[MUD-Dev] Re: Game Economies

[Shawn Halpenny <malachai#iname,com>]

On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 02:04:35AM +0000, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> On 10 Jun 99,, Matthew Mihaly wrote:
> > Also keep in mind that rarely is any significant segment of the population
> > interested in anything that is significantly ground-breaking (witness the
> > endless parade of movies with the same plots, that still make tons of
> > money, or the popularity of DIKU muds).
> > 
> 
> It has been said that there are really only 36 plots.  And everything 
> else is a remake.  For instance, the original 'Star Wars' was yet another 
> remake of 'Le Morte de Artur'.   

I'd love a reference for this!  And if there are only 36 plots, one would
think it straightforward to write a storytelling engine to "play" them
out and have your game work within them... <kof>


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