Help me chose a theme

[Wisakejak]

Hello. I'm looking to make a new project, a fighting game, and can't decide which theme to chose.
I'm currently choosing between:
-Toys Setting
-Fantasy Setting
-Futurama (like the show)
If you have a new idea, feel free to suggest, or just tell me which one of these three do you think is better?

[SNAPCRACKLEANDPOP2]

At 9/14/14 12:16 PM, Wisakejak wrote: Hello. I'm looking to make a new project, a fighting game, and can't decide which theme to chose.
I'm currently choosing between:
-Toys Setting
-Fantasy Setting
-Futurama (like the show)
If you have a new idea, feel free to suggest, or just tell me which one of these three do you think is better?

Fantasy setting. It sounds most interesting, and you could probably do the most with it.

[Viper]

What about a fantasy/future filled with steampunk knights, dragons, and wizards?

[AtlasTheGaurdian]

Please make the theme about gays and heteros. Im aiming to piss off a certain clown that I know.

[Kwing]

At 9/14/14 12:16 PM, Wisakejak wrote: Hello. I'm looking to make a new project, a fighting game, and can't decide which theme to chose.

Why not do all three? I would love some kind of weird patchwork thing like Twisted Metal or Kingdom Hearts, where supernatural forces draw a bunch of very different characters together. It would be pretty dope having a bunch of creepy possessed macabre toys fighting angels and demons with Bender making a random cameo.

[koopahermit]

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[Cyberdevil]

How about a DooM theme? A fighting game with all the foes from that franchise... would be awesome! :D

[Galneda]

At 9/14/14 12:16 PM, Wisakejak wrote:
-Toys Setting
-Fantasy Setting
-Futurama (like the show)

Everyone is going to project their ideas into the suggestion bar...so you're going to get a mish-mash of a bunch of different shit that are wildly different from one another.

Take a step back for a second...what would YOU like to see in a fighting game?
With that in mind...has it been done before? Like, has it been done TO DEATH?...if so, what could you do to make it different?

If it hasn't been done before, then you need to jump on that shit and DO IT before it becomes a million dollar kickstarter project that's buttfucking the indie game scene.

I look at the idea of a Toy Fighting game with indifference, if nothing else but for the reason that the first word that comes to mind is "childish." I think of Pixar's Toy Story, I see bright and colorful things....

...but if done with a creativity and imagination, you could have a really cool idea on your hands...

...Like, "Ohh, I'm going to make a fighting game with clay animation figures." and just the idea sounds laughable...but it happened and it was a really popular game back in the day. Clay fighters. It kinda came out of left field and it didn't even do anything horribly new or innovative with fighting games, but it left a memorable impression because of its STYLE.

So you gotta think about your presentation... set the tone; WHO IS YOUR AUDIENCE? Is that target demographic the EXCLUSIVE target audience you're aiming for, or will it be accessible to a wide range of ages and personal tastes?

The Futurama game idea, fuck that, be original. Even with the Fantasy fighting game, just make sure you're not straight up lifting from Tolkien or Warhammer/Warcraft.

Be creative. Be original. Be imaginative. Make it yours!

[Radaketor]

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Actually this would probably give you a high rating, OP.

[Galneda]

And for the record, "One day my toys came to life, and they did a thing" is one of the laziest, entry-level "my first story" premises around...but with a little imagination and creativity, you can reinvent the premise by making it tongue-in-cheek and funny and charming, or dark and gritty with ominous undertones like "THEY ARE THE SPIRITS OF THE GOLEM, ENCHANTED WITH THE FLOPPIDOOK OF ARCHEON, CAST OUT BY THE SORCERESS HURK MADURK." I don't know.

Like, keep in mind that the whole Toys Coming to Life and Beating the Shit Out of Each Other thing has been done. Without a word of dialogue, that's actually the premise for the very first Super Smash Bros 64...in the intro, they're trophies in a toy chest. Master Hand grants them life, and eh, they fight. No real motivation other than they're possessed I guess. You beat Master Hand as a boss, and they fall into the abyss, turn back into a Trophy/Toy, and sit there illuminated by a spotlight to capitalize on their lonely lifelessness.

No effort in story-telling, no dialogue, it had bullshit for character motivation, and NO ONE CARED. It was a best selling game that's spawned sequels that were more popular than the last.

Get creative with it. Make it yours!