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Oh no more Zombies!
Up until now I have used a zombie game framework to work from. I figured that no one had really done a zombie game that really appealed to me, so I felt i might as well continue, even if many people are buned out on the genre.
However most zombie games seem to be this cartoonish like feel with rollerskating, miniskirt-clad, dual-weilding teenage girl characters. Fun and all, but not what I'm aiming for. I'm more into the Walking Dead or The Last of Us feel. But maybe I should do some other theme entirely.
You see, I'm reaching the point where I need to decide on the theme in order to proceed. Is it to be a zombie game or should it be a post-alien invasion game, Half Life-like game, or maybe even a post-cthulhu game. It could even be a dungeon crawler, but I have feeling that this is pretty well covered in decent.
So - is there room for another zombie game? Should I go for some other theme - which? Imagine a 1-4 player tacical/narrative survive, kill, level up kind of game.
(And if there is anything in particular you would like in such a game, feel free to share).
Thanks
Ps: This is one of many potential designs that I am working on to see which takes off. It may never se the light of day.
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- Black Barney
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How about, "Escape from Mosul!!!" ?
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Black Barney wrote: I can't imagine a positive reception to any type of Zombie game. The downside is huge. You should really pick something else.
How about, "Escape from Mosul!!!" ?
Thanks, yeah - that's kind of my gut feeling too. Although I'm sure people would have told me the same thing egarding pirates and civ games
I think Escape from Mosul would have an even smaller appeal though
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If I were in your shoes, I'd be coy. Keep the zombie theme, but simply refer to them as "the infected" or "the lost ones" or whatever. Don't use "Zombie" in the game title. In other words, keep every single one of the trappings and just avoid the "Z-word" itself. This could maybe focus attention on the game itself instead of getting knee-jerk reactions to the word "zombie".
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I would buy a game like that, if done well.
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I think a post alien invasion thing could be super cool and would certainly grab my attention more than zombies.
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A vocal minority bitches.
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- Michael Barnes
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The whole zombie thing is so oversaturated, I don't think there's ANY space left to explore. Even the "gritty" Walking Dead thing is about to be covered in Dead of Winter.
What I think would be MUCH more interesting would be other apocalypse scenarios with different themes. People after apocalypse have to get by, sometimes they act shitty to each other and sometimes they do things that comment on how we live today. I get it. We're done. That's all been made pretty clear by countless pieces of apocalypse fiction including the entire zombie canon.
But what about something like The Road, where the apocalypse is vague and the theme isn't just about surviving, but also about the dynamics of a father/son relationship? There are really, really bad guys in it...there doesn't have to be zombies for there to be some truly horrifying stuff in it.
The post-alien invasion thing is a great idea, actually. Why hasn't someone done something based around those John Christopher books with the Tripods? Or what about something about surviving DURING an invasion, during the "wartime" phase?
I'd also be more interested in a survival game that isn't about humans at all. But about non-human animals. There are all kinds of concepts and themes that could be explored there.
But zombies? No way. It's a cultural trend that has gone on for far too long, and it's become VERY overwrought in gaming.
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Or, use "post-apocalyptic" mutants and raiders, although the raiders part will require some level of intelligence.
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I agree with Legomancer, don't use the z-word. The very sound of it is way too goofy at this point.
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Michael Barnes wrote:
But what about something like The Road, where the apocalypse is vague and the theme isn't just about surviving, but also about the dynamics of a father/son relationship? There are really, really bad guys in it...there doesn't have to be zombies for there to be some truly horrifying stuff in it.
Like "The Road" only not a dull horrible piece of crap. So in a sense, something the exact opposite of "The Road".
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Mechanically, that is obviously the appeal of zombies. You can do them with a pretty simple AI allowing for solo or co-op play.
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