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Idea for a game!

February 18, 2009 in Blog comments 14

This is a video game idea in the vein of Left 4 Dead and Condemned. You can take it just as that, an idea. While this game isn't being made, and will likely never be made, but Dylan Nelson of My Secret Online Thoughts felt strongly enough in the idea to write up a fairly long article on it. It details everything he could think of.

I dont quite know where to begin when telling others about a game idea. I suppose one would normally start with the story, but much like Left 4 Dead, my game idea doesnt have a story. It would more or less be a series of small multiplayer games, exactly like Left 4 Dead, where the story could be filled in by the players. Unlike Left 4 Dead however, each story would not take place over 5 mini levels, but one spanning level.
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    Arikardo Feb 19, 09
    Thats actually a rather impressive idea. It would be a new take on online multiplayer, i could see its flaws though. It would need some serious thinking and ways of tweaking characters etc to ensure it was successful if it ever happened.
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    anacreon Feb 19, 09
    You know game companies should have like a once a year competition. Where gamers come up with a detailed description of a game idea and devs make it reality. Maybe have like one idea for each comsole. Would be another great way for gamer to tell companies what they want in a game.
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      Shattered Feb 19, 09
      quote anacreon
      You know game companies should have like a once a year competition. Where gamers come up with a detailed description of a game idea and devs make it reality. Maybe have like one idea for each comsole. Would be another great way for gamer to tell companies what they want in a game.
      That would definitely be godlike. But there would probably be issues on what does what and how it's done, and how something is supposed to look, etc, etc.
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      Killosity Feb 19, 09
      Wow the authors idea is actually extremely well written and well crafted. I was expecting one of those amatuer "omg guns and boats and u gots to escape" literature pieces. But its well thought out and good to read.

      If only there was more of a way to break into the industry from a mere gamer point of view.

      RPG MAKER XP FTW!
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        BANDITO ATTACK Feb 20, 09
        the rmxp communities come up with good ideas like 5 times a year
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      HisServant77 Feb 20, 09
      I think that's a great idea. The only problem is that the gamers who came up with the idea would have to get royalties from the game made from their ideas. This is something devs would do anything to avoid.
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        Seeker X Feb 20, 09
        So the more ideas people publish, the less developers actually listen.
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          HisServant77 Feb 20, 09
          Pretty much! Except for the good ones

          But then, the good ones listen, but never "officially" listen to gamers' ideas.
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    Dio Feb 20, 09
    Wow, I'm truly impressed. Why hasn't anyone thought of this before?

    If this game was made, I'd be first in line to buy it.
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    Seeker X Feb 20, 09
    Now that I read the article, I know this game wouldn't turn out that well at all. The concept sounds almost like Condemned 2's online multiplayer actually...minus the "serial killer". The reason I mention this is because Condemned 2's online was a bit of a flop. The whole melee thing just did not work in ANY mode...I don't suppose you guys know how it's like when online free-for-all consists of: Run forward, melee, run backwards, repeat.

    And adding rare weapons just COMPLETELY tips the balance...such as a handgun against a bat. That was another problem with the online, once one side had a gun, the other side never stood a chance.

    Most of the concept sounds great, but the combat and things like that only sound good on paper. The melee SOUNDS like a good idea because it works great in single player; not so much online.
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    Stickguy259 Feb 21, 09
    I've played both Condemned 1 and 2, but unfortunately I never played the second one online. I'm forced to wonder if there would be a way to make it work. I see what you're saying though, good on paper. The rare weapons could be completely removed, so that one's easy, leaving just melee weapons, which is more realistic come to think of it. Maybe there could be some kind of penalty for running backwards during a melee fight, like your character may fall down?

    And yes to the royalties thing. It was easy to miss, but I kind of alluded to the that when I brought up that the enemies may be "vaguely recognizable" faces.

    Thank you all for reading and I'm especially happy with all of the positive comments

    If anybody has any ideas for how to make the combat work better, or anything else at all, you can comment here or at the article itself to get my attention.
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      Seeker X Feb 21, 09
      For first person melee fighting to work online...it's gonna need a lot of work. I'm thinking along the lines of Quick Time Events to block and counter or something along those lines. Could try some sort of grapple feature like in single player to do some killer combos, and again QTE's to counter and etc.

      I'm just throwing ideas out there...if all else fails, might as well try third person view or something along those lines.
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    Stickguy259 Feb 21, 09
    Interesting... I wish that there were some way to test all of this out, but I am unfortunately lacking in the know how of creating a video game. Hmm...

    Quick time events could work, though I know gamers have kind of tired of those in video games now adays...
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    Play ISDF Feb 22, 09
    I do like the sound of the idea, it is a good one for sure. But it sounds like it might get kind of repetitive after awhile. Left 4 Dead is awesome, no doubt about that, but after playing for a few weeks off and on, you just notice that your doing the same thing over and over. Granted, people make things interesting and different at times, and the same thing can be said about a lot of games, but that's just how I feel I suppose. If a game like that ever was created, it would probably need a lot of thought, and either some extra modes or quite a fair bit of DLC.

    This reminds me of my own idea from ages ago, has to do with possessing people, taking over the world/destroying it via a lot of different ways, taking out ancient evil rivals of yours that can possess people as well, basically a really gigantic sandbox world to do everything in. Yep, would be hard as hell but could be pretty original.

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