Bad idea for a game

black_mage_s · 2002-02-27T10:58:48

Sim Traffic. You drive around and get money in horribly slow speeds. Add an idea of your own, im going to make this on the side

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Started by black_mage_s February 05, 2002 10:54 AM

84 comments, last by black_mage_s 22 years, 10 months ago

Hikeeba

122

February 06, 2002 04:41 PM

That might actually be interesting if you weren''t already a beta tester for most games that come out these days.

I wanna'' ride on the pope mobile.

shizik

122

February 06, 2002 05:05 PM

sim-religion actually sounds promising,
no joke

heads up maxis

DragonFax

122

February 06, 2002 06:55 PM

Can you imagine trying to actually beta test ''sim beta tester'' before release. Or would that be the point? the bugs are real, your just too sloppy to get rid of them so you made them all ''features''

Anyhoo, of all of these I think the one that has the most promise as a real parody game has to be Grand Theft Tricycle. Image it, your a kid in a leather jacket that runs around stealing kids big wheels and making them give you their lunch money while following a line of devious ''bad kid'' pranks and tasks given to you by other bullys in the school yard. Could be far too hilarious if done well.

I can name 3 cheeses.

Beer Hunter

712

February 06, 2002 11:43 PM

This was originally proposed as a driver training program, but it would also qualify as a bad idea for a game:
Kobayashi Maru Driving Simulation

IADaveMark

3,839

February 07, 2002 10:20 AM

How about this one...

SIM Metric ... the ultimate balanced game! Both sides are always equal!

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Tok

262

February 07, 2002 10:40 AM

Sim Dragon with intestinal problems?

A Haiku:
the red Dragon farts
a single spark from its maw
village blue then gone

--------------------------~The Feature Creep of the Family~

IADaveMark

3,839

February 07, 2002 11:02 AM

quote: Original post by Tok
Sim Dragon with intestinal problems?

Hehe... there is an animated movie called B.C. Rocks or something like that. One of the characters is a dragon that can''t breathe fire... he farts it. The main dude solves this by sticking a cork up his ass. Thanks for wonderful memories of a really stupid movie!

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Painless

126

February 07, 2002 11:15 AM

How about a whole series called of RTS games called "The War of the Flames"? For example, "The War of the Flames - the OpenGL Crusades". You control a bunch of bad arguments in a futile and horribly pointless war. Neither side can win the war - they can only hope to look cooler than the other side. The players must watch the screen closely at all times to be able to immediately respond to attacks with witty one-liners.

Juozasg

122

February 07, 2002 05:14 PM

Sim Derek Smart:

a combination of Sim Religion and Sim Flame Wars. You must convince people that you are a god and sell your buggy game at the same time. Only difference is that you loose points for witty one liners; longer the post the more money you'll eventually make.

Edited by - juozasg on February 7, 2002 6:16:25 PM

Edited by - juozasg on February 7, 2002 6:40:26 PM