New-Orleans-in-the-Shadows/Notes/MVP Phases/Phase 0 - Pre-production.md

Phase 0 — Pre-production

• Basic attributes for all classes:

  • Physical Attributes
    • Body (BOD): Measures physical health and resilience
    • Agility (AGI): Measures hand eye coordination, flexibility, nimbleness, and balance
    • Reaction (REA): Measures reflexes, awareness and response time
    • Strength (STR): Measures how strong you are
  • Mental Attributes
    • Willpower (WIL): Measures resistances and weariness from spellcasting.
    • Logic (LOG): Measures rational thought
    • Intuition (INT): Measures Instinct
    • Charisma (CHA): Measures force of personality, persuasiveness and charm
  • Special Attributes
    • Edge (EDG): Measures luck and provides temporary boosts
    • Essence (ESS): Measures just how Metahuman you still are
    • Magic (MAG): Measures a Mage or Adept's ability to cast and weave spells
    • Resonance (RES): Measures a Technomancer's ability to interface with the Matrix
    • Initiative (INI): Measures quickness in combat, based on REA and INT, modified by Edge, cyberware and gear.

• Define the 3 MVP classes: what skills matter, what gear matters

  1. Street samurai
     • Focus on armed combat, heavy armor, and physical strength. Tank role.
     • Skills: Combat master, explosives, tactics
     • Gear: Swords, pistols, body armor
     • Attributes: High BOD, AGI, STR
  2. Mages
     • Focus on spellcasting, magical knowledge, and mana management. DPS role.
     • Skills: Spellcasting, assensing (seeing auras), summoning elementals
     • Gear: Swords, pistols, light armor
     • Attributes: High MAG, WIL, INT
  3. Shamans
     • Focus on spiritual guidance, nature magic, and healing. Support role.
     • Skills: Healing, nature magic, spirit communication
     • Gear: Totems, herbs, ritualistic clothing
     • Attributes: High WIL, CHA, INT

• Define initial city districts/landmarks (pure flavor in MVP, but helps UI):

  1. French Quarter
     • Primary hub for social interactions, markets, and quests.
     • Landmarks: Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, Bourbon Street, Tipatina's
  2. CBD
     • Business district with corporate offices, high-rise buildings, and upscale shops.
     • Landmarks: Hancock Whitney Center, Place St. Charles, Canal Street
  3. Warehouse District
     • Industrial area with docks, warehouses, and shady dealings.
     • Landmarks: Mardi Gras World, Fulton Street

• Decide the pacing levers:

  1. Energy
     • Base energy: 100 points (modifialble by perks, items, etc, but locked to 100 for MVP)
     • Regen rate: 5 points per 5 minutes (fully regenerates in ~2 hours)
  2. Training duration
     • Short training: 15 minutes, +1 skill XP
     • Medium training: 1 hour, +3 skill XP
     • Long training: 4 hours, +10 skill XP
  3. Job generation cadence
     • New jobs generated every 30 minutes
     • Maximum of 3 active jobs at a time
     • Chance for a blind Johnson contact to appear at login or once every 24 realtime hours upon refresh (10% chance, based on clock time)
       • Offers a random high-risk, high-reward job outside normal rotation, 48 hour cooldown on failure
  4. Job cooldown
     • Job difficulty tiers:
       • Easy: 5-minute cooldown
       • Medium: 15-minute cooldown
       • Hard: 30-minute cooldown
     • Failure penalty: 15-minute additional cooldown on failed jobs at medium and hard tiers