Ask HN: What game do you wish existed?

Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by joshlemer on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:32AM (#31503595)

There are probably a number of MineCraft servers that achieve this. Back about 10 years ago there was the /r/CivCraft server. Not sure which ones are active now, but it did feel like a real world with a real economy, since there were even shops you could set up to sell materials for a price. You had to be careful who you piss off also, since people could be "jailed" in the ender world. There was a large element of alliance making / political process in the game since you have strength in numbers.

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by hooby on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @08:45AM (#31503733)

Minecraft is indeed a great example of a game pushing the envelope on player freedom - and allowing emergent gameplay.

Tip of the hat to you, good sir!

Still, Minecraft is pretty limited mechanically. The game doesn't actually recognize any of the stuff you mention. The games' mechanics - all the technological progression and stuff - work perfectly fine in single-player. Also the number of players per server isn't quite on MMO levels...

But yes, some elements of Minecraft would be great ingredients of the game I'm proposing.

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by a1369209993 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:24PM (#31509328)

> The game doesn't actually recognize any of the stuff you mention.

To be fair, neither does real life. Real life shops, jails, etc, are just collections of atoms with certain emergent properties resulting from how players have set them up.

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:44PM (#31507010)

> The game doesn't actually recognize any of the stuff you mention.

With mods, it does.

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by gigaflop on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @09:27AM (#31504226)

I haven't heard that name in a very long time.

Tell me, what town did you mainly reside in? I was over in Chiapas with the crazy leftists, one of whom erected a wool statue of himself. We were largely untouched by the HCF invasion, except for when their skirmishes with the World Police got close to our borders.

I offer you this classic, and hope you recognize it: https://youtu.be/BAzsolKHJfc

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by joshlemer on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:02PM (#31507273)

Yep I remember that like it was yesterday! If I remember correctly, in the Civ 1.0 map I hung out a lot in Haven and in Mt Augusta

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by gigaflop on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:35PM (#31509447)

Mt Augusta was a little before my time. By the time I got into the server, it honestly felt like one of the most difficult places to get settled into. Crowded, property costs too high, chaotic.

Dirty Ancaps everywhere. </s>

I'm pretty sure it was somewhere between late 1.0 and early 2.0, but I ended up in Carson City for a bit when it was coming online. Where they made a hole in the ocean, and turned into a city. A fun place to hang out and talk shit.

Do you have any 2d world maps of that era?

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by joshlemer on Friday May 27, 2022 @06:44PM (#31535792)

Sorry can't find any 2d world maps from the time, I'm sure there are plenty on the subreddit if you go looking :-)

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by infogulch on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @07:17PM (#31512121)

The best Minecraft MMORPG I've seen is Monumenta ( https://playmonumenta.com/ ), which is made in the spirit of Complete The Monument (CTM) maps like Ragecraft (which is also a great experience!). A good video about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEK-djlOkqE

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Re:Ask HN: What game do you wish existed? by the_only_law on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @10:56AM (#31505461)

I remember playing on towny servers years ago and holy crap that was fun. The kingdoms and roles, and wars managed to be more immersive than games based around that concept (cough bannerlord)

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