Some RP items and 'minigames'

[yorkmorgan 191]

In a real zombie apocalypse after the dust settled and only the immune were left the biggest problem they would face after food, water & shelter would be loneliness, depression and (worse of all) mind crushing boredom.

 

Now i'm not suggesting Dayz tries to replicate this by making the game mind crushingly boring but i do think it should offer players other things to do than kill each other, or find the tools to kill each other, or repair the vehicles used to run away/too people trying to kill each other, or build the bases to stop people killing each other.

 

I'm suggesting things that have no survival functionality other than too make surviving worth it. I'm talking about trying to put a little fun and comfort back into a life in the zombie apocalypse:

 

For instance:

Chess Board

Pack of cards

Guitar

Harmonica

Tea Bags

Instant Coffee 

Cigarettes

Pipe

Vodka

(The books are a great start)

 

I won't bore you with the details of how i think they should be implemented as the devs could likely do it better and you can probably imagine how they might work. Playing cards would probably be the hardest to implement but it would just be so great to be able to pass the night round a fire playing a few rounds of poker while passing round the vodka bottle. If you've played Stalker and seen the groups of survivors chatting around barrel fires then you know what i mean, the RP potential of these items is huge.

 

I guess none of this would be implemented before Beta stage but it would greatly enrich the final game IMHO. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Survivor_Ted 269]

I'd 'LOVE' them all!

[DURRHUNTER 597]

Id like to play some Cribbage or Domino's personally. Whoever loses is executed or forced to run through Cherno with a Lee Enfield with 1 mag of ammo.

Edited May 12, 2014 by DURRHUNTER

[amiasfree 262]

All my beans. Instruments would be just amazing, especially if they made them into actual playable minigames rather than preset songs. 

[emigrates 261]

Id like to play some Cribbage or Domino's personally. Whoever loses is executed or forced to run through Cherno with a Lee Enfield with 1 mag of ammo.

Cracked me up, have some beans.

 

In a real zombie apocalypse;

 

Dominos

Cigarettes (lots of them)

Pack of cards

Some currency, for the poker.

Bottle of black Sambuca. 

[NagsterTheGangster 388]

Bottle of black Sambuca. 

Ugh fuck that shit XD

never again.

 

And yeah I think they should throw in rock paper scissors while theyre at it.

Oldest game in the book.

[emigrates 261]

Ugh fuck that shit XD

never again.

 

And yeah I think they should throw in rock paper scissors while theyre at it.

Oldest game in the book.

I hate the stuff, it's revolting but at the same time, it can really turn a decent night into a pretty awesome night. The last time I did it, I managed to get into a street scuffle with 6 lads with only 2 of us. The police saw it all and we were told to go home while they were arrested for damage to public property and something to do with cutting a guys head open. 

The very same night I spent £200 in a strip club with nothing but a large receipt to show for it. 

[AnyoneInCherno? 187]

I hate the stuff, it's revolting but at the same time, it can really turn a decent night into a pretty awesome night. The last time I did it, I managed to get into a street scuffle with 6 lads with only 2 of us. The police saw it all and we were told to go home while they were arrested for damage to public property and something to do with cutting a guys head open. 

The very same night I spent £200 in a strip club with nothing but a large receipt to show for it. 

......now THAT sounds like a helluva night

[emigrates 261]

......now THAT sounds like a helluva night

Honestly, it was a great night. I'm still remembering flashbacks involving excessive beer and champagne showers. It was a pretty big night, after my 8 year long career I had decided to move on and start a family, so we made the most out of it. I also managed to talk my way into a five star hotel, walk behind the bar and pour myself a beer. If it wasn't for the lads, that definitely would have landed me in a cell for the night.

[liquidcactus 719]

Cards is an excellent idea.. the deck of 52 could be placed in the game and you just play what ever card game you can think of.. the cigarettes is a strange one.. I dont see why not but at the same time I dont see why we should have them in game purely other than "ROLE PLAY" what purpose could they actually serve ?

 

calm the nerves after you are panicked perhaps ? In the same way of how you could get panicked in the mod BUT you could smash a durry to calm your self down...  

 

hmmm

[degude 133]

I'd love to have Vodka in the game, the actual use for it could be to use it for desifection (like tincture), plus an option "drink" to get drunk just for the heck of it and then the character can't walk straigt anymore and will stumple around instead of walking straigt. That would add a lot of pointless fun  :D

 

Funny addon the status bar (where it sais thirsty, healthy, etc) could say drunk, and drinking too much will make the character puke...

Edited May 12, 2014 by degude

[DMentMan 707]

im all up for smoking cigarets and playing guitar infront of a campfire with my clan.

[radivmoe 47]

there was talk in a stream about cigarettes, that they would possibly reduce shock. however then they would have to do some addiction or something to not "condone" smoking in the eyes of clueless bureaucrats.

[agentneo 337]

Cracked me up, have some beans.

 

In a real zombie apocalypse;

 

Dominos

Cigarettes (lots of them)

Pack of cards

Some currency, for the poker.

Bottle of black Sambuca. 

Currency for the poker = cigarettes/ weed / alcohol

[emigrates 261]

Currency for the poker = cigarettes/ weed / alcohol

Minus the weed, that sounds pretty good actually. It's a bit more realistic, not sure if you've ever watched The Book of Eli, but they trade with things like hand sanitizing wipes, etc. Stuff when currency goes out the window, people would really want for a bit of luxury. 

 

I say minus weed because I'm not a massive fan of it.

[NagsterTheGangster 388]

im all up for smoking cigarets and playing guitar infront of a campfire with my clan.

doobs

[agentneo 337]

Minus the weed, that sounds pretty good actually. It's a bit more realistic, not sure if you've ever watched The Book of Eli, but they trade with things like hand sanitizing wipes, etc. Stuff when currency goes out the window, people would really want for a bit of luxury. 

 

I say minus weed because I'm not a massive fan of it.

yes i know its just what i would do if i was in the apocalypse and playing a round of poker. Yes i agree it would be little luxuries and things sought after, and definetly not gold or a currency of any kind like in epoch that kills immersion. real items not made up currency ...

[jdizzy 15]

Getting Drunk in DayZ would be great. Blurry vision, staggering constantly, and damage reduction. 

[irishroy 1347]

mentioned harmonica.

hav' mah beanz

(fast forward to 1:27, if u cant wait :p )

[n1kko 326]

Bacardi 151 and Marlboro Menthol Blacks, and I would be set for life.

[yorkmorgan 191]

 a chess system something like this would be awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5syEs673QI

[Element47 2480]

 a chess system something like this would be awesome:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5syEs673QI

 

a chess/checkers game would be awesome..

 

 

although considering BIs talent with user interfaces, you'd have to scroll through a list of all possible moves to choose one lol..

 

your move:

9-13

9-14

10-14

10-15

11-15 <

11-16

12-16

[maybeme 22]

How about a click and drag GUI? It could be down with chess and for cards, whoever has the deck and deal them to players by dragging them to them.

I love book at the moment, and am carrying World of the Worlds at the moment. It'll be weird for whoever finds it.

I wish to find a bible and put it in my vest for the odd chance I get shot and it may save me.

If it doesn't, I'll look for a Qur'an or something then.

They should add "Goodnight Moon" to the game...

[pale1776 375]

I always wondwred: would gold coins be accwpted? Or people still.using paper currency To "cope" with the collapse?

[fuke (DayZ) 22]

There's a new game on Steam called "Tabletop Simulator" that has the perfect approach, DayZ-wise, IMHO.

 

Basically there should be no rules, no winning/losing, that's all up to players to determine. You can just move pieces around on a board, or hold cards in your hand/put them on the table. It's up to you and the other players to decide how to regulate turns, if people are following the rules, who is the winner/loser, if someone cheated by moving the pieces or pulling a card out of their sleeve when you weren't looking, to grab the prizes in the middle when you think you won, or even to flip the board/table over and pull out a gun if you think you were wronged. Everything, down to whether the game is fair or not, should be completely player-driven.

 

A freeform model would also allow players to make up their own versions/rules for any minigame for which the set/pieces get added as content. For example, chess variants. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_variant