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Re: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

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Post by austinjp »

wolframhempel wrote: post #486

- A low-brow, open world space sim. (Yes, I'm aware of Star Citizen, No Man's Sky, Elite and all the others, but hear me out): I would love to fly my cheap, derelict Lada Riva equivalent of a spaceship into a space station. No landing sequence or wrestling away of controls, I want to land on my own and I want to land shittily. As I touch down, garbage is stirred up and space rats scurry away from the landing site. I…

Sounds like an infinite procedurally generated VR game of Red Dwarf.

But not this https://reddwarf.fandom.com/wiki/Red_Dwarf_XI:_The_Game

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Post by totetsu »

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…

The micro machines racing games or the ps1 era game Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue, might scratch some of the exploring houses as a little thing itch.

There is a TTRPG exactly matching what you're after. Small folk setting for fate core. http://www.warehouse23.com/products/the-small-folk

Which has a brilliant play through in this podcast https://tabletoptales.roleplayingpublicradio.com/tag/top-of-...

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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…

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Post by tiffanyh »

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…

Parasite (movie).

Sounds similar to the movie Parasite.

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Post by smcameron »

dkersten wrote: post #58

Something I've always wanted to play is a game multiplayer game (ideally firt or third person) where you and a small number of friends crew a space ship. Each person has their own role (navigator, weapons, pilot, etc) and you would fly through space and engage in combat. Star Trek: Bridge Crew comes closest to what I'm talking about. Imagine that but not VR (well, VR is cool for this, but I don't have a VR headset, s…

Maybe you already know of these: Artemis[1], Empty Epsilon[2], and (full disclosure, my own) Space Nerds in Space[3], and there's a (mostly inactive since Covid) forum for the genre is at https://bridgesim.net Also, previously:[4][5]

[1] https://www.artemisspaceshipbridge.com/#/ [2] https://daid.github.io/EmptyEpsilon/ [3] https://smcameron.github.io/space-nerds-in-space/ [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28345868 [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28343941

Re: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

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Post by tigerlily »

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…

Well, you may be interested in the latest effort by the original devs:

https://www.dogarandkazon.com/

https://pistolshrimpgames.com/uqm2/

EDIT: Looks like this is being developed just presently:

https://www.twitch.tv/pebby

https://www.reddit.com/r/uqm2/

Re: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

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Post by yamoyaml »

A grand strategy game where the information isn't guaranteed to be reliable. The things you see on the map are reported by characters who are fallible and have varying degrees of self-interest. The accuracy of information worsens in areas further from your capitol.

Re: Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

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Post by gfaregan »

hooby wrote: post #21

A true "MMORPG". Back in the day when the genre was new, people were fascinated by the potential of virtual worlds and virtual societies. Social scientists did online studies on player behavior and the interactions people had online, on spontaneous self-governance coming into existence, on how communities formed and developed, and many other similar topics. That potential was never fulfilled. Today - some twenty year…

I can see a couple of obstacles:

Complex simulation based mechanics are much harder to implement than more basic fighting mechanics.

Puzzles require more work and hand crafting than creating new monsters to kill.

The whole project is probably more work, harder to scale, and has an unproven audience.

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