Your god-awful game ideas!

[Umdlye]

An roguelike set in a office building where the workers are turned to zombies!
Or an modern, urban roguelike, set in a small city.

EDIT:
Now for something really stupid: an multiplayer shooter, with an first person view like some dungeon crawler (grid based too). Real time combat: shooting and reloading would require increasingly difficult button combinations, depending on the strength of your weapon. Imagine it like entering cheats in a GTA game really fast.
I wonder if anyone would want to play this... ;D

[megatronbison]

Jul 5, 2011 20:08:44 GMT -5 Umdlye said:

Real time combat: shooting and reloading would require increasingly difficult button combinations, depending on the strength of your weapon. Imagine it like entering cheats in a GTA game really fast.
I wonder if anyone would want to play this... ;D

Aw come on, is that a stab at modern action games with shitty QTE or what?

[Snarboo]

A sequel to Karnov that plays a bit like Super Mario World. As you progress, you unlock new abilities, such as the magic ladder, which can be used in previous levels to find hidden items. It wouldn't be a Metroid clone, however.

[Mr. Saturn]

An Earthbound Hentai set exclusively in Saturn Valley.

On a side note, if you're to wiki 'Hentai', the immediate illustration
on the right hand side leaves one in no doubt as to what it is.
NOICE.

[munchy]

Jul 7, 2011 18:08:58 GMT -5 Snarboo said:

A sequel to Karnov that plays a bit like Super Mario World. As you progress, you unlock new abilities, such as the magic ladder, which can be used in previous levels to find hidden items. It wouldn't be a Metroid clone, however.

I would actually play this.

[Catalyst]

After being challenged to splice Uncharted 3 with Arkham City I came up with this.

Chasing Ra's Al Ghul across the deserts of Arabia in order to stop him from discovering an amazingly virulent strain of the Clench in the buried city of Algol. Thalia being the unwitting ally willing to do anything to stop her father if it'll let her into her lover's heart, and the lost soul Azrael aiding Batman in a effort to erase his previous sins.

Matching wits with the evil snake lady Whisper A'Daire, clashing swords with the suave Cavalier, and fighting to the end against the shape shifting werewolf Kyle Abbot, and finally facing Ra's Al Ghul's chosen inheritor the beast known as Bane. The fight that means the end for the League of Assassins as it turns out that The Red Claw terrorist organization will do anything to reach and raise the lost city first, including assassinating Talia Al Ghul.

As the city is raised above the sands, Batman must contend with the Red Claw's choice of assassin, the Assasin known as Lady Shiva and the Ninja known as Kyodai Ken. Ending in a climactic sword fight with Ra's Al Ghul as the city sinks back into the sands from whence it arose thanks to the exploding conflict between the League of Assassins and the Red Claw.

Batman escapes as Ra's hand sinking into the sands along with his precious Final Solution. And as the Azrael-manned zeppelin from the League of Assasins passes by Batman grabs the rope in one hand and the beautiful Talia in the other and they fly off into the sunset.

In retrospect the story I came up with has very little to do with the title I started out with.

Batman Look - www.funnybookbabylon.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/8444_400x600.jpg

Most of the stuff is already in comics.

- Algol is the star related to Ra's Al Ghul
- The Clench is a strain of Ebola Ra's attempted to unleash into Gotham City
- Azrael was chosen because of the inclusion of Bane and the need for a second sidekick ala, Robin in this game.
- Whisper A'Daire and Kyle Abbot are two of Ra's Al Ghul's special henchman.
- The Cavalier was someone Bane unleashed against Batman during Knightfall, chosen to introduce the sword fighting mechanic that will be used against Ra's in the end boss fight.
- Bane was chosen cuz he's one of the only that Ra's has found as suitable for his daughter along with Batman.
- The Red Claw woman and organization was something introduced into Batman the Animated Series to make up for the lack of female supervillains.
- Lady Shiva was one of Batman's trainers, a member of the League of Assassins, and one of the foremost martial artists in the DC Universe.
- Kyodai Ken was known as the Ninja on Batman the Animated Series were he was shown as a rival to Bruce during his martial arts training and someone who could challenge him on the same level.
- Getting around could be done in two ways doing things the simple way such as grappling hook when the terrain allows it or climbing it the old fashion way. When certain sections are taken the more challenging climbing method Batman would gain exp points the first time to make it work while.
- The ending would just have to include some sort of sword fighting mechanic to make awesome.

Key elements would be a sword fight with Cavalier atop a speeding train, a death defying parachute battle with Kyodai Ken after both him and Batman manage to disrupt their vehicles (see Batplane) flight, a battle against an enraged fully-armored Azrael to stop him from breaking Bane's back, a betrayal by Lady Shiva when Bat's entrusts Talia to her thinking she's just wants to take Talia back to her father only to discover that she's a double agent working for Red Claw, and finally an epic sword fight amongst the ruins sinking into the sands of the desert. Gameplay would be mostly Batman, with a few unlockable sections that let you play as Azrael and see things on his end. Also, imagine quite a bit more puzzles since were dealing with a trail leading to deadly treasure, as well as maybe some investigations akin to LA Noire.

(I clearly have to much time on my hands 0:)

[Bobinator]

So I dunno if this deserves another post, but I've got another idea, and this one is REALLY awful, this time.

A Lucas-Arts adventure game based on Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. Yes, the one with the pingas and Long John Baldry and Robotnik in a bikini and all that.

"But Bobinator, you moron with terrible taste in cartoons, you," you say, to which I say shush, AoStH was awesome, "Sonic is primarily a speed-oriented action platformer game, and this is... well, not. What would give you such a crazy idea?"

Well, Sonic is basically always using stuff like disguises and talking to random people in the cartoon, so there's some ideas for puzzles and NPCs right there. I guess maybe you could have a 'Spin Attack' verb along with your standard Look/Pick Up/Use/Talk commands, although it wouldn't work on everything, of course. Tails could follow you around like Max and be used for puzzles along with some hints, I guess.

Plus the entire game would basically look like this:

[susanismyalias]

delete this thread before the rest of the internet gets wind of it

[TheGunheart]

An open-world RPG/action game hybrid where you play as a superhero. There'd be a fairly strict class system, to keep you from becoming Pre-Crisis Superman, but you could be anything from a Batman-style guy with gadgets to a being with superpowers.

I know there's City of Heroes and Champions Online, but I'd want something that plays like an actual game instead of waiting for your auto attack to kick in.

[Weasel]

This one came to me in a dream: a variant on Team Fortress 2 where player characters are incapable of directly attacking each other. Instead, players can be hurt/killed by clever use of traps, Spy vs Spy style - hide them in filing cabinets or lockers so the doors will attack whoever passes near them, hide them in floors or ceilings so they'll crush unwitting players, hide them in soda machines for a cheap projectile turret. Or pull out your RC helicopter, fly it into the enemy base, steal one of their uniforms and disguise yourself to get into the base yourself and cause more havoc!

[Mr. Beam]

I've thought of a sequel to Burger Time. I've thought of it, and it's stupid.

Burger Time 2: Peter Pepper's Inferno.

Peter Pepper was stoned to death, and was sent to the depths of hell. He met "The Nasties" and plan to be tortured. But, Peter Pepper escaped. But, Peter Pepper saw a Princess in the castle. So, Peter Pepper goes up to the Princess. But, the leader of "The Nasties" has kidnap the Princess, and put her in the castle on the top of hell. So, can you help Peter Pepper to save the princess, and defeat "The Nasties" and their army of Pancakes?

The Leader of "The Nasties" is played by Jack Black.

[ldorado]

Corriendo a Mexico

A political campaign simulator for the Mexican government. Tasks include avoiding kidnapping by drug lords and criminals and bribing your opponents into letting you win and stuff. You also have crucial minigames to win, like dodging bullets from opponent's henchmen and engage in masked wrestling to fund your campaigns. The cover would should a typical Mexican guy with a mustache and wearing a gray suit and tie, carrying a suitcase and running from shadowy figures with rifles.

[ldorado]

Menopaws II: Flash of Fire
Need I say anymore?

[Sketcz-1000]

Telly Execs

You inherit an ailing cable TV station and have to boost the ratings to get more ad revenue/sponsorship and bring it back from the brink. You do this buy carefully managing your remaining budget to purchase the rights to show certain films a certain number of times over the week. The game will be divided into weekly segments, and keep in mind you need to fill slots from 8am to 1am in the morning, so if you spend all your budget on a blockbuster film for the 9pm premier, the rest of the day will have to be be filled with cheaply syndicated Czechoslovakian cartoons.

Porno is pretty cheap so you could just turn your channel into an adults only XXX festival, but you'll forever tarnish your reputation. You hire an expensive news crew to focus on world news, but that could be pricey to compete with the big boys. Balance is key. Buy cheap 1950s westerns since each licence allows 4 showings, which is great to fill those late morning slots for retired old people. Start with B-movies and work your way up for the late night premiers. As advertisers flock to you, and big companies sponsor you, you can start buying more shows to put on a certain number of times (old film x4, new film x1, cartoon x3, news production based on hours filled, etc). Maybe there's a big sporting match on? Wouldn't it be nice to secure exclusive broadcasting rights to it? Budget accordingly.

To spice things up there will be random events, like big news situations which need covering, and film reels going missing. It's 11pm and your expensive horror reel is missing - what do you fill in its place? You can't repeat another western, but you do have that sci-fi film you were keeping for emergencies.

Alongside your channel you can see the TV listings for your rival channels, so you can compete directly against them. Start your own soap drama and have it go head to head with the leading rival show. See what works for others and copy their style. Deal with the censorship board who accuse you of flaunting their rules. Deal with irate viewers who complain about programs being censored.

It'd be like Theme Park or Sim Hospital except based around organising a TV channel.

[Weasel]

Amazingly enough, Sketcz, the game you described actually exists and even got a sequel.