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##Basic Ideas for Game

Some kinds of input we are looking for:

• Whether we should try 2D or 3D
• What kind of art style we should try (especially if 2D)
• Type of Survival game (wilderness, EMP, etc)
• Other ideas that we can use in the game

Put any ideas for how you think the game should work:

Here are some Ideas from game already in existence that we can mimic features we like.

• (3D) Unturned: Minecraft styled blocky, build, mine, survive
• (2D) Terraria: Minecraft mechanics, simple crafting, enemies
• (2D) Wayward: Continuous Turn-Based Survival - Minecraft mechanics
• (3D) Rust
• (3D) The Long Dark: Wilderness survival game on Steam, survive in barren, wintery wilderness
• (3D) State of Decay: This is a zombie game, but has community survival mechanics - see community survival below

Game mechanics ideas

Two survival game types come to mind:

• Apocalyptic survival. Survive as long as possible after a catastrophic event (global thermonuclear war, asteroid strike, devastating virus, Facebook outage, etc.). The player might build a fort, stockpile useful items, etc.
• Survive a specific situation. You would need to survive until you are rescued or make it to safety. For example, survive a tsunami or earthquake, getting lost in the woods, a plane crash on an island, etc. This could be story-driven with a specific objective. In a fully realized form of a game like this, there could be multiple scenarios to survive.
• Community survival - you play as a specific character (or can switch characters), but have a group of people (i.e. a family) that you're trying to help survive as well in whatever environment we decide on. You could recruit other survivors that you meet. See State of Decay on Steam - this game has community survival.

Possible settings:

• Urban, a devastated city
• Rural or small town
• Wilderness
• Submarine, aircraft carrier, or boat
• Island
• A large building (lost in IKEA!)
• Space station or spaceship
• Outpost on an inhospitable planet

Potential "enemies" (depend on setting and type of game):

• starvation
• the elements
• time (e.g. running out of oxygen)
• disease
• radiation
• hostile creatures
• hostile humans
• health (e.g. you start injured)