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[forfun]

Hello, this is the basic gameplay structure of a game I am working on.


You are a fish. There are other fish and animals. You must find a mate to create a new generation. Based on how you play (Not by choosing directly), the new generation will have an improvement to what the last generation did. In this way, every fish in the game will evolve based on how it choose to live, eat, etc. You must establish a home to protect your species, or travel in a group around the ocean as nomads. One last ability is to evolve in the sense of growing limbs and also, constructing a submarine-like device that takes animal-animal combat to a new level.


So, if you would, try the demo at the link and tell me if you would be interested in a game with that demo as the core gameplay of the whole game.


Demo: https://www.mediafire.com/?uudmhdmbn8xx3u3
W: Move forward
A: Turn counterclockwise
D: Turn clockwise
S: Move backward

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Thank you very much!

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[forfun]

Removed duplicate thread.

Thank you, wrong section.

[Thomas Finch]

Is the only thing to your concept just swimming around? If so, no. If you were to make a game where you put a lot more into it, then maybe. Like starting out as a baby fish, playing out your life and trying to survive while becoming stronger, then finding a mate and becoming the next baby fish. Maybe even managing a whole school of fish or something. If it's just swimming though, then I don't understand your concept.

Also, I don't know if it was a glitch or not, but when the game started, I tried to move backwards and instead, the fish went forwards and wouldn't stop moving at all.

[forfun]

Is the only thing to your concept just swimming around? If so, no. If you were to make a game where you put a lot more into it, then maybe. Like starting out as a baby fish, playing out your life and trying to survive while becoming stronger, then finding a mate and becoming the next baby fish. Maybe even managing a whole school of fish or something. If it's just swimming though, then I don't understand your concept.

Also, I don't know if it was a glitch or not, but when the game started, I tried to move backwards and instead, the fish went forwards and wouldn't stop moving at all.

I have a big concept. This is just the game play fundamentals. And are you sure you realized you were the fish on the bottom right?

[Thomas Finch]

Yes, I knew I was the bottom fish. It just wasn't controlling properly for some reason.

[oodavid]

Controls aside, what you've got is a crude tech-demo. Flesh out your idea on paper, plan, plan, plan and then do some more planning. Once you've solidified the idea tell us about it; if it makes sense we can project your ideas onto your demo. For example:

"As you can see, you control Piscaso, a red fish in the blue ocean, all seems normal until Piscaso comes across a strange paint that inverts his color. Alienated from his shoal he travels further into unchartered territories and realises that his color is only the beginning as he rapidly evolves wings, legs, armour and eventually embarks on a land-based "evolutionary war" with alien invaders,  the only thing is everything in the land-world is alien. Who are natives and who are invaders?"

[forfun]

Controls aside, what you've got is a crude tech-demo. Flesh out your idea on paper, plan, plan, plan and then do some more planning. Once you've solidified the idea tell us about it; if it makes sense we can project your ideas onto your demo. For example:

"As you can see, you control Piscaso, a red fish in the blue ocean, all seems normal until Piscaso comes across a strange paint that inverts his color. Alienated from his shoal he travels further into unchartered territories and realises that his color is only the beginning as he rapidly evolves wings, legs, armour and eventually embarks on a land-based "evolutionary war" with alien invaders,  the only thing is everything in the land-world is alien. Who are natives and who are invaders?"

You are a fish. There are other fish and animals. You must find a mate to create a new generation. Based on how you play (Not by choosing directly), the new generation will have an improvement to what the last generation did. In this way, every fish in the game will evolve based on how it choose to live, eat, etc. You must establish a home to protect your species, or travel in a group around the ocean as nomads. One last ability is to evolve in the sense of growing limbs and also, constructing a submarine-like device that takes animal-animal combat to a new level.

[oodavid]

I like that! So you'll be tracking and analysing all the different actions, say: swimming, darting, grazing, defending, attacking, mating and then the next generation will be an amplification of those attributes?

Quite honestly, that sounds really fun!

[forfun]

I like that! So you'll be tracking and analysing all the different actions, say: swimming, darting, grazing, defending, attacking, mating and then the next generation will be an amplification of those attributes?

Quite honestly, that sounds really fun!

Yes like that! For example, if you tend to dig shelter for yourself (You can make caves out of coral) then the next generation will have a larger central body for better defense because you are essentially stating you wish to be defensive rather than offensive!