Idea Feedback Please

chris3spice

I've been tossing around a few ideas for games, I thought of one I think I'd like. It's a mix of Hearthstone and Pokemon.

You'd catch a Pokemon (I'm calling them that cause I haven't come up with a name yet) in an amulet...

In battle though, you'd be able to have only three Pokemon and they are all on the field at once.

You'd then draw five cards which all have Pokemon moves on them. To do a move you have to use a card that would have the Pokemon move on it. You'd pick the card and Pokemon to use the move. Then you'd pick the target. To draw anymore cards you have to use a move or discard a move card.

You would also have an item slot that you could use during the round. Once you use an item though it would have a price that locks out the use of items for X amount of turns. So low potions you could use every other turn but a Super Potion would lock the item use for three or four turns.

I was also thinking of having it be perma-death so if you lost a Pokemon you'd have to go re-catch one.

newmodels

Perma-death would be annoying.

cybereality

Honestly, I thought about making a game where you only get one chance to play. It would be around an hour or two, like a movie, and there are no continues or extra health. Anyone and everyone can die, and that's it. It would be hardcore, but I think the stress levels would be insane if you got to the end of the game and you knew there were no continues. But it might be too much for people.

In terms of your idea, I think you are thinking too low level right now. Think about the basic gameplay first. The aesthetics of the art, and what emotions you want to convey. What does it feel like to play the game? Not the whole game, just a single moment, like the best moment of the game. Focus on that feeling. Then the specifics of the strategy can be worked out from there.

duane

I think I'd prefer permanent death of the pokemon. You can have three at a time anyway.

chris3spice

@cybereality said: Honestly, I thought about making a game where you only get one chance to play. It would be around an hour or two, like a movie, and there are no continues or extra health. Anyone and everyone can die, and that's it. It would be hardcore, but I think the stress levels would be insane if you got to the end of the game and you knew there were no continues. But it might be too much for people.

In terms of your idea, I think you are thinking too low level right now. Think about the basic gameplay first. The aesthetics of the art, and what emotions you want to convey. What does it feel like to play the game? Not the whole game, just a single moment, like the best moment of the game. Focus on that feeling. Then the specifics of the strategy can be worked out from there.

I'm sadly very very bad with emotions as I am a emotionally stunted person. I just play games to kill time I don't get into story or anything just if I like the gameplay I play it to get away from life. I just like the idea of something that combines randomness like card game and yet some strategy of pokemon and catching and collecting things.

fire7side

@chris3spice said:

I'm sadly very very bad with emotions as I am a emotionally stunted person. I just play games to kill time I don't get into story or anything just if I like the gameplay I play it to get away from life. I just like the idea of something that combines randomness like card game and yet some strategy of pokemon and catching and collecting things.

I like story, but I like to get the technicalities of game play out of the way first. Game play is number one. It's not a movie. Stories add interest and keep people playing longer, but if you don't have a part to play in it, you will lose interest fast. No matter what the game play is. I like cards in fights. It gives a little more randomness. It's pretty boring if you know all the attacks you will have. I think they add a lot. The pokemon I have no idea because I have never played it. Anyway, myself I would start with the fights and expand out.

chris3spice

@fire7side said:

@chris3spice said:

I'm sadly very very bad with emotions as I am a emotionally stunted person. I just play games to kill time I don't get into story or anything just if I like the gameplay I play it to get away from life. I just like the idea of something that combines randomness like card game and yet some strategy of pokemon and catching and collecting things.

I like story, but I like to get the technicalities of game play out of the way first. Game play is number one. It's not a movie. Stories add interest and keep people playing longer, but if you don't have a part to play in it, you will lose interest fast. No matter what the game play is. I like cards in fights. It gives a little more randomness. It's pretty boring if you know all the attacks you will have. I think they add a lot. The pokemon I have no idea because I have never played it. Anyway, myself I would start with the fights and expand out.

Thanks, I guess I'll try to make a trainer battle to try it out and then see if I can come up with a story of some sort along the way other than catch all the Pokemon.

SuperDoomKing

You could just give the players a choice whether or not they want perma death. With perma death mode, while more difficult, has better rewards after each battle.

cybereality

I liked what they did in Hellblade. It was technically permadeath (at least they said that in the start of the game) but they gave you enough tries that it was pretty difficult to die. So if you died, the screen would turn slightly red (and stay that way for the rest of the game) and there was some visual damage. This made it very intense, because you never knew when would be your last death as there was no HUD. But I died I think 3 times and was still able to beat the game.