If you're interested in the empire building sort of game, Civilization would be a better example than Axis and Allies, which is pretty set in WWII. A really good implementation of a rogue-like is still missing. As silly as it might seem, I envy my wife playing Zangband far more than many other games. Chris
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Jordan Gallacher < jordanandseptem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Totally agree. A trucking sim would be great. Also as I e-mailed you off > list, a transport tycoon or railroad tycoon or the other two ideas would be > good as well. > Jordan > > On Feb 10, 2018, at 3:55 PM, Joshua Tubbs <orin8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I think we need a realistic trucking simulator. Jim Kitchen’s Trucker > doesn’t do it for me, as you don’t actually drive a truck, instead it’s > just programmed by playing sounds and inputting numbers. > > > > This simulator should be like Eurofly and use real map data from a > source such as Open Street Maps, where the world is at our fingertips. I’m > sure BGT won’t be able to pull the data from the Open Street Map API > though, so I hope you switch to a language capable of doing that. > > I also think we are getting more online games, but at present Swamp is > the only one where you can team up with people on missions. With a trucking > simulator, it’d be nice to communicate and interact with people online, > whether that be buying food at truck stops or resting with them. > > > > I don’t know how task dispatches would be generated, but when I think of > “simulator” I’d like it to be as realistic as possible, no excuses unless > you can’t get help programming a certain feature. For example, the Eurofly > developer says it’s impossible to program some features to make flying more > realistic. Okay, fine, I don’t expect to be flying airways and for you to > map out every single airport in the world. But at least use feet for > everything, as real pilots do, make ATC phraseology realistic and use all > the frequencies and have coverage available worldwide, even though the > tower voices may be the same a lot. > > > > Which brings me to Tube Sim. There’s not a lot to do in it. Once you’re > done with Driver School, you’ve got about 10-15 tasks to do, some of which > are long sure. Once complete, that’s it. Then you’re just left with driving > freely and that’s it. > > So really, I think you should go for the trucking simulator, as > simulators are honestly what’s truly lacking. Those and RPGs. > > > >> On Feb 10, 2018, at 7:51 AM, Nick and Gemma Adamson <n...@ndadamson.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi All. > >> As you may know I develop audio games and currently have 3 titles I've > >> released over the last 6 years, check out www.ndadamson.com for > Dotris, Park > >> Boss, and Tube Sim. > >> > >> I'm trying to come up with a new project that I can work on and I > thought > >> I'd ask what area do players feel is lacking with in the audio games > >> community. > >> As a day job I'm a developer in a field which is not related to games > at all > >> so developing audio games is something I do for fun. > >> So I'm after your ideas. What is a type of game which you'd like to play > >> which there's not an audio game for? > >> Now that's quite a big question so I'm going to put some limits. > >> 1. I'm not after a whole game synopsis or script yet. A brief > paragraph > >> is more than enough. Tell me just enough so I get the idea of the game > or > >> the type of game you'd like to play. > >> 2. I'm not interested in rewriting an audio game that already exists. > >> That's not to say that if your idea has enough differences to something > that > >> already exists it won't be considered. For example, suggesting a "better > >> racing game" is a bit vague. You'd need to tell me why it's not the > same as > >> topspeed3. Or a submarine simulator, why isn't it lone wolf. Feel free > to > >> consider games from the past that are no longer available but what would > >> make it better. > >> 3. I'm not really interested in developing another first person > shooter > >> or version of space invaders. > >> 4. I'm not really in to games that don't really have any skill to > them. > >> That's not to say the concept of casual games shouldn't be suggested, > but > >> I'd like to develop a game that has replay value and isn't something > that > >> you'd play for 15 minutes before getting board of. > >> 5. Consider game genres. Think big, Think small, Think card games, > >> Think board games, Think simulator, think adventure games, think games > that > >> tell a story, think games that don't, basically let your imagination run > >> wild, other than the couple of limits above, know idea is off the table. > >> > >> For those who have played the games I've released are there any areas > that I > >> could improve on. I'm not after specific changes you'd like to see, it's > >> more of a general question, Better audio, more immersive, less > repetitive, > >> more or less challenging. I'm looking for things that will help with > future > >> developments. One of the things is I'm going to be moving away from BGT > as a > >> development environment, I think I've just about hit the limits of what > it > >> can do. > >> > >> There's no promises that any ideas will be taken forward, and don't > expect > >> anything to be released in the next couple of weeks. Really what I'm > hoping > >> will happen is that someone will suggest something and it'll grab my > >> attention and spark my imagination. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> Nick. > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
