>tfw genius video game programmer >tfw no ideas guy

>>34601273
Open world mystery/crime game set in comfy small town

>genius
No, you're just a mediocre dickwad.

Vampire mmo. They fucking scrapped the World of Darkness mmo.

>>34601318
This!!^^^
and then you solve the case by banging the girl who committed the crime because uh it wasnt that serious of a mystery or crime

>>34601273
Gangster MMORPG or a sex game based on western ideals, like Leisure suit larry but not adventure, something like a sim in porn industry or an open world game where everything is focused on sex.

>>34601318
this op


originale

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>>34601318
>>34601419
These are all retarded ideas. I shouldve added I only make 2d games

If you didn't pick up on this bait you're doomed and you should have given up years ago.

>>34601791
Then fuck off you lazy ass cunt. Go get your free ideas at reddit. Where do you think you are? Facebook?

>>34601791
Custer's Revenge 2

Make it happen

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>>34601791
>genius video game programmer
>only makes 2D
ok, kid

2d game where you play with arrow keys and move left. Call it lefty or some dumb shit like that.

>>34601791
Can you do art for 2d games? What about sound effects?

>>34601791
escape velocity clone

basically 2d space combat, trading, and exploration

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>>34601910
I prefer 2d games because they are easier to make when working alone, dumbass
>>34601837
You mad, bitch? Sorry I didnt take your autistic idea.
>>34602016
Yes I can do it all

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>>34601791
>Genius game programmer
>I only make 2d games
It's not good to lie to people, anon.

>>34602067
Real geniuses don't just do what's easy. They do the hardest and best versions of things because they can, because they are geniuses.

>>34602133
ok thanks for the advice autist.

>>34601273
>>34601791
>tfw genius video game programmer
>I only make 2d games
lmao? who the fuck do you think you are

>>34602133

Your idea sucks dick

>>34601273
how about DINER DASH but with MORE KITCHEN MANAGMENT and also your customers are ZOMBIES and you have to serve them up delicious foods or they EAT YOUR ENTIRE STAFF.

>>34602067
you call yourself a genius game designer.
so tell us what games you've made. surely if you're a genius, you must have made dozens.

>>34602431

That idea is also retarded.

ITT: people who don't understand game development claim OP should be able to develop 3d for no reason

>>34601990
Repeating numerals says you make lefty

>>34602479
YOU shut the FUCK UP my dude

>>34601910
>>34602232
3D assets are far harder to make than 2D, especially when you have programmer levels of art skill. I also exclusively build 2D because it lets me focus more on the programming parts and still end up with half-decent results.

OP is a faggot though for calling himself a genius

Also I think both of you have an exaggerated idea of what's involved in 3D game dev. Purely from a code perspective, 3D is really not much harder -- we just all have higher standards for 3D games because 2D games are largely stuck in "retro" archetypes.

>>34602566
ayy good digits mi amigo

>>34602570
>tfw indie "retro" games haven't moved into low-poly 3d yet
I can't wait for the market to become over-saturated with that shit

>>34602619
me too
give me MDK-styled, DK1 or Q1 styled vydia you lazy indie fuckers

I like the idea of a bond between man and beast. I was thinking a spiritual/magical big cat that was assigned to you at birth. It eventually kills your lover when she attacks you... that's all I've got.

>>34602723

What a shitty idea.

>>34602750
You're shit. I like your idea >>34602723

Ok I'll take the bait can you show us any game you have ever made mr. Genius?

>>34602619
That's the thing though, today's "retro" 2D style largely comes from the peak of 2D gaming. It was still limited in many ways (namely rotation/scaling), but allowed for relatively high-quality art. It mostly just seems retro because we have 3D (and better screens) now.

The "retro" 3D style that you're talking about, on the other hand, is from the early days of 3D technology, not any sort of peak. They made the most of their limitations, sure, but most of those games don't exactly look good.

>>34602723
Could you be more vague please? Got any actual mechanics, or just a writing prompt?

>>34601273
Isometric graphics
Real time action
You play as the villain in a rpg. You have to become the final boss by proving yourself worthy. First you defeat other villains trying to become the final boss. Then you have to take over the world and crush all heroes.

>>34601273
Make a good game about being a kid growing up and slowly becoming more miserable

>>34602780
Yeah retro 3d graphics will never be a thing. It's basically like silent movie era films or flipphones

>>34602805
I could see that being a kinda management game. Like you gotta design your lair, what powers you have, what minions you have employed. then when the heroes pour into your dungeon, you could have dumped your resources into desinging a sick dungeon full of traps to weaken or drive away the heroes, or dumped resources into your powers and your dungeon is just a hallway leading to you, where you blow them the fuck out your enhanced powers

>>34602158
>lazy autist with self-proclaimed genius title
>being this madd
Fuck off genius

>>34602805
So, standard action RPG but with the story reversed?

>>34602827
Have you played "And Everything Started To Fall"? It's sort of an art game, but worthwhile

>>34602853
There are some silent movies that are still notable. Flip phones are an apt comparison though, I kinda want them to come back but only for nostalgia reasons, not because they were really good.

I do kinda think that modern tech could make an actually good flip phone though, but nobody's really tried

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>>34602795
Have you played far cry 4? There's a little array of sequences in which you're in first person fighting demons with a bow/throwing knives and you find a white tiger spirit that aids you in combat. I was thinking this would probably be... kinda like samurai era japan comes to mind? The PC is a swordman who is feared but also revered for his work with this spirit-beast. Also have you played the last of us? there's a part where joel and ellie get separated and it's awesome, I would definitely want to incorporate something like that. Thank you all for the replies I'm pretty pumped about this rn.

>>34602882
A long time ago I considered making that concept as a sort of "tower defense" game. I like your idea of balance between boss powers vs traps, I hadn't thought it through that far.

>>34602956
That's still mostly just story ideas, not really any mechanics. It's very easy to fall into that trap, since games are about experiences rather than features after all. But a story and a few feels won't get you a complete game design.

>>34601273
Dating game where you can date girls who all represent a political ideology.
Ex: communist girl, aryan nazi girl, ect.

>>34603005
What was ellie to joel in tlou? The tiger to the PC in FC4? The game is never, NEVER gonna be exactly how you anticipate. I think what I've got here is really enough to sell well, idk if I'm ever gonna do anything with it though. Maybe once I finish college.

>claims to be a genius
>still hasn't posted ONE (1) game that he's made

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It's easy, opie, cyperpunk rpg with robo waifus.

>>34601273
I'll be an ideas guy and try to be a writer


But I think this is bait

Lazy Video Game Maker 2

It's about a lazy programmer who asks for help on a forum full of virgins. He gets what he deserves.

Anime visual novels are a cheap and easy cashcow on steam. Find an artist to draw you some waifus, and integrate a rehash of an old Popcap game into it. (I'd suggest Zuma because that hasn't been done yet) That's what games like Huniepop did and now they've raked in the dollars.

>>34602067
kys faggerino

>>34602536
Have you seen the Dragon Ball Unreal stuff? That dude is OMAing everything

>>34602914
>SOME silent films are still notable
>SOME
Most, you mean. Most good ones.

>>34603541
Well yeah, because the non-notable ones have probably been forgotten.

>>34603632
Some people actually care about the history. The thing is a lot of silent films are lost to fires and shit

>>34601273
>subpar programmer
>all sorts of ideas for games
>gonna make my great, poorly written games

good luck to you, OP! i'm off to go depressively avoid working on my projects!

I've helped a few guys at my college who were in the same situation, they could make games but didn't have ideas.

If you're at all interested, and not trolling OP.

>>34601791
An asteroid mining puzzle game game where you are given a certain number of robots on each mission, and have to optimize their pathing and code to get all the resources mined within the time limit.

How about you create a 3d version of Don't Shit Your Pants

http://www.kongregate.com/games/rete/dont-shit-your-pants

>>34601318
Deadly premonition is top tier comfy

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>>34601837
>>34601910
>>34602098
>>34602232

You guys are fucking retarded if you think being a video game programmer allows you to put out the content quality of a fucking triple A title.

There's reasons why they have entire companies for that.

>But Anon! Yandere Simulator is made by a single person, there's no way it could be that hard!

Yeah when you realize the creator of the game has fucking awful code and is literally a psychopath in real life.

Try making a game in 3D, any of you. You'll realize how hard it is before you even finish your first asset. Coding games by yourself in Python is just that much more accessible and easier for everyone.

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>>34604183

Also I'm not OP.

>>34601273
Total War: Warhammer 40k

An actually good Dune game.

The world needs more 2D metroidvanias. Just make one of those.

>>34604183
Why would anyone code games in python in the year 2017

>>34604300
what do you suggest? i hate programming.

>tfw actual game designer of 2D isometric shit
>tfw OP doesn't even know what type of gameplay he wants to make

what use are you exactly, code monkey?

>>34604183
>Did 3d assets left and right (granted they were not 30k poly works of art)
>Coded my own engines with opengl rendering and cross platform engine base with no external libraries in C.
>Made blender exporters for a custom format.
Its not hard anon , you just have to know how to optimize and plan accordingly in what you want to achieve.
>mfw self though
>mfw no job offerings
>uni makes opening an IDE impossible.
>mfw no face

>>34601273
>ideas
>hard
Kek

Expedition on sterile planet finds a weird control panel thingy in the depths of it. Curiosity gets the best of them and they release a powerful entity that destroyed the civilization that lived there apparently.
Ship gets wrecked and you're stranded on this planet.
Explore ruins to find out what happened.
There's video logs from the before time and there's humanoids/humans in them.

> Bonus

There's a plot twist where you discover the entity is the result of a collective assimilation event or it was humans from the future or another dimension.

You're welcome.

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MMO that isn't dumbed down, casualized, theme park bullshit but also isn't a Korean grindfest or spreadsheet simulator

>>34604406
C# and/or javascript easily

>>34601273
>tfw shitty programer
>tfw tons of awesome ideas

>>34604509
Not OP but.
Setting is literally the easiest part.

Creating game mechanics that make the player continue playing the game and the general gameplay is a bitch to come up with.
Eg:

SuperHexagon
KSP
Banished
Rimworld (meh)
Dishonred( AAA but w/e)
FTL
TIS-100
Hell even dwarf fortress if you're autistic enough


I have no god damn clue how do those shitty 2d games and anime crap get greenlit and make bank.

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>>34604563
Dunno if you're being sarcastic or not.
I thought you might come up with something funny but you literally just posted two of the worst popular languages on earth

>>34604571
this so much

>>34604102
id play it.khh

>>34604509
Forgot to add that it would be a zelda-ish top down power up based thing.

>genius programmer
Kek fuck off

>>34604593
Actual suggestion: use Lua because Love2d is so good. API is more important than language for game dev, since you'd better not be building a game from scratch or you'll literally never finish it.

>>34604817
but can love2d be built and compiled to executable formats on all three major operating systems?

>>34604832
The only language you need is c
Anything higher level that a struct is a waste of time.

>>34604832
You can bundle it into a .app for Mac, and concat it into a .exe for Windows (though it needs to be surrounded with a couple dlls as is typical).

I'm not aware of a good solution for Linux, but it's packaged for most major distros so you can just tell Linux users to install love2d and then just double-click your game's .love file.

make a game where you stalk and rape ppl.
if you make a game like gta where you can go around and slaughter innocent ppl, why can't you make a game aboit rape huh?
make sure you can play a woman raping men too so femicunts can't say it's sexist.
DO IT

>>34601910
>>34602098
>>34602232

Yeah, ITT: idiots.

Hey OP, check out "Bolo", originally for Mac. I had a ton of fun with it as a kid.

I enjoyed this back in the day. (Warning: time waster) http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html

Wouldn't mind seeing this made into a game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SloXilzQKR0

...Or, you know, just join a game development team?

>>34601273
Okay so like it's like you're ninjas and you're fighting space marines but it's Dark Souls mixed with Kaizo Mario

>>34601791
Habitat clone. with the classic graphics

>>34601791
An ancient Lich brought back to life. The problem is its in modern day Detroit. How will your undead minions deal with armed gangsters?

>>34601273
Programming is literally the easiest thing

It's like saying "I can read cyrillic" when talking about Russian language.

Art is the most important, and the most difficult part of game development.

Everyone can fucking program. It's literally nothing

>>34602044
In a world where Escape Velocity exists, why would you create an Escape Velocity clone?

Exactly how could you even improve that game?

>>34601273
>>34608106
So it's like Zelda right, but with Dark Souls combat and mixed with Elder Scrolls elements

Gorillion dollar idea. Donut steal OP

>>34604183

>Yeah when you realize the creator of the game has fucking awful code

Then also make a 3d game with afwul code? Pretty sure no one gives a fuck as long as it runs.

>and is literally a psychopath in real life.

How do you know this?

>>34608547
This

Undertale has awful, awful code in freaking Gamemaker and it made like 10+ million and spawned a rapid, autistic fanbase

No one gives a shit. Good code is purely programmer masturbation.

>>34601273
A strategy/adventure game set in the peninsula war.
You will be the commander of a single unit of infantry or cavalry. The layout will be a square map where you go around the world. Is roguelike turn based system
The game has two objectives depending of your faction.
If you are Spanish you objective is fuck the French as much as possible until you get help from England and destroy all the French bases but if you are French you have to hunt the guerrilla before the British come and collect the taxes for the French.
In the game every unit is divided in individual infantry who get injury and die rather than have hp. Also you can have support in form of specialize personnel like doctor or objects like artillery. You also must manage the food the morale and the stamina of your troops.

>>34601273
I have pretty decent ideas but I'd rather make manga out of them then spill stuff that's at least somewhat original desu.

>>34601273
and thats why you go full wagecuck and enter the system to slave away at some big company like every other "genius video game programmer"

at least get a job at valve, desu

>>34604572
>Setting is literally the easiest part.
>Creating game mechanics that make the player continue playing the game and the general gameplay is a bitch to come up with

This. A lot of developers tend to overlook gameplay for some reason. I've played games with great settings and beatiful graphics (even 2D games) but they were awful boring because the gameplay was not engaging in the least.

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>>34601273

I am also a game dev but I am an artist, I make everything myself except the controller scripts etc, I just use the asset stores. Code can be used again and again and tweaked slightly to make it different. Prop assets and world models are the hard part.

If you have a good game artist that is where the money is at. So much generic coders out there selling scripts for a few dollars, but you cant do the same with models.

>>34601273
>have great ideas for videogames and other projects
>dumbass nigger when it comes to coding

>great at coding and have brilliant game ideas
>no motivation after spending 9 hours a day wage slaving
i wish i could just quit my job and make a game full time

>>34601273
what are you doing outside of agdg goyim?

What kind of 2D game, Platformer, Run and Gun, Beat 'em Up?

>tfw genius ideas guy
>tfw no genius video game programmer to make my game
TL note: 2d game devs are not able to be 'genius' game devs.

>>34601791
I usually post my Art and game ideas in threads like these and they're called retarded or bad

Sucks for you. Other people buy and eat the shit up. Have you actually made a game or know the pipeline for a character artist? I'm the true idea guy and I love providing results if we manage to get past stage 1

I'm a 3D only guy :^)