The Olde Battleaxe

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Phil: i'm interested in doing something that is sort of like a counter-terrorism simulation... the sort of thing that "looks" like it could be used in the real world.

i also like the idea of doing something with a lemmings style interface. which would work with the above -- you have status on some first responders and you can direct them to do various activities such as "check for radiation" "blown down the wall" "save the children" etc.

illume: I'm interested in doing something which links up with a website. So people can affect the world people are playing in via the website.

some kind of machine building game, and maybe with lemmings like capabilities for doing the building, could be neat. not sure if a mutli-player aspect would work on this one, but it would be loads of fun.
Using steam to build pressure to cause explosions...for some reason. Or preventing said explosions.
Steam powered factories. Where you have to make efficient factories to make stuff. Multiplayer tie in would be changing different resources available to the factories.

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someone else's trash

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phil: garbage collection (obvious), cleaning up a mess someone made, maybe more in the detective sense of the word. like a murder happened or whatever and you have to figure out what is going down. or maybe you have a trash heep and you have to make something with it. or maybe you have to trash someone else's stuff, demolition style.
Some things that come to mind: Catapults, neighborhood warfare, treasure, yard sales, dumpster diving, biological warfare, bizzarre currency, Diety/alien spawning (dirk gently style), exotic garbage removal, gene pool refining ("someone else is trash")
Washing dishes sim. With a sharehouse level, and also a resturaunt level. For multiplayer the web people can be the people in the resturaunt eating the food. Or they can be the other sharehouse flatmates, leaving their dishes. More ideas on dishes here: http://rene.f0o.com/mywiki/AlwaysTheDishes

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a fraction too much friction

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ice skating? except the zamboni hasn't come out in a long time, so everyone keeps falling over each other on the ice. or maybe you are the zamboni guy and you are zambonieying the chest hair ,, uh .. and . gee, i don't like this theme too much.
tim: static electricity. Like trying to move an object from point A to point B without it bursting into flame or exploding. Upgradeable racing. Start off with wheels and a motor, upgrade to better wheels and jet engine, then to hovercraft...and so forth. Or Something with flypaper.

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mind the gap

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phil: maybe a mario 3 clone, or some kind of side scroller, except there is a lot of pits (even more than usual) and they keep changing sizes. hmmn. not a whole lot comes to mind.
A seige game, where you have to keep the bad guys out of your castle by maitaining the mote. Firing missles at targets over gaps, like oceans. Worldwid Neuclear Warfare Sim!

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doorways

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some kind of crazy puzzle game with doors. or maybe a crazy arcade game with hiding from guards and doors. except, i really really don't want to do a game with guards chasing you everywhere _again_. two of those has been more than enough fun for me. maybe do a revolving door themed game, that'd be interesting. or maybe a "door game" in the bbs tradition, ooh. that could be both cool, retro, and include some wild moder gfx to make it crazy, and it would work with the multi-player idea. 80x25x16 here we come!
A windowing system(err, dooring system) where there are doors instead of windows. Doors can be shut, not letting you through them unless you have a key. If they are unlocked you don't need a key. After a timeout period some doors are locked. Self closing doors. Not actually a game... more an experiment in nerdyness.
Lab rats game. Pick the correct door or you'll be zapped/fall off a 20002 story building/get eaten by a rat eating fiend/etc. Afterlife game. Choose the correct door, or series of doors. Choose wisely (kinda the same but with a different twist).

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it runs on steam!

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some kind of machine building game, and maybe with lemmings like capabilities for doing the building, could be neat. not sure if a mutli-player aspect would work on this one, but it would be loads of fun.
Using steam to build pressure to cause explosions...for some reason. Or preventing said explosions.

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