Sunday, 23 March 2014

Is there room in the boat?

I am thinking about creating a megadungeon for Labyrinth Lord (as well as one potentially for DCC), but with excellent products like Barrowmaze, Stonehell, and the Castle of the Mad Archmage available, is there still room in the boat?

 What do you think? Is this an idea worth pursuing?
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14 comments:

  1. David The Archmage23 March 2014 at 13:01

    Sure. While there's lots of good stuff out there, there's always room for more. Especially if it's something a little different.

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    1. ravencrowking23 March 2014 at 13:33

      Thank you for your response. As the first respondent, would you mind terribly if I referenced your name somewhere in the project?

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    2. David The Archmage23 March 2014 at 14:13

      Not in the least!

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  2. Brutorz Bill23 March 2014 at 13:56

    I agree with David, I think there is room for more. All three of the megadungeons that you mention have very specific and unique feels to them.

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  3. Dithering Fool23 March 2014 at 14:22

    Heck yeah! The more the merrier I say.

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  4. Charlie Warren23 March 2014 at 16:24

    Go for it! It's always nice to have another megadungeon around!! There's still room and there will still be more room after yours.

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  5. Keith Sloan23 March 2014 at 16:43

    There is always room for more!

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  6. Unknown23 March 2014 at 17:42

    If the question is whether another megadungeon would find buyers, sure it would. If it’s well written, there’s plenty of room for it to stand out from the competition in people’s minds, when they recommend it to others, too.

    Sounds like you already have some plans for this and developed ideas for it, when you offered to put the first commenter’s name into it. If that’s the case, how large would something like this be (rooms, levels, sandbox encounters outside the dungeon) and how long do you think it would take to produce and cost?

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    1. ravencrowking23 March 2014 at 19:17

      Well, Level 1A will be 186 encounter areas, not including sublevels.

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  7. blake23 March 2014 at 18:48

    I think so, Barrowmaze is heavily undead focussed.

    Stonehell does a little bit of everything but it's formulaic organisation and map design loses many of the elements which can make a megadungeon so much fun for me (namely interesting terrain to explore/overcome, route choices and multiple entry to different levels.

    Any new megadungeon just needs to fill it's own niche and not retread theirs.

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  8. n8mcd24 March 2014 at 00:31

    I think the 'hook' is crucial. It has to have some theme or quality that helps it stand out to succeed in a narrow market.

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  9. Noah S.24 March 2014 at 01:06

    I second Nate McD's feeling that it's not the megadungeon itself that sells, but the feel of it. The theme will be the thing that brings it home for me.

    The world can always use more sprawling complexes in which to gleefully murder gleeful murderhobos

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  10. Venger Satanis24 March 2014 at 15:10

    Hells to the yes. I also 4th the idea of coming up with a theme to highlight your megadungeon. Something to make it fun and different.

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  11. Chaz24 March 2014 at 18:08

    Absolutely! A dcc version is especially intriguing, as it seems to lend itself to episodic play. I'd enjoy seeing your thoughts on how to incorporate megadungeon play into a dcc style game.

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