Next project poll!

I'm ready to start my next project, was wondering what the community thought about the following in terms what might generate the most interest / sales...

1. The worlds first FPS! (First Person Sokoban).
2. Remake of an obscure but HUGELY addictive shoot-em-up, Space Hiway
3. A clay pidgeon type shooting game
4. A 3d worm game

5. Monkey Tennis (© Alan Partridge)

Seriously - none of the above. IMHO.

lol @ Monkey Tennis ;)

1. Dunno what Sokoban is.
2. Don't think shoot-em-ups sell very well - there're loads out there.
3. Could be interesting. I loved the clay pigeon shooting in Hyper Sports. Don't think it's much of a game on it's own, though.
4. I am/was working on a 3D snake/worm game so whatever you do don't do this!!! :P

[edit] OK, I've just looked up what Sokoban is. There are loads of these type of puzzlers about, too, so I wouldn't recommend doing another version, personally.

P.S. What happened to qoob?

0) Qoob

Also a clay pidgeon one would be fun, but don't expect people to buy it as I'm sure the sort of people that would find it fun don't really spend money (i.e. me :-)), they just look for freeware games.

-1) None of the above.

What GfK said.

How about a PC version (updated) of M.U.L.E ?

Actually, I had a pretty neat (I think) and novel idea for a vert scrolling smup, the other day. Just came to me out of the blue. I may give it a try... one day.

Here's some great ideas:-

1) Pass the Parcel
2) Margaret Thatcher's Bongo Drum simulator
3) Bukkake Wars : Escape from the Dairylea cheese triangles

Who had the Terry Wogan MMORPG game idea?

Why did I think that I might get some sensible responces - silly me.

big10p - qoob is coming have no fear - just wanted a samller project to do at the same time. Any sneak previews of your 3d snake game - email me direct.l Maybe there's room for 2!

A friend of mine spoke to me recently about wanting to remake Space Highway. Or something very similar anyway. I didn't think it would be particularly popular ( but what do I know? My best selling game is girls in short skirts bowling :/ ) It looks like the most promising of your suggestions though, as you'd likely get some retro interest in that.

Boiled: I haven't got as far as any game code, only feasibility test code to see if I can do things quickly enough. I can, but the actual game idea hasn't fully formed yet. I have some neat/unique ideas that I have yet to form into a proper game. It's frustrating as the 3D snake code looks pretty cool. :)

I may post some demo code soon to ask for help/ideas of how to progress.

If you're going to flog it then you're asking the wrong user base :).

Me or Boiled?

Banshee,

I think you are right. In the past all my projects have been for my own amusement. SPace Hiway will certainly not sell (IMHO) I was just wondering.

Hell I'm glad I'm not doing this to make a living just my own sick enjoyment spending months creating something only for people to criticise it - ho hum.

None of the choices seem to be particularly appealing, but I guess it all depends on the implementation. Since, as you say, you're only doing it for your own amusement you should pick the project that you feel the most excited about.

Why don't you tool build. I quite enjoy building tools. Look what took you along time in your last project and see if you can build a tool or function lib to help you.