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Post by quadcore »

germinalphrase wrote: post #73

A combination of first person shooter and real time strategy. There is a large map and balanced units on each side. Each round, a team commander is chosen randomly from each team. During play, the commander sees a bird’s eye view of the current battle and directs player objectives, waypoints, etc. while everyone else is playing COD-style first person (trying to take advantage of the intelligence and goal setting from…

I made a demo of such a game before that had some traction on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQLiANnRPBU

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Post by pg_bot »

I would like to play an inverse of a typical Zelda game. You start off as a strong wizard/warrior but every time you use your powers you get weaker. Your items break and can't be repaired. The difficulty ramps up as you can no longer rely on overpowering enemies with gear or spells.

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Post by samstave »

tetris11 wrote: post #141

[Borrowers: The Game] You live as tiny mouse-sized humans existing with regular humans who should never know your presence as you occupy the walls and spaces in their home. Every day you must hunt for food, which involves collecting gear to traverse spaces (paperclip + string = grappling hook and rope, matchstick = torch, plastic bag = parachute) to reach places where food is stored (i.e. the kitchen - defended by th…

Have you never watched "The Littles" growing up - this was exactly them.

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Post by m12k »

A tactical game where I can play semi-competitively even if I only play a couple hours each week. Most competitive games like (CSGO, Apex, Starcraft, LoL) have a "twitch" element that take years to build up, and requires constant practice to maintain. And many tactical games like chess have an element of rote memorization that gives it a super high barrier of entry to be competitive as well. So I'm looking for something non-twitchy, but tactical, with ideally at most a moderate sized barrier of entry to get into it. The closest I've come was Hearthstone, but I decided to give it up when I finally acknowledged how exploitative their monetization is.

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Post by Spellman »

germinalphrase wrote: post #73

A combination of first person shooter and real time strategy. There is a large map and balanced units on each side. Each round, a team commander is chosen randomly from each team. During play, the commander sees a bird’s eye view of the current battle and directs player objectives, waypoints, etc. while everyone else is playing COD-style first person (trying to take advantage of the intelligence and goal setting from…

NS/NS2 and Savage have already been mentioned. Natural Selection being my particular jam.

But does anyone else remember the Sourcemod Empires?

FPS/RTS with TANKS! And a Tech Tree!

Unfortunately the Source Engine really doesn't like tank physics.

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Post by skybrian »

I like simple strategy games that you can play in 10 minutes. For example, Compact Conflict [1] is a simplified, faster-paced version of Risk. (I used to like Civilization, but it's way too long.)

I'm wondering if there are similar short strategy games that you like? In particular, is there one that models supply lines well?

[1] https://wasyl.eu/games/compact-conflict.html

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Post by mayormcmatt »

presidentender wrote: post #361

Star Control II, but more so. Star Control II is a collection of different interrelated minigame mechanics. You have spacewar-style combat, planet exploration resource collection, interactive storytelling with the communications with other races, resource and time management, ship and fleet customization, and exploration of the universe. But some planets could require a side-scrolling platformer, instead of the top-d…

All I have to say is, this game sounds bad ass!
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