And, while I am at it, I actually have a question about the development for once. I know, I know, who are you and what did you do with the real RisenKill?.
Anyway, while reading up on traps (on, not that kind of traps!) that where used by hunters and Militarys over the centurys I started to wonder, wouldn't a post apocalyptic Society, that has to fight of all the horrors of the radiated and very horny wastelands employ some kind of traps to defend its citys?
I mean, yes, there already are checkpoints and walls all over the place, but those would require energy and personal to man and maintain. And lets be honest, if company's love one thing, then it is spending as little money as possible for a task. So it would not be that far off to think that they would use mines and smart traps to defend long stretches of wall and hard to reach to reach places. So did the GDR (German Democratic Republic aka East-Germany) at the Berlin wall and the inner German border. Granted, the only smart thing about those where the engineers that came up with it and it was made to keep people in, not out, but still it is a good example of how a modern-ish nation would defend its borders, while employing as few people as possible.
Now granted, its not great of the Gameplay to just randomly explode while sneaking around and even while Gamers don't look up, they will also not spend all their time checking what they are stepping on. So my Idea would be for the traps to be of the mobilizing or warning type. Some examples:
A bounding-binding mine:
Inspired by the German S-Mine (aka Bouncing Betty) it would jump up, after getting stepped on, but it would not explode into shrapnel but rather into some kind of net/ mechanical binding that would keep the player in place. You would have to do some button mashing to escape before someone comes by for some sexy time.
A flare mine:
Easy and cheap, once triggered it will send up a flare with a whistling sound that will alert any enemys that are in the area to your presence. Also, it could illuminate the area for a short time, if you are raiding at night.
A bukkake mine:
Like the name suggests, it will blast you with a liquid that will impair the players vision. After all its their fault for not bringing any tissues.
Those are just some Ideas, I would like to hear your Ideas/ feedback about this.
