Continuing on the theme of a game developer's perspective, this word can go two different ways via the definition: a person's natural height, and the importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement.
For my game world, all playable characters are human in some shape or form due to origination. Without going into specific details, each class has particular traits that may or may not affect the stature of their character. Since I've only begun working on ironing out the main kinks with the system, my playtesters and I haven't really had a solid chance to test out these mechanics. Of course, a lot of the classes that were chosen don't even have them written in yet. That sounds a little crazy, I know, but hear me out. Right now, I'm wanting to flesh out the basic skills first. As I work on the mechanics of the first 7 or 9 abilities, I plan on seeing what dynamics pop up. Of course, an MDA framework isn't complete without the aesthetics involved. So far, three of my playtesters decided to use an ability in the first expedition. Those abilities were a bit rough, but since I wasn't focused on those in particular, I got some notes written down and put them to the side. One highlight though: one player has a class that essentially makes pacts with things by binding to them. Since the ritual involves needing a physical item, my player decided to take her pants off mid-session just to bind it to her. Absolutely sent the table into hilarity. Hoping the next expeditions they go on can focus more on them.
The other meaning of stature is the importance or reputation gained by ability or achievement. I can't say I've really gained anything along those lines anywhere on the internet. In my corner of the internet, I have three websites that I either run or am involved in: Gamers Esoteric (my old portfolio site, repurposed for my game dev journey), Byte Vortex (co-managed with a very dear friend of mine, where we write about whatever techy/geeky/nerdy idea pops into our heads), and Cheshire Gaming (a passion project where I write game guides for the games I play, like Guild Wars 1, Guild Wars 2, and Warframe). I think the only one out of those three that might have any "recognition" would be Cheshire Gaming. When I said gaming was a part of my life, I really meant it. I like helping people achieve things without having to deal with paywalls, intrusive ads, or a chain of hyperlinks taking them down a rabbit hole until they have no idea where they ended up. This topic had me realize that even though I'm essentially a grain of sand in the vast ocean of the internet, I'm still a part of it. It's going to be hard getting my content out there, and it's been one hell of a journey since I started these projects. All I can do is take each day in stride, do my best, and keep going.
Rome wasn't built in a day, and I'm still laying the foundation for mine. This concludes the prompt for the day.
Links: