If you could design your own video game

Something very stylized, like Braid or Bastion, with gameplay that's really less important than story. As for what that story is, I have no clue, but probably something with a similar theme to 1984. It would port easily to tons of different platforms, and I would make it free with paid DLCs because really that's the way to go.

Sadly, I have some of the ability to start game-deving and none of the artistic ability to make the kind of game I would want to. I'm gonna start learning UDK the moment my computer's fixed, though.

 

I like to make a fantasy themed video games. Full of magic and incantations. Exploring different worlds and exo-planets. Players can choose different class, race and starting story. I like it to be Wii-like interactive style that uses goggles so the players feel like they are inside the game. Players can also perform incantation and must say the correct chants to cast the spell. There will also be a spellbook provided at the beginning of the game for Mages and Sorceress and every instance and levels they could learn new incantations and when they make the wrong incantation the spell could backfire or malfunction. I also like the players to decide on the outcome of their story depending on the decisions they make in game. Players could form a party, slay the demons from the underworld, travel to the skies, go to different planets by flying through space.

 

a fully functional universe simulation with a mind-controlled interface, so I could create any other game from within it, or do anything, anyhow!

Of course the universe would not be capable of processing a more complex version of itself, so this is not feasible unless what we refer to as the universe is actually just a piece of the actual universe.

 

I'm learning programming and design. I have a few things in mind from a platformer to an RPG and a horror game, but I'm still trying to learn my programming and everything.

 

I have two ideas for games. The first one being an interactive drama with a strong grasp in character development, emotion and progression. The plot would be something strong and push the envelope. Something like serial child rapists or torturers of children. (Because after all, children make for the most sensitive spot in plots that tend to really tug at the heart strings.

The second game would have to be a traditional survival horror game. With zombies, keys and all. Not any of this new fangled action shit that they call survival horror. (Yea haven't quite thought about this one)

 

It would be a mix between Kingdom Hearts 2, Batman Arkham City and God of War 3.

Seriously... sit and think about how EPIC that game would be.

 

Well, it'd be an original game involving a intergalactic revolution against an evil dictator involving blood, gore, zombie experiments, bombs, and puzzles. So a cross of god of war, halo, gears of war, and dead space. 3 main characters involving fighting around suns in space, soaring the rings on other planets, exploring moons for equipment, and no dlc

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Oh and exploring planets in order to weaken the main antagonist by utilizing weakness, and it'll be a helluva boss battle.

 

a game a lot like left 4 dead, but with a lot more half naked men.

 

The gameplay would be similar to the Zelda games, but the story, atmosphere, etc. would be darker, like Metroid. I'd combine a lot of futuristic, sci-fi elements with fantastical, natural, magical elements.

For a game I'm conceptualizing right now, there are two main characters, a male and female. The male character's basically a male Samus, but he fights using a sword that can transform into various other weapons (a lance, a bow, a whip, to name a few). And the female character's hard to describe: she looks like a Disney princess...but she's batshit insane. She has a sort of sick, twisted sense of humor, and she always makes these morbid jokes and comments while laughing sweetly and innocently. You can't really get a sense of what she's like just from reading the description. She acts as a guide to the male character (who's always confused/annoyed with her), and fights by imitating her opponent's fighting style.

The story...I write my own stories all the time, mostly for manga series I conceptualize, but with video games it's kind of hard because you have to think about how the story interacts with the gameplay. When conceptualizing a video game, I try to come up with a unique gameplay mechanism for the particular game I'm working on and then I build the story around that gameplay mechanism.

I have to think about this stuff because I'm hoping to one day become a game designer.

 

Oh man, do I have some game ideas. I went into game design with like 3 rock solid ideas, and developed a few more while in the class, but never got the skills to realize any of them, really. :/ I guess I could always model out some stuff, but that's about it.

My most complete idea is for a semi-realistic spacefaring action RPG/RTS game as a tie-in to my (also unfinished) novel, currently titled A Paper Castle. It lets players create a starship captain as their player character, complete with a few stats and skills, as well as starting faction if any.

Available Factions
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The first available faction will be the Entente Space Corps (ESC), the disciplined and well-equipped military which is spread thin across the colonies, but nonetheless feared. Their ships are strong with hyper-advanced tech, but costly and relatively outnumbered. The ESC's strength is focused on stationary constructions like ground bases and space stations, so attacking territory held by them is a daunting thought.

The opposing faction is known as the Free Fleet, a group of revolutionaries who escaped the perceived tyranny of the Entente and are fighting to gain a foothold in the stars. As their name implies, they have little to no presence on habitable planets, focusing their strength on highly mobile ships and deep space stations. Attacking the Fleet is likewise a tough task for the ESC, because they have come to expect a tactical retreat and counterattack when and where they least expect it.

The independent "faction" is not really an organized group, but has been categorized into one by the other forces because of its unified goal: piracy. Bringing the cosmos under rule of Entente law or Free Fleet allegiance is basically a fool's errand, which makes for a golden age of piracy against the ripe trade lanes between frontier worlds rich in resources and civilized worlds rich in currency. Pirates are free to attack whomever they want, whenever. But they are already targeted by two powerful interstellar militaries, and choosing the wrong target means at best that they have gained another enemy, and at worst that it will be a lethal encounter. Pirate forces are famously decentralized, so are found equally balanced between ground colonies and roving starships.

Gameplay
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Yeah, this one's a genre dancer XD. It has RPG and tactical shooter elements like Mass Effect, yet when aboard ships, it switches to real-time strategy. The player maintains direct control of his own ship and its ability to maneuver, fire weapons, moderate particle fields, etc. When on planets, though, the player has the ability to recruit officers and crew to operate other ships built, purchased, or captured from enemies. The mid/late game may have the player commanding a sizable personal armada. With the ability to give orders to other ships, the player can coordinate massive operations like planet assaults, and once Qu.E.S.T. lines (FTL communication) are installed on a pair of ships, the player can direct them from any distance away, basically managing a cluster-spanning empire of their own.

Story
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The game's plot really hasn't been developed yet, but that's sort of the point. It's meant to be a game where the player creates the story by their own actions and objectives, and it happens to be set in the universe of my novel. I do plan for the player character to meet named characters on occasion though, and maybe fight against/alongside them.

This isn't an exhaustive list, but I feel like I might be jacking this thread by writing an entire design document in one post. :eek:

 

>>I went over my edit time limit, but Starlight Darling, that supernatural zombie game sounds sick! I'd buy it, but I would recommend that you include some sort of progression curve. With no weapon upgrades etc., how would the player get a sense of advancement? The game would be in serious danger of stagnating and being a shelf-rotter.

 

Half-Life 3. But that wouldn't really be MY game, would it?

I've always wanted some type of game that goes through the decades of film quality in each level. Like in the beginning, it's really grainy and black and white. Then, as time goes on, it gets better until it becomes color. Then it would keep going until the quality becomes modern.

That's just an idea of mine.

 

Heh, you might like Evoland. It's the same concept, except you go through the history of RPG games as you level up...

 

Oh.

My.

God.

I'm wayyy too incoherent from tiredness to actually type it up right now. But I am SO bookmarking this thread with this post. I will be back with my idea for sure!

 

My video game would essentially be a sandbox version of Earthbound. At it's core, it would be a turn based RPG. The game would be called "NPC" and would star a generic villager as he tries to find his own adventure. The main character would only have one line, "I wish I could be a hero like you." She repeats that line over and over again throughout the adventure. The NPC would have the ability to recruit other NPC's to her party. You have the choice to either follow the "hero" in story mode, or avoid it all together and just explore the world and try to find a place in it. You would also have the ability to switch between the NPCs that you recruit.

Graphically, I would want it to be very cutesy. The world is also very big, but also rather silly. I know the starting town would be in a forest filled with fireflies, but I'm kind of shakey on the other towns. The town that I want most thought would be a town based off of Thai graveworkers who live in the various graveyards in houses places in the tombs.

Humor would also have a large part of the game, mostly because I miss humorous games like Goemon and Earthbound. A lot of fourth wall breaking would happen due to the game being based around the idea that the NPC's have real lives.

 

It would have the world of Xenoblade, the gameplay of Kingdom Hearts and the emotion of Majora's Mask.