What Would Be Your Perfect BE Game

[Tinn]

Originally Posted by coramorgana

i belive would be great for start and make a "school" of BE games, make for now a BE versions of retro games for gain exp for the BIG GAME
i'm studing the posibility for do a Arkanoid-Space Invaders stile with BE
opinions?

What would be BEed, exactly? The player character, or the moving targets?

[Tinn]

Originally Posted by Gagecoalbrace

^.^ :looks up at poll: I believe 250+ plus people, a little over half, have said its will be a rpg game. with adventure game pulling in second at a 31% of the vote

I can confidently say that at least one of those votes would have been set to 'Princess-maker-esque game' if the option had been available. In fact, a princess-maker style game could be seen as a hybrid of those genres, in some ways, so it's hard to say how popular it would have been. A lot of posters seem to have supported it.

[Tinn]

Originally Posted by tsokei

> A constant state of tense readiness isn't very compatible with 'enjoying the view.'
I have to agree on this point. However it's possible to make a first-person shooter that isn't really tense - more like a first-person exploration game(Myst?) with a few action sequences or something.

I guess it depends on how the action was integrated into play. It'd have to be announced, rather than unexpected, for one thing. Also, the nature of exploration games is to have a lot of incidental content, requiring a relatively complex setting.

On an unrelated note, hmm. Now that you've suggested a myst-like, I can't help but wonder how one's own size could be used as a puzzle element in such a game, and what sorts of strange devices might be found throughout the world. That said, myst-like games have some significant disadvantages as a medium for BE.

[coramorgana]

i'm doing a little try for the BE arka-invaders

[Tinn]

Originally Posted by coramorgana

i'm doing a little try for the BE arka-invaders

Arka-invaders? What's that?

[JRDeBo]

Originally Posted by Tinn

Arka-invaders? What's that?

I'm guessing they mean arkanoid/space invaders style game.

[coramorgana]

Originally Posted by JRDeBo

I'm guessing they mean arkanoid/space invaders style game.

exactly a fusion, a sapce invaders style game with enemy ships that shoot and move but with the arkanoid control, i'm experimenting

[Muhznit]

Originally Posted by coramorgana

exactly a fusion, a sapce invaders style game with enemy ships that shoot and move but with the arkanoid control, i'm experimenting

Something tells me that's going to be agonizing. Especially with them falling down slowly. I can see it already, I'm trying to nail that last little invader-block-thing and keep on missing, and he keeps descending while it takes forever for my ball to come back. Then I get hit by a bullet. RAAAGE

Let's make sure the game's NOT rage-inducing.

[Tinn]

Originally Posted by Muhznit

Let's make sure the game's NOT rage-inducing.

Good advice for any game design.

With the possible exception of 'RageQuit 2000,' of course.

[coramorgana]

here a demo of my idea, pressing space you will have a good surprise

[Muhznit]

Originally Posted by coramorgana

here a demo of my idea, pressing space you will have a good surprise

Ball's too tiny, the paddle-girl moves too fast (you may want to use mouse control) and she can move off-screen easily.

Personally, I don't have the patience to "rack" up points just to see a few pixels of growth at a time. Such small bits of growth may work well as a subtle hint to something, like ROB's laser being charged in Smash Bros. Brawl (the red light on his head flashes). But otherwise, most gamers are going to want instant results. The reward sector of the brain is picky that way.

[Litch]

Ah how I lament that there are no decent "make your own computer game program" for the mac. It'd be interesting to try out.

I for one voted RPG, so either that or adventure game, because I believe that the most meaningful BE occurs in context.