#game themes

[hasellia]

BOTW felt like it was telling the player; "Nature is an important part of who you are as a fellow creature of this Earth, and maybe building guardians of mass destruction isn't a good idea."

TOTK seems like it's telling the player; "Every tree is a potential enemy that's out to fucking get you! Burn. Surely, nothing bad has ever come from building guardians of mass destruction!"

[hidden-clue]

I was listening to Clue Crew Podcast today and in the SEA episode, it was explained how the theme of the game was loneliness, and how every character in that game has lost somebody, via breakup, divorce, death, and along that theme, Nancy and Ned have also had relationship trouble and were arguing, even getting close to Nancy making the future of the relationship uncertain.

And I realized that this is not only true for Sea of Darkness, now that I think back on it, Nancy and Ned's dynamics have consistently been in theme for every single game. Remember in Captive Curse, how annoyed we all were that they were constantly arguing and getting angry at each other and making drama, interrupting our play? That was a clue. It was a clue that the theme was breakup and revenge, it was showing us that the culprit was someone who held a grudge against their relationship partner. I think the game was hinting at how badly a relationship could go and Nancy and Ned have managed to evade the disastrous outcome by making peace and finding a way to work thru their issues.

And then think of every other game where Nancy and Ned have been arguing and it fit the theme perfectly. And then think of every game that they were pointedly not arguing; remember the Castle Malloy where Ned was stuck at a party, unable to escape but loyal to Nancy to a fault and completely dedicated to her to the point where he didn't even want to speak about how inconvenienced he was. It was a metaphor for Matt! Who was stuck but still completely loyal to Kyler! We could have figured out that they would have stayed together just looking at Nancy/Ned dynamics in the game!

That kind of hint is so subtle I've never realized it before. Seriously, these games, there's never an end to realizations.

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[thingsaday]

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[angelixybts]

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[bakafox]

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[deathraygames]

#LDJAM theme ideas for rounds 2 and 3...

Green (+1)

Underground -- I’ve always wanted to do a top-down game where you build a dungeon (like Dungeon Keeper).

One Resource -- I like the concept of energy being the only currency, and think I could work this into an incremental game somehow.

Leave something behind -- An idea for a poignant game popped into my head: you are a writer, struggling to write some works of art before you grow old and die.

Artificial life -- I’ve always enjoyed artificial life (used to program A.L. organisms in SecondLife), and sure I could come up with something simple for this involving making little organisms and then letting them compete in a sandbox world. Artwork would be the challenge here.

One room -- Making a sequel to Tavern King would be enjoyable; hopefully I could make it more fun than the original.

Stronger together -- No game ideas, but I’d love this to get picked just to aggro Trumpsters.

Your enemy is your weapon -- I’ve had an idea for a while about a game where the character is made up of an adventurer and his intelligent magical sword. It might be fun to make it so the sword is the enemy, and you have to battle temptation for more power.

Control the environment not the characters -- A side-scroller where the character charges ahead in the world, off to face enemies. You have to control the weather and the terrain in order to slow him down (to heal), or give him some advantage (freezing enemies, etc.).

Indirect control -- This could basically be the same as control the environment.

Choose one -- I imagine a simple incremental kingdom-building game where random events happen often and you must choose between two random resolutions to issues. Typically there would be a trade-off with each choice.

Yellow (0)

Save yourself not the world -- Imagining a game where you must build a rocket, and then decide whether to aim it at an incoming nuclear missile, or use it to escape the planet.

Get me out of here! -- You’re escaping a dungeon and you pass many other cells; you have to decide who to let escape with you.

Infinite Loop -- No ideas, but I think it could lead to some good ideas from others. Maybe an infinite incremental game...

Natural selection -- Basically the same idea as Artificial life.

Light and Dark -- I’ve always had an idea for a game on a circular world, where you can relatively easily run from one side to the other. Maybe you’re a robot who needs to charge on one side and fight shadow monsters on the other.

Fusion -- I love Reactor Incremental, and could always do some tribute to that game.