Entertainment(type suggestions)

[Chinsei]

I figure thats..meaningful?

Well my idea is to add things that could be done that aren't exactly fighting oriented. like stages, for Theatrical plays, or Musicals. they could have bands an singers an jugglers an other types of entertainers including perhaps like you might see in some medieval themed movies an stuff now a days with some people going up an challenging people , an betting he can beat them all.


the Theater could work on pre-scripted plays perhaps that you could choose ,if you choose it to be 'private' which means people could only watch the events occur. they couldn't start their own. but if you set it to public then traveling entertainers and locals might try to make there own plays an stuff.

it could give rise to entertainment skills. such as acting, instrument playing, things like that . since there aren't any verbal voice actors it could just have text bubbles of their heads, and when actors mess up , the bubble could come up mostly with periods, an a few letters to illustrate he messed up a line or something.

it'd basically be with the same building that you could choose the types of entertainment the stage has or leave it open to random, which the NPC will then kinda 'decide' on their own.

since DLC are all the rage now.

every new play, or musical could be added as a DLC that way noone gets a play or musical they don't want. if they want any. and it helps to fund the game o.o

i don't like DLC much but i think it'd be nice to have ....definitely would add more then some games do with their DLC >.>

after all , life with out entertainment would be quite dull, perhaps there could even be plays created by forum users could be added.

Maybe some musical instruments that let people play for money when there in a town kinda like begging or on stage as soloists an stuff.

perhaps dancing an other things you could do when you get beaten an robbed for everything you had.

it'd also allow for perhaps more peaceful players to make money by performing in plays with the pay being based on how well they perform , and how many NPC are pleased by the performance.

[swillo]

Don't know about actually watching a whole play, but a traveling bard who sings tales of Kenshi would be cool. Especially if he/she would make up a song about your lead Character based on your play history. It would also be a neat why to start a quest when you hear about a rival warlord's gold hoard.

The other thing that would be nice is if you had entertainment it would attract more people to your city. More traders would stop by and more citizens would move in.

The stage could be a placeable that works like any of the current ones. You could put it in any building big enough to hold it, a bar or outpost, or create a new building with more seating for a bigger stage. Equals more draw for customers and you can assign more characters to "work" it. And you could change the setting on what characters assigned to the stage would do. Sing, dance, Play music. The better their performance skill the more money they can generate or the higher the moral of your troops.

it would also mean the sale or crafting of musical instruments and clothes that have little real world value. And a Butt load of programing for the Devs, sorry guys!

[IronMaverick]

Entertainment would most certainly be an interesting addition, I sincerely hope the devs feel they have the resources to add something like that to the game.

While I think survival is a tad too much of an every day issue in Kenshi for people to be fixated on entertainment I do think it would be interesting to have a small element of it in the game.

I would support it surely in the form of arena fights that the people of Kenshi would pay to see!

[philthymcnasty]

You mean like dancing girls?

We already have bars, drinking should be a thing. It is entertainment after all.

Might as well add some gambling too, and dangerous bar games. That would explain why the surgeon is in the bar.

It would also add some cool jobs in town: Wanted, bar medic! must be able to reattach fingers!!!!

When unarmed is added into the game, we should also have fights in the town. This could add some gambling, and a good way for the player to earn some money, and toughness.

If we are going to have entertainment, it should be mad max/Conan the barbarian style grim dark entertainment. Like the next day everyone in town gets to watch the police chief hang the bounties that you brought in entertainment.

[Zeal]

Aight, sorry. I had to stop at the line of "Since DLC are all the rage now".. well actually i went on a little further than that to your suggestion about things being dlc.

Nope. Not going to happen.

Chris is 300% against DLC, so anything that comes to Kenshi will be core gameplay, or free ;p.

Shame on you for even waving that word around here..

But aside from that, it's not a bad idea to add a little livelihood to the world, though it seems like it would be a pretty big amount of work..

There was an old thread long ago titled something like "If you could add any NPC to the world, what would they be?" I talked about a vocaloid, that traveled to taverns and would sing and dance.. as a joke naturally.. but.. Maybe not entirely

[Chinsei]

Which Vocaloid? an yeah bards/minstrels would be nice. would also be nice if characters could play instruments while marching, would make walking everywhere a bit more enjoyable. since eventually stamina will be added and running all the time everywhere wouldn't be an advisable option .

and Bleh i don't like DLC i preferred expansion packs but o.o for some reason everyone uses DLC now ...its just milking things that should have been added already >.<

[Zeal]

Which Vocaloid? an yeah bards/minstrels would be nice. would also be nice if characters could play instruments while marching, would make walking everywhere a bit more enjoyable. since eventually stamina will be added and running all the time everywhere wouldn't be an advisable option .

All of them! or any.. The only problem is that Kenshi's models doesn't allow for longer hairstyles, so too many of them wouldn't work (I really really wish they could figure out a way around that)

I just thought it would be humorous to randomly (rarely) find a travelling vocaloid. One of those little easter egg things.

Singing while marching? I can just see it now.. "What is that sound in the distance?.. oh no.. CLOSE THE GATES!"

I was opposed to any kind of voice overs in Kenshi. Not sure why. It would just sorta break the game for me, which is something I talked about long ago. If they were to "sing", i would definately prefer it be the popup bubbles above their head.. They'd still need dance animations though.. As for instruments? That would be acceptable, provided it was on parr with how the sound already carries, and isn't just something you hear scattered all over the world all the time..

[Hatsune_Neko]

Which Vocaloid?

I just thought it would be humorous to randomly (rarely) find a travelling vocaloid. One of those little easter egg things.

Singing while marching? I can just see it now.. "What is that sound in the distance?.. oh no.. CLOSE THE GATES!"

sings.

[hashey]

Aight, sorry. I had to stop at the line of "Since DLC are all the rage now".. well actually i went on a little further than that to your suggestion about things being dlc.

Nope. Not going to happen.

Chris is 300% against DLC, so anything that comes to Kenshi will be core gameplay, or free ;p.

Shame on you for even waving that word around here..

But aside from that, it's not a bad idea to add a little livelihood to the world, though it seems like it would be a pretty big amount of work..

There was an old thread long ago titled something like "If you could add any NPC to the world, what would they be?" I talked about a vocaloid, that traveled to taverns and would sing and dance.. as a joke naturally.. but.. Maybe not entirely

I would capture those vocaloids and use them as slaves and make them work all day and night with little food and water as they would sing sad songs as I would shut them up with the crackle of my whip. I would laugh hysterically with there blood splattered on- *ahem*

All I'm trying to say is, I would catch em all