Dating Mmog
by Fernando Almeida · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 01/26/2006 (7:07 am) · 6 replies
I dont know if anyone posted this idea before (reading all the post wasnt an option for me) but here it goes:
This idea came up while i looked in several dating sites, and saw the interest of people for dating/friendship crap websites, i dont have any idea if its possible making this.
***WARNING ENGLISH IS NOT MY PRIMARY LANGUAGE***
1) My idea is to create virtual citys with several social activities like bars/disco and other places suitable for dating.
2) the gameplay objective is gathering every "day" enough money to go out at night to these bars and meet up people, this should be acomplished by working on the several places available like bars ( where u can only work and be muted preventing from using your work to meet other people), as u work and gain more experience points your jobs should become better and get more money (top experienced player should be able to open is own bar or something).
3) these dating place should be rated so that u can only enter on the top places when u are a top player.
4) inside these bars u would be able to see the real pics of the people when u chat them, u should be able to buy drinks (improving your rating(abuse of drink would lvl your drinking status too high)), and offer drinks to your friends or women/men u dont know(the way to break the ice...)
5) u should also be able to go in fashion stores and buy clothes and stuff to your characther.
6) the in-game money could also be acquired by buying it with real money, also u should be able to buy a premium pass giving u access to places wich are 10lvls above your current lvl.
7) theres much more than this....
dont flame me to hard
This idea came up while i looked in several dating sites, and saw the interest of people for dating/friendship crap websites, i dont have any idea if its possible making this.
***WARNING ENGLISH IS NOT MY PRIMARY LANGUAGE***
1) My idea is to create virtual citys with several social activities like bars/disco and other places suitable for dating.
2) the gameplay objective is gathering every "day" enough money to go out at night to these bars and meet up people, this should be acomplished by working on the several places available like bars ( where u can only work and be muted preventing from using your work to meet other people), as u work and gain more experience points your jobs should become better and get more money (top experienced player should be able to open is own bar or something).
3) these dating place should be rated so that u can only enter on the top places when u are a top player.
4) inside these bars u would be able to see the real pics of the people when u chat them, u should be able to buy drinks (improving your rating(abuse of drink would lvl your drinking status too high)), and offer drinks to your friends or women/men u dont know(the way to break the ice...)
5) u should also be able to go in fashion stores and buy clothes and stuff to your characther.
6) the in-game money could also be acquired by buying it with real money, also u should be able to buy a premium pass giving u access to places wich are 10lvls above your current lvl.
7) theres much more than this....
dont flame me to hard
#2
NPC should only be active when there no player for doing some sort of job like working on bars or selling clothes and stuff on fashion stores
01/26/2006 (7:24 am)
Dating should only be with real playersNPC should only be active when there no player for doing some sort of job like working on bars or selling clothes and stuff on fashion stores
#3
You can be put in a lot of different situations like realizing you forgot your wallet when it's time to pay the bill at a fancy resturant, or having some thugs trying to start a fight with you and your girl while your in line at the movies (do you play it off and look like a whimp? do you fight and get beat up, still look brave but messing you up for the next date?).
Maybe we have a lot of the same ideas. I'm not interested in developing or playing anything like this but I do think it would be neat. But then again, it's not something that most of us can't do (or have done) in real life.
-Ajari-
01/28/2006 (8:23 am)
Why doesn't someone make a dating sim where your a player. The more girls you get the more chances for you to get money. You have to use strategy and say and do the right things to get what you want. You start off with some beat up looking broads because your looking pretty crazy yourself. But as you gain experiance, money, and clothes, you start reaching the higher class chicks who really break you off cheese, but the risks are greater because they are smarter or have higher standards and instead of worrying about the big brother or the ex-boyfriend, now your dealing with girls who's daddy is chief of police or head of the FBI, or mayor or whatever. Besides money, you have to gain a reputation among your peers. Make too many stupid moves and you'll get your player card revoked.You can be put in a lot of different situations like realizing you forgot your wallet when it's time to pay the bill at a fancy resturant, or having some thugs trying to start a fight with you and your girl while your in line at the movies (do you play it off and look like a whimp? do you fight and get beat up, still look brave but messing you up for the next date?).
Maybe we have a lot of the same ideas. I'm not interested in developing or playing anything like this but I do think it would be neat. But then again, it's not something that most of us can't do (or have done) in real life.
-Ajari-
#4
02/01/2006 (9:38 am)
Yeah well if we try to bring all the stuff about dating into one game it will blow for sure. Furthermore, if the girls are NPC, the players will soon be bored because the number of girls, with different characterities, cant be too large. Whereas, if the girls are real players, besides such problem like the real gender of the player, it will also be very difficult to have control over the game itself. For we will not be able to give a score or love rating or sumthing like that to a player for it will be determined by the other one. So it will be hard to have sumthing unlocked or gaining experience in dating because it will also be inconvenient for the players if we make them give out rating about other players for us to do such things. So i think, personally, this kind of game is really complex to make and hard to live long. Anyway dont get put off because of such ideas as mine. If you think it will do good, then it costs nothing to try. Thanks for reading my opinion.
#5
03/12/2006 (10:47 am)
It reminds me of second life but still a good idea
#6
You also forget that most players play to socialize, not to date. Dating is hard, full of pressure, and stressful. Socializing is easy, fun, and no strings attached.
Just my thought.
03/15/2006 (5:33 am)
Lot of mine fields to navigate. With the growing concern of online predators using games to find victims this could come under fire. You also forget that most players play to socialize, not to date. Dating is hard, full of pressure, and stressful. Socializing is easy, fun, and no strings attached.
Just my thought.
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