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I haven't seen anyone do this, but I thought it'd be pretty sweet. How about add a difficulty level to your game? It's pretty easy ...

First, create a DFFCLTYLVL variable and have the player select it's value at the beginning: 0 (Easy), 1 (Medium), or 2 (Hard). The biggest part I could see it used in is item usage.

Easy level would see links whenever an item should be used ("Use the Whatever Item"), enforced by a link restriction. Medium level would get help text on the page: %%DFFCLTYLVL%=%1%Boy, it sure would be nice if I had a Whatever to use ...%%. And of course hte HARD level wouldn't have any hints.

SWEET!? Uhh, how would you get it to only show the text if you had a certain level?

It kinda sucks the way it works now, it will improve with Scripting. However, today you would do:

%%DFFCLTYLVL%=%1%Difficulty is 1%%

This translates to "if DFFCLTYLVL=1 write /Difficulty is 1/".

You know what, I like this. So it would go something like:

Easy: Mattias (Except for one part)

Medium: Cryptode (Except for a couple parts)

Hard: JFP (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (gasp) AHHHHHHHHHHHHH)

Ha. Yeah.

That's what I was thinking, got the idea while playing Mattias. Personally I like when it tells you to use the item or gives you a little clue. But some one I know (not a member, but plays the games here) loves it when he has to figure it out (ala classic adv game style). He actually told me how dissapointed he was that the UberEnding wasn't there in WM (no idea how he even found the STUB for that!!).

i am using the easy medium hard thing in my dictate and destroy game. this sounds cool.

I might in a further game.

Sweet idea.  It could be used in an escape room thing.

hey thats true...

It could also be used in Solos: Where in the world?

Or Cryptode