BarnDoor
Witchfinder General
I know the game is not long out, but me and Jonno have recently been discussing ideas for a sequel. When I say sequel, I don't mean a direct one, but rather a similarly-themed game set in a similar historical period. I have two ideas. If the US again, for starters I think it needs to be set earlier - the 1840s-1860s. The map needs to be bigger, a sort of bastardized version of the western half of America and Mexico, but curved to include some of the south down to Florida. The southern areas of Texas and Mexico would be similar, but the Great Plains and mountainous, wooded, snowy areas up to the north instead. California would provide the prosperous, coastal area. They'd have to include Indians. Add things like prospecting, trapping, fishing, canoes, the ability to become a Mountain Man. Make the main theme frontier expansion rather than the dying days of the Old West. Maybe even work in the north-south divide and the civil war. Also slavery and racism should be introduced.
Another idea I had today, after watching Van Diemen's Land last night, would be 19th century Australia. Anyone who has seen The Proposition would know the potential. The landscape could differ from barren deserts to jungle. Tasmania would be the large island. The experience would be different as it would be a lot more sparse than the US, and therefore more atmospheric. Plus the wildlife would be unbelievable - Dingos, Thylacines, Kangaroos, Camels, Koalas, Snakes, Spiders, Wallabies, Platypus, Crocodiles, etc. I can't think of a similar area in size that would be so diverse.
Extreme faganomics of course, but a man can dream can't he?
Another idea I had today, after watching Van Diemen's Land last night, would be 19th century Australia. Anyone who has seen The Proposition would know the potential. The landscape could differ from barren deserts to jungle. Tasmania would be the large island. The experience would be different as it would be a lot more sparse than the US, and therefore more atmospheric. Plus the wildlife would be unbelievable - Dingos, Thylacines, Kangaroos, Camels, Koalas, Snakes, Spiders, Wallabies, Platypus, Crocodiles, etc. I can't think of a similar area in size that would be so diverse.
Extreme faganomics of course, but a man can dream can't he?