Abandoned Town (Community Project)

[Romulator]

idk if this method is super convoluted, but I came up with a sort of order

Spoiler below!

There will be several "levels" of houses. Something like
Level 1: Houses with open doors/entrances. These will be the first areas you can access.
Level 2: Houses with stuck doors that could be broken into. You will need to collect crowbars and drills from the level 1 houses to access these.
Level 3: Houses with locked doors that cannot be crowbared, probably metal doors. You will have to collect keys from the level 2 houses.
Level 4: The final house. (Now this part is just me putting ideas out) You get the key to his house from a level 3 room and you open the door, but upon entry you realize his house is a large machine room with another mechanical door, and you need to go to the other level 3 house to get a switch that will operate the machine. This way it makes sure you visit all the level 3 houses before you can finish the game. Also for the machine part, perhaps the reason the town is abandoned is because he was building a time machine and he accidentally launched himself to the future. It's super cliched but it works with the machine concept.

There are three flaws I can get out of your proposed idea, without trying to put it down:

1) The area consists of more than just housing. Page 30:

• Flawless - ?
  
• Artsy Racoon - an outdoor area, lots of streets and alleys - has lang file
  
• Romulator - hotel/motel/inn
  
• Carnivorous Jellybean - main outdoor hub, park
  
• JustAnotherPlayer - tavern/pub
  
• Daktoa - ?
  
• victorkim - ?
  
• endosine - cool things
  
• Red - story
  

2) I do not think that the project should be linear. Linearity means that you play by our rules, not I make my own rules. The project is subdivided into the exploration of multiple areas and is, as I am lead to believe, entirely up to the player as to where to explore, what to explore, how much time is spent and why I chose to go there.

3) The story, if any as far as I have perceived it, is that the town's residents are gone. Where they went, it doesn't really matter. Let's just say that the player now has free will to do what they wish, and now go breaking into their local Jap's Tavern, or frolic carelessly in Jellybean Park. The player can also use this opportunity to get an insight to the local neighbourhood, unravel secret areas, find out how some people lived and perhaps break a few windows.

In a sense, while us whom are making maps could provide a small quest within our map, I personally feel that an overall storyline which involves the necessity of in-depth exploration would derive the project slightly.