That isn't a crafting mechanic, it's an enhancement mechanic. You aren't using components to create a new item, you're taking an existing item and "improving" it. Also, diablo 2's gems violate both of my rules: #1) components (gems) aren't cheaper than the final product because components can't be purchased, making them priceless and too valuable to ever actually be used, which leads into #2) it doesn't work nearly as well if the results are 100% exclusive to "crafting". Most of the items should have multiple ways to obtain them, but D2's enhanced items are only ever available via gem sockets. And socketed items are not reliably obtainable. It's more like gambling than crafting.
IMHO there should be two advantages to crafting that make it viable:
Cost - items obtained through crafting are more affordable than purchasing the same item from a shop. The components used to craft an item are, in total, less than the cost of the final product.
Exclusivity - for the most part, you can obtain any item from a shop or random loot drop that you could from crafting, but a few select items can only be obtained via crafting. Although the components might be found in a shop, dropped by a mob, or randomly found in a treasure chest, the item itself never will be.
Groovy. Thanks. Looks like the only license that is compatible with all of the source material is CC-BY-SA. Would you be willing to change the license designation on this submission (currently OGA-BY shown in the left panel)? It's good that you listed the individual licenses, but the whole submission still has to show a license compatible with everything.
Can you provide links to all the parts these are derived from? If these are indeed based in part on denzi's sci-fi tileset (CC-BY-SA), then this can't be OGA-BY.
Uhh, that first preview appears to be the tileset itself, while the file people can actually download appears to be another preview. Would you be willing to swap those two?
Oh dear! I didn't realize my content needed a license until I read the Game Ideas document: All that Cat-bat stuff is OGA-BY. I'll submit something more formal as well, but in the meantime please proceed knowing it is officially licensed OGA-BY.
What do you think about combining all these submissions into one "wooden objects" or "RPG miscellany" submission? One group submission tends to get noticed and favorited more than several individual submissions.
That isn't a crafting mechanic, it's an enhancement mechanic. You aren't using components to create a new item, you're taking an existing item and "improving" it. Also, diablo 2's gems violate both of my rules: #1) components (gems) aren't cheaper than the final product because components can't be purchased, making them priceless and too valuable to ever actually be used, which leads into #2) it doesn't work nearly as well if the results are 100% exclusive to "crafting". Most of the items should have multiple ways to obtain them, but D2's enhanced items are only ever available via gem sockets. And socketed items are not reliably obtainable. It's more like gambling than crafting.
Done.
I realize I forgot to bump some of the above so I'll get started on them in the next few days.
IMHO there should be two advantages to crafting that make it viable:
Groovy. Thanks.
Looks like the only license that is compatible with all of the source material is CC-BY-SA. Would you be willing to change the license designation on this submission (currently OGA-BY shown in the left panel)? It's good that you listed the individual licenses, but the whole submission still has to show a license compatible with everything.Can you provide links to all the parts these are derived from?
If these are indeed based in part on denzi's sci-fi tileset (CC-BY-SA), then this can't be OGA-BY.ooh, neat! very M.C. Escher
Uhh, that first preview appears to be the tileset itself, while the file people can actually download appears to be another preview. Would you be willing to swap those two?
Interesting. I'll have to check this out.
Please make posts like this in the "Show off your project" forum.
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@Deco: That's a complicated question to answer. In short: maybe?
If your project doesn't already have GPL licensed components, I recommend using instead any of the other licenses listed on this asset.
Oh dear! I didn't realize my content needed a license until I read the Game Ideas document: All that Cat-bat stuff is OGA-BY. I'll submit something more formal as well, but in the meantime please proceed knowing it is officially licensed OGA-BY.
Nice.
What do you think about combining all these submissions into one "wooden objects" or "RPG miscellany" submission? One group submission tends to get noticed and favorited more than several individual submissions.
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