Games that don't exist.

[hwango]

North Star Games had this contest in December where you came up with the title and short writeup for a game that doesn't exist. They'd pick their favorite and that person would win a copy of all of their games, plus money if they decide to make it a real game (with your permission).

I did not win. The thing that won is okay, I guess...

Time Travel: The game you already didn't play tomorrow and have now won yesterday.

It's cute, but I feel like a time travel game with a time travel joke isn't the most original thing they could have picked. But of course I'm biased, because I'd rather they picked one of mine. Which, for comparison purpose were:

Release the Kraken!: The game of monster rights activism.

Unbelievable!: The game of crackpot religions.

Tell Me When It's Over!: The game of collecting doomsday prophecies.

Wages of Sin: The game of payroll accounting in Hell.

Zero Liability: The game of crafting end user license agreements.

I feel like the first two are the ones I'm mostly likely to actually try to design myself.

Comments

[fiveforsilver]

...I agree, yours are better. That time-travel one is kind of obvious, and also nonsensical. Yours sound like they could be actual games - Release the Kraken particularly sounds like it could be fun.

[hwango.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Certainly we know how important a good theme is for a game. German Post Office!

[fiveforsilver]

And how awful a bad theme can be. Cat Merchants.