Something else we propose is setting shifts on the island itself. Much like the seasons around the academy, we can shift and change the environment itself to whatever we want. We don't have to be limited by a conventional gregorian calendar either! The Island could have its own unique seasons and weather patterns (ie we might ask you guys to help make up a lot of fun such things).
The floating island could move physically to an entirely different location through slow levitation, warp bubbles, portals, etc. Maybe it could even float above Kanto or on another planet for a while. Events would equally be opt-in/opt-out, or may affect only a secluded part of the island. The sky is the limit (ha ha).
Would you prefer to have FDC tag along on a nearby island, or maybe play more with the concepts of "working together" to survive? Maybe outside supplies can only be ordered in via Escargo Express?
Something else to discuss is the very nature of the game itself. Currently, Smash Academy is defined as a nexus game with optional jam-jarring. Meaning, characters can freely leave Smash at any time and return to their home worlds, or be "stuck" here on the whim of their muns. While we enjoy that flexibility, sometimes it's difficult still to give certain characters motivation to stick around even if we do "force them". In addition, we currently we see a huge under-utilization of the mechanic of open world-hopping.
So what would be your "ideal" game? A full jamjar, where characters are mysteriously pulled to the island and can never leave? Where they are given the option to earn their exit through unlockables? Where they are given the option to earn their exit only after a certain amount of time passes or a personal quest has been fulfilled? Or would you prefer to still have Smash an open "nexus" styled game, where characters can freely come and go but have nothing realistically tethering them to the game (other than what you make of it)?
...Also thoughts on Loftwings...? Black Chocobos? Pokemon? Other wild colonies of flying mounts living on the island just waiting for some industrious characters to try and tame them?
A WHOLE NEW WORLD
The floating island could move physically to an entirely different location through slow levitation, warp bubbles, portals, etc. Maybe it could even float above Kanto or on another planet for a while. Events would equally be opt-in/opt-out, or may affect only a secluded part of the island. The sky is the limit (ha ha).
Would you prefer to have FDC tag along on a nearby island, or maybe play more with the concepts of "working together" to survive? Maybe outside supplies can only be ordered in via Escargo Express?
Something else to discuss is the very nature of the game itself. Currently, Smash Academy is defined as a nexus game with optional jam-jarring. Meaning, characters can freely leave Smash at any time and return to their home worlds, or be "stuck" here on the whim of their muns. While we enjoy that flexibility, sometimes it's difficult still to give certain characters motivation to stick around even if we do "force them". In addition, we currently we see a huge under-utilization of the mechanic of open world-hopping.
So what would be your "ideal" game? A full jamjar, where characters are mysteriously pulled to the island and can never leave? Where they are given the option to earn their exit through unlockables? Where they are given the option to earn their exit only after a certain amount of time passes or a personal quest has been fulfilled? Or would you prefer to still have Smash an open "nexus" styled game, where characters can freely come and go but have nothing realistically tethering them to the game (other than what you make of it)?
...Also thoughts on Loftwings...? Black Chocobos? Pokemon? Other wild colonies of flying mounts living on the island just waiting for some industrious characters to try and tame them?