Silly computer game ideas

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-09-06 10:36am

Have you ever had a wacky idea for a computer game that nobody had ever tried before, (and probably will never work?)

I'll start with one of mine:

Insect world domination
Choose from a variety of pests and bugs to lead into insectoid ascendancy over other insects and eventually even humans! Devote R&D time to find new infantry tactics against slipper-wielding killers and develop immunity against the many types of insecticides out there. Fight other species of insects, or negotiate and trade with them. Each species has its own strengths, weaknesses and quirks, of course.

I know SimAnt has been done before, but I am talking about WORLD DOMINATION

At times I do feel like my house is being taken over by mosquitoes

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-09-06 12:12pm

Extreme Pest Control 2000©: Take on insects and small animals with a full military arsenal including automatic grenade launchers, truck-mounted heavy machine guns and tactical nuclear weapons.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-09-06 12:27pm

3rd Impact wrote:Extreme Pest Control 2000©: Take on insects and small animals with a full military arsenal including automatic grenade launchers, truck-mounted heavy machine guns and tactical nuclear weapons.

They did that in Monty Python once. Fly hunting with bazookas. Very funny.

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-09-06 01:01pm

Full military arsenal != effective

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-09-06 03:34pm

A Gnome-style rip-off of AoE2 (think SW Battlegrounds).

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-09-06 03:38pm

A mecha fighting game where you end up fighting in your veritech against the SDF-1 for the final battle.

An anime based fighting game which says 'Screw Game Balance', and has characters getting splutted by their betters.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-09-06 04:42pm

When I was in Middle School ( 1982-1985) we used to run like crazy to get in line for lunch. Hungry, young teens must be fed. The teachers and principles used to always yell to slow us down.

At the time I thought it would be cool to make a game where you have to run to the cafeteria from your class. Along they way you could pick up items to aid your quest. Slingshots, candybars for extra energy, excetera.
You have to evade the staff and such.

This was in the age of sideways and top scrollers. The age of the C-64, TI-99, and Apple. Not to mention arcade games like Food Fight. Anyways, I thought it could be fun at the time.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-09-06 04:51pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote:<snip>

Uhh, I thought the same thing. In my version it would be multiplayer; co-op and vs. You could either run past kids or try to push them and fight them, but be careful if they were bigger, you might get hurt and lose your money (on the other hand, you GET lunch money if you win and do other stuff) If you are caught running or fighting by a teacher, you got sent to the back of the line, effectively restarting the game. Fun fun.

I think there needs to be a game where you play as the Gnomes, fighting for liberation from the yards of ignorant humans everywhere! You can move at night or when people aren't looking, but watch out for animals (piss on/eat you) and lawn mowers! You would have to escape (and help the other Gnomes do so) without the humans figuring out WTF is going on.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-09-06 05:34pm

TrailerParkJawa wrote:When I was in Middle School ( 1982-1985) we used to run like crazy to get in line for lunch. Hungry, young teens must be fed. The teachers and principles used to always yell to slow us down.

At the time I thought it would be cool to make a game where you have to run to the cafeteria from your class. Along they way you could pick up items to aid your quest. Slingshots, candybars for extra energy, excetera.
You have to evade the staff and such.

This was in the age of sideways and top scrollers. The age of the C-64, TI-99, and Apple. Not to mention arcade games like Food Fight. Anyways, I thought it could be fun at the time.

You might have liked Skool Daze then.

Shrykull · Post by **Shrykull** » 2003-09-07 12:23am

I remember when we were in second grade me and my friends said when we grew up we wanted to make a game called "blow up the school" who knows maybe one day I might. Gotta get to the boiler to put C4 on it or something.

JodoForce · Post by **JodoForce** » 2003-09-07 05:10am

You can just make a CS map for it

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-09-07 05:17am

JodoForce wrote:You can just make a CS map for it

You took the words outta my mouth...

Jadeite · Post by **Jadeite** » 2003-09-07 02:00pm

My school has a club called Net Games, about 30 people get together in one of the computer labs and play CS for about 3 hrs. SOmeone in it is making a CS map of the school.

Agent Fisher · Post by **Agent Fisher** » 2003-09-07 04:05pm

I would play the Gnome Escape game

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-09-07 05:30pm

I've always wanted to make a race game based on the Paris to Madrid road race of 1903.

It was halted at the Spanish border due to multiple deaths, drivers and spectators were victims. Some reports have the toll in the hundreds, but that is considered to be exaggeration. The Renault brothers died in this race, IIRC.

It would be hyper-violent, livestock, kids, baby carriages, little old ladies, and happy spectators darting out from behind hedgerows into the road.

Drive chain maulings. (The chain-driven race cars of this era carried riding mechanics, they had to manually keep the chassis oiled and what not, perfect for being cut in half by a broken drive chain)
In other words, a recipe for disaster!

Whether your score would be determined by your death toll, or avoidance of it, would be up to the player. Winning the race would be secondary.

I'm a sick bastard, sue me....

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-07 05:55pm

I'd like a game in which you play a Tiger, but one who now hunts humanity in the concrete jungle..

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2003-09-07 05:59pm

Three Words: Shave the Whales.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-09-07 06:11pm

Frank Hipper wrote:I've always wanted to make a race game based on the Paris to Madrid road race of 1903.

It was halted at the Spanish border due to multiple deaths, drivers and spectators were victims. Some reports have the toll in the hundreds, but that is considered to be exaggeration. The Renault brothers died in this race, IIRC.

They didn't even make it that far, it was ended after the first leg, which was Versailles to Bordeaux. Hundreds of dead may not be that unrealistic a number given that the race had hundreds of cars in it with something like half being wrecked IIRC.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-09-07 07:56pm

Einhander Sn0m4n wrote:
JodoForce wrote:You can just make a CS map for it
You took the words outta my mouth...

It's been done... I still have the map somewhere on my comp, it's based off a standard highschool campus, gym and all...

Typhonis 1 · Post by **Typhonis 1** » 2003-09-08 12:35am

Troll hunter a doom style game where a person with an E-11 wanders around a Star Trwek convntion shoot the evil TNGers and ENTers while trying not to shoot the TOSers