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ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | |
Posted By: pete_the_duck | Date: 6/3/11 7:15 a.m. |
Rock-paper-scissors in Halo! Really!
Will you choose rock? Your opponent might pick paper, though. Better to go with scissors.. but what if they pick rock? Download rock-paper-scissors
The game is simple: walk into the chute corresponding to your weapon of choice. The rest is handled automatically by the map and gametype--just sit back and relax! 2 players compete, but the map has an overflow lobby to support a full party.
Here's a demonstration of the map, a film clip from my battle with FyreWulff. It might be hard to follow until you understand how the mechanism works, but here's the run-down:
Curious about how it all works? I'll give a quick summary of the mechanism. The gametype is FFA KOTH, but to make things easier to follow, let's pretend there is a Red player and a Blue player. FIRST: Red picks rock. The red rock chute triggers blue paper chute to open. A teleporter spawns, moving Red from red rock to blue rock. SECOND: Here are the possible outcomes:
#2 Blue picked scissors. The blue scissors chute is closed and Blue is stuck.
#3 Blue picked rock. The blue rock chute is closed and Blue is stuck.
If you followed all of that, you might notice that there is an inherent design flaw: inactive players. Red can win without Blue, but Blue can't win without Red. I installed a separate mechanism to fix it so if one player is inactive, the other will always win--Red or Blue. Phew. This took some.. creative thinking to bring together. I kept going back to b0angeres' clever Skeeball map in my mind, trying to devise an elaborate system of teleporter-blocking golfballs that rolled through some sort of fusion coil-controlled network of tubes. I kept getting stuck when it came to dealing with both players picking the same weapon. After going in circles and scribbling a dozen or so diagrams, this mechanism finally came into focus. It's amazing what you can do with Forge's limited palette. Imagine.. p.s., thanks to Schooly D and FyreWulff for help testing! ENJOY THE FUTURE OF HALO COMBAT :P
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ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | pete_the_duck | 6/3/11 7:15 a.m. |
A+ Would Play Again *NM* | FyreWulff | 6/3/11 7:38 a.m. |
Re: ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | mattroe | 6/3/11 8:31 a.m. |
I choose... METEOR! *NM* | ncsuDuncan | 6/3/11 8:32 a.m. |
Wow. You are an artist with the forge. *NM* | BoneKin | 6/3/11 8:51 a.m. |
Tank beats rock. *NM* | bluerunner | 6/3/11 9:23 a.m. |
Re: Tank beats rock. | pete_the_duck | 6/3/11 9:31 a.m. |
Tank beats scissors. | bluerunner | 6/3/11 9:52 a.m. |
Re: Tank beats rock. | BoneKin | 6/3/11 10:13 a.m. |
What? No lava? | Vandle Valsher | 6/3/11 10:00 a.m. |
If I ever meet pete_the_duck... | SonofMacPhisto | 6/3/11 10:53 a.m. |
Wu - we Brits call it 'rock' as well :D | Moorpheusl9 | 6/3/11 10:55 a.m. |
Re: Wu - we Brits call it 'rock' as well :D | Louis Wu | 6/3/11 11:44 a.m. |
Oh that guy??? | nomis78 | 6/3/11 11:19 p.m. |
Re: ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | CaneCutter | 6/3/11 11:16 a.m. |
Re: ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | pete_the_duck | 6/3/11 11:37 a.m. |
Re: ROCK FREAKING PAPER SCISSORS | CaneCutter | 6/3/11 12:56 p.m. |
This changes everything | padraig08 | 6/3/11 12:21 p.m. |
Re: This changes everything | pete_the_duck | 6/3/11 1:02 p.m. |
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