What novel should they make into a game?
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By World War, do you mean the North vs South or the Alien Invasion World War series. Personally, the United States verse Confederacy World War series would be great.kevinsux909 said:
Why bother making a whole game out of that series when you could just take 10 hits of acid?plugav said:
Speaking of multiverses. Castle Perilous would make a good game. Although, so few have heard of this series cause of various periods it's been out of print (back in print now and available as an e-book). It's about an incredibly huge castle that was magically created by imprisoning a demon in the form of the castle. So the demon is the castle. Portals open to 144,000 different worlds. Some worlds based on magic and some on science. Magic doesn't work in science worlds and your iPod won't work in magic worlds.
It'd make a good metroidvania game where you have to explore to unlock new abilities in your characters which would allow you to solve the games puzzles and access new areas. It'd also make pretty good old-school point and click adventure.
I basically meant either, worldwar always makes me think of the alien series, so I say TL-191 for the North vs. SouthSpade Lead said:
I see your point. Trying to adapt a novel into a game would be incredibly clunky, but only if you're trying to retell the story of the novel in the video game format. If you're just borrowing the setting, then you could easily make a good game. Westeros is a great setting for a strategy game. Drizzt would also make a great video game character, but you'd need to create a new story just for that game. As battle heavy as the Drizzt books are, his body count is nowhere near the 30,000+ deaths you find in your average video game.Ashcrexl said:
This has actually happened. As a kid I remember having an interactive story-type thing that most definitely also qualified as a game. It was the best thing in the world at the time.Eric Huntinton said:
This has also happened, I've got the game sitting next to me right now. Discworld Noir, a point-and-click detective story. Heck, it's even similar to Fable. 1996 Fable that is. What? They're both point-and-click! I believe there's actually more than one, but I'm far too tired at the moment to try and hunt them down (read: Google's throwing a hissy-fit for me).G-M0N3Y said:
And OT: Michelle Paver's Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series. That world just seems to hold a lot of potential for a semi-open world game, allowing you freedom to wander as you please mostly, but with an overall guide that prevented you from straying too far from your goals.
Catch 22. Imagine a military flight sim type game where you spend the entire time trying to find ways to get out of the missions/quests you're given.
I think the redwall series could lend their lore quite well into an rpg series or even a MMO
not gonna happen though as the Author hates computers
could get picked up as a game as well
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
not gonna happen though as the Author hates computers
start crossing your fingers then as there is a world war Z movie that started production this month (brad pitt is playing the part of Max Brooks)sketch_zeppelin said:
could get picked up as a game as well
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/
Dune(yeah they have made some for it before but they were shite) it could start with Dune, or go Prequel and hit up the Machine crusade, Butlerian Jihad, and Battle of corrinth for a really awesome space FPS/RPG.
if they go with dune proper it would be a little GTA meets red faction4.
if they did children thru God emperor it would be a mix of ME and DA.
The Wheel of time Series as a whole would make awesome games(hurry the eff up with the last book dammnit)
Sphere would be cool but more mass effecty than anything else
Oh a proper pirate game, Mad Morgan is an awesome book and would be a kick ass game( and i will fucking murder the dev team if they cast johnny depp as the va for morgan)
if they go with dune proper it would be a little GTA meets red faction4.
if they did children thru God emperor it would be a mix of ME and DA.
The Wheel of time Series as a whole would make awesome games(hurry the eff up with the last book dammnit)
Sphere would be cool but more mass effecty than anything else
Oh a proper pirate game, Mad Morgan is an awesome book and would be a kick ass game( and i will fucking murder the dev team if they cast johnny depp as the va for morgan)
Chronicles of Prydain, which most of you probably know for The Black Cauldron movie based off the first two books. They're children's books and therefore very short. There's also scenes that could be drawn out into long levels. Like when Taran is escaping from a cell through a labyrinth of tunnels. Boom! That's a level.
You might have to change a few things here and there to make the story fit with the game, but not too much. If you need to pad things to make it longer, then you can switch perspectives. Gurgi sometimes is off by himself and the book doesn't explain in detail what he was up to.
I think this would work best like a platformer type game like Jak & Daxter.
You might have to change a few things here and there to make the story fit with the game, but not too much. If you need to pad things to make it longer, then you can switch perspectives. Gurgi sometimes is off by himself and the book doesn't explain in detail what he was up to.
I think this would work best like a platformer type game like Jak & Daxter.
They should make my novel into a game! (Oh wait, I'm already doing that)
But in all reality, I think the deltora quest books would be interesting as a game...
But in all reality, I think the deltora quest books would be interesting as a game...
To be honest, I've only read the first book and a part of the second, neither of which is particularly trippy. And I thought about making it into a game, because it reminded me of a game I've already played, namely Magic: The Gathering.irrelevant83 said:
By the way, that Castle Perilous suggestion of yours sounds pretty fun.
The series isn't trippy in the sense that the plot is hard to follow, but I can't help but feel like Zelazny was really high when he came up with the idea, which is why I love it so much. I've never done LSD, I just really like weird stuff. When Corwyn is traveling through Shadow, I can't help but imagine the sky turning different colors and the grass turning blue and purple while his car turns into a horse and carriage.plugav said:
The best way I could imagine approaching an Amber game, besides the text adventure from back in the late 80s, would be Soul Reaver. You could switch between worlds that are slightly different from each other. The pillar you're standing on is taller in one world, the solid wall in front of you has a door in another.
Man, I get ninja'd on nearly every thread I read on here... Too many great minds I think...F-I-D-O said: