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Developer Blogs: Court Cases, Nov 05, 2009 |
 Nov 5 2009, 09:51 AM
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 Content Guide Editor  Group: Content Editors Sec. Groups: Elders Posts: 2,752 Joined: 28-May 06 Age: 30 From: Maryland Member No.: 566 Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: Maon zhi RS Member: Yes RS Version: RuneScape Country: 
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Quotation taken directly from RuneScape.com
QUOTE Court Cases
by Mod Nancy 05-Nov-2009  Court is in Session When I wrote King's Ransom over two years ago, we introduced a judicial system to RuneScape, by way of the Seers' Village Court House. It seemed a shame that you only get to use it during the quest and the rest of the time it just sits there. I've been toying for quite a while with the idea of involving the Court House in either another quest or possibly making a minigame out of trialling cases. No quests I worked on really needed a trial, though, and a full-on minigame seemed as though it would be difficult to code and very boring. This month, my workload finally cleared up enough that I had a chance to start concepting a new Distraction & Diversion to take place in the Court House. I wanted to use a lot of the same mechanics we had in King's Ransom, but add some new ones and give it some spice. Getting the format of the D&D wasn't hard, since I had King's Ransom to work off of, but I hit a roadblock when it came to what cases should be about. Who in RuneScape should go on trial? I happened to mention this idea to Mod Osborne and Mod Srowley (the RuneScape editors), seeing as they create the Postbag, and they had tons of ideas! I also went through the website's area guides to see what interesting characters from all over RuneScape might have an issue they'd want resolved in court. You'll see a lot of familiar faves in court including a few that used to be familiar, but were recently retired... I've coded a prototype case involving a certain 'Mugger (level: 6)'. Mod Mark played through it and loved the gameplay, so I've been given the go-ahead to code the rest of the project. Currently, you'll be given a case and get to choose whether you want to prosecute or defend the accused. Then you read a few documents on the background of the case and do a bit of sleuthing. When you feel ready, you start the trial and present all your findings to the jury, just like you did in King's Ransom, but with a few new surprises... In a follow-up blog, I'll hand you over to the RuneScape editors who are going to be writing a few of the court cases If you'd like to discuss our support for community events, check out this thread. Project: Distractions & Diversions Tags: attack, defence, development |
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Nov 5 2009, 10:17 AM
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 General Category Moderator/Goddess  Group: Moderators Posts: 4,569 Joined: 27-May 06 Age: 23 From: Virginia Member No.: 128 Real Name: Annika Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: k4ssandra RS Member: Yes RS Version: RuneScape Clan: Strategic Leaders Country:
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Sounds like it could be interesting. I look forward to more blogs about this, hopefully they'll give a little more information on how it works.
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Nov 5 2009, 12:00 PM
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 General and Runescape Categories Moderator Group: Moderators Sec. Groups: Elders Posts: 2,182 Joined: 2-August 06 Age: 19 From: Bree, Belgium Member No.: 47,622 Real Name: Rowan Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: R0wan10 RS Member: Yes RS Version: RuneScape Country: 
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I'm getting a restraining order for the Mysterious Old Man right away then
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Nov 5 2009, 02:40 PM
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 Member  Group: Established Members Posts: 76 Joined: 14-October 09 Age: 18 From: Nazareth,PA,USA Member No.: 338,322 Real Name: Mike Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: ME12691 RS Member: No RS Version: RuneScape Clan: None Country:
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Sweet that should def be a cool thing to play. But something they have to think about. If a NPC gets convicted will they appear in the game anymore?
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Nov 5 2009, 04:01 PM
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 Events Team  Group: Events Team Posts: 1,355 Joined: 10-March 07 Age: 17 From: Somewhere Member No.: 124,585 Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: King Zingy RS Member: Yes RS Version: RuneScape Clan: None Country:
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In all my years I would've never seen this coming. I'm curious how it'll relate to the current D&D's, espeically which skill it'll give exp to.
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Nov 5 2009, 07:09 PM
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 Media and DJ Manager  Group:  Forum ManagersPosts: 5,007 Joined: 28-May 06 Age: 40 From: Southern California Member No.: 1,911 Real Name: Krys Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: Krys Teena RS Member: Yes RS Version: RuneScape Clan: NinjaKitties? Country:
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It could be very interesting, I'll be looking out for it.
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Nov 6 2009, 12:38 AM
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 FunOrb and Media Category Moderator Group: Moderators Posts: 1,547 Joined: 8-August 06 Age: 23 From: World 44 Member No.: 51,352 Real Name: Seth Preferred Contact Method: PM RS Name: St. Squiggy RS Member: Yes RS Version: Both Clan: The Eleventh Hour Country:
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My one thought on what this would represent:
*Pheonix Wright stands up, points finger* OBJECTION!
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