Baldur's Gate 3 is setting out to be a massive cRPG even for its endings, as there will apparently be 17,000 different variations
  • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
    122·
    1 year ago

    So, 17k loose “if” statements defining if some single sentences will pop up during the ending scene.

    • if player has killed love interest -> And the love interest remained dead
    • if player has killed love interest AND ressurrected -> And the love interest died, but got better
    • if player has NOT killed love interest -> And the love interest never died, just as their love

    etc etc

    • Vordus@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You don’t even need that many ‘if’ statements. If you’re stringing together a sequence of cause and effect binary decisions (as so many RPGs are wont to do), then you only need 14 of them to get over 16,000 possible combinations!