Also, all english I know comes from teh internet and youtube, so please be gentle.
¿What if is there's a mode, maybe a terminal late game mode only, where you, the player takes control of one of the convs? Let's say story-wise you get too greedy as the warden or whatever, and then you are sent to prison. So in this mode you directly control just one inmate and nothing more. And your goal here ofc. is to breakthrough your, not-so-long-ago beloved prison? I can easily imagine a thug life where your goal is to create riots, stole stuff, contraband with others while beign undetected, and finally make your way out of the prison, instead of keeping everyone inside for years to end.
I think it could be VERY amusing to play that part. To create your plan to get out, and finally succeed, or get caught in the act, and then get sent to the chair and game over
.Maybe is such a ton of work more than I'm just talking about a different game, and this is silly.
Maybe is not interesting or amusing to play a game like that really (but I do think it could be incredible addictive),
Or maybe is just a plain great idea, I dunno.
Also I think a fan mod could be built around this idea, but as I concieve this, is more like a final chapter in the game, so I do hope this mode founds his way into the official release.
Build, mantain, then breaktrough from the point of view of an inmate, repeat.
Also, this way you will be fighting against yourself all the time while you are playing, and that looks to me a rather elegant solution to a multiplayer-free game.
Build a near-impossible escape prison, get everything under control while doing it, and in the end try your best to breaktrough off your beauty. ¿Maybe joining forces with other inmates a-la Clint Eastwood Alcatraz film? You know, the climaxing best part of any prison movie is the fucking break
. Since PA is so grounded in prison lore, I really think the break is a must.I'd like to hear Chris and everyone about this. :3 Of course while you play as an inmate, everything else should go on-rails, but most of the time the game does just that, so I do think this rambling is not so incredible random as it could sound at first. ¿Instigate needs to obtain indirect riots? ¿Using a lousy riot to develop your plan ahead, getting access to places and things otherwise you cannot get? ¿But if you are instigating riots, you are under a much tighter surveliance?. Things like that. I really like the idea that in this mode you can manipulate the already built prision indirectly, and manipulate it in ways you cannot predict, like riots burning parts of the prison that contains parts you need to escape or things like that, so you end screwing you own plans and for instigate half burn of the prison, you get a penalty life. As I said, this is just an idea but I see potential here.
pd. In the video you guys said "make prison architect the best game it could be". So here it is. I happily help further to make this idea in the game, but I'm afraid my field is Gprahics and not programming. Sorry. But in the case of need you can count on me.
Cheers.
Ofc I realize there's much to be programmed in top of the source code for a radical mode like this to work, but there's a difference asking for the mün, and for this. From my POV, most of the gameplay will ( and should ) remain intact, the "only" change is the way you interact with the "assets". At least this is a good candidate for an "expansion set" if such a thing will ever exist. (no).
