game idea: Antikythera

DutchMarco · Sun 21/01/2007 12:37:07

Here's a cool topic I read about in a sciemtific mag: Antikythera.. A group of divers discovered, in 1901 just by the coast of the island of Antikythera, an ancient Greek contraption which is probably the world's first computer. made of brass cogs etc. (picture Indy FoA-images with this story) It appears to be an astronomical device, housing all the astronomical knowledge of the era, it helps the user calculate the trajectory of the sun (after all, earth was the centre of the galaxy).

This immediately sprung to my mind as a cool game concept. Like Indy: Fate of Antikythera or something of the like.

For more information/inspiration, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antikythera_mechanism

If only I had the capacity to make a game as good as I can picture this idea deserving...

Is anyone else inspired by this?

(Sorry if this kind of thread is unwanted, I've been away from the AGS-community for a while, and not exactly for making my own earthshatteringly good game)

m0ds · Sun 21/01/2007 13:18:20

I remember reading an article about that on the BBC, it was interesting. I can see your point that it might make a good basis for a game. I'm sure if Cryo still existed they would have made a first person point & click of it