Comin' back to this forum...
Posted: Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:35 pm
Alright, since Spider brought it up when I talked with him last, I've decided I'm going to throw my hat back into the ring. I have three ideas for my next game.
The first is a "battle arena" where the pit fighters take on "bosses" from various video games, famous figures with gimmicks (like Trump might have his hair as an ally and spawn more hair golems), and Monster Adventuring Parties. Based kind of on Final Fantasy where each player has a different class from round to round, you'll be able to get loot such as weapons from the Final Fantasy series of games, Mario games, etc. Absolutely silly and serious at the same time. It'll also have a "fans mechanic" where you get more fans (and more fans get you more gold for gearing up at the Shady Dealer) based on the quality of your RP character posts (but no loss if you don't RP). I did this on IRC in real time for several years and it was quite a lot of fun, but given the time zone differences of all you guys, I'm pretty unsure I can get people together on a nightly/every other day basis to run a real-time version with the IRC script I have.
The second idea is a game I've been working on off and on in my head I call "Rumbleball"... basically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame with a few twists and traps. Inspired by Blood Bowl on Steam, it's... juuuuuust a little more dangerous. And that's saying something.
Finally, a return (even though I said I wouldn't, it's been long enough) to another Civilization. Whether it will be Spore-inspired (the last one was kind of fun) or not is undetermined for now. I'm not going back to the Katha, mostly because I don't do advanced civilizational hiveminds that well.
I aim to start after the new year, once the holidays are reduced to -10 HP for 2015. It may be a delayed start depending on if I can get a bank card in that time or not. Who wants what? If anything? My impression was that the Games forum has become a bit barren...
The first is a "battle arena" where the pit fighters take on "bosses" from various video games, famous figures with gimmicks (like Trump might have his hair as an ally and spawn more hair golems), and Monster Adventuring Parties. Based kind of on Final Fantasy where each player has a different class from round to round, you'll be able to get loot such as weapons from the Final Fantasy series of games, Mario games, etc. Absolutely silly and serious at the same time. It'll also have a "fans mechanic" where you get more fans (and more fans get you more gold for gearing up at the Shady Dealer) based on the quality of your RP character posts (but no loss if you don't RP). I did this on IRC in real time for several years and it was quite a lot of fun, but given the time zone differences of all you guys, I'm pretty unsure I can get people together on a nightly/every other day basis to run a real-time version with the IRC script I have.
The second idea is a game I've been working on off and on in my head I call "Rumbleball"... basically https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_ballgame with a few twists and traps. Inspired by Blood Bowl on Steam, it's... juuuuuust a little more dangerous. And that's saying something.
Finally, a return (even though I said I wouldn't, it's been long enough) to another Civilization. Whether it will be Spore-inspired (the last one was kind of fun) or not is undetermined for now. I'm not going back to the Katha, mostly because I don't do advanced civilizational hiveminds that well.
I aim to start after the new year, once the holidays are reduced to -10 HP for 2015. It may be a delayed start depending on if I can get a bank card in that time or not. Who wants what? If anything? My impression was that the Games forum has become a bit barren...