Hi. I decided whip up a list of bingo goals for Zero Mission and was hoping more knowledgeable people could look it over and tell me if there are any big flaws or if there are any other goal ideas that could be added.
http://pastebin.com/Xfx8vhNH
The first thing that may stick out is that the goals are all before Mother Brain (the latest goal is “Kill a Metroid.”) The reason for this is because there would very little deviation in any route between the start of Tourian and leaving Chozodia, and this takes quite some time. The cards would be horribly unbalanced unless every row has to do this section, or no rows have to do this section. I opted for the second option (there’s still plenty to do.) A separate goals list could certainly be made for a “long bingo” that guarantees this section in every row.
You may also notice that there are no restriction goals. The reason for this is that bingo cards are often used for more than just bingo (such as blackouts, lockouts, and the like) and restriction goals have the potential to kill cards for these kinds of races. Restriction goals could probably be added for cards solely used for bingo (I honestly don’t know what would be safe to restrict however.)
There are no “finish in x” goals. I don’t feel they really strengthen the card, but if anyone has a good reasoning against that, these kinds of goals could be added.
I have yet to actually generate a card, so the difficulties may need to be shuffled around slightly. So long as the goals have approximately the correct difficulty this shouldn’t be a big issue.
The map station/save station rule seems to be the standard for Super Metroid bingo, so if that’s debatable, it can also be changed. The E-tank rule is just what made sense to me. If this is non-standard, it’s a really easy change.
A few more considerations… I’m not sure if total missile tanks and area missile tanks should be in separate categories. Doing this would give the cards a lot more possibilities, but it would also be possible, for example, for a single row to have both “45 missile tanks” and “5 Kraid missile tanks.” This is probably something that can be decided by actually testing a few cards.
I considered putting “Power Bombs” as a high difficulty goal, since you can technically get them. It just feels awkward since it would definitely have to be the final goal, and, while I’m not the greatest judge of difficulty, the way I understand the trick, even if you pause buffer down to the right amount of damage before entering the room, the game may or may not decide to kill you during the transition due to some kind of frame rule, and thus, the trick is something like 50% consistent at best (navigating the power bomb room aside.) Leaving something off the bingo card just because it’s difficult doesn’t really seem right, but a line needs to be drawn somewhere… so this goal is up for debate.
Thanks to anyone who looks through some of this, and to anyone that has anything to offer.
http://pastebin.com/Xfx8vhNH
The first thing that may stick out is that the goals are all before Mother Brain (the latest goal is “Kill a Metroid.”) The reason for this is because there would very little deviation in any route between the start of Tourian and leaving Chozodia, and this takes quite some time. The cards would be horribly unbalanced unless every row has to do this section, or no rows have to do this section. I opted for the second option (there’s still plenty to do.) A separate goals list could certainly be made for a “long bingo” that guarantees this section in every row.
You may also notice that there are no restriction goals. The reason for this is that bingo cards are often used for more than just bingo (such as blackouts, lockouts, and the like) and restriction goals have the potential to kill cards for these kinds of races. Restriction goals could probably be added for cards solely used for bingo (I honestly don’t know what would be safe to restrict however.)
There are no “finish in x” goals. I don’t feel they really strengthen the card, but if anyone has a good reasoning against that, these kinds of goals could be added.
I have yet to actually generate a card, so the difficulties may need to be shuffled around slightly. So long as the goals have approximately the correct difficulty this shouldn’t be a big issue.
The map station/save station rule seems to be the standard for Super Metroid bingo, so if that’s debatable, it can also be changed. The E-tank rule is just what made sense to me. If this is non-standard, it’s a really easy change.
A few more considerations… I’m not sure if total missile tanks and area missile tanks should be in separate categories. Doing this would give the cards a lot more possibilities, but it would also be possible, for example, for a single row to have both “45 missile tanks” and “5 Kraid missile tanks.” This is probably something that can be decided by actually testing a few cards.
I considered putting “Power Bombs” as a high difficulty goal, since you can technically get them. It just feels awkward since it would definitely have to be the final goal, and, while I’m not the greatest judge of difficulty, the way I understand the trick, even if you pause buffer down to the right amount of damage before entering the room, the game may or may not decide to kill you during the transition due to some kind of frame rule, and thus, the trick is something like 50% consistent at best (navigating the power bomb room aside.) Leaving something off the bingo card just because it’s difficult doesn’t really seem right, but a line needs to be drawn somewhere… so this goal is up for debate.
Thanks to anyone who looks through some of this, and to anyone that has anything to offer.
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