Post by John Westlin on Nov 23, 2013 17:59:17 GMT
Hello, my name is John Westlin!
This forum was made so that fans, hobbyists or whoever fancy's gaming in our modern society, can discuss future games and even make one up themselves fictionally. The point is to discuss and debate various game ideas, basically create a fictional universe made by fans for fans. The second step (much later on) is to pitch this idea to a (or many) game developer and see what they think, maybe they are willing to create it. Third step is to Kickstart it.
I am in no way a developer myself, I just like to envision stories and game ideas and discuss them with other people.
But back to the game idea itself. I have many, but for this forum I won't be promoting any of my own but instead start entirely from scratch.
The setup of this forum here is to start slow and take one piece at a time, and with that said, let's get on with it.
What type of game would you like to see? There are many categories, and instead of making a poll about it I am curious of what and why. Get into the depths of it.
You can answer simply "I want a [Category]" or you can answer more in-depth "I want a [Category] like this because this and that would be cool".
An RPG (Roleplaying Game) perhaps? Or an FPS (First-Person Shooter)? Driving game (Cars, Spaceships, you name it)? Action game? 3rd Person Game? The list goes on. You can mix and match, FPRPG for instance (First-Person Roleplaying Game). The game type that gets most votes will be the direction or the aim for the game. From there, more forums will appear to discuss more in-depth other layers of the game.
My vote goes to: A First-Person RPG with combat and mobility elements of Mirror's Edge.
Why? Because what I envision hasn't quite been done yet, which I can't entirely touch in this post as I (for personal reasons) do not want to spoil the idea. Imagine a world like Skyrim but more dark, grim and horrifying. Add in some Dark Soul's difficulty and you're set for both entertainment and challenge. I also have a story that I have built for countless of years that I really want to see shine in a game environment like this, which is also a reason why I would want a First-Person RPG like this. I also want it to be gritty, realistic in some ways, with little UI (the world is the UI). To open your backpack you would see your character take out their backpack and you'd get to pick an item using the characters hand (the hand would of course be a simulated mouse-pointer). Be in the head of the character pretty much. If you choose to wear a helmet you'd see from inside the helmet.
There are no rules for how far you can go, you can write whatever you want.
This forum was made so that fans, hobbyists or whoever fancy's gaming in our modern society, can discuss future games and even make one up themselves fictionally. The point is to discuss and debate various game ideas, basically create a fictional universe made by fans for fans. The second step (much later on) is to pitch this idea to a (or many) game developer and see what they think, maybe they are willing to create it. Third step is to Kickstart it.
I am in no way a developer myself, I just like to envision stories and game ideas and discuss them with other people.
But back to the game idea itself. I have many, but for this forum I won't be promoting any of my own but instead start entirely from scratch.
The setup of this forum here is to start slow and take one piece at a time, and with that said, let's get on with it.
What type of game would you like to see? There are many categories, and instead of making a poll about it I am curious of what and why. Get into the depths of it.
You can answer simply "I want a [Category]" or you can answer more in-depth "I want a [Category] like this because this and that would be cool".
An RPG (Roleplaying Game) perhaps? Or an FPS (First-Person Shooter)? Driving game (Cars, Spaceships, you name it)? Action game? 3rd Person Game? The list goes on. You can mix and match, FPRPG for instance (First-Person Roleplaying Game). The game type that gets most votes will be the direction or the aim for the game. From there, more forums will appear to discuss more in-depth other layers of the game.
My vote goes to: A First-Person RPG with combat and mobility elements of Mirror's Edge.
Why? Because what I envision hasn't quite been done yet, which I can't entirely touch in this post as I (for personal reasons) do not want to spoil the idea. Imagine a world like Skyrim but more dark, grim and horrifying. Add in some Dark Soul's difficulty and you're set for both entertainment and challenge. I also have a story that I have built for countless of years that I really want to see shine in a game environment like this, which is also a reason why I would want a First-Person RPG like this. I also want it to be gritty, realistic in some ways, with little UI (the world is the UI). To open your backpack you would see your character take out their backpack and you'd get to pick an item using the characters hand (the hand would of course be a simulated mouse-pointer). Be in the head of the character pretty much. If you choose to wear a helmet you'd see from inside the helmet.
There are no rules for how far you can go, you can write whatever you want.