Chris Hecker Talks Seduction in SpyParty

Chris Hecker has an interesting writeup on the SpyParty website detailing the inclusion of a seduction mechanic in his Spy vs. Assassin game.   But even though this new mission type is still in the very early stages of development there are some really great ideas being introduced to it.

Seduce Target looks like it’s going to be an interesting mission.  Currently, the Spy chooses a Seduction Target that is unknown to the Sniper.  The Spy then needs to flirt with the Target four times on separate occasions to win the mission.  The first flirtation can be anywhere in the same conversation circle as the Target.  For the second flirtation, the Spy and the Target need to be on the same side of the conversation, and for the third and forth flirtations, the Spy needs to be right next to the Target.  The Spy must leave the conversation between each flirtation, so they need to be spaced out over the match.

One of the more interesting aspects to this mission is there is no hard tell to the action. Nothing to tip anyone off that something different is happening other than the player making multiple attempts to get into a conversation with an NPC.  Instead of there being an aspect the player cannot control, such as a tell animation, it puts the entire responsibility on the player to carry out the action in the most subtle way possible.

There are no hard tells for this mission, the flirtation animation is just the normal conversation talk animation.  The only tell is the behavioral one of, “is that character constantly trying to get into a conversation with that other character?”

Chris Hecker mentions that he'll be playtesting this mission type soon, and I can tell you that we here at 4Player are just salivating to even play any SpyParty soon.  Check out our coverage of SpyParty from PAX Prime 2010 here and our interview with Chris Hecker here.

[source: SpyParty]