1. Game Mechanics

1. Game Mechanics (< 1 year)

Brief Overview:

The health and status bars will become functional, as well as some additional meters to customize your gaming experience! We will be including the addition of Crafting so you can make gifts for the other game characters, or use them on yourself to alter all the stat bars. Crafting will also make use of the item box. Eventually, Game Mechanics will affect how the Player body looks once the Character creator is fully active. Once this step is complete not only will you be better equipped to handle the tropical environment but you can interact with it as well!

Extended Overview:

Game mechanics is a three step process beginning with the Health system for the Player, before applying the same system to the NPC’s. This governs the physical response of Player and NPCs to stimuli. This is linked to Stats, Relationships and the Player Character Model.

1a. Health System: The health system will be comprised of 6 parts: Health, Stamina, Strength, Charisma, Reputation, Relationships. They can be worked on in any order.

• Health - Health is maintained and increased with diet and exercise.
• Diet - can be managed and maintained by eating various foods crafted, bought or found around The New Cyana Islands.
• Exercise - can be done at gym equipment found in game gyms.
• Stamina - Governs the players endurance during physical activity. Food, Drink, and other substances effect stamina regeneration. Increased Exercise and sexual activity will increase stamina regeneration as well.
• Strength - Governs the players force during physical activity. Stay stronger, last longer, and ready for more, faster.
• Charisma - Increased Charisma improves speech. Improved speech unlocks various dialog options through the game.
• Reputation - Each NPC in the game has a dynamic AI system that will take note of, and react to player decisions.
• Relationships - Dynamic AI system that governs the response to the Players reputation.

1b. Stats and Effects: After the Health System is implemented, Stats and Effects can be implemented, what follows can be worked on in any order.

• Injury Bodily Harm that occurs when your Stamina Meter drops too low for too long.
• Overexertion.
• Stress - Low impact injury
• Strain - Medium Impact Injury
• Sprain - Severe Impact Injury
• Illness Exposure to a sick NPC or food
• Fever - Stamina and Health are drained
• Flu - Stamina, Health and Charisma reduced. Chance of passing out.
• Food Poisoning - Charisma Reduced. Chance of passing out.
• Allergy Avoid certain Insects.
• Stings - Avoid certain Insects.
• Plants - Several plant species on the islands are toxic. Contact with these plants will increase negative reactions.
• Intoxication
• Alcohol - Increases Charisma, lowers stamina
• Cannabis - Increases Charisma, increases stamina
• Nectar - Lowers Charisma, Increases Stamina
• Poison - Lowers Charisma, Lowers Stamina

1c. Crafting: The third and final phase of implementing the Health system is Crafting.

 Make jewelry, food, gifts, and unique items for trade or self use.

• Jewelry
• Sapphire
• Emerald
• Ruby

• Food Developing graphics for and programming food items to effect the Players stats, influence NPCs and include various other scripted data.
• Snacks
• Vegetarian
• Carnivorous
• Seafood
• Shellfish
• Deserts