A survival game?

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  1. Bloodmorphed
    #1 Source
    I'm quite curious... what would be the interest in a survival game for RPGMaker? Has anyone done this before? I imagine someone must have, as survival games are quite popular now. Unfortunately... would you be able to generate stuff the way Minecraft does? Almost endlessly, or at least a good amount. I suppose it could be worth a try. However... how would a turn-based survival game work? Lol... I suppose I could use it to where you can attack without turn-based combat, I've seen that done. 

    Although my main concern is: Interest. While survival games are popular... I'm not too sure about 2D survival games. Not only that random generation could be tricky. I have a system in mind to do it, but tricky indeed. And... well... interesting.
  2. Titanhex
    #2 Source
    A ) There's tons of survival games that are 2D. Don't starve is 2D. Infact a large amount of survival games are 2D.

    B ) The systems actually aren't that complex. You just have to find the right systems and make them work together. RPG Maker can handle any and all of the systems easily. I myself have made a hunger/thirst tutorial available on RMVXAce.net

    C ) I have a survival based game I'm making myself. However the goal isn't simply survival in your surroundings, but domination of those surroundings. It's tricky to get the design to balance out correctly though.

    D ) I have interests in taking the survival engine and adapting it to a village simulator (Harvest Moon/Rune Factory). The two elements may work well together. Your survival and resource gathering skills are essential to the survival of the village and it's people.

    E ) Random generation is easy. Anything with a Random Number Generator can handle random generation just fine. However it is a lot of work, and only exists for replayability.

    F ) Turn based survival is no different from any other battle-integrated survival game. However, I would suggest using an ABS for a survival game.

    That's my input.
  3. Bloodmorphed
    #3 Source
    Thank you for the reply. Much appreciated. Mind if you PM me that tutorial? Or link here, either or.