I was just thinking about how the current genres are begining to stagnate, and i thought of a new genre idea: realtime puzzle solving sandbox rpg
heres how it would work: you, like many other games, take missions and so forth, or complete levels, etc. like other genres, much of the gameplay revolves around solving puzzles and other dilemmas. heres the difference: you solve problems, defeat enemies, and whatsoever HOWEVER YOU WANT. let me explain: its kind of like Mcgiver and DocterWho combined;Example: say theres a giant... i dunno, enemy crab that u have to kill. before u fight this thing, you went and bought a bunch of random stuff, lets say two knifes, a bowling ball, skatebord, bottle rocket, rope, drill, and a grappling hook.no guns or stuff like that. while battling it you are told you need to flip it over and hit its weak spot for massive damage. now, theres no set way, or set of ways, or choices to choose from, all there is is a limitedly destructive and extreamly interactive envirement around you. what you do with what you have is up to you. nothing in the envirement glows to show you it can reacted with, because everything is interactive. you could, for example, tie the rope to a high up area, use the drill to drill a hole through the bowling ball, tie the end of the rope to the bowling ball, prop this swingy bowling ball thing you made with another rope so that if you were to cut this rope the contraption would swing like a flail toward the crab, but this would not be enough to knock down this meme of a beast. so you tie one knife to your grappling hook, and the other to the skate board. you tie the bottle rocket to the knife as well, making some sort of rocket propelled knife. with preperations complete, you rush down to the enemy crab, light your knife rocket thing, let it loose on the crab to hurt its balance, and at the same time shoot your grapling hook knife combo at the rope holding up the bowling ball swingy thing, causing it to hit the crab as the knife rocket hits it, knocking it down. or an infinite number of other possibilities, however you want. you buy stuff, and use it creative ways to get past problems.
leave feedback and your own genre ideas!!!
heres how it would work: you, like many other games, take missions and so forth, or complete levels, etc. like other genres, much of the gameplay revolves around solving puzzles and other dilemmas. heres the difference: you solve problems, defeat enemies, and whatsoever HOWEVER YOU WANT. let me explain: its kind of like Mcgiver and DocterWho combined;Example: say theres a giant... i dunno, enemy crab that u have to kill. before u fight this thing, you went and bought a bunch of random stuff, lets say two knifes, a bowling ball, skatebord, bottle rocket, rope, drill, and a grappling hook.no guns or stuff like that. while battling it you are told you need to flip it over and hit its weak spot for massive damage. now, theres no set way, or set of ways, or choices to choose from, all there is is a limitedly destructive and extreamly interactive envirement around you. what you do with what you have is up to you. nothing in the envirement glows to show you it can reacted with, because everything is interactive. you could, for example, tie the rope to a high up area, use the drill to drill a hole through the bowling ball, tie the end of the rope to the bowling ball, prop this swingy bowling ball thing you made with another rope so that if you were to cut this rope the contraption would swing like a flail toward the crab, but this would not be enough to knock down this meme of a beast. so you tie one knife to your grappling hook, and the other to the skate board. you tie the bottle rocket to the knife as well, making some sort of rocket propelled knife. with preperations complete, you rush down to the enemy crab, light your knife rocket thing, let it loose on the crab to hurt its balance, and at the same time shoot your grapling hook knife combo at the rope holding up the bowling ball swingy thing, causing it to hit the crab as the knife rocket hits it, knocking it down. or an infinite number of other possibilities, however you want. you buy stuff, and use it creative ways to get past problems.
leave feedback and your own genre ideas!!!
