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

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Post by axus »

mattlondon wrote: post #80

I want a sort of civilization-but-for-countries. E.g. you are the newly elected president of Afghanistan/North Korea/Iraq/Other etc - now go rebuild infrastructure etc, set policies, see how the country develops as a result. E.g. do you invest in universal healthcare, or transport infrastructure? Is transport infra required while your country is still largely subsistence farming?. What about education - save money th…

CivMC is starting up tomorrow. It's a Minecraft server with 100+ people organizing into nations, building out their facilities, and arguing over land. The planning level decisions are a little simpler than you're looking for; where to put farms, roads, housing, vanity projects, and military structures, and when to replace them. But the fun is that you're working with real people to make it happen, instead of doing everything yourself.

Nominally it's an experiment to see which government and organizational structures are the strongest, though being a multiplayer game it can devolve into who's fighting skills or automated bots are the best.

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

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Post by andrewstuart »

A game that makes obvious the games, lies and manipulation of modern politics.

A game that requires people to utilise the dirty politics strategies in order to win, thus making it obvious to the layer how politics actually works.

Things going badly for you? Start a war.

Some bad news in the media cycle? "Throw a dead cat on the table" (look that one up if you don't know what it means).

Have to agree to something? Agree but don't do it.

Need to win an election? Make empty promises.

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

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Post by heavyset_go »

Different genres of games for people who aren't seasoned gamers. I will never be "good" at most FPS and adventure type games, and don't really care enough to spend the time to get good at them, either.

Games beyond click-throughs, simplified turn-based games, Angry Birds, Candy Crush, the 900th iterations of crosswords/hangman/sudoku/etc, would be nice.

Intellectually, emotionally and/or aesthetically satisfying low-skill games are what I want, I guess.

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

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Post by resters »

A VR game where the objective from the perspective of the player is to balance a large ball on his head. The ball has a tendency to tip and so the player must position his body and head to keep it balanced.

All this happens while music is playing.

From the perspective of those watching, it looks like the player is dancing extremely well to the music.

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

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Post by cellularmitosis »

Something like StarCraft, but each unit has to be piloted by a human (using a first person shooter interface). The leader player sees the traditional high-level StarCraft interface, and directs the troops. Each individual troop sees some on-screen representation of its “orders” (“attack this unit”, “move over here”).

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

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Post by Nition »

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…

This is the exact vibe Anachronox (2001) had.

It's 86% off on Steam right now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/242940/Anachronox

But it's not a space combat sim, it's a sci-fi RPG.

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

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Post by gfaregan »

slightwinder wrote: post #835

A game with a good, complex and deep magic-system. Magic normally is just limited to cast predefined spells, bought at the shop or learned along the way. At best they have some elements interacts, but barely more. What I want is something where you can literally research magic, discover new effects, combine them to create new magic in form of spells, artifacts, rituals and so on. It should be easily accessible, after…

Here are a couple interactive fiction games with complex magic systems:

- Suveh Nux by David Fisher

- The Wand by Arthur DiBianca

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

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Post by Fnoord »

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…

Reminds me of Roald Dahl's 'The Witches', oh and Toy Story.
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