MuddTrail

Someone suggested that someone should make Mudd Trail, like Oregon Trail, but about Mudd. This page is for ideas for the game.

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Platform: Not-console, definitely.

Language: Flash? Python? Flash is easy to distribute. Python is easier for contributions.

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One of the originators of the idea said "Then you can have 'A Nova Scholar comes in the night and takes some of your money!' " (Corresponding to the "A thief comes in the night" event in OregonTrail), but decided that might be offensive to Nova Scholars.

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Some possibilities... The "journey" is the 4 years at Mudd. At the beginning you pick your major (corresponding to the professions). Each major gives you a certain amount of "free time" (or maybe "unstress points"); Engineers, say, will get the lowest amount of free time to start with but get a bonus on completion, like the Teachers in Oregon Trail. You can "buy" things to start with from your high school experience, e.g. AP Physics that, depending on how you use them, might save you free time along the journey. I'm not sure what the equivalent of hunting would be, since everyone knows that's a major reason to play Oregon Trail. ;-) "Towns" and "Forts" I guess would be exams and projects, maybe like rivers, you could choose to try to study (use Free Time) or try to use some of your high school experience (e.g. the AP Physics from earlier).

Obviously the concept needs major refinement...