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Socoder -> On Topic -> What to build next?
Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 14:35
JL235
 		I've finished Planetoids, it's out the door! But what next? I'm lost as to thinking what I should move on to. Here are my ideas so far:

Kolf-remake

KDE comes with a little Golf game called Kolf. I love it and so do loads of my friends, but it looks like ass. So my first idea is to build a Kolf remake, with nicer graphics.

One advantage is that once I built the level editor then it should be relatively straight forward to start building courses for Kolf.

It would also be relatively easy to build this as a multi-player game, however that would be the console sense of multi-player where everyone is playing around one PC.

1D RTS

Some of you have probably already heard of my 1d-rts game idea. It's an RTS game that takes place across a flat plane.

This would have to be built as randomly generated levels which you'd play against the AI. The issues I can foresee is that this could get very repetative, very soon.

Top-Down Shoot-em-up

Some sort of top-down shoot-em-up game. Kinda like Jay's Alien Breed clone (can't remember what it was called). I like those sorts of games, but I don't want to build a multiplayer library. So again it would be you vs the AI.

I was thinking of adding a shadow system so you could only see directly around you. You can't see round corners and what you can see infront extends further then what is far away. This could make the game nice and tense or kinda unfair.

Space Mining Game

This game here, StarMine, is the second game I ever programmed. Looking back I'm actually kinda impressed, even if it is only 400 lines.

I've always loved had a certain attraction to the mining segments in StarFlight which is what inspired me to build StarMine. It's a mining and self-improvement game. You mine, you sell to make money, you buy improvements, you explore; rinse and repeat.

I could remake this today how I always intended it to be. However I will need to add saving and loading to my applets to allow players to save and load their data. The issue is that this will need to be the largest game I have ever produced. Should I take this project on next?

add highscores

I could also go back and add highscore boards to Space Snake, Pong Out and ColdWar Chaos. Do others think this would be a good use of my time?

Something else...

Insert your ideas here, I'm open to suggestions.
Mon, 19 Oct 2009, 14:50
Jayenkai
 		I'm not allowed to make comments in these types of topics, mostly 'cos I tend to nick the ideas anyway

Try the Video Game Name Generator. Take a chance!

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Tue, 20 Oct 2009, 14:34
CodersRule
 		I was going to reply to this topic, but then I decided it would be better as a blog post that I could update frequently.
https://socoder.com/index.php?blogs=20701
Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 02:18
LostUser
 		You could do a very basic boxing game. I started on one, but it never got anywhere -- I ripped most of the graphics from World Championship Boxer (abandonware) and it was just going to have a bar which goes left or right, sorta like this:


You CPU
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With measure bars measuring stamina, tiredness.
Wed, 21 Oct 2009, 08:44
Trollmann
 		Hah, that Video Gmae Name Generator is pretty cool.
"Flamboyant Catapult Through Time" and
"Ghetto Flatulence Kombat" are my two favourites so far : p
Fri, 23 Oct 2009, 15:17
CodersRule
 		I think it's possible to get 3D Porn Fiesta on that generator...

EDIT: Yup.
https://norefuge.net/vgng/video_game_names.txt
Sat, 24 Oct 2009, 16:21
Mog
 		Damn.. must... resist... the generator... once more...

Nuclear Forklift of Doom - Because all nuclear powered utility vehicles beckon doom!

Morbidly Obese Bungee Challenge - No explanation needed - you try loading up an obese person onto a giant rubber band

Retard Motocross Nightmare - the mentally deficient do not need motorbikes.

Unpleasant Typing in the Middle East - I can't understand all of these damned squiggly lines!

Hardcore Volleyball in Space - Serve! ... Ok, where's the ball?

Maximum Landmine on the Oregon Trail - That'll stop those indians from attacking my wagon!

Creepy Casino Crisis - What happens in vegas... is just creepy.

In Search of the Nuclear Explosion - Try russia... or the south east pacific.

All-American Bible XXX - Buhhh... Yeah.

Inept Music Project - Also known as the 21st century.

Lazy STD Offensive - Giving the gift that keeps on giving requires too much effort.

Disney's Shaving Ransom - give us the money or the mouse gets it.

Catholic Tricycle Conspiracy - <insert molestation joke involving tricycles>

No One Can Stop the Trampoline Experience - Not even hell itself!

Furry office phonics - Do not look up the meaning of the word 'yiff'

Rushing Skydiving Colosseum - When your colosseum is skydiving, it's a good idea to rush

Pathetic Software College - Also known as the 21st century.

Ultraviolent Bong Summit - When hippies attack.

Day of the Skydiving Hell - Everybody died.

Day of the Wagon Fun - Everyone had fun.

Fiery Sailboat Conundrum - It's on fire, yet it's made for water... Hmm.

Mind-Bending STD Romp - Syphilis will do that to you.

Crazy Gopher Crisis - Visit sunny Colorado today!










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