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couple of things: crafting's pretty early in terms of dev but it's a clear focus and our goals are well defined. lorne wanted to get people thinking and talking about it, which has worked! there's a lot of new systems and mechanics happening in soulstorm and not all of them are currently that easy to show without causing a little confusion and we don't want to overwhelm anyone, so expect things like crafting, inventory and so on to be fleshed out and explained fully as we go on.
crafting is fun though, it's been my main focus in terms of planning and engineering of late, and it makes a massive difference to the strategic options open to abe and his followers. is it optional? i guess, although we think it's so slick and fun to explore and use that we think it's well worth digging into.
some of the recipes are awesome!
i should also add to what lorne hinted at: a fully pacifist run is not only possible, it's actively pushed as What Abe Should Do. think of quarma and what that can mean to Abe's powers, and how players will be able to influence that quarma. we're giving players a toolset and want you to go crazy with your own ideas...!
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I know you guys (referring to the forums) dont consider the importance of crafting in speedruns, but this opens a whole new element to routing that wasnt present in NnT. In NnT, the only ways to differ play were difficulties, and if u were going for the bad ending, good ending or 100%.
Of course there will probably be an optimal way found eventually, but from what Ive seen, heard and read, we're gonna have a lot of fun working out the giant puzzle of how to complete the game optimally. The idea of setting Mudokon modes is key. Obviously the game would become easier if your mudokons are happier, but Id assume that would take time, and speedruns dont have that kind of time. So it may be a balance of keeping mudokons happy to use that power to speed up sections, and abusing mudokons to suicide so u can get through slig patrols, for a couple examples. Obviously we dont know gameplay but thats kinda where my thought process is at right now.
But I like the ideas being presented.