History or SF

Spiro · Wed 12/05/2004 16:56:51

Hi,
i have some ideas for game but i can't decide wich one to realize first (if any...). One story is placed in medieval age and other is SF in near future. What's your preference? Which setting is more interesting to you?
(Answers like "Whatever you want as long you made it good" are not helpfull)

Privateer Puddin' · Wed 12/05/2004 17:02:02

History for me, never been to keen on sci-fi

SSH · Wed 12/05/2004 17:10:35

How about both, like Micheal Crichton's Timeline book (not the film!)

Why not flesh out both possibilities a bit and see which one you can get more inspired with. At the moment, a four word description of the game doens't give me enough info to decide, as I like both SF and Medival...

Mats Berglinn · Wed 12/05/2004 19:12:55

If you ask me, I say that Sci-fi is even more interresting than history.

Moox · Wed 12/05/2004 21:16:10

!!SPACE KNIGHTS!!
!!STAR SHIP JOUSTING!!

Both

Evil · Wed 12/05/2004 23:07:52

I really like games that show what the world would be like if...

Heh, how about what 500 years from now would be like if electricity was never discovered? Heh, that would be a good one.

Minimi · Wed 12/05/2004 23:45:10

history, with oldtimer cars, in an classic detective-adventure ala... Jack Orlando!!! Sherlock Holmes?!

DragonRose · Thu 13/05/2004 00:36:50

I prefer history games to futuristic games.

ElectricMonk · Thu 13/05/2004 01:00:41

Go with the best of both worlds. There aren't enough steampunk adventures out there.

LordHart · Thu 13/05/2004 01:15:38

You could do a Time Travelling game, and have it so you have to stop an evil dude giving Atomic Bazookas to King Richard the Lionheart before the Crusades... (although, you'd just be ripping off Doctor Who there).

Mr_Frisby · Thu 13/05/2004 01:20:12

I like the idea of games set in the past that have that whole magic skein around them but they also have way over developed technology -
They do some magic protection spell - and then drive off on thier motorized dragon scooter . .

(okay this has never happened but would still be cool)

Spiro · Thu 13/05/2004 08:52:33

I'll try to describe this stories better

Story about history is set in medieval age. It's inspired by the book "Name of The Rose" by Umberto Eco. I wrote about this idea some time ago. Meanwhile i've learned to draw good enough to make atmosphere right.
Main character is called to help solve murders in monastery. But soon he discovers that monastery is hiding dark secrets...
It's not exact copy of Eco's novel. I will take some characters (personalities to be precise) and general atmosphere to my game, anything else is my own scenario.

SF story is set on Earth after genetic wars where land is devastated and remaining people living in isolated tribes. Main character is member of one such tribe... After people in his willage start dying, he will try to find a cure. As he travels, he will find that Earth was different before...

So, that's general idea. I hope you like it.

ElectricMonk · Thu 13/05/2004 09:23:10

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SF story is set on Earth after genetic wars where land is devastated and remaining people living in isolated tribes. Main character is member of one such tribe... After people in his willage start dying, he will try to find a cure. As he travels, he will find that Earth was different before...

Well, that already sounds like an interesting combination of SF and history.

Gonzo · Thu 13/05/2004 15:23:49

The history story sounds slightly more interesting with the mystery and intrigue aspect. But the SF concept could work, it's just whether you could make a devastated environment interesting and not too samey for the length of a game.

Both have a strong objective (solve murders, or find cure) and potentially intriguing settings that, as far as I remember, haven't been done too much before in AGS. My inkling is for the monastery idea because I really love mystery stories in adventure games.

|Alky| · Thu 13/05/2004 17:21:40

Quote from: Spiro on Thu 13/05/2004 08:52:33
SF story is set on Earth after genetic wars where land is devastated and remaining people living in isolated tribes. Main character is member of one such tribe... After people in his willage start dying, he will try to find a cure. As he travels, he will find that Earth was different before...

Fallout 2, anyone? ^_^
But I still like that idea better...

Spiro · Thu 13/05/2004 17:51:58

Quote from: *Commander Alky* on Thu 13/05/2004 17:21:40
Fallout 2, anyone? ^_^
But I still like that idea better...

Oh, that's way this sounds familiar

But i will change brown color to green and that's whole new story.
I'm kiding... I got my idea from two SF books, not from Fallout. Any similiarity is purely coincidental.