Online Single Player

[Hat of Controversy]

I just had an interesting idea for a game!

Imagine a game where it had the basic formula and framework of your standard single player game - You travel through levels, accomplish tasks and missions, fight bosses at the end of those levels, etc, etc - BUT, in this game, the enemies and obstacles could be played by other people online?

For example - You reach the boss of a level, and instead of fighting a computer controlled boss, it were being controlled by someone online. Or the online players can take the place of the regular enemies spread throughout the levels and try to subdue the player that way. Stuff like that.

You could, of course, just play the regular single player, without online interference, if you wanted.

I just thought it was kind of a neat idea. Imagine playing Super Mario Galaxy online, and you were fighting a player controlled Mario or Luigi while you are playing as Bowser? I think it would be neato...

 

[Dont Fear The Reaper]

Demon's Souls.

 

[Hiphophippo]

Demon's Souls.

There is this, yes.

However I'm not sure you've thought this idea of yours all the way through. This sounds like good times for the single player but awfully bored times for everyone else. I guess the player playing the boss just sits and waits until someone gets to him?

 

[siffty]

mirrors edge but that was more of a time trial thing

 

[Ironic Pirate]

This sounds really cool. Maybe the reason you control an enemy is because you died in your game, and toget your life back your "team"has to defeat the player. If you were the one to kill them, you can come back as a boss next time you fail. Kinda like Demon's Souls.


Anyway, this is a really good idea you have here Tootmania, I would definitely buy this game.

 

[Hat of Controversy]

Demon's Souls.

There is this, yes.

However I'm not sure you've thought this idea of yours all the way through. This sounds like good times for the single player but awfully bored times for everyone else. I guess the player playing the boss just sits and waits until someone gets to him?

Well you wouldn't be stuck with only a SINGLE enemy to play as. It'd be kind of like playing as the infected in the L4D games. When you die, you just wait a few seconds and can respawn as a different enemy depending on the area the main player is in.

 

[ultrachicken]

BUT, in this game, the enemies and obstacles could be played by other people online?

Have you heard of Brink? I suggest you look it up.
It's an FPS with online play, but instead of you're standard matchmaking system they pit teams of human players in opposing sides of a campaign mission.