Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
Name 'o Da Game: The Good Sheperd (spll check on "Sheperd") Story: Your an ex-gang member (or just ex-some-guy-who-lived-on-the-street) and you were taken in by the church and born again. Now, you set out on a quest to find your old street friends, and show them how great God is, and that he has love for everybody. Your story, begins there. Game Play: Navigate the streets of some city searching for your old friends (or possibly anybody, i dunno). There are gangs, bars, hotels, you name it, its there. Once you find your friends, you are able to hook up with them without looking all over the city to find them. Then its the players job to tell them about the wonders of Christ and keep them from sins such as: Drinking, Fighting (gang shootings, stabbings, drive-bys and such... is that too extreme?), sex (oooh... that just freaks me out... *shudder*), drugs, etc. Each friend has a different attidude and mind set. Each one can only be pursuaded in his(/her) unique way. And, for the sake of excitment, the player can find himself in the middle of shootings, drv bys and such (he dosn't pick up a gun... well, he can, but it is inadvisable, makes you not-as-goodly). Cool Programming Stuff: Each Friend (possibly even just plain people (IF you are able to tell strangers about christ, might be tough to do) goes about his day as any other person would... each friend has his (/her) preferences and attitudes, some friends might work hard for money, and then blow it all and get drunk, some might take place in gang wars, or something better than all of that crud, depends on the friend. Each friend is created with different personalities and strenghs/weaknesses. Since the AI (hopefully) will be complex, two of the player's friends might be able to talk to each other! im trying REALLY hard to come up with ideas for Christain Games, after being given the question: "Are you living your life for God, or for yourself?" At a YoungLife camp i was at. Atch! some idiot is honking like mad in my neiborhood, its driving me nuts... ahh, it stopped. Anyway, waddya think? Lava, if its been done, PM somebody ELSE to tell me, you don't want to be the bearer of bad news every single time. ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
Wow, RM! This is a pretty good idea! I picture a sort of game where one person needs one thing from someone else, a whole chain of puzzles and such. I think this could be really neat! Good job! ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
I really like this game idea! That would be so cool! I had an idea for a game where you have to get job, you can get hired and fired, and you could buy stuff, but I never really implemented God into the whole thing, but you did! which is awesome! ------------------ |
crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
one of the few original game ideas i have seen (In Christian games). Me likes. Hey, and not a single mention of the end-times! Woot! (ive got nothing against it, but sooner or later we're going to have to come up with better material than the same tired variations on the book of revelations.) ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
You think its good? reallY? an nobody has taken it?!?! AWESOME!!! thanks and bye! ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
sounds like a dating sim, except for evangelizing... ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
??? what in the world did it have to do with dating? ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
HeardTheWord Member Posts: 224 From: Des Moines, IA Registered: 08-16-2004 |
Yeah, the preferences/attitudes part sounds a lot like a dating sim. However, this has much more potential than any dating sim. Coming up with something "original" is pretty near impossible. Go for innovative (a twist on something that already exists). Great idea! |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
orginal is near impossible?you really think so? i think that would be easy to think when we have been exposed to mostly american games, but If you have seen some of the weird stuff coming out of Japan, you'll realize originality is possible. You just have to take a chance with the market. ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
Yeah just don't come out with stuff too much out there, otherwise the majority of the people won't accept it, though something revolutionary sparks people's interest. Most ideas aren't accepted right away, it's takes a long time and even another person\company to take the idea and then it becomes a big thing, of course alot ideas don't work that way, sometimes they take off right away. ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
it was NOT based off of a dating sim!!! ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
I'm not saying it is. you, personally, don't see the type who would play them. and being original, well, could be very well impossible, considering that all your knowledge and skills came from an environment which people share, whether it be society or biological factors. but now I'm starting to be extremely legalistic in the term original. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
i am reffering to original ideas, in the simplest sense. lets try not to over-analyze...just this once...  ------------------ [This message has been edited by crazyishone (edited September 08, 2005).] |
kiwee Member Posts: 578 From: oxfordshire, england Registered: 04-17-2004 |
...hasn't that already been done.... ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
Though one point I would like to make on the game idea is that in real life we cannot convince people to become Christians, we have to leave the convincing up to the Holy Spirit, and we just have to plant seeds. That's one thing I learned when street witnessing. ------------------ [This message has been edited by lava (edited September 08, 2005).] |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
*splutter!* NEEERRRRRROOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW CRASH!!!! well, there goes THAT idea.... ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
You don't have to throw it out, pray about it, ask God where to guide you concerning it, remember it's a game IDEA, it's not the final verdict. ------------------ |
CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
Sounds a lot like a christian GTA Vice city. Heck it would rock if it were programmed that way!! You should have the character doge bullets and stuff in a gang gunfight ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
yes, its like that. Only you don't hijack cars... in stead of like convincing, you just talk about jesus, and say how great he is and stuff like that. ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
dedicatedrider Member Posts: 210 From: USA Registered: 08-04-2005 |
quote: ........By showing that your different in how you act and live your life. ------------------ [This message has been edited by dedicatedrider (edited September 08, 2005).] |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
yes, but how do AI's "notice your actions?" (btw, this is kinda like an RPG, select what you say and stuff... so maybe.... its possible...) ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
Brandon Member Posts: 594 From: Kansas City, Mo, USA Registered: 02-02-2004 |
quote: Amen to that!
quote: You can have a set of actions that the player can do, if an AI is in certain range of the player then you can have the AI record the players actions into a database or something. I'd recommend you to start off on something small like maybe have it setup in a small neighborhood. Have certain things happen to the player; he gets bullied, his best friends big brother gets drafted, or someone steals his bike or something, and have a few different ways that the player could respond to whatever situation that he finds himself in. This can be really simple as well, you don't need a lot of graphics and such, make it story and choice oriented, make those things the most worked on and impressive. Gameplay could consist of walking, running, jumping, talking, and selecting choices for the situation you are in. Just some crazy ideas from me. I like what you have so far. ------------------ |
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CPUFreak91 Member Posts: 2337 From: Registered: 02-01-2005 |
quote: Yes. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
you can't "convince" them, but you can lead them and guide thembysaying the right things. IE,has anyone here played KOTOR? remember the part where you are trying to bring back a jedi that recently went dark? (on dantooine) and a few other such instances..... these worked well.You had to saythe right things based on their "personality." ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
hmmm... okay... but the charachter (player) isn't a small boy, hes a... hmm... say 20 yr old guy (or girl, dpending on which you choose  for the sake of smoothness, the charachter is a guy right now, okay?) living in the city. He used to be a gang-ish type of guy, untill someone showed him the ways of christ, now he is roaming the city once again, but this time, with a different style of living... i thought it would be a lot more fun if it were in a city, because its larger: there fore more fun to explore, and gives him more opportunities to "show" the grace of God to other people. He can tell about the wonders of God to his friends, and show them what God has changed in him (not like "here, let me show you" you just go around the city, doing good deeds.)and, of course, for guys like me and CPUfreak, you can find yourself in the middle of a gang shoot-out, and (oh, this would be cool) you can tackle other guys to prevent them from being shot: like say one of his friends were in the gang fight (yes, they CAN die (scary)) and he gets shot at, everything goes in slow motion and he can tackle him to the ground to save him. Of course, it would be inadviable ot pick up a gun and start shooting at the other side... not a good way to show your friends how great God's love is (i.e. "God loves you too! Now GO TOO HELL!") ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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kiwee Member Posts: 578 From: oxfordshire, england Registered: 04-17-2004 |
how about, when a gang member dies, you can raise him to life if your FP (Faith Points) are high enough?? ------------------ |
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HanClinto Administrator Posts: 1828 From: Indiana Registered: 10-11-2004 |
quote: That's awful! :-P ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
haha that is the first DE-structive criticism ive ever seen on CCN! shame! shame! lol, just kidding. (about the shame anyway) realm, try to make the story for the character have an ultimae goal. I think people like to know why they're doing stuff in games...or at least be given promising foreshadowing... ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
What Crazyishone just said reminds me (remotely connected though), Realm also ask yourself "what audience am I trying reach? the saved or unsaved?" ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
i suggest targeting neither. in this way, you will target both. Make a moral game based on this idea, make it fun. Watch who buys it. ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
Right now, i'm just trying to think of an idea that dosn't evolve blasting alien's heads off with 10 gauge shotguns or hewing through mythical monsters with swords... the character's ultimate goal to to evangalize his friends, because he can't bear the thought of their souls buring in hell for all eternity. BTW: was that meant-to-be-joke funny or scary to you guys? ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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kiwee Member Posts: 578 From: oxfordshire, england Registered: 04-17-2004 |
quote: joke? what joke?????? ------------------ |
goop2 Member Posts: 1059 From: Registered: 06-30-2004 |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
its one of those.... Realm Master... things seesh! I dunno, maby he IS married, then sex would be okay, but if he WASN'T married, then sex = BIG NO NO! And, many of his friends are probably not married, so sex for them = big no no too. this, was the "joke": "God loves you too! Now GO TOO HELL!" (Read my post above your Faith Points post to understand the whole thing.) ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
hello? ANYBODY THERE? (echo) (echo) (echo)
(echo and fade) ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
"HELLLOOO" "HELLOoooooo" "hellloooo" "hello" ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
*sneaks up behind Crazyishone and Realm Master* BOOOOOOOO!!!! ------------------ |
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Lava Member Posts: 1905 From: Registered: 01-26-2005 |
*sneaks off in the dark* ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
*smacks lava over the head with a flyswatter* ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
i have a stand to make here. o yes, im a real general custer, but dont kill me just yet. we need to stop these *inset action here*. ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
*blinks, then smacks lava with the fly swatter again* ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
"no. we dont do those things. not around grandma. you know that. we dont do those things." -Nick Swardson ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
. . . ? ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
dont "..." me. thats my TM! lol, nick swardson is a comedian. He has a really funny act, and part of it talks about how all of the dignity in present in current old people when our generation is old. We cant say "sucks" around our grandmas, but when we are old itll be more like this.... KID: "Grandpa Grandpa! Were going to the zoo, u wanna go to the zoo?!?!??!!?!?" GRANDPA: "eehh....wat? the zoo? ehh f*** that. I ain't f***ing goin to the zoo! wat r u, GAY?" KID: " MOOOM!! GRANDPA CALLED ME GAAAAAAY!!" GRANDPA: "Dont tell on me b****! Now where's my Dre CD?" ------------------ |
firemaker103 Member Posts: 643 From: Registered: 07-13-2005 |
@RM What about your idea where everything turns into a 404 error?: THE SYSTEM IS DOWN! You were surfign the web when: YOU GOT A 404! No big deal, right? You try and hit the back button, but suddenly, the back button image turns into 3 numbers: 404! you try and exit your computer, but the exit button becomes the dreaded 404! Suddenly, your entire computer turns into the nubmers 404! YOU HAVE TO RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! Find your way through the house, avoiding rooms and objects that have turned (or will turn) itno a 404! (you can jump out windows to, but it seriously drains your health) Once your out of the house, your safe, right? WRONG! If you don't find what is creating all the 404's, then ENTIRE WORLD WILL BECOME A GIANT 404! play through huge levels, from your house to comptuer industires to millitary bases, all trying to A: run away from the 404s that try and kill you (when they touch you you too turn into a 404) B: Find and somehow destoy the evil 404 taht started it all. ------------------ |
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crazyishone Member Posts: 1685 From: Registered: 08-25-2004 |
hmmm....interesting........ ------------------ |
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Realm Master Member Posts: 1971 From: USA Registered: 05-15-2005 |
oh yeahhh..... i remember taht..... hehe, that was a good 'un! ------------------ Blessed are those who show mercy. Blessed are those who suffer for doing what is right. |
! (yes, im reaching here...)
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