Maybe add different percentages depending on which card your aiming for. So if im aiming for mine it may be 50 miss 30 mine and 20 opponent and if im aimig for opponent have it swapped so 50 miss 30 opponent and 20 mine
I was going to suggest something along those lines too -- if you're aiming for a particular card then you'll probably have a higher chance of hitting that card, but still a chance of hitting the other card.Personally, for greatest realism I think it should vary along other aspects too (although not so much). One obvious example is with which Bakugan marble is being rolled:
- Many of the marbles are much heavier on the bottom half than the top half. That means they roll lopsided and (unless you manage to roll it perfectly) they curve somewhat.
- Others have protrusions that are loose that can mess up the roll, such as that hideous top feather on Storm Skyress. I've seen rolls go completely wild because that part pops out and hits.
- Some marbles are "looser" than others and thus more likely to open, or else the magnet is more or less exposed which affects the liklihood of it sticking. For example, I have a B2 Preyas (not Preyas Diablo) that hardly stays closed at all. Unless I roll it *very* carefully, on a soft surface like carpet, it opens up as soon as it contacts the surface. Today I got a new Bee Striker that seems to have extra plastic over the magnet, or perhaps it's defective. In any case, it hardly lands at all (and even when it does it never opens -- but that's not relevant of course)
Finally, I'd say some of this depends on the design of the game, and how the gameplay works. If it's mostly a text/role play game, then you probably do want a simpler statistical "die roll" type system. On the other hand, if it's a more graphical game, you could make it involve more user interaction. For example, you could have the player aim a launcher, choose the force of the roll, and choose to apply some amount and direction of spin. In that case it could be similar to physics simulators (or games like "scorched earth" or "Worms armageddon") where it combines the angle and force to determine the path, and only if it actually crosses a card at slow enough speed does it try to decide if and where it lands.
The game is more text/rpg type and will basically be a patch to the apprentice software that will allow you to play bakugan. I will include rules on how to make the apprentice software work for bakugan.
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