RPG Gamer Survey

[nafonso]

Hi,

 

I'm doing a Masters' Degree at a University in Portugal which will focus on NPC Social Behavior, and I would like to ask your help to answer a questionnaire.

 

The idea behind my Thesis is to try to improve the Computer RPG experience, that's why I'm asking for your help, because you are the ones that know what should be improved!

 

You can find it on http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey....o2arm74s7233913.

 

Thank you for your help, Regards,

Afonso

[Pop]

Hmmm, are you some kind of bot, Alfonso? Or r u for realz?

 

I'll do the survey if not, but... we've got a few bot problems here you see.

 

*edit - that's "4 realz", actually.

Edited October 26, 2006 by Pop

[Sand]

He has no smiley so he must be real. Only the bots use the smiley.

[nafonso]

I'm for real! ;-)

 

I'm really doing a Masters' Degree. The group that I'm in is Inesc-ID, a AI group at my University (IST - TagusPark).

 

I'm also updating a blog with the progression of the project. You can find it on http://oniwaka.blogspot.com.

 

Thanks for all your help people!

 

Hopefully the project from my Thesis will eventually become a game!

 

Regards,

Afonso

[Pop]

Alright then. Done and done.

 

Good luck on your thesis.

[nafonso]

Alright then. Done and done.

 

Good luck on your thesis.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Thanks! Hopefully a year from now it will be finished and all of you will be able to play the demo! ;-)

[Sand]

Submitted my answers, alfonso. Good luck with your thesis.

[Jorian Drake]

I'm for real! ;-)

 

I'm really doing a Masters' Degree. The group that I'm in is Inesc-ID, a AI group at my University (IST - TagusPark).

 

I'm also updating a blog with the progression of the project. You can find it on http://oniwaka.blogspot.com.

 

Thanks for all your help people!

 

Hopefully the project from my Thesis will eventually become a game!

 

Regards,

Afonso

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I suggest you to change the 'thank you' list (in blog) with adding Obsidian and Digital Reality to it ...oh, nearly forgot: Stormregion too

 

Edited October 26, 2006 by jorian

[Colrom]

Nafonso I answered your survey.

 

I suggest you enhance it some to increase the range of allowed answers for all the questions.

 

Also make sure you cover game types like RPG, FPS, RTS, 4X, adventure; real time and turn based and hybrid and so on if you are going to ask what people like - and provide for "other" since you will certainly omit some.

 

You may also want to work a thread on the issues on this and perhaps other forums to help.

Edited October 26, 2006 by Colrom

[Purgatorio]

Done.

[nafonso]

I suggest you to change the 'thank you' list (in blog) with adding Obsidian and Digital Reality to it  ...oh, nearly forgot: Stormregion too

 

That was yesterday, before I had this account created. I'll thank all of you in the next post! ;-)

 

Nafonso I answered your survey.

 

I suggest you enhance it some to increase the range of allowed answers for all the questions.

 

Also make sure you cover game types like RPG, FPS, RTS, 4X, adventure; real time and turn based and hybrid and so on if you are going to ask what people like - and provide for "other" since you will certainly omit some.

 

You may also want to work a thread on the issues on this and perhaps other forums to help.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Thanks for your suggestions, but I can't really alter it at this point. It was approved by my coordinator and since I've got already alot of answers it would create a breach between them.

[Hurlshort]

I took it...received an error when I submitted it, so I hope it went through.

[Pidesco]

I'm getting an Internal Server Error when submitting my survey.

 

 

Edit: Sou portugu

Edited October 26, 2006 by Pidesco

[Kaftan Barlast]

What in earth do you mean by "pro-activeness" in regards to NPCs?

 

 

Its like asking if I prefer my NPCs to act unilaterally.

[Sand]

I think it means that the NPCs act on their own accord. Strike up conversations with other NPCs or walk up to you if they have something to say. That sort of thing.

[mkreku]

I've submitted my answers now. And I made sure to answer with annoyingly wordy and unnecessary lengthy replies whenever I was given the chance )

[Pidesco]

Submitted.

[nafonso]

What in earth do you mean by "pro-activeness" in regards to NPCs?

 

 

Its like asking if I prefer my NPCs to act unilaterally.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

Yes, that's exactly it. For example, NPCs don't just stand around, they decide to go somewhere and do something. And also, it's not to make them always go back and forth repetitively, they should "think for themselves".

[nafonso]

I'm getting an Internal Server Error when submitting my survey.

 

Yesterday a problem happened with the Blogger server. After the questionnaire I have to decide where to send the people that submited it. So I decided to submit them to the blog of the project (there are no adds there, not trying to make money! ;-). But yesterday the blogger server had some problem and was giving a 500 code error (Internal Server Error). So this means that you submited the survey ok, and the problem was loading the blog page.

 

Edit: Sou portugu

[Pidesco]

I can't help you with that, sorry.

[astr0creep]

Submitted.

 

I particularly enjoyed the question asking which RPGs I've played among 6 choices.

[Darth Drabek]

Done. Yeah, I agree with Astr0 that you'll get a lot of extra games listed in that "other" section.

[nafonso]

Done. Yeah, I agree with Astr0 that you'll get a lot of extra games listed in that "other" section.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

 

I understand, but I only made those explicitly available because they're the ones that I'm going to evaluate myself, and use as a comparison.

 

Sorry if you needed to write alot!

[Pidesco]

You could've picked better ones. :D

[Gfted1]

Survey submitted.