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[gameplayer5]

If I was a game maker...My game would be an RPG,with the story kind of like this:You are a wingless angel who suddenly fights and incredibly powerful demon.Of course,you can't beat him.Once he kills you in one hit,a friend suddenly appears and teleports you to safety,while he takes on the unbeatable guy.You wake up in a strange town,meet a couple of girls who helped you out,and then you go on some crazy adventure going around beating up bad guys,killing bosses and stuff.Along the way,you meet two other people who join you on your adventure,and eventually you meet up with your old friend,who turns out to be under mind-control by someone,or something.You beat him up,and thenn you continue on your way.You meet that unbeatable guy again,you fight him and lose.Your old friend shows up again,and heals you,then weakens that guy making him beatable now.You fight him,and he dies.He suddenly revives,RANDOMLY takes one of your characters(except the angel one)and kills said person,turning himself into a final boss kind of thing.You beat him,the place starts collapsing,your friend teleports everyone to safety(The town you started out from)and uses his life energy to revive the killed party member.You celebrate,yet mourn for your dead friend.The End.Of course,this is the story in a nutshell.combat will be like Grandia:It's real-time,but the moment it's someone's turn,everything pauses so you can take your time choosing what to do.Random battles will also be here,but there's a special item that turns it off.Well that's all I can think up.

[Chrishel]

I was thinking about how my job (Engineer in a manufacturing plant) is like a video game but not nearly as much fun (who want's to work?!?!) and how many games I've played are actually very similar but not nearly as complicated.So here's the premise not in any order:Keep the production people happy to increase output Work on R&D (look at Competitors products and take ideas you like and mash them into a product) Build equipment to make productSet up assembly line to maximize product outputSet up marketing costs, advertising, marketing venuesSet price for productPurchase raw materials for product (deal with fluctuating prices)Deal with random events (equipment breakdowns, strikes, product failures, unhappy customers, etc.)Balance overhead costs, taxes, profit, investmentsDeal with product life cyclesSounds a lot like a cross between a coffee stand game I've played (can't remember the name) and Diner Dash/Cake Mania. Except more complicated with more business and real-life thrown in.