Changes for page Eco-System System Design

Last modified by Utku Dagli on 2026/03/14 17:22
From version 1.1
edited by Utku Dagli
on 2025/12/16 21:16
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To version 2.1
edited by Utku Dagli
on 2025/12/16 21:21
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80 80  * **Flee**
81 81  ** Triggers after the creature feels threatened.
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84 84  **State Transition Diagram: **
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86 86  [[image:1765912618725-168.png]]
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92 92  |(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Scavangers|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Resting|(%%)(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; overflow-wrap:break-word; overflow:hidden; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Kill Sites → Trees → Caves
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96 96  ==== **1.1.2 - Weather System** ====
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124 124  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Predators rely on ambush tactics. Players could be hunted if they haven’t noticed the predators.
125 125  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Player Strategies: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Move slowly and quietly, but be careful; players can also be hunted if they are unaware of the predator.
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128 128  |=Weather|=Movement Speed|=Roaming Radius from the Spawn Point|=Resting Priority|=Vision Range|=Hearing Range
129 129  |Sunny|100%|100%|1.0x|100%|(((
130 130  100%
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137 137  |Foggy|80%|60%|1.5x|40%|150%
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141 141  [[image:1765913168895-550.png]]
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143 143  === ===
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152 152  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Cave Entrance: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Dark tunnels or just an opening; mostly predators rest; sometimes prey can be found here, too.
153 153  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Riverside/Seashore: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Where all animals drink or hang out. Still, predators and scavengers hunt and feed here. Also, some predators are in the water to hunt fish.
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156 156  ==== **1.2.1 - Micro-zone types** ====
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172 172  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Cave Entrance: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)During rain, most prey will hide here from the rain. Other than rainy days, there will be no prey. During foggy periods, predators will be here.
173 173  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Inner Cave: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)A Hide and resting place for predators. Predators in here are territorial because this place also serves as their nest.
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176 176  |=(((
177 177  State/Creature
178 178  )))|=Prey|=Predator|=Scavengers
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185 185  |=Scavenging|-|-|Mid elevation, forest edge, clearings, Water proximity Zone 1 and Zone 2.
186 186  |=Alert|During Fog|During Fog|During Fog
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189 189  === **1.3 -  Layer 3: Interaction Chains** ===
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191 191  ===
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206 206  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Most of the sounds will be muffled by rain interference.
207 207  ** (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Within 10 meters, a slight leaf crunch is audible.
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210 210  ==== (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**1.3.2 - Prey-Prey Interaction**(%%) ====
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215 215  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Some creatures will be designed as herds. (Will be specified later)
216 216  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If herds or herd-like creature groups trigger each other. For instance, if a prey animal detected a predator, triggering the flee state and initiating a run, the rest of the herd would also enter the flee state and run.
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219 219  **1.3.3 - Scavenger Interaction**
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224 224  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If the weather is foggy, scavengers will spawn in 7 minutes near the carcass.
225 225  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)If the weather is rainy, scavengers will spawn in 10 minutes near the carcass.
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228 228  |Time: 0|Kill Occurs
229 229  |Sunny Weather|5 mins: Scavenger arrives
230 230  |Foggy Weather|7 mins: Scavenger arrives
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232 232  |If the carcass is scavenged|The carcass turns to bones, and the bones despawn in 5 minutes
233 233  |Time: 20+ mins|Carcass despawns if not scavenged
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236 236  === **1.4 - Layer 4: Environmental Traces** ===
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266 266  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)10 mins: 33% visibility
267 267  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)15 mins: Faded
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270 270  ==== **1.4.2 - Audio Range by Weather** ====
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300 300  |Rainy|100m|0.6x|60m|Muffled|Close-range only
301 301  |Foggy|100m|1.5x|150m|Echoing|Wide area search
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304 304  ==== **1.4. - Environmental Disturbance Types** ====
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310 310  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Mud Tracks: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Footprints will spawn on rainy days, and the water will fill them. Due to that, the fresh tracks will last longer. But in the following rain, if the footprints are still alive, they will start to fade away, as explained in 2.4.1
311 311  * **Claw Marks: **Claw marks indicate that a predator is nearby.
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316 316  == ==
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332 332  ** Learns from the NPC
333 333  ** Benefits from community knowledge
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336 336  === **2.1 - Learning Through Natural Gameplay Loop** ===
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382 382  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Instead of zones, playing time could be used to set the complexity progression.
383 383  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Instead of zones, experience level could be used to set the complexity progression.
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386 386  === **2.3 - NPC Dialogue with Subtle Hints** ===
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394 394  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Old Tales: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)Tells old tales that caution the player on scavenger and predator behaviour and patterns.
395 395  * (% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)**Self Thought: **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)The(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:700; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)** **(% style="color:#000000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:11pt; font-style:normal; font-variant:normal; font-weight:400; text-decoration:none; white-space:pre-wrap" %)PC that talks by itself with the observations depending on the pattern findings.
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398 398  === **2.4 - Quest Design for Teaching** ===
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