The Fangame Ideas Thread

[bdk336]

I don't have my notes on it at the moment but I had an idea that I thought of right after hearing about Kick Paprika. Basically the idea is a linear, side scrolling, arcade-style game (imagine those arcade games where you run along, say, a street and you can move toward or away from the screen (up or down) to some extent and run left to right. Where you basically get to rampage through the areas using kicks, lifter and maybe other weapons to do all the evil stuff you get to do in the american AND japanese versions plus much more. Basically be as evil as possible.

[snowman]

Me and my little brother are great at coming up with game ideas. We have shared great times acting them out, either with Lego, drawings that we cut out, or our own bodies. I can remember protecting the Chaos Emeralds from Eggman, while gaining advice from Uncle Chuck, or forming an army of Toads, Goombas and Koopas to save Princess Peach's Castle, training with Meta Knight to be a Star Warrior, or exploring secret islands as Captain Hook and his army. Other ideas, such as Pokemon 3D, Goemon Global, Mischief Makers: The Return of Marina and Science Project Escape just stayed in our minds.

(Puts on glasses and purple wig) Hehehehehehehe ENOUGH WITH THE PERSONAL EXPERIENCES!

I wish I could speak more about these ideas, but this IS strictly for MML-related games only. Maybe I'll talk about those games some other time. So, I shall instead speak about an idea that I got while I was still a guest, looking at old topics...

THE MISADVENTURES OF THE BONNES (or, MOTB2)
The genre is Miscellaneous, mostly action.
The gameplay would be varied, depending on the stage. It would be like the old game, with lots of various gameplay modes, except it would be even MORE varied! Also, all 3 Bonnes are playable, and the servbot army is still at your disposal.

Unlike the first game, there is no continuous plot. You would play in various moments of the Bonnes' lives, alternating between each in every stage, each able to be revisited with Tron's photo album. The moments are:

-The Bonnes' early days, trying to rob the neighborhood as kids, with prototype servbots. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood... BAM!
-Revisiting moments from MOTB.
-Various scenes from MML, from the Bonnes' perspective.
-Between MML and MML2, raiding cities and going on diggs.
-Scenes from MML2, from the Bonne's perspective, with Glyde assisting.
-After MML2, doing stuff that will lead up to MML3.

Unless somebody is in love with these ideas, it'll probably never be made. It is intended to use 3D models (low-quality, but still...) and be larger than the original MOTB, with many mini-games. I am aware that this takes a lot of hard work, and I have NO experience in game making, and little in 3D modelling. I don't expect anybody to be willing to do this, and even if I learned how to, it'd take lots of free time. I'm imagining a full-sized game, and that needs a lot of experienced workers. I have almost no money to pay after buying a DSI .

Still, if somebody likes these ideas (not only for making a game, but also for thinking about it), please tell me! I have plenty more ideas were those came from, including Gameboy-styled minigames!

...If I keep making triple-deluxe sized posts like these, there could be a rule made against it.

[mirak]

Guys, if possible, please title your game idea (game's name) with bold letters. I'll index it in the first post and link it.
Also, achievable ideas are better, going out of the cosmos is nice, but don't plan impossible things. ;D

[bdk336]

I have three game concepts that are in development. My current plan is to put out concept demos that include a full "level" with all the game mechanics but with simplified sprites and show it to the community to see which one they would like to see produced. That way I avoid spending hours making perfect sprites for a game which won't be made for a very long time. Also sorry I didn't put up the details on that yet, although that I feel is a longer term project and my other games are going to be shorter term.

[snowman]

May 14, 2009 11:05:42 GMT -5 @mirak said:

Guys, if possible, please title your game idea (game's name) with bold letters. I'll index it in the first post and link it.
Also, achievable ideas are better, going out of the cosmos is nice, but don't plan impossible things. ;D

Yeah, I'm imagining impossible things. Some people dream big. I dream GIANT. No seriously, one of my game ideas has both giants, little people and normal-sized people as normal NPCs, acting as if they're all the same size.

I'll tone it down a lot for these ones. Although there are MANY games, so probably not all of them can be made. I'm still having oversized dreams.

DASH Mini-Games

Now, the ideas here were originally going to be mini-games in my Technicolor dream of MOTB2, but they'd work okay as stand-alone games. They're arcade-styled, so the main goal is not to beat the game, but to earn a high score. Most of them would be 3 levels long, or one big level, looping at harder difficulties. As the original idea had the games accessed from a servbot's Gameboy, they'd be low-tech, with 8-Bit graphics and bleepy music. Each game would have maximum 5 MIDI songs, each short but catchy, and would be faster and therefore more intense on harder difficulty levels.

The games themselves would be designed to be short, but addictive. Here they are:

Rescue Roll!
This would be a platformer game, kinda like an 8-Bit little brother to Megaman Digger. Almost how many games have a portable release as well as a console release. Think of it like Lego Star Wars 2 DS compared to the PS2/XBOX/GCN Lego Star Wars 2. Similar game play, but downgraded, and with different level designs.

Sorry, I know that I have no right to do this, as I am not affiliated with the creation of Megaman Digger. But these are just ideas, and I am not expecting them to be actually made. If someone wants to make it, the creator should ask fab's permission before making it.

It follows the same plot as Part 4 of the Rockman Dash 2 demo, except, like all the other games here, the ending is different depending on your score when you get a game over.

Servbot's Puzzle Forest
A puzzle game. Move the trash cans and avoid the Birdbots' traps to snag the curry at the end of one of the 20 stages.

Casket Band
A music game, with a 2-player mode. As Megaman or Roll, compete or cooperate with the computer or another player in a performance of a DASH-related song. In competition mode, both play the guitar. In cooperative mode, Megaman plays the guitar while Roll sings. Barrel and Data are in the background, playing the piano and drumming.

Bonnes' Race
A racing game, with a 2-player mode. Tron races Tiesel on one of 3 different tracks. Both are riding a new invention: the Turbo-Schlag (Turbo-Dash translated to German via babelfish, name only temporary). Be careful; Denise will follow you if she catches you speeding!

Data's Duel
A beat-'em-up game, with a 2-player mode. Data takes on a Servbot in a heated yet wacky and slapstick fighting match.

Terra World Cup Soccer
A sports game, with a 2-player mode. It's Bonnes versus Glyde and his Birdbots in a game of soccer! Winner wins the Yuna cup!

Attack on the Flutter!
A vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up game. Guide the Flutter through an army of Bonne machines and finally a boss machine piloted by the pirates themselves. If not, they'll steal your newly-obtained refractor!

And finally, the most complex one...

Ruin Raid
An RPG game. It has one dungeon that repeats itself, only with stronger enemies, harder puzzles and more rewards each time. As Megaman, blast your way through the Reaverbot-infested ruins. Through treasure boxes and segments with Roll in-between dungeons, gain new weapons to take advantage of each Reaverbot's special weakness. There's Zenny throughout the tunnel, but the refractor at the end will be worth more Zenny than all other Zenny in those ruins combined. The amount of Zenny in the ruins and the size of the refractor grows with each visit. When a Reaverbot bests you, your score is based on your Zenny.

Even if these games (except the last) are fairly low-tech, I still have no game-making experience, barely know anything about MIDIs, and know that the process is very tiring, even for small games. Again, I don't expect these games to be made, unless someone loves my ideas.

At least I can make sprites for them. Maybe I could post them.

[bdk336]

sorry I haven't posted the details yet, school has been hectic. I'm horrible with making good sprites but I'm great with doing game mechanics stuff so I figured I'd let anyone know that I can help them out on that front.

Also you can expect my games to be mostly top-down strategy or action type gameplay. And since I love doing it and I'm good at it I plan on putting what I like to refer to as a "hell stage" in each game I make.