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[gunswordfist]

Or have met? I say unique for lack of a better word.

For example: I want people to play my games and not worry about beating them as much/more than they would enjoy them. This one seems steep since I my self seem to care more about beating games than having fun with them.

[Mattivc]

I guess my ultimate goal would be to create memorable moments for the people who play my games. The kind of moment in a game you reminisce over with your friends. Whether its a multi-player moment you shared with your friends, or its a single-player moments your friend has experienced as well.

[justinfic]

My favorite goal is for the game I'm making to be played competitively by other people. High score wars are always badass, but to have it busted out as a tournament would be a truly wicked career-affirming moment. Seeing Madhouse and Red Ice played competitively at TIGJam was really inspiring.

[Paul Eres]

hmm, here's some of my goals:

- make a game that people send me fan letters of: check
- make a game that someone makes fan art of: check
- make a game that someone makes erotic fan art of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a fan site of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a custom level of: check
- make a game that someone makes a mod of: check
- make a game that someone makes a movie of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes an ocremix of the music of: not yet
- make a game that someone does a youtube let's play of: not yet (there's a partial let's play for immortal defense, but it was never finished)
- make a game that someone writes fan fiction of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a fan game of: not yet
- make a game where someone tells me that it changed their life for the better: check
- get my name recognized by random people while playing online games: check
- get recognized in real life by random people i come across  who are fans of my games: not yet
- make a dungeon crawler: check
- make a maze-game like pacman: check
- make a tower defense game: check
- make an adventure game: i worked on the fedora spade games as the coder, but didn't write them, so i'll put this as a not yet
- make a rpg: not yet; i've a few unfinished ones but i haven't yet finished one
- make a platformer: not yet
- make a zelda-style game: almost done with one
- make a shmup: i may do this quite soon
- make a strategy game: not yet, but i have one planned
- make a living through indie games: not yet, but getting closer to it
- take on an apprentice or several apprentices, and help them learn how to make great games: not yet
- have my games translated into other languages: partially check: my game immortal defense was translated into brazilian portuguese, although i haven't actually integrated it into the game yet and uploaded it; but the translation is 100% complete even if it's not publicly available. the game is also partially translated into russian by some russian fans of my game, but that translation seems to be on hold in a partial state
- learn another language and translate one of my games into that language: not yet
- make a game that wins a contest: not yet
- make a game that wins some type of award: check
- make a game that wins something at the igf: not yet

i'll add more if i can think of any

[C.D Buckmaster]

-Make a game.
-Make a game that adds a unique method of storytelling to the medium.
-Make a living off of games.
-Make a game that stays with someone.
-Make erotic fan art of one of Paul Eres' games.

Obviously some are easier to reach than others.

[Jasmine]

- To make a game that I actually enjoy playing. (I don't enjoy playing any of the games I've made so far )
- For that game to be popular enough that a substantial player community forms, with user content being made and shared.
- That I generate a modest income from it.

[Manuel Magalhães]

-Make a game for iOS. -Done
-Make a game on Flash. -Done
-Make a game for Android. -Not yet, but hopefully soon
-Get a sponsor. -Not yet
-Get fan-art. -Not yet
-Get fan-games. -Not yet
-Make a game that gives me a fair amount of money by sales. -Not yet
-Make a game that wins any (monetary) awards. -Not yet
-Make a game based on Hotel Dusk. -Not yet
-Make a GTA-style FPS. -Not yet
-Make a stealth game. -Not yet
-Make a game for a home console. -Not yet
-Make a game that, for lack of a better word, looks "badass". -Not yet
-Make Blackheist 2, which by my design docs should (and must) comply with the above goal. -Not yet
-Make a STG. -Not yet.
-Make a multiplayer game. -Not yet
-Make income with a game. -Done
-Make games as good as the ones of the studios I admire. -Not yet
Edit: -Learn to draw better. This is a must if I want a game of mine's to look "badass". -Not yet
So I've a lot to work on!

[Moczan]

My only goal/dream in game making is to create a turn based strategy RPG with competitive multiplayer. Having a game with active fanbase, constantly updating and adding content while making a living out of it is my dream job.
And of course making a living out of writing games - I partly do it already, doing minor and major programming jobs on various indie games, but supporting myself only from games I develop would be even better.

[Manuel Magalhães]

-Make erotic fan art of one of Paul Eres' games.

[zoombapup]

I want to make a game world where players actually just enjoy being in the world and care about the characters in it.

I want to make a game world where people care enough to go mental about it, bit like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5QUHLGytdA&list=LLtyvEYVMCTJr8id2bYZK6rQ&feature=mh_lolz

I get goosebumps just watching that vid, because the people care so much! I don't want them to scream or anything, but it would be brilliant to create a world with characters where people just really connect with them. Where they can be lived with and loved?

So.. thats it.

[AMT]

I want to make a game that captures the Metroid spirit accurately enough that it has a speedrun / sequence break following.

[1982]

X. Make players curious and frustrated at the same time.

[thatshelby]

-Make a cult-classic game where there is a small community of players long after the release - not yet

-Make a game that I lose track of while testing because it is fun - Half check. I did this, but never finished the game.

-Make steady, live-able income - not yet

-Sell some games - not yet

-Make an awesome game that everyone loves - dunno

-Make a game that people love but people i meet in real life won't believe that i made it because hey that never happens - not yet

-Complete a Ludum Dare - check

-Rank top ten in ludum dare - not yet

-Make a game where people send me emails saying how much they love it - not yet

-Make a game with incredible music recorded by a live band, and not chiptunes - not yet

-Make a game I've created every single asset for - check

-Make a game dedicated to my dog - not yet

-Make a game with my best friends - not yet

-Make a game with my significant other which i don't have at the writing of this post - not yet

-Make a game that makes people go 'darn, this is incredibly fun' - check, i think

-Create a game (or at least a prototype) of every single one of my game ideas - not yet

-Create an RPG/Fighter hybrid - not yet

[gunswordfist]

- make a game where someone tells me that it changed their life for the better: check

Well ain't that sweet.

Me stealing most of your list:
-Start making a game- Programming?! What the hell is programming?!!!
- make a game that someone makes fan art of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes erotic fan art of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a fan site of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a custom level of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a mod of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a movie of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes an ocremix of the music of: not yet
- make a game that someone does a youtube let's play of: not yet
- make a game that someone writes fan fiction of: not yet
- make a game that someone makes a fan game of: not yet
- make a game where someone tells me that it changed their life for the better: not yet
- remain completely anonymous: Well not completely. I might leave my name on some of my games.
- never get recognized in real life by random people i come across  who are fans of my games: not yet
- make a dungeon crawler: nope
- make a tower defense game: At least I think it'll count as one.
- make a rpg: not yet; not sure if I'll ever go through with making my ideal turn based RPG. As far as subgenres go...
- make a platformer: Make a half a million of them to be specific
- make a zelda-style game: Can't wait.
- make a shmup: Genre I'll be spending the 2nd most amount of time on.
- make a strategy game: Tactical RPG to be precise.
- make a living through indie games: not yet, but getting closer to it
- have my games translated into other languages: not yet
- make a game that wins some type of award: not yet
- make a 4 player online beat em up: not yet
- make a 4 player online shoot em up- not
- make a metroidvania- not yet

[cynicalsandel]

At this point in time, I just want to make an RPG all by myself. Not a long one. The one I want to make is probably only 15 minutes long at most.