Questions

[Gireen]

Explanation of these

• How long should matches last? Is there a minimum and maximum to what is tolerable?

• How, if at all, should matches forcibly end?

• How accessible should the game be, and to whom (e.g. any person, any gamer, any FPS fan, etc.)?

• What skills should be emphasized (e.g. dexterity, teamwork, strategy)?

• What playstyles should be represented (aggressive offense, turtling, stealth, control, etc.)

• How much preference should the game give to offense versus defense?

• In what ways should the two teams be similar and dissimilar?

• How should the game be paced (e.g. constant action, deliberate and poignant, variable at different times or under different circumstances, etc.)?

• How difficult should it be to recover from a setback (slippery slope)?

• How difficult should it be to join a started match?

• How many Players? minimum and maximum?

• Do we support mods?

• Do we want different game modes? if, how many? minimum and maximum?

[norfenstein]

Corollary to "How long should matches last?":

• How, if at all, should matches forcibly end?

[norfenstein]

Added:

• How big should teams be?

[kharnov]

Edited the original post to get all the links up. Now all the questions have threads. Similar questions have been merged into the same thread, where applicable.