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Behold my school assignment from a Bungie designer. Comment what you think.
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You are given a $100 Million dollar budget to produce your own game, Who do you hire?
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Behold my school assignment from a Bungie designer. Comment what you think.
Genre: Lord of the Rings RPG
Director: Cory Barlog, Dan Houser
Writer: Neil Druckmann
Artist: Adam Badowski
Composer: Howard Shore
Influences:
– God of War's tight combat and fantastical elements,
– ND's emotional depth and story potential,
– Witcher's art direction with a touch from Cory,
– RDR2's social sim elements and enormous varied world
– Top notch lifelike animation from rockstar, ND, SSM combined
– Howard Shore's Lotr trilogy -like score
Director: Cory Barlog, Dan Houser
Writer: Neil Druckmann
Artist: Adam Badowski
Composer: Howard Shore
Influences:
– God of War's tight combat and fantastical elements,
– ND's emotional depth and story potential,
– Witcher's art direction with a touch from Cory,
– RDR2's social sim elements and enormous varied world
– Top notch lifelike animation from rockstar, ND, SSM combined
– Howard Shore's Lotr trilogy -like score
I'd much rather pay premium price for a finished product without mtx. But whatever it takes to get WC4 out I'd take it ;P
Alright, I like this topic so let's give this another go:
-Genre
Third-person action sci-fi shooter not a million miles from Mass Effect.
-Director
How about Alex Garland? I like how his films have depth to them and I'd want the game to have a lot of tangible atmosphere and downtime rather than all just shooting.
-Writer
How about the two dudes who wrote God of War 2018 with Cory Barlog? Their names are Matt Sophos and Richard Zangrande Gaubert according to my memory, and totally not just copied and pasted from Wikipedia.
-Artist
I'd want the game to be colourful and strange and alien in its art, but I don't know who could best achieve that. I want to say the lead visual effects artist from Annihilation, if that's not cheating? Or maybe someone who worked on Warframe, although I personally don't really like the character art in that game.
-Composer
Paul Leonard Morgan. Wrote the soundtrack to Dredd, and I believe he's already done a few games as well. I think he's a very underrated composer and can do a broad range of genres.
-Sound designer
I don't really know any sound designers in games or film, but I think it's a really important aspect of immersion. Whoever's like the lead sound designer from DICE or Naughty Dog would be a good bet as their games always sound outstanding.
-Gameplay designer
Whoever was responsible for the movement and controls in Metal Gear Solid V, and whoever was responsible for the level design in the recent Hitman games.
So I'm thinking it's a sci-fi game set across a small number of mid-sized planets and it has a mixture of exploration and action, and I would like the alien aspects to see really alien. Not necessarily horrific, but just very strange and unique. There's probably some great examples buried in the various planets of No Man's Sky. I don't really care for the big party lots of sex aspect of Bioware games, but I'd like a small group of characters making their way to uncover a mystery. Maybe it's a smaller part of a larger puzzle that turns out to be galaxy-threatening.
Genre - ARPG(He-Man and the Masters of the Universe)
Director - Cory Barlog
Writer - Chris Avellone
Artist - Joe Madureira
Composer - Hans Zimmer
Somebody make this happen...LOL.
Director - Cory Barlog
Writer - Chris Avellone
Artist - Joe Madureira
Composer - Hans Zimmer
Somebody make this happen...LOL.
Apologies for the bump but I really like this topic idea.
-Genre
First person shooter by Naughty Dog.
-Director
How about Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin, who directed Doom and are currently working on Doom Eternal. They seem to have a good idea of how to make a shooter that has a good balance between modern and retro.
-Writer
I'm not sure plot is too important for the first game, provided you have a fairly well laid-out premise and good world-building. I'll say Amy Hennig as I've always liked her dialogue and writing.
-Artist
The lead artist from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (gorgeous game with big scale) and the lead artist from Bulletstorm (I really like the visuals and scale in that game).
-Composer
I'd get Royal Blood to do an alt-rock soundtrack for it. Lots of noisy guitars and drums.
-Sound designer
The sound design in God of War was superb, so whoever was responsible for that.
-Gameplay designer
Steal some encounter designers from Bungie and summon the inspiration they had around the time of their peak encounter design, Halo Reach.
I'd love to see Naughty Dog tackle an FPS next. I've just finished a re-play of Uncharted: TLL and it has a really nice flowing feel to the controls and fun combat with a lot of emphasis on position versus enemies and keeping on the move. I would like to see something taking inspiration from Half-Life, with a lot of interactivity with things in the environment, as well as the pacing of Titanfall 2 (or, to be fair, Uncharted: TLL) where you're always exploring an idea and then moving on to the next thing. I also think Sony should invest more in FPSs and ND would be the best dev in their line-up to tackle it with something big and new and breathtakingly impressive.
-Genre
First person shooter by Naughty Dog.
-Director
How about Marty Stratton and Hugo Martin, who directed Doom and are currently working on Doom Eternal. They seem to have a good idea of how to make a shooter that has a good balance between modern and retro.
-Writer
I'm not sure plot is too important for the first game, provided you have a fairly well laid-out premise and good world-building. I'll say Amy Hennig as I've always liked her dialogue and writing.
-Artist
The lead artist from Uncharted: The Lost Legacy (gorgeous game with big scale) and the lead artist from Bulletstorm (I really like the visuals and scale in that game).
-Composer
I'd get Royal Blood to do an alt-rock soundtrack for it. Lots of noisy guitars and drums.
-Sound designer
The sound design in God of War was superb, so whoever was responsible for that.
-Gameplay designer
Steal some encounter designers from Bungie and summon the inspiration they had around the time of their peak encounter design, Halo Reach.
I'd love to see Naughty Dog tackle an FPS next. I've just finished a re-play of Uncharted: TLL and it has a really nice flowing feel to the controls and fun combat with a lot of emphasis on position versus enemies and keeping on the move. I would like to see something taking inspiration from Half-Life, with a lot of interactivity with things in the environment, as well as the pacing of Titanfall 2 (or, to be fair, Uncharted: TLL) where you're always exploring an idea and then moving on to the next thing. I also think Sony should invest more in FPSs and ND would be the best dev in their line-up to tackle it with something big and new and breathtakingly impressive.
*Pick up to 2 for each role
-Genre
I pick JRPG. With
-Director
I pick Tetsuya Nomura. To help him along, I'll select Hironobu Sakaguchi. Nomura's a dreamer and THE GUCCH can frame Nomura's narrative tightly. I want all the Nomura bullshit but coherently.
-Writer
I'll take Kazushige Nojima
-Artist
Give me Tetsuya Nomura again. I'll have nobody help him. He's the man.
-Composer
Nobuo Uematsu. THE GOAT. Greatest. Of. All. Time. Period. Let him do this thing.
I want a futuristic SciFi JRPG where you are a clone of the President of the Earth. You the clone, are the good guy. However, there are several clones that are bad and are aligned with the President. The goal is to unravel why this is all happening and what strings are being pulled. I want to go more in depth on this but I'm having a hard time recollecting my thoughts at the moment.
-Genre
I pick JRPG. With
-Director
I pick Tetsuya Nomura. To help him along, I'll select Hironobu Sakaguchi. Nomura's a dreamer and THE GUCCH can frame Nomura's narrative tightly. I want all the Nomura bullshit but coherently.
-Writer
I'll take Kazushige Nojima
-Artist
Give me Tetsuya Nomura again. I'll have nobody help him. He's the man.
-Composer
Nobuo Uematsu. THE GOAT. Greatest. Of. All. Time. Period. Let him do this thing.
I want a futuristic SciFi JRPG where you are a clone of the President of the Earth. You the clone, are the good guy. However, there are several clones that are bad and are aligned with the President. The goal is to unravel why this is all happening and what strings are being pulled. I want to go more in depth on this but I'm having a hard time recollecting my thoughts at the moment.
Genre: Tactical Strategy
Director: Yasumi Matsuno
Writers: Yasumi Matsuno / Hironobu Sakaguchi
Artist: Akihiko Yoshida / Keiichi Okabe
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Just give me fucking final fantasy tactics 2 already
Director: Yasumi Matsuno
Writers: Yasumi Matsuno / Hironobu Sakaguchi
Artist: Akihiko Yoshida / Keiichi Okabe
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto
Just give me fucking final fantasy tactics 2 already
Director:
Kojima
Cage
Writers:
Kojima
Neil Druckmann
For the pure mindfuck mess this would result in.
Kojima
Cage
Writers:
Kojima
Neil Druckmann
For the pure mindfuck mess this would result in.
Genre: social strand simulator
Director: cory barlog
Writer: yoko taro
Artist: Blizzard design
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto and Michael Giaccino
PR: Hideo Kojima
100M would last this team around 6 months.
Director: cory barlog
Writer: yoko taro
Artist: Blizzard design
Composer: Hitoshi Sakimoto and Michael Giaccino
PR: Hideo Kojima
100M would last this team around 6 months.
I don't need $100 million to fill out my dream roster for staff. I already have a list of people I'm actually going after hiring in the future. That said, if money was no problem and I could relocate anybody I wanted to work with?
-Jeff "Yak" Minter
-Omar "Bock" Cornut
-Simon "Stealth" Thomley
-Christian "Taxman" Whitehead
-Bill "Slash000" Stiernberg
-Daniel "Lazygecko" Barlin
-Matt "BigEvilCorp" Philips
-Tiido "TmEE" Priimägi
-"Furrtek"
Make it all work somehow, then sit back and admire the god-like work this team would produce.
-Jeff "Yak" Minter
-Omar "Bock" Cornut
-Simon "Stealth" Thomley
-Christian "Taxman" Whitehead
-Bill "Slash000" Stiernberg
-Daniel "Lazygecko" Barlin
-Matt "BigEvilCorp" Philips
-Tiido "TmEE" Priimägi
-"Furrtek"
Make it all work somehow, then sit back and admire the god-like work this team would produce.
Im gonna buy the rights to garfield and let yoko taro direct it without limitations except it has to star garfield
Genre: Horror
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki
Writer: Yoko Taro
Artist: Masahiro Ito
Composer: Keiichi Okabe
It would probably be a disaster but whatever lol
Director: Hidetaka Miyazaki
Writer: Yoko Taro
Artist: Masahiro Ito
Composer: Keiichi Okabe
It would probably be a disaster but whatever lol
A game by Team Cherry in collaboration with Hideo Kojima. Music composed by Uematsu. Art and graphics by whoever did Ori and the Blind Forest. Any genre that can tell a robust story, except for FPS (nothing against them, just not my personal preference)
I'm playing Death Stranding right now and I'll give that $100million to Kojima and let him go wild.
Producer: Kojima
Director: Kojima
Writer: Kojima/Del Toro colab
Artist: Yoji Shinkawa
Music: whoever in Kojima spotify list, lol
Genre: whatever Kojima/Del Toro want. Hopefully mech action game like Zone of Ender or Pacific Rim
Producer: Kojima
Director: Kojima
Writer: Kojima/Del Toro colab
Artist: Yoji Shinkawa
Music: whoever in Kojima spotify list, lol
Genre: whatever Kojima/Del Toro want. Hopefully mech action game like Zone of Ender or Pacific Rim
I'd hire the guys from Hollow Knight.
If they can make that with 3 guys, imagine what they can do with 3 guys and 50 million €
If they can make that with 3 guys, imagine what they can do with 3 guys and 50 million €
-Genre Action -- DevilMayCry/Bayonetta lane with a Superhero focus
-Director Hideki Kamiya
-Writer (me)
-Artist (cheap labor; I'd invest more into getting experienced programmers)
-Composer Hiroyuki Sawano
-Director Hideki Kamiya
-Writer (me)
-Artist (cheap labor; I'd invest more into getting experienced programmers)
-Composer Hiroyuki Sawano
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Genre: turn based RPG
Director: me
Writer: me
Artist: not sure, I really like the visual style of the first trails in the sky so whoever was behind that.
Composer:Masafumi Takada, Shinji Hosoe, and a single specialty track by Nobuo Uematsu
Director: me
Writer: me
Artist: not sure, I really like the visual style of the first trails in the sky so whoever was behind that.
Composer:Masafumi Takada, Shinji Hosoe, and a single specialty track by Nobuo Uematsu
-Genre: iOS shovelware/Three's clone
-Director: Randy Pitchford
-Writer: David Cage
-Artist: Rob Liefeld
-Composer: Pete Wentz
-Director: Randy Pitchford
-Writer: David Cage
-Artist: Rob Liefeld
-Composer: Pete Wentz
-Genre: Action RPG
-Director: Todd Howard
-Writer: LOL
-Artist: ^^
-Composer: Jeremy Soule
$$$$$$$$$
-Director: Todd Howard
-Writer: LOL
-Artist: ^^
-Composer: Jeremy Soule
$$$$$$$$$
I wanna see Sakaguchi make another game. I loved The Last Story and I'm sad it may be his last console game.
-Genre: JRPG
-Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
-Writer: Whoever writes the Trails in the Sky games
-Artist: Octopath Traveler artists (Wiki lists them as Naoki Ikushima and Mika Iizuka)
-Composer: Yasunori Nishiki
I'd love another take on something similar-ish to The Last Story's overall design, but with the worldbuilding and dialogue of Trails in the Sky games and the comfy small village feeling conveyed by the Octopath Traveler artists and composer.
-Genre: JRPG
-Director: Hironobu Sakaguchi
-Writer: Whoever writes the Trails in the Sky games
-Artist: Octopath Traveler artists (Wiki lists them as Naoki Ikushima and Mika Iizuka)
-Composer: Yasunori Nishiki
I'd love another take on something similar-ish to The Last Story's overall design, but with the worldbuilding and dialogue of Trails in the Sky games and the comfy small village feeling conveyed by the Octopath Traveler artists and composer.
Rob Liefeld would be something I'd check that out. I dunno bout letting Randy direct it tho haha but I guess Borderlands turns out alright and gets free PR from Randy's antics
VERY NSFW, but I have received reports that ThreesCloneR34 is now a thing on Reddit.
Genre - Isometric RPG w/ turn based cover oriented tactical combat akin to X-COM and Shadowrun Returns saga set in the world of Star Trek
Director -Josh Sawyer or Jacob Solomon
Writer - (as lead writers) John Gonzalez or Chris Avellone
Artist - Wesley Burt and Joshu de Cartier
Composer - Dennis McCarthy and Austin Wintory
Director -Josh Sawyer or Jacob Solomon
Writer - (as lead writers) John Gonzalez or Chris Avellone
Artist - Wesley Burt and Joshu de Cartier
Composer - Dennis McCarthy and Austin Wintory
Direction / Design / Programming: Derek Yu, Justin Ma, Matthew Davis and myself.
Writing / Music: Toby Fox.
Artist: Paul Robertson.
I would pay money to work with these people, let alone being given a multi-million budget!
Writing / Music: Toby Fox.
Artist: Paul Robertson.
I would pay money to work with these people, let alone being given a multi-million budget!
Genre: Fighting Game
Director: Me, with some direction from Ken Levine
Producer: Ryota Niitsuma
Developers: Eighting
Artist: Ayami Kojima
Composers: Michiru Yamane and Jeremy Soule collab
Writer: Ken Levine
This sounds jank. But I have $100 million so who cares.
Director: Me, with some direction from Ken Levine
Producer: Ryota Niitsuma
Developers: Eighting
Artist: Ayami Kojima
Composers: Michiru Yamane and Jeremy Soule collab
Writer: Ken Levine
This sounds jank. But I have $100 million so who cares.
Revive Troika, hire key people from Arkane, let them make a first person open world RPG based on Arcanum setting with Dishonored art style.
Lori and Corey Cole to make a sci-fi RPG a la Quest for Glory series.
More RPG and less adventure, but I still want their humor and the different paths to solving problems.
More RPG and less adventure, but I still want their humor and the different paths to solving problems.
-Genre: Turn-based JRPG
-Director: Me
-Writer: Not Me
-Artist: Bill Stiernberg
-Composer: HyperDuck Soundworks & Joshua Queen
-Director: Me
-Writer: Not Me
-Artist: Bill Stiernberg
-Composer: HyperDuck Soundworks & Joshua Queen
Genre: first person
i would hire The Initiative over at Microsoft but i would get final say on art, music, and writing. i have an idea for a game that would be amazing but obviously have no way to make it. fps game are beginning to feel very same-y in the way they control. the company who evolves this is going to make a lot of money. Valve's new half life game is going a bit in the right direction. i'll be waiting for the call Microsoft :)
i would hire The Initiative over at Microsoft but i would get final say on art, music, and writing. i have an idea for a game that would be amazing but obviously have no way to make it. fps game are beginning to feel very same-y in the way they control. the company who evolves this is going to make a lot of money. Valve's new half life game is going a bit in the right direction. i'll be waiting for the call Microsoft :)
First Person Shooter
Horror/ sci-fi
Kojima Productions
I would absolutely love to see Kojima Pro's take on the FPS genre. The depth of mechanics in MGSV and Death Stranding in an FPS could be incredible.
Horror sci-fi, some kind of Mass Effect level tech future mixed with some kind of locrsftian/demonic/supernatural horror. Set in space.
Horror/ sci-fi
Kojima Productions
I would absolutely love to see Kojima Pro's take on the FPS genre. The depth of mechanics in MGSV and Death Stranding in an FPS could be incredible.
Horror sci-fi, some kind of Mass Effect level tech future mixed with some kind of locrsftian/demonic/supernatural horror. Set in space.
-Genre : Survival Horror
-Director : Masashi Tsuboyama
-Writer : Masashi Tsuboyama
-Artist : Ito & Masashi Tsuboyama
-Composer : Yamaoka
Silent Hill 5 but is Konami so... I buy the IP
-Genre : J-RPG
-Director : Hiroyuki Ito
-Writer : Sakaguchi / Nojima
-Artist : Minaba
-Composer : Uematsu / Hamauzu
Name : IDK
-Director : Masashi Tsuboyama
-Writer : Masashi Tsuboyama
-Artist : Ito & Masashi Tsuboyama
-Composer : Yamaoka
Silent Hill 5 but is Konami so... I buy the IP
-Genre : J-RPG
-Director : Hiroyuki Ito
-Writer : Sakaguchi / Nojima
-Artist : Minaba
-Composer : Uematsu / Hamauzu
Name : IDK
