I got to thinking about this the other day. A free roaming, or even linear game with Steampunk as the central theme would be awesome. It lends itself so well because you could have all these zany gameplay elements and gadgets and they'd be totally believable because of the universe they were set in.
Imagine having a huge sprawling Victorian Londonesque city. It could be in it's own "world" so you wouldn't have to bother with our history and stuff. For the main character, let's say you're a private detective. You're hired by some woman to find out why her husband was killed. It all turns out in the end that he worked on some super secret weapons program (all of which would be steam powered, of course.)
You have this enormous city or several cities that you can visit and explore. There could be many ways of getting around, from steam powered car type creations to more wacky things like that steam wheel motorcycle thing in Steamboy. There could be massive trains that work like bullet trains but run on steam, special guns that work on steam (but aren't the pew pew kind, but more a BOOOOOM kind.)
Maybe you could also get around with steam powered gadgets, like some kind of spring heeled shoe (in a reference to Spring Heeled Jack...the legend not the book.) You could have airships with cannons to defend them with if you so chose (or as the story would require.) You could have massive crazy weapons that required tons of manpower and steam, and have puzzles that revolve around levers and valves.
You could have a huge open world with all these things that you could do even though the story wouldn't require it, just for the heck of it. It wouldn't have to be GTA set in a Steampunk world, either...maybe a little more like Skyrim set in a Steampunk world.
It just seems like it'd work so well. Not just because more people are getting into Steampunk now days, but because it could be an original and interesting experience. The world of Steampunk doesn't have to follow the laws of natural technological evolution. Anything you can think of can be made with enough levers, valves, and steam. The game could be a fun "detective" game or at least hold some of that "class" that some Steampunk settings have, with the characters able to be interesting and fun without having to worry about "the real world."
Does anyone agree? Are there any good Steampunk games? Did you actually read this whole thing? Do you have the ability to make games and want to turn this into a real thing? Will our heroes survive? Can Batman outwit...oh. I got carried away.
Imagine having a huge sprawling Victorian Londonesque city. It could be in it's own "world" so you wouldn't have to bother with our history and stuff. For the main character, let's say you're a private detective. You're hired by some woman to find out why her husband was killed. It all turns out in the end that he worked on some super secret weapons program (all of which would be steam powered, of course.)
You have this enormous city or several cities that you can visit and explore. There could be many ways of getting around, from steam powered car type creations to more wacky things like that steam wheel motorcycle thing in Steamboy. There could be massive trains that work like bullet trains but run on steam, special guns that work on steam (but aren't the pew pew kind, but more a BOOOOOM kind.)
Maybe you could also get around with steam powered gadgets, like some kind of spring heeled shoe (in a reference to Spring Heeled Jack...the legend not the book.) You could have airships with cannons to defend them with if you so chose (or as the story would require.) You could have massive crazy weapons that required tons of manpower and steam, and have puzzles that revolve around levers and valves.
You could have a huge open world with all these things that you could do even though the story wouldn't require it, just for the heck of it. It wouldn't have to be GTA set in a Steampunk world, either...maybe a little more like Skyrim set in a Steampunk world.
It just seems like it'd work so well. Not just because more people are getting into Steampunk now days, but because it could be an original and interesting experience. The world of Steampunk doesn't have to follow the laws of natural technological evolution. Anything you can think of can be made with enough levers, valves, and steam. The game could be a fun "detective" game or at least hold some of that "class" that some Steampunk settings have, with the characters able to be interesting and fun without having to worry about "the real world."
Does anyone agree? Are there any good Steampunk games? Did you actually read this whole thing? Do you have the ability to make games and want to turn this into a real thing? Will our heroes survive? Can Batman outwit...oh. I got carried away.
