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What Should I Do? Game Idea Indecision!

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 11:09 am
by Grimoire
Okay, I have been noticing that there's a considerate lack of open games on this site and I am sick and tired of waiting for one to open up or start. So, I am going to make my own game to compensate the boredom. Problem is...I don't know what to do. I have a few game ideas to try but not sure which one to focus on making. So, i'm going to list my ideas down and YOU (Yes you behind the screen with the bag of chips next to you and don't think I didn't see you picking your nose beforehand too, ya nasty!) are going to choose which ideas would be best. And based on Popular demand, I will get to work on the most commented one.

1. Stranger in a Strange Land: The players awaken to find themeselves trapped on a slaver ship heading for a remote and unknown location, their fate looks grim until the ship is invaded by pirates. After escaping the ship during the madness, they find themselves stuck on an unknown island with no food, caps or weapons. What is to become of them? Will they survive or will they perish?

2. War Never Changes: The players were born in a stable that focuses on militaristic training, the citizens of the stable still believe that the war isn't over yet as their only means of 'communication to the outside world' are actually old-prerecorded messages from Stable-Tec to loop and randomize everytime it's turned on saying that the war was still happening even today. For 200 years, the ponies of Stable 104 have been trained as soldiers at birth, awaiting the call from Stable-Tec to leave their home and join their brothers and sisters in arms on the frontlines. But, even though War Never Changes, some things never last.

3. Steel of the North: The players are members of the Steel Rangers, Soldiers as well as Scribes, that have been assigned to scout the icy nothern borders of equestria to establish territory as well as uncover any leads for Pre-War Tech. A simple assignment if it wasn't for the fact that there were Yetis, Windigos and apparently a Crystal Obsessed Spectre bent on killing them. This ought to be fun.

4. Rescue Tribals: (Taken from Ice Katze's Campaign Ideas in the Suggestions thread) When some of your fellow tribesponies were taken by slavers, you and your companions set out to get them back. It was never going to be easy, but it was supposed to be straight forward. No one was expecting to find the slaver's stronghold smashed and the sky torn open. Where could the unaccounted for ponies have gone, and what do the locals mean when they say one of them was "taken by the goddess," anyways?

5. Civilization Shock: (Also taken from Ice Katze's Campaign Ideas from the Campaign Suggestions Thread) It had been a sunny day, just like every day as far as... well, its all a little bit hazy really. The moment you woke up from your little nap at the Princess Luna Dream Research lab, you knew something was wrong. Where did the lab assistant go? How did so much dust pile up in a half an hour? What does that matrix terminal mean when it says: "System Halted, Runtime Fault: 200:08:12:04:54:32.599"

So, what do you guys think I should make?

Re: What Should I Do? Game Idea Indecision!

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 6:00 pm
by TheWanderingZebra
I honestly like the Stranger in a Strange Land a lot more since it allows a player much more freedom in what character he can use, as well as the idea of having to survive on an unknown island that the group has to adapt to.

Re: What Should I Do? Game Idea Indecision!

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2014 7:11 pm
by G-man64
They all sound entertaining, but I personally have a soft spot for the Empire, and Steel Rangers are almost always entertaining.

Personally, I'd say Steel of the North.

But any of them would probably be fun.

Like you said, we really just need more games.

Re: What Should I Do? Game Idea Indecision!

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2014 12:48 pm
by Grimoire
Okay, welp do to some feedback, i'll be going ahead and using "Steel of the North" for my first game and hopefully in time i'll have the chance to use the other ideas. Anyway, i'll be setting up a thread soon so be on the look for it if you're interested!