IfthenLabs.com wants to reach out to the community and get feedback on what types of games people are interested in. We have several game ideas in mind and new technology to play with. We would appreciate if you rank the following items from 1-5 (with 1 being your top choice). Additional feedback is welcome. 3d RPG RTS Zombie Game (fresh mayhem) Simple platformer Tower Defense
1. Simple platformer (old school platformer would be nice ) 2. 3d RPG (always welcome ) 3. Zombie Game (there are already too much of them) 4. RTS (same like zombie games) 5. Tower Defense (same like zombie game)
1. Simple platformer. Simple and unique. Something new. There are many really good platformers out there but all are very different in a way. 2. 3D RPG. Personally, I don't enjoy 3D console-esque games on the iphone due to poor control systems. Making one is porbably really hard as well. But I'm sure if you make a good, real RPG (not like Ravensword, which is a good game none the less) with depth, it will be well received. 3.Zombie Game. For lack of a better option, mainly. Since it's so vague it could be anything. I much rather prefer a simple, quick zombie game with nice (not realistic) graphics. 4. RTS. I wouldn't go with this option because there are many RTSs released already and many of them are really good, but still obscure. Also probably will take a long time to make as well. 5. Towerdefense. Too much competition .
3d RPG (only if good) RTS (need more of these as well as TBS) Simple platformer (like?) Zombie Game (only if scary) Tower Defense (too many)
This is really great feedback. Please keep it coming. We don't want to bias the results by commenting just yet - but we're listening intently.
1. RPG 2. Platformer 3. Zombie 4. Tower defense 5. RTS I don't have anything against RTS's, but I think TBS's work better on the iPhone.
Something else Simple platformer 3d RPG (only 3 because RPG is the more complicate game to do and if your team isn't dedicated to the genre at the start I don't believe much in the result, and you would not ask if your team was) Tower Defense (few chance I buy if it hasn't a strong originality) Zombie Game (fresh mayhem) : That is very vague, zombie game can be many different thing, or perhaps "fresh mayhem" has a signification hidden for me. RTS : Never.
1. RTS - My favorite genre (Starcraft 2 rules!!), and the app-store is rather lacking in this genre. Make something like Stronghold, Dominion, Starcraft, or something of the like. 2. Simple platformer - Love simple platformers. I'm loving Frogatto right now. The app-store could really use more platformers. 3. 3d RPG - Crescent Moon is making Ravensword 2 and helping Galoobeth Games create Aralon: Sword & Shadow, and Quantum Squid is creating a WoW-like RPG... all these games are 3D RPG's but that doesn't mean we can't have more! 4. Zombie Game (fresh mayhem) - I'm quite tired of this trend of games, but if you create something incredibly unique and awesome, then I'll support! 5. Tower Defense - There's plenty of Tower Defense games... but if you make an online tower defense game (like the ones on Warcraft 3 Battle.net) which includes multiplayer then that will be awesome!!
@Qordobo: No hidden meaning by "fresh mayhem". We know the genre is pretty saturated - we just want to indicate that we have some fresh ideas there.
Then put it number 1 in my list, fresh idea is alway more appealing. Now the problem is that the gameplay quality follows and fit the fresh ideas but that's another point.
1. RTS (I think TBS is actually better, there aren't really any that give me the experience like Advanced Wars.) 2.3d rpg 3.Simple Platformer 4.Tower Defense (Too many.) 5.Zombie game (Not fond of them, there are WAYYYY to many.)
1. 3d RPG: it's rare to find one, more rare to find a good one. 2. RTS: yeah there were many RTS games, but if only count good ones, it's still very few. 3. Simple platformer NO-NO: Zombie Game (fresh mayhem) and Tower Defense: Too much of them, and some were really good already.