just survivors and Wattplants would be really important for getting the same sort of vibe across. And I think gimmicky lands are really important too.
Apocalypse sorta worlds can be very bleak if you aren't careful, or at least, not the sorta vibe that always lends itself well to a fun little pet game. Do you think the Apocalypse vibes could have more design elements of say, Fusion Fall or something? Well, maybe not Fusion Fall specifically now that I think about it, that got a lot of it's fun from the Cartoon Worlds it bright to life, hm... Just something cartoony and fun, bright colors and the like. Like the Splatoon world! The Splatoon world used to be like ours, then fully became something else as the squids took over.
Something that you could almost forget was an apocalypse, and maybe some players didn't pick that up at first and that's why they got aggravated with the lore.
Even though this is gonna be a lot different from Neopets, the explore function is really important to the experience and should be carried over I think, even if it is isn't a Wattplant world for Wattplants. I'm trying to think of a way for there to be worlds be as varied as like, Fairyland and the Haunted Woods and the Virtupets Space Station, without necessarily just being different survivor settlements. Maybe the survivor settlements are where the players are, and the world is taken over by strange capricious beings that either give you quests (like the Fairy quests) harm/scare your pets (like many things around Neopets tbf) or do their own thing? I feel like having something more than just survivors and Wattplants would be really important for getting the same sort of vibe across. And I think gimmicky lands are really important too.
Apocalypse sorta worlds can be very bleak if you aren't careful, or at least, not the sorta vibe that always lends itself well to a fun little pet game. Do you think the Apocalypse vibes could have more design elements of say, Fusion Fall or something? Well, maybe not Fusion Fall specifically now that I think about it, that got a lot of it's fun from the Cartoon Worlds it bright to life, hm... Just something cartoony and fun, bright colors and the like. Like the Splatoon world! The Splatoon world used to be like ours, then fully became something else as the squids took over.
Something that you could almost forget was an apocalypse, and maybe some players didn't pick that up at first and that's why they got aggravated with the lore.
![[Image: lil_lesbian.png]](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/488528315485782026/1118298351616663633/lil_lesbian.png)