WolfQuest

SolitaryHowl wrote:I like dusky's idea.

A montage (if limited funds, perhaps the art could be provided by fans via a contest or something) could be put in place, showing the pups growing up, learning how to hunt, and eventually some dispersing on their own (this would be a good point to enable co-op, or have the option to play as one of your now-grown-up pups...essentially 'auto restarting' the game at the beginning with a random coat colour and random traits). The montage can be educational, which is what WolfQuest is all about, and the 'random traits' can be explained by the fact that you can't control what genes you get from your parents, and that you just have to adapt and enjoy life as it is, no matter what curve-balls life throws at you (which I think is a nice message).

Then, after the montage but before the option to allow the player to 'start over' as one of their pups, the screen should dim (or fade into sepia tones), and credits should roll...with some nice music accompanying it. There should not be an option to skip the credits, unless the player has beaten single-player multiple times, as the hard work and dedication from the WolfQuest Team Members and any volunteers should be recognized and seen by all. I think it would just add a little bit of class to the game, and shouldn't be that hard to do.

LunaWolf2468 wrote:This may be/ is probably too big of an update to be added, but perhaps the game could go on a bit longer? During the summer, pups still have things to learn from their parents as they grow big enough to learn adult responsibilities, like hunting. Maybe you would have to occasionally take your pups on a hunt to teach them how, and after awhile, they might even be able to join you in bringing down elk? Maybe there could be certain goals to reach, like a certain amount of elk brought down by the whole pack, or something like that.
In the fall, maybe there could be a cutscene or a box of information about how one day your pups grow up and leave the pack as dispersal wolves, just as the player did at the start of the game?

I completely understand if this is impossible or unreasonable, though.

loboLoco wrote:What is it you'd like to be doing with them during that time? (Well, besides substantial new things like training them to hunt prey. That kind of explicit training doesn't happen with real wolves.)

LupaValdo2001-2014 wrote:

LunaWolf2468 wrote:This may be/ is probably too big of an update to be added, but perhaps the game could go on a bit longer? During the summer, pups still have things to learn from their parents as they grow big enough to learn adult responsibilities, like hunting. Maybe you would have to occasionally take your pups on a hunt to teach them how, and after awhile, they might even be able to join you in bringing down elk? Maybe there could be certain goals to reach, like a certain amount of elk brought down by the whole pack, or something like that.
In the fall, maybe there could be a cutscene or a box of information about how one day your pups grow up and leave the pack as dispersal wolves, just as the player did at the start of the game?

I completely understand if this is impossible or unreasonable, though.

I don't think the training of the pups would be able to happen, Dave already said that it would not happen with real wolves.

loboLoco wrote:What is it you'd like to be doing with them during that time? (Well, besides substantial new things like training them to hunt prey. That kind of explicit training doesn't happen with real wolves.)

loboLoco wrote:I think I've come up with an improvement: What makes the ending unsatisfying is (a) It happens so abruptly, and (b) It can be tricky to get everyone into the "zone" -- and it's not 100% clear where exactly the "zone" is. By making this last task more game-like, I think we can address both issues.

1) Show the rendezvous zone somehow (big circle on the ground).
2) Display a counter indicating who is in the zone, and who isn't, so getting your mate and pups to come into the zone is a more obvious challenge, and you get a better sense of progress toward that goal, and it builds up to the payoff -- the howling and camera zoom-up.

Thoughts?