Ideeas needed for tycoon-like games

[Dan_N]

Hello.

I'm currently working on a collection of tycoon-like games and I require some help thinking up some domains of life in which to set them.
The collection is called "Dan N.'s CybText Simulation Collection" and contains games using text-only graphics, but that are very simple to understand and play as they will contain full mouse control support, tutorials and scenarios and/or campaigns. The interface will be mostly button-driven.
I'm currently working on the first entry: "Cyb Theme Park" which, I know, isn't original, but it'll have it's own "thing".
So anyway, please help.
I don't whant you to make my game, just give me an ideea from where to start.
K?


Erm...
You're probably wondering what "cyb" means. Well I'm not tellin'! Ha!

[m0ds]

Cyb fruit and veg shop
Cyb swimming pool
Cyb brothel
Cyb gas station
Cyb cinema
Cyb area 51
Cyb camp site
Cyb festival
Cyb tower
Cyb ant

Well, that was hard

Cyb Iraq
Cyb America
Cyb World Cup
Cyb city
Cyb eria
Cyb eles*
Cyb hospital
Cyb farm
Cyb pizza hut
Cyb web-server
Cyb busses
Cyb trains
Cyb milk delivery

I could go on...and on....and on....and Ariston...

* n. Mythology.
A goddess of nature and fertility in Asia Minor and later in Greece, whose worship was marked by ecstatic and frenzied states.
^
Now that game I would definitely play!

[ManicMatt]

Cyb Supermarket
Cyb Shopping mall
Cyb Game developer/publisher
Cyb Magazine publisher

[Phemar]

Cyb Adventure Game Studio
Cyb Terrorism
Cyb Gymnasium
Cyb Golf Course
Cyb Oil Rig
Cyb Mining Magnate
Cyb Rock Band

Oh, btw: http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/CYB?

or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyb-x010?

or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cefn-y-Bedd_railway_station?

[InCreator]

Many of named exist already.
I recall making text-only cyb brothel on QBasic in 1995 ...

Anyway, here's piece of my (un)creative mind:

Cyb ISP
Cyb Library
Cyb Weapon Factory
Cyb Police
Cyb Internet Portal (Cyb eBay?)
Cyb Warez group (like razor 1911, myth, etc)
  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez )
  Could be cool! Hire crackers, suppliers, couriers, demoscene people, ...worldwide!, bribe police, etc
Cyb Fire depot


Thinking about them, I suddenly feel urge to make a tycoon game!

[HillBilly]

Cyb Warez group (like razor 1911, myth, etc)
  ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warez )
  Could be cool! Hire crackers, suppliers, couriers, demoscene people, ...worldwide!, bribe police, etc

This is a really cool idea. Of course, to have it stand out from all the other Tycoon games could be a challenge.

[m0ds]

Cyb dope wars

Oops! already done .^^

[PsychicHeart]

Cyb Laundromat
Cyb Monkey Trainer
Cyb Library
Cyb Area 51

[Dan_N]

Wow, thanks.

I didn't imagine that much feedback.

Anyway, there are some good ideeas there.
"Cyb Shop" was in my head for some time, but I'm still elaborating the concept. And "Cyb Shop" will contain libraries, coffee shops, any type of shop you can imagine.
There are no bad ideeas, just unusable ones (for example, "Cyb Brothel", geez!).
With "Cyb Warez", I just got a major flash! "Cyb Game Factory", where you make your own games, and spy on other game companies with hackers and you can even sell on the black market cracked games. Wow! Eureka!
"Cyb Oil" is an ideea I was trying to implement a few years back, but I abandoned it. Later I found out that a game about oil has already been made, so sorry.
"Cyb Farm" I've seen, well, all I have to say on that matter is "SimFarm". Crap.
"Cyb Trains", "Cyb Busses" is actually going to incorporated into a "Transport Tycoon"-like game with full fledged graphics called "Transport Richman", but I've yet to get to it.

Ok, thanks for input and just keep on posting, 'cause you never know...

Oh, and by the way, "cyb" comes from "cyber" as in "virtual" or "unreal".

And PLEASE don't anybody steal my ideeas and make these games before me. I'll be so ashamed...  :'(

[Erenan]

You're asking other people to give you ideas, and now you're asking them not to steal them from you?

Cyb Sponge.

[HillBilly]

And PLEASE don't anybody steal my ideeas and make these games before me. I'll be so ashamed...  :'(

I'm sure some of those have already been thought up before, but never made. I recently was asking myself how hard it would be to make a game company tycoon in flash, and there's probably more people than me out there that's done the same. As for shop or train? Both taken, as you mentioned oil and farm was too.

I don't think an unique theme is enough for a successful tycoon game. So instead of worrying that somebody is going to steal your list, I'd concentrate on what is going to make your game stand out, instead of just being another clone.

[Dan_N]

Yes, well, I've played a little Mall Tycoon in my time, but "Cyb Shop" is going all the way, containing malls, regular shops, supermarkets, the works.
As for "trains" as you put, yes, I've also played Railroad Tycoon, albeit only the first game ('cause the second requires 1024x800).
My big problem is the stealing of "cyb" as I concocted years ago, while trying to make, yep you guesses it "Cyb City". Which is in development.

And I assure you that my "cyb" games will be different from the originals, albeit still keeping the original concept.

Anyway, a recap of the ideeas that shall be put into practice after "Cyb Theme Park" in the CybText Collection:
* Cyb Shop
* Cyb Game Company
(not necesarily in that order)

So keep inputing, please...

[R4L]

I have a question. Is this your first game? If so, don't you think this is a little much? It would be great to see it done, yes, but your not overhyping anything are you? 

[Dan_N]

Well, Rap4Life45719po, whatever, no, this is not my first game (as I've completed a few prototypes at various moments in my past) this "collection" will be an ongoing project containing games. I'm not trying to overhype anything, no. Although now that I think about it I maybe am, but by the time I'll finish it, this topic will be long forgotten.

My first official game will be made using AGS, as the collection will contain games made with Borland Pascal.

(little tid-bit: In Space has been cancelled unofficially and a new project is starting to rise which I will finish)

Now, so that people won't notice that, did you know Yahtzee has another final game with Trilby planned?(rumour alert!)

See, that worked!

[Eggie]

Cyberia.

[Radiant]

No, the one that's really needed is...

Cyb Celona!

[m0ds]

LOL, this thread is so stupid.

[Haddas]

Sim Theme Cyb Tycoon

[Radiant]

Well, Rap4Life45719po, whatever, no, this is not my first game (as I've completed a few prototypes at various moments in my past)

In other words, it IS your first game   You are, I hope, aware that properly playtesting and balancing a tycoon-like game would take six months to a year, depending on your experience with that sort of thing? So creating this series would take at least a decade, FYI.

games using text-only graphics
...
My first official game will be made using AGS

Since AGS is heavily graphical, you might want to consider using something else for a pure-text game (I can recommend QuickBasic as performance won't be an issue, or the Windows GDI, or plain ol' Curses)

And PLEASE don't anybody steal my ideeas and make these games before me. I'll be so ashamed...  :'(

Oh noes, I think Will Wright and Peter Molyneux already stole 'your' ideeas!

[Ali]

Radiant's criticisms are all well reasoned, but I do think that a sim game in AGS would be a fun novelty. If you were to attempt something like this I would set aside all notions of a series of games, and choose a small, distinct, manageable project.

Why not a garden or just a vegetable patch?

And if you don't want to rehash old ideas, why not choose an AGS-related concept for your theme? Cyb Christopia, perhaps...?