Brainstorming Thread, just throw your ideas up.

Have an idea for a game that you don't want to forget/want to show off/don't plan on finishing but want to pawn off on someone else? Well post it here. Also try to be original, we have enough SMB3 and SMW clones...

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Few ideas to start this off:

Mario platformer with full physics, physics are kind of my "thing" in gamemaker so I'd love to make this. So many elements of mario would translate well to a realistically physical world. (Imagine the kammy koopa boss, but the platform is hanging realistically from a chain, and moves based on the weights of mario and kammy.)

Community platformer, like Little Big Planet. I've been working on a procedural animation system that would translate well to character creation, as the sprite will animate realistically no matter what the player draws. Also could have a level creator with a bunch of objective modes.

Thats it for now, more later k? Also you people post.

how about i just throw my Super Paper Mario World engine out there for grabs and see if anyone wants to continue the idea i had for it

I had an idea of a typical Mario platformer but being influenced by music with every action you take i.e. Everyday shooter.

That would fall under the category of brainstorming yes.

I'd been working out ideas in my head for quite awhile for a DKC-esque Donkey Kong game. I've done tiny sketches, toyed around with a few sprites, thought about gameplay ideas, story elements, what music to use where, levels, etc.

The problem? Can't program anything worth a toss, have difficulty trying to learn it, no decent engines seem readily accessible for it and don't want to resort to purchasing/illegally downloading a program over it. I'd like to give it a shot after MechaSource once its out, but I really don't see myself getting it done without some semblance of framework to work with first, and I don't see that happening without outside some help.

I game where you play as toad on an abondoned island. It would inlude new enemies, new worlds, (and no grasslands or castles) new powerups, (no old ones) mini bosses and a secret final boss. not at all a clone of any game since bowser, mario, luigi, and peach or not involed at all. (except in the intro) It involves toad getting launched to an unexplored island by prof. Egadd's machine.

And yes, I do plan do make this. Would you guys play it?

Good story behind it, with creative graphics it would be cool.

I had this idea for a game a long long time ago, posted it in the CCC and people kinda liked the idea. I'm just gonna throw the whole ****ing storyline out here because I know I'll never get the guts to finish it, so if anyone wants to actually do this be my guest!

quoted directly from the .txt file I used for planning the game:

(That's as far as I got unfortunately.)

A separate .txt file discussing the control scheme:

Obviously this idea is extremely ambitious, thus why I gave up after a while, but I still think the idea was pretty neat. Maybe someday I'll get to work on it but right now I'm simply too lazy.

This post has been edited by Razz on Feb 12 2009, 09:55 PM

I always wanted a Mario game where the seven Stars are captured by Bowser and Kamek, and Toad, with other Toads of different colors (yellow, green, blue, and purple) run off to save her. The game is much like Mario vs DK 2: March of the Minis, except with more puzzles to solve. It would be neat of you could use other Toads for building towers, keeping a switch pressed, or carrying objects, making it more like The Humans, a SEGA Genesis game.
The player could press a key, like Space or TAB to switch Toads, and controlling is done with the Arrow Keys, Z, and X. The Z Key can be used for jumping and performing a Ground Pound, while X can be used to activate elevators, pick up an object, or something else.
Each Toad could have different stats, like Blue Toad having the ability to perform floaty jumps like Luigi in Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA), the green Toad can be quicker, and other things. Like Mario vs DK 2: March of the Minis, you cannot jump very great distances, forcing you to rely on thinking to pass rooms. There is also a time limit, which can vary between levels.
The level passes when all Toads (the number can be changed) reach the goal of the level (a golden pipe, a door, a golden spring, ect) unharmed. Like Mario vs DK 2: March of the Minis, this game features nine levels per world, each with a tenth level, the boss level, and a minigame you unlock when meeting certain requirements.
There can be some features that add replay value:
-The game can feature a level editor, where you can place up to five Toads and design a level.
-New Toads (Toadette, Toadsworth, Toadiko, ect) being open for use in the level editor
-The ability to download levels from a server
-Unlockable minigames, and an online high score table for each.
-Score requirements for each level, giving you a certain rank if you beat one.
-A "Toad editor", where you get a basic Toad, and you can customize it's hat, the colors, it's hair, clothes, ect, which can also be placed in custom levels.

Nintendo Kart. I know all of you remember it.

Too bad I'm too lazy to finish it.

I have a whole .txt file for this idea at another computer but heres the condensed version.

I'll show the .txt file which is polished later, and work on this idea more.

Bah, depends on the "type" of idea I have at the moment for fangame project candidates. As long as they follow two rules:

(1) They bear resemblance to the Mario environment itself, AND...
(2) The "stars" are supporting US the same as how we support THEM in the game itself.

Two ideas I have meet the criteria, and one is being worked on (the other still needs to have game engine work done).

So I really feel like making some mario game with RPG elements.

Because I love rpg elements.

I've got a DKC engine

Super Mario Classic Two: Mushroom Archipelago

A game where you run around defeating pirates and trying to stop them from stealing an ancient treasure which oh-so-coincidentally happens to be evil except some of it isn't and joins you on your quest and helps you gain new powers and stuff

But at first you have to stop Bowser from kidnapping Peach again and you do and you stow away on his pirate ship and then you fight him again and then the ship sinks and you wash up on an island with pirates trying to find treasure

And there'll be secrets which will be cool secrets not lame secrets like a 100% completion picture which is just a gameplay photo with CONGRATS DOOD written on it I mean like cool secrets

So basically like Zelda: Wind Waker except with Mario and the pirates are evil

And I'm actually working on it

I've always kind of wanted to do a PBW spin-off that shows Mario's side of Operation G.R.O.M. since the whole thing really is a trap for him. An element of the story that never really became clear in the actual game is that the X-Nauts were going to trick Mario into thinking Bowser had kidnapped Peach, which is why Mario isn't surprised to find Bowser on the Moon at the end of the game. I didn't do much with that concept, but the same story revolving around Mario could be fun.

A new Wario game where he gets powerups from both items and enemy attacks.

My "ideas" are still under lock and key, but they're currently in production. One has a "arcade/adventure" like feel, and the other one is a "challenge/skill" (it's like, reach a certain score to nail a "status" on a certain course).

Of course, you all know that if the game itself has made progress in the early stages on my end, you'll hear about it here.

WARIO VS. THE WORLD

Hand-drawn animation, Wario World-esque gameplay, and the classic, insane Wario is the star. Tell me, what could possibly be better?