If you could make your own game.... (Creative thread)

I have an entire “hyperverse” at my disposal in the form of my own books. The original Zelda also inspired me to pursue my creative endeavors. I would love to have my books made into videogames some day. The setting would be futuristic, and instead of having the main character of the book being the protagonist, I would make the mentor the game’s protagonist. In terms of mechanics, it would be a combination of DMC games, DB Xenoverse and WWE 2K games (in terms of grapple and submission moves). There would be RPG type inventory and status menus.

If I could make my own game, I'd look at everything here that has been discussed and make the perfect IGAvania. Of course it would have a different story and characters, but there are tons of weapons, mechanics, location ideas... just so much that I don't think it can all be included in Bloodstained as IGA already has his vision in mind. All that stuff would make one hell of a game though, and I'd love to make it happen. If I could pay them, I'd bet a team I select could get it done under my direction. I don't know how much of my talent could be used on the production side, as I'm not a real programmer or artist. I'd love to write it though! I've had a vampire story in me for a long time now.

Oh fudge, what a question! (and I've only just now noticed this thread) I feel compelled to comment here, as I have thought about making my own game many times before. Unfortunately for myself, I've only ever given myself the time to jot down basic ideas, and I certainly don't have much [if any] in the way of programming knowledge. GameMaker software probably can't make the kind of game I'd want to create, either.

What I've got is not too "creative"...

The game I'd want to create would ideally be a 3rd-Person Action RPG, but you'd be limited each 'Turn' by an Action meter [I'll call it that for now]. Characters would be able to execute flashy combo-chains with special moves assigned to specific button inputs. In my mind, it'd sort-of be a hybrid between PlatinumGames' usual "hack-'n-slash" style and Namco's Tales of series gameplay.
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I've only recently decided on the kind of gameplay I'd want, but already had a basic idea for playable characters, enemies, and minimal story elements.

- Similarly to the old PlayStation game "SaGa Frontier"; while my game would have the same overarching backstory for the world in every playthrough, the primary storyline you experience would be for the specific playable character you choose at the beginning as the "Party Leader". You would have the option to be able to recruit all other potential party members along the way regardless of the Leader you chose at the beginning.  The story is told through the Leader's perspective, there'll be personal side-quests, and the Ending you'd get is partly determined by the Leader... but everyone will still have the same basic roles.

- In my head, the world that this game's story takes place in would be inspired by an odd mixture of mythology themes from European and Asian cultures; As well as the presence of both Magic and Technology, so Science-Fantasy would be an apt term for its genre.

- The "world" (overworld map that you get to travel) is split between two major warring nations, five neutral nations, and a single island country in the middle of it all.  All part of the same continent.

 - Corresponding more to the Ending you might get (and choices in many quests), I've thought that my game should track the moral implications of your actions with a basic "Alignment Meter".

There are only Five playable characters in total that you can choose to be the "Leader" at the beginning. My basic ideas are that their special abilities would correspond to the Wu Xing (Five Chinese Classical Elements), AND that they'd have predominantly color-coded outfits based on those. (<-and there's one of the Asian themes already)

You start with Three of them.  You'd unlock the others by completing specific conditions in playthroughs (those, I haven't exactly thought of).

1.) Graceful swordswoman from a prospering northern imperial nation, and disciple of a temple dedicated to a mysterious "God of Darkness". She wields a "jian" (straightsword) as her primary weapon, and commands Water Magic. The primary color of her costume is Black.

2.) Impulsive technician and former soldier from a neighboring southern hegemony, and ever-enthusiastic about learning of [and creating] new technology. He wields a "blaze javelin" (vaguely based on the fire lance, an early gunpowder weapon) as both his primary weapon and method of casting Fire Magic. The primary color of his costume is Red.

3.) Sorceress who makes her home in the expansive eastern forest bordering both nations, and has a hobby of luring in unwary troops from either side of a conflict to their doom. She wields all manner of flora as her primary "weapon", commanding them to attack at her whim, and is a one-of-a-kind caster of [largely forgotten] Wood Magic. The primary color(s) of her costume will change between Green and Purple.

4.) Dedicated martial artist who lives alongside refugees and natives of a small island nation located in a large bay at the 'center' of the continent (isolated from the major warring nations). His entire body has been honed over many years of diligent training as his "weapon", so he relies on no other, and unleashes Earth Magic with his kiai. The two primary colors of his costume are Yellow and Blue. [MUST BE UNLOCKED]

5.) Automaton originally created for anti-magic warfare in a neutral nation to the west, but unfortunately responsible for murdering its own creator (for unknown reasons). Capable of breakneck speeds surpassing all other playable characters, and strangely also capable of making moral decisions.  Its primary weapon is a chained morningstar attachment mounted on its right arm (that it can also "shoot" like a grappling-gun).  While this automaton technically can't use Magic itself, special generators in its frame are capable of producing frightening facsimiles of Metal Magic abilities, some of which could even ignore resistances to magic. The primary color of its "costume" (its entire metallic body) would be Silver. [MUST BE UNLOCKED]
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(This last character is only partially-inspired by Robo from Chrono Trigger.  His abilities aren't too similar.)


Enemy & Boss-only "Elements" (which player-characters can't use, but are still either effective or weak against): Ice, Wind, Lightning, Heaven ("Light"), & Chaos ("Dark").

Im not gonna lie guys, i wanna play every single game concept you guys have come up with. I wish i had more experience with game software and coding to help make your dream games a reality.

Galamoth: there is a game on steam i highly recommend looking into for inspiration for your science fantasy concept, it is called CrossCode. It has a free demo and it may hold some potential hints at inspiration for you (and its also really fun)

XombieMike: Your game concept will probably be the death of me. the rest of my life would literally be spent on that game. that being said, i think its a wonderful idea, dont lose hope of making it a reality if thats what you truly want to do!

Enkeria: Im sorry to hear about your mom, i lost mine a few years back so i get where you're coming from. If i had the knowledge i would already be making that for you 2, but i can ask around see if anyone has something.

I LOVE PIXEL ART, and of course NES.

Recently I stumbled upon the idea of creating a pixelated horror game on NES.
Actually, I've already started fiddling around cc65 (a C compiler for 6502 CPU) and able to run some of my little experimental code on the emulator, but as I don't have much free time right now, the project is currently on hold lol.

I forgot to mention, someone mentioned crosscode. That game is dope, everyone should play it... and Ys. IMO it's like phantasy star setting with ys-like combat (though with more range less melee), and zelda style dungeon designs. seriously amazing.

It's still in early access but I already got 50 hours in it without replaying it, and they are about to do a huge update (and release) relatively soon.

Just don't get ys8 on pc, it's apparently a terrible port. Why didn't they use xseed again. why. I don't even hate nisa. But xseed is already on a roll with falcom games on pc, nisa clearly didn't know what they were doing in that department.

Nono, I didn't say that to accuse you of stealing a thread or something silly (especially since yours was necro'd). but because I just didn't want people to think 'gosh he already said that, stop spamming!' if they saw the other one I THINK I made.

Wow, so many great ideas here.

paulwawg man, you mixed dinosaurs and dragons, how in hell could something like that not work? It would be awesome, and, as TV tropes says, "rated M for Manly".

AlexamenosAshava you are not only a writer, but, considering your idea, a creative one too. Your combination of genres is really interesting. I wonder how that would turn out.

SOSU i guess nothing beats a classic huh? DOOM 2016 was a great game because it used some modern FPS elements mixed in with it's own classic roots. Something like you mentioned, if followed such route, would be a blast.

XombieMike Your idea is basically a collective metrodivania castle building. That's really creative, imagine the endless possibilities! I was thinking, it would be even more awesome if people could collectively built a single castle, adding rooms and layouts, with a online vote system where a room with negative voting could vanish. It would be a really hard mechanic to make all that work, but it would be awesome.

Enkeria i'm really sorry for your mom. That is something i think many developers fails to make too, special games for people with health problems or disabilities. If i could create a game, i would try my hardest to make such adaptabilities.

Galamoth that is a really well-detailed idea. Saga Frontier is a great, underrated game with such a interesting setting and such freedom to explore and play, that anything remotely like that would surely catch my eye. I really loved your characters, i can even picture them in my mind. I love to draw, although i'm not good at it, i would love to try drawing them.

Elfina Ashfield a horror game with a NES-like pixel art? Count me in on playing that.

Ghalion: the best idea there for me is the dungeon crawler one. I had a similiar idea once, good call.

Now, wanted to share my idea(s). None of them has names, so, i'm just calling them what they are.

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I'm a bit like IGA in terms of how i would develop a game. I usually think about the gameplay before the plot. So, most of my ideas are richer on gameplay elements than plot elements. Here you go:

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A Metroidvania / Igavania game, in 2d (2.5d) set in a fantasy world with real-life elements (but it isn't our world, nor our time). The main character would be a engineered supernatural female creature, a tragic monster forged by unknown people for a unknown purpose. She would be a half-angel, half-demon woman and her main ability would be absorbing life essence of all creatures. Every single creature in the world, be it humans, angels, demons, monsters, has a good side and a evil side. By killing a monster, you have a chance to absorb it's life essence. That would fly towards you and when you absorb it, you MUST choose between light (good) and dark (evil).
Kinda like Soul Dominance / Shard system, each enemy would have two powers to be obtained, and you must choose one when you get it (farming would do nothing. What you choose cannot be changed). 

She would wake up inside a large dungeon, locked at the deepest floor and would have to find her way to the surface, with that being the game's "castle / map". 
The game flow would reveal who created her, what was their purpose, why she is locked and the ending would change depending on your powers. More holy powers would be one ending, more darkness powers would be another ending and a perfect balance between them (the hardest to achieve) would wyeld a third ending.

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A turn-based dungeon crawler RPG, 3d, with some unique elements in a basic fantasy setting. Most of the world is controlled by a tyranic leader and his invincible army of demons and monsters and he locked up any force opposing him at the world's biggest dungeon, a fantasic, colossal dungeon that legends says it may be infinite. 
You  would start the game creating a pary consisting of 6 characters, choosing classes. All of them starts at level 1, inside the same cell at the dungeon, with absolutely no gear and no itens whatsoever.

The classes would determine what gear they can use and skills they can learn. Learning skills would require finding itens from drops.
The classes would be divided between the four basic roles of most RPGs, they would be:
DPS (Damage dealer):
Warrior (focused on single-target, physical damage), Archer (focused on multi-target physical damage), Barbarian (focused on rage skills, the lowest it's health, the most powerful it is), Monk (unarmed specialist, unarmed damage grows  steadily to match the best weapons of other classes).
Nuker (spread damage specialist):
Mage (multi-target magic damage), Sorcerer (debuffer specialist), Summoner (the only one capable of summoning creatures to fight alongside the party), Warlock (single-target highest damage mage specialist).
Healer: 
Cleric (focus on healing magic), Alchemist (focus on creating healing itens from materials and magic damage).
Tank:
Paladin (focus on healing and armor boost), Champion (focus on gearing for the best defense).

The game flow would be a semi-random semi-rogue-like game where you would play, kill enemies and try to reach the surface. Your main goal is to reach the surface after crossing 99 floors that are semi-randomly generated with some fixed ambiance, challenges and puzzles. Additional hidden, random-generated party members would be place semi-randomly between the floors to be found.
Death would be permanent, and the game would have auto-save features. The MOMENT a character dies, the game would automatically save during the battle to prevent you from trying to get away from that.
The max number of party members on battle would be 6. Any reserve member would receive 80% of EXP on each battle.

After finishing the game, you would unlock a new game+ where you can play again with the surviving characters with enemies being harder and giving more experience.
Each time the game finishes, the next new game+ would have enemies harder and giving more EXP, and that would repeat again and again until the upper limit of the game's numbers (when all enemies are 99999(...) on everything).

The max number of party members would be 12. You start the game creating 6, if you manage to finish with less than 6, you can create more to compensate, (but they will show up at LV1), but if you finish the game with more than 6, you can't do that.
The game will also not spam random party members on map if, at any time, your party is already 12.

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A hack'n slash game, quite like Bayonetta / DMC. The game would be futuristic, in a post-apocalyptic world where a unknown force from apparently other dimension, composed of robots, machines and powerful human females with skimpy armors, completely oblitterated most of the world and it's continents. The resistance against such force was able to steal their technology and used that to genetically engineer human females to use the same powers as they have to oppose them.

The game would have female characters on skimpy, overly sexy high-tech armors, with some of them resembling maids, nuns and other kinky clothes. A main feature of the game would be the "Male Gaze cam". That feature is divided between two instance: Male Gaze Cam Moment and Male Gaze Cam Mode.

Male Gaze Cam Moment: During battle, if you do exceptionally well at your flashy combos, the game would enter in a slow-down and show your character performing her combo like a ecchi-anime does with their cam (focusing on breasts, bottom, thighs and such). When that happens, it shows "male gaze cam" at the bottom of the screen, and you gain bonuses on EXP and drop rate from the enemies you killed and achieved the Male Gaze Cam moment.

Male Gaze Cam Mode: You could also activate a Male Gaze cam yourself, where the cam would be locked at the character's body (with you choosing where, betwene breasts, bottom, crotch or thighs, and you can switch whatever you want) with a small square at the right side of the screen showing off a grid-like 3d map and position of where you are and enemies, as an added challenge to play the game like that. You would gain bonuses on EXP and drop rate by playing at that mode (only from enemies you started and finished while using Male Gaze Cam Mode).

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Those are my ideas. Hope you like them.

So i was just doing some housework listening to music and i had another game inspiration id like to share.

The concept behind this one is famous classical composers facing their own symphony and how they impact their world. The setting would be somewhat Lovecraftian in tone and gameplay would be a difficult action adventure type of game. I will expand more on this in a bit, however for now this link is what gave me that inspiration:



(EDIT) OK I'm back from that lets get to the fun part.  Your avatar resides within the realm of music, and the object of the game is to purify the symphonies of these composers gone corrupt. Moderate puzzle solving and combat skills will be required to free the minds of these composers.

 I was thinking the bosses can revolve around a rhythm aspect on how they attack, and if you do not follow along (dodging attacking and the like ) then you would get punished for it.
Im a sucker for bosses, there probably my favorite part of coming p with these ideas.