"Jefferson" Project Forum News
Posted Saturday, December 28, 2002 - 17:08 CET by Veldrin

Here are today's Jefferson project forum highlights. Please take into account that these are only single parts of various threads and should not be taken out of context.

J.E. Sawyer, Lead Designer

Interface: Right now, our interface is very lean and functional, but it does take up space. There's a lot of information to display.

Demo of Jefferson? Doubtful.

BTW, a demo would give you very little insight that a review or a simple declaration of features couldn't. The things that I have been "spewing" about are either a) game system features or b) cool RPG thingies that can only be appreciated over a long time. When we said we had dark elves and ghostwise halflings in Icewind Dale II, players didn't need a demo to verify it. Things like "epithets" and NPC behavior can't really be judged on the short term, so a demo for their sake would be pointless.

A tech demo, on the other hand, could be useful.

Quote: From what has been hinted by the devs I'd say that it'll have more interaction than anything we've seen up to this date.

No, it will be moderately interactive. A step above IE, but not as nutty as Ultima VI and friends.

Quote: Can we see cloaks on avatars?

We have flexible fabric inventory items that display on avatars already.