Lemma Soft Forums

A game idea I will never write because it is a complete troll

Otome game featuring a girl who used to be fat, ugly, and unpopular, who has undergone extensive surgery to make her look totally different. She's re-entering her old school under a new name and trying to get a Fresh Start. Everyone falls all over her wanting to be her friend now that she's gorgeous, including all the hot guys who ignored her previously, and at first it seems like things are going really well and she can start progressing down the path to TRUE LOVE, along with a little gleeful revenge at the people who used to be mean to her.

Only as it goes along, things start getting weird. She has nightmares that slowly turn into daylight hallucinations, mocking gremlins that call out her old/real name, hands that try to grab her. Her love interests begin acting erratically. Yandere tendencies. Showing up in her room in the middle of the night. Carrying on secret conversations and apparently laughing at her behind her back. Things get worse and worse until inevitable bad end (either they kill her, she kills herself, or some other catastrophe happens and she has a nervous breakdown)

After collecting enough bad ends, you finally unlock the choices necessary for the true path, in which you avoid romancing anyone and nothing horrible happens... at which point

_________________
Hanako Games

^Papillon, that's a really cool idea .

Everyone here has awesome ideas haha. Is this used as some kind of storage where you can find it later, or do people just share fun ideas they will never use anyway, in the hope someone else will? I'm really curious, because a lot of times people are protective about their ideas!

_________________

Nanolife | Dev Blog | Pegasi's website | Twitter

...That actually sounds like something I would REALLY enjoy reading. As long as you marketed it the right way I don't think people would be too mad at being 'tricked'.

IIRC the thread was originally supposed to be for sharing ideas that we're not going to use in the hope that someone else will. That's how I tend to use it, at least. I have too many ideas and not nearly enough time.

Sadly whatever I post I tend to get at least *somebody* wanting me to make it. But I really really do have too many things to do.

... that said, at least one thing I posted to this thread somewhere in its existence I have since decided to run with for real... But it's changed a good bit since the original dumped idea and nobody has recognised it. If someone really did try to make a game off the original concept I posted it would STILL come out as a totally different game.

Anything I post here as just an idea is fair game. Feel free to make something of it!

_________________
Hanako Games

At the beginning of this year I had one particular idea. My interest died down quickly, however. It's unlikely this idea will ever come into fruition, so I'm putting this here.

Basically, it's a short simple fictional history scenario. In a fictional world, a dying empire (Byzantine proxy) having lost most of its previous glory and power comes under attack by its nemesis, an Eastern (Seljuk Turk proxy) gathers its strength for one desperate last stand. The player in the role of the to-be-last-emperor is given a very limited pool of resources to do a number of things to prepare for the last battle, like trying to forge emergency alliances, currying favor with the nation's splintered faction and hiring mercenaries.

The battle itself takes place in a "narrated" form, in which you make crucial decisions at key moments. Do you keep your elites as your personal bodyguard so you won't die, or would you send them to support your flanks? Do you try to win the missile duel before sending in your heavier troops, or would you bum-rush the enemy line? And most of all, are you going to be the smart commander and charge your cavalry at the enemy wall of pikes?

Each of these decisions will add up to a "victory point" tally which decides the fate of the Empire - the endings.

It's a good idea for a short game, IMHO, though I realize I don't have the resources to see it to fruition.

_________________
One Province Minor - 120 class variables and still counting!

Because there is no such thing as too many variables.

So my partner and I were brainstorming about our possible story the other day, and since we're both not exactly the greatest writers and we both enjoy slice of life stuff, we got a really grounded and down-to-earth story that we named "Relativity". He chose the name, he thought it'd be interesting since the game focuses on a series of events at the perspective of three different characters and their relationship to each other. (He actually proposed a sci-fi game, but I had to veto it since I personally wasn't feeling it. XD)

Relativity is a game about 3 college students: Drew, Geoff, and Jo. Drew is your naive, sweet, and well-meaning type of guy studying computer science. Geoff is your average hipster-gentleman. He's a political science major who is very cleancut and prim, and his demeanor is very stiff, aloof, and sarcastic. And then Jo is a girl who is outgoing, loud, and a bit on the brash side. She grew up in a family that was male-dominated, and was treated as such until she moved out for school and began developing her more feminine side.

Straightforward, amirite? XD But really the whole idea is to focus on their friendship and family. And think of it very much like (500) Days of Summer, where it's a story about love and friendship, but it's not a love and friendship story. (Yes, I'm that kind of person who is cynical and wants to embed all of my work with that sense of "THAT KIND OF ROMANCE DOESN'T EXIST IN REAL LIFE!!!")

_________________
Portfolio | Tumblr

It looks like you have a pretty solid premise, Cake. Are you ready and willing to write it? Because I'd be interested in a story focused on friendship and family. Relative realism is welcome.

A vague concept: There's been a couple games in the western VN scene where a maid has a significant role. There are a lot of things one can do with a maid character. What types of stories can be written? What sort of angles can be explored? Should there be any realism, or should it just be a fantasy?

That entirely depends on what kind of maid we are talking about here. An idealized and fetishized French maid serving a rich bishonen master in an estate is one thing, a third-world au-pair serving in Europe, the States or the Oil Belt, living under the poverty line and withstanding downright horrible working conditioning order to save up enough money for her family at home is another different thing entirely. I doubt a visual novel that centers around the latter can attract the interest of anyone other than Amnesty International and other human rights activist groups, though it might be an interesting topic to look at from a socio-economic point of view

_________________
One Province Minor - 120 class variables and still counting!

Because there is no such thing as too many variables.

Trolltome: The Game

You're just a lonely troll girl... can you find love? Conquer ALL the bishie trolls.

_________________

Not really checking the forums any more due to time constraints, so if you want to contact me, PM. I'll get a notification and log in.
Also, I've been hit and run posting, which means I don't see many replies. If you want to respond to something I've said, also feel free to PM me.

I've got the sprite for the main character right here:

_________________
One Province Minor - 120 class variables and still counting!

Because there is no such thing as too many variables.

Bunny Jump!
The stat raising bunny jumping competition sim!
Raise a bunny to jump! Compete against other people!
Not to mention DRAMA! Yes! The drama of... other angry bunny jumpers?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNPOdffkkLo

_________________

Not really checking the forums any more due to time constraints, so if you want to contact me, PM. I'll get a notification and log in.
Also, I've been hit and run posting, which means I don't see many replies. If you want to respond to something I've said, also feel free to PM me.

Talk about your plotbunnies... (insert muted trumpet sound effect here)



Alternate takes:
1) You are training people for an athletics competition. At least one of them is a bunny girl. This could be a lazy setup for a harem story or raising simulation, but it seems like a simple plot for a story that's not weighted down by complexity or drama.

2) You *are* a bunny girl. Your goal: win an athletics competition. This offers a lot more possibilities. Could be a simple story, though it could be a self-raising sim, similar to Spirited Heart. Could include romance options and/or fanservice.

(Aside: thanks to the Bunnygirl Heroine tag on VNDB, I found one instance of an NSFW visual novel in which the heroines were originally rabbits.)

Please make it Bunny-Girl Jump! Moe-moe kyuuun! Or even better, Loli bunny girls (>O<)

_________________
"Double the princesses, quadruple the fun!" - Haken Browning (SRW-OG Endless Frontier)

DeviantArt Account
MoeToMecha Blog (under construction)
Lolicondria Blog (under construction) <- NSFW

... panda-kun, you think up of the most weirdest, if not craziest, ideas.


Bunny jumping sounds nice, though.

_________________

Soul and Heart |Twin Faces [NaNoRenO] | my deviantART account | Lion Box Studio's update and development blog

New idea!

What about a game based on Napoleon's invasion of Russia, where you try to avoid falling prey to General Winter, scorched-earth warfare and not lose 400000+ men in one campaign?

_________________
One Province Minor - 120 class variables and still counting!

Because there is no such thing as too many variables.