Comments on: Random Game Design Generator http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/ Raph Koster's personal website: MMOs, gaming, writing, art, music, books Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Chuihttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13878 Michael Chui Fri, 18 Aug 2006 21:10:47 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13878 There was this DOS game I was shown a few years back (the graphics suggest it's a decade older than that) where you're basically a college student making a life. I thought it was awesome. You were required to purchase food, increase happiness, get a better job, study for degrees, pay the rent... I mean, seriously. Who makes a game about that? Does anyone know where I can get another copy? =P There was this DOS game I was shown a few years back (the graphics suggest it’s a decade older than that) where you’re basically a college student making a life. I thought it was awesome. You were required to purchase food, increase happiness, get a better job, study for degrees, pay the rent… I mean, seriously. Who makes a game about that?

Does anyone know where I can get another copy? =P

]]> By: Tesshttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13856 Tess Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:33:38 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13856 I really miss the days when you could make a game out of any kind of human challenge. Like wildcatting for oil. Nobody would make a game about that today. You can play 100 games with elven archers, race cars, football players, and radioactive mutants in them, but can you find a game about making a legal case, fighting government corruption, or running a political campaign? (We make movies about these things, don't we?) How about a PvP Junkyard Wars game? I really miss the days when you could make a game out of any kind of human challenge. Like wildcatting for oil. Nobody would make a game about that today. You can play 100 games with elven archers, race cars, football players, and radioactive mutants in them, but can you find a game about making a legal case, fighting government corruption, or running a political campaign? (We make movies about these things, don’t we?) How about a PvP Junkyard Wars game?

]]> By: Sean Hyde-Moyerhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13843 Sean Hyde-Moyer Fri, 18 Aug 2006 18:44:22 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13843 Sounds a bit like a gizmo I put together called the <a href="http://www.chromecow.com/game_design/design-a-tron/" rel="nofollow">Burroughsian Design-o-Tron </a>. "Game" meets "Pop Culture Reference" as "Area of Human Endeavor": -S.T.A.L.K.E.R. meets T.E. Lawrence as Grand Guignol -Enemy Nations meets The Last Jihad as Rugby -Ms. Pac Man meets Rashomon as Biological Engineering -Starwing meets 2001 as Situation Comedy It can also launch Google searches for each of the terms. Total possible combinations currrently in the low billions. Sounds a bit like a gizmo I put together called the Burroughsian Design-o-Tron .

“Game” meets “Pop Culture Reference” as “Area of Human Endeavor”:

-S.T.A.L.K.E.R. meets T.E. Lawrence as Grand Guignol
-Enemy Nations meets The Last Jihad as Rugby
-Ms. Pac Man meets Rashomon as Biological Engineering
-Starwing meets 2001 as Situation Comedy

It can also launch Google searches for each of the terms. Total possible combinations currrently in the low billions.

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]]> By: Paul Donnellyhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13373 Paul Donnelly Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:29:26 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13373 Heh; some of these do sound fun. <blockquote>GAME PITCH for Tribune Lost, a maze game fused with a turn based mechanic. It features a cartoon Clown who races and races through a Gothic computer and eventually wins by memorizing the algorithms.</blockquote> It sets my imaginitation whirling. I suppose you would be inside a giant mechanical computer which resembles a Gothic cathedral, and would need to navigate your way through its logic gates, deducing its programming. Maybe you would not need to be a clown. I'm not sure I have the energy to take on a project like that though! Heh; some of these do sound fun.

GAME PITCH for Tribune Lost, a maze game fused with a turn based mechanic. It features a cartoon Clown who races and races through a Gothic computer and eventually wins by memorizing the algorithms.

It sets my imaginitation whirling. I suppose you would be inside a giant mechanical computer which resembles a Gothic cathedral, and would need to navigate your way through its logic gates, deducing its programming. Maybe you would not need to be a clown. I’m not sure I have the energy to take on a project like that though!

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]]> By: Allen Sligarhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13308 Allen Sligar Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:37:52 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13308 "GAME PITCH for Cleopatra Duke, a deduction game fused with a resource management mechanic. It features an iconic Farmer who attacks and swaps through an anthropomophized shopping mall and eventually wins by connecting the links." I dont like Malls, especially anthropomophized ones... Nifty little random generator, I would suggest they work on thier logic trees though, take for example...<a href="http://www.sithsense.com/flash.htm" rel="nofollow">Vader</a> “GAME PITCH for Cleopatra Duke, a deduction game fused with a resource management mechanic. It features an iconic Farmer who attacks and swaps through an anthropomophized shopping mall and eventually wins by connecting the links.”

I dont like Malls, especially anthropomophized ones…

Nifty little random generator, I would suggest they work on thier logic trees though, take for example…Vader

]]> By: Yehuda Berlingerhttp://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/comment-page-1/#comment-13294 Yehuda Berlinger Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:43:36 +0000 http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/#comment-13294 Great link, Raph. Also the poetry one. Yehuda Great link, Raph. Also the poetry one.

Yehuda

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Comments? My Random Game Design Generator got mention on Raph Koster’s excellent game design and theory blog. Check out Raph’s site and check out the generator. http://www.raphkoster.com/2006/08/15/random-game-design-generator/ http://iq212.com/blog2/random-game-design-generator/

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