Comments on: Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/ A new game idea every week and other ramblings on game design from an upstart game designer. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:12:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers by: Alexis http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-4295 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:54:58 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-4295 it sounds good.. i'm not so sure about the name.. but yeah i agree with chris.. seeing little people with torches would be pretty cool :) maybe they could have smaller monsters for the first few days until you advance to larger, scarier, harder to prepare for monsters! it sounds good.. i’m not so sure about the name.. but yeah i agree with chris.. seeing little people with torches would be pretty cool :) maybe they could have smaller monsters for the first few days until you advance to larger, scarier, harder to prepare for monsters!

]]> Comment on Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers by: Chris http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3513 Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:52:41 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3513 I love this idea, and I'd love to see it turned into a game. Just seeing little villagers with torches running screaming from classic monsters would be worth the price of admission! I love this idea, and I’d love to see it turned into a game. Just seeing little villagers with torches running screaming from classic monsters would be worth the price of admission!

]]> Comment on Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers by: Patrick http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3267 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 01:38:32 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3267 Yes! Why is it that setting traps is so satisfying? Is it the anticipation... waiting for them to go off? Is it that there's a clear investment phase, followed by a potential pay-off phase? I really loved Rampart... especially the distinct phases of building your castle, then trying to destroy your opponents'. There's something deeply "right" about it. Yes! Why is it that setting traps is so satisfying? Is it the anticipation… waiting for them to go off? Is it that there’s a clear investment phase, followed by a potential pay-off phase? I really loved Rampart… especially the distinct phases of building your castle, then trying to destroy your opponents’. There’s something deeply “right” about it.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers by: erik http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3264 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:42:31 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-3264 Sounds a little like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_(computer_game)" rel="nofollow">Myth</a>. Making the interface simple enough to translate to a home console would be interesting. Reminds me also of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populous" rel="nofollow">Populous</a> port to the SNES. I would love to see the part of the game where you consult with the village woodcutters and carpenters and stonecutters and bridgebuilders and y'all engineer &#38; construct <a href="http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mbooby.html" rel="nofollow">traps</a>, à la the Ewok woods battle at the end of Return of the Jedi, or every A-Team episode ever. I want to be able to spend the daylight devoting a team's resources towards rigging the bridge to collapse, spiking tiger pits, cocking the rolling or swinging tree trunks, and armoring the horse-drawn-carriage. It would be totally satisfying to see the traps go off as planned, and totally hilarious if you set 'em off wrong and do damage to your own team. Sounds a little like Myth. Making the interface simple enough to translate to a home console would be interesting. Reminds me also of the Populous port to the SNES.

I would love to see the part of the game where you consult with the village woodcutters and carpenters and stonecutters and bridgebuilders and y’all engineer & construct traps, à la the Ewok woods battle at the end of Return of the Jedi, or every A-Team episode ever. I want to be able to spend the daylight devoting a team’s resources towards rigging the bridge to collapse, spiking tiger pits, cocking the rolling or swinging tree trunks, and armoring the horse-drawn-carriage. It would be totally satisfying to see the traps go off as planned, and totally hilarious if you set ‘em off wrong and do damage to your own team.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #45: Angry Villagers by: tom http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-2853 Tue, 12 Dec 2006 18:45:07 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-45-angry-villagers/#comment-2853 I would buy this game for $50. It would be awesome. I would buy this game for $50. It would be awesome.

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