To kill a game

First topic message reminder :

I've been thinking about killing my game "Diamond Quest" for several reasons:

Not well planned
hardly anybody plays
I've no idea how to finish it off

What I want to do is kill this game and replace it with something else of the same gamplay, i.e. a platformer.
However this time I want to do it based on a "theme" that is well known, like my Metal Sonic game which has become a success for me, it was based on the popular sonic series, where as Diamond Quest was just something random.

So here was what I was thinking: "Virtual Homer".

Basically it's Homer Simpson going through several gaming themes such :

Tetris
Pacman
Super Mario land (several ideas here)
Sonic

What I want to try here is to combine the humour of homer with the gameplay of different gaming themes, for instance Homer flying through space defeating viruses from dr.mario, etc.

However, I want to expand ideas further than just these four, (or any oher I can come up with).

So any ideas?

Whoa Whoa....Now hang on just a sec!
What do ya mean three more characters?
What the heck are you up too?

To get a truly great character you make up five and pick a favourite.

I meant...

CarnivorousA wrote:I want three more characters.

Why?

And anyway why not choose all 5 instead of just picking 1?

Because that way you've got the best one, and you can mix and match the ideas from other characters if you want.

But Why should just pick one, If I Created a character I would done so for a reason.

You can always use the other ones for other stuff. It's a good method, beleive me.

It would depend on how feasible you actually see yourself making this game.

btw this topic made me lost the game.

Ha! I lost the game less than 30 minutes ago so it doesn't work on me

Ah ah ah ah ah!*wags finger*
I ain't having none of that on my topic.

Ok so MAYBE you have a point Carny but we'll just see how it goes.
Any other ideas?

What's the game going to be?

..................I don't know!
I was tossed about completely about the characters and ideas I just ccompletly forgot!
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.............................Well......I did always want to try my own version of one of the Thunder force games, NOBODIES done it before because nobodies ripped any sprites from the series...maybe I should give that go?

You could, just don't copy it too well, or it will have no originality in the gameplay.

OK, just be sure has anybody played any of the thunder force games?
It's just that other wise if you haven't you may not have a clue what I'm on about.

For instance:
I may think about basing this game between the events of thunder force 5 and 6 where the pilot of the ship RVR-02 Vambrace self destructed it in order to prevent any further threats to the human race.
Now in this game you would pilot either the FIRE LEO-04 Rynex or the FIRE LEO-03 Styx (I haven't decided yet) as a part of a search party looking for the missing Rynex craft that was discovered by the humans in Thunder force 5, during this you will encounter the Part Orn Faust fleet that was to invade earth (This invasion would act as the 1st "wave" of the invasion, in the game thunder force 6 that would be the 2nd "wave").

So did anybody catch that?

So it's a scrolling shooter?

ah ha......why?
Do you think I may be overdoing it with the scrilling shooters?
It's just I Really like them!