Winter Ball 2022 - The Winter Express

--- tags: Winter Ball 2022,2022 --- # Winter Ball 2022 - The Winter Express ## Mapping ### Train * Luxury train for long hauls * Excess Express, Hogwarts Express, Snow Piercer * Different train cars: dining cars, passenger cars, engine rooms * Caboose rage cage * CentCom Engine room? Mr Bones driving? * Snack carts * Should these snack carts be something player handled, or more akin to a vending machine/simplebot hybrid? -EOB ### Train Stops * Train stops with games at each * Show locomotive at last stop * All stops accessible at last stop * ~~^^^ Need some serious discussion/compromise on this, Inept wants a linear ball, forcing people along the journey, but I disagree, and think we should just use the train as a basic setting, though with time gates on events so that they are all populated at the time of unlocking -Mothblocks~~ * ~~I thought we had already compromised on this? Making the ball into a circular loop/circuit with multiple stops (probably 3) that the train loops between on a set schedule instead of straight linear- myself and tattle were discussing this a couple days prior to this section getting added. As said I would prefer linear (as I think it fits the train theme the best) but if we're just going to end up arguing in circles instead of working I agree we need to decide on something else. -EOB~~ * 3 Stations each on their own Z-Level (192x192) Winter town, rural forested area, resort? * 1 Train * 1 place where people who fall off the train go to get back to civilization ### Terrain * Background like shuttle hyperspace but with snow moving, winter scene * Snowy forest, snowdin as template? * Snowing * We'll need a better sprite for this, the current snow weather sprite used on icebox is pretty bad. -EOB * Winter Wonderland * Transition from day to sunset to night * If we're not going for the linear journey style this might not be worth doing. -EOB ## Spriting * Flashing Christmas lights * Sconces * New carpet? * Might be a big ask, but the current shuttle walls we've got (titanium and plastitanium) aren't exactly helping to nail the train aesthetic- if someone's got the time and ability, some new walls that are a bit warmer and more fancy would be appreciated. -EOB * A table that looks like the reinforced tables (with a solid base rather than legs), but wooden, such that it would fit as a bartop ## Minigame Ideas - Mini fighting ring * Provided we use my dimensions for the train it's perfectly sized to fit a standard rage cage in, although it is a bit tight. Should probably discuss if we want the fighting ring to be on the train or as a separate area (so it can be something a bit more impressive, a la the Summer Ball in 2020), or hell, even both. -EOB - Quiplash (Ampitheatre?) - Snowball Fight - Movable sleds? 2 person sleigh (reskinned/nerfed speedwagon) * Perhaps some kind of sleigh race on a closed circuit? Means we can cut a bit looser with the mechanics and speed since there's less/no risk of uninvolved people getting hit. -EOB - Treasure hunt (presents hidden around the map) - Some kind of shooting gallery might be nice. -EOB ## Misc - We might want to have a chat about dividing up map responsibility sometime. Don't want anything too concrete (god knows how volatile things are right now) but getting a vague idea of who's doing what would be a good idea. -EOB - We'll need a mapper hideout again, that's a tradition at this point. -EOB