Something based off of Tiger and Bunny.
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@Atomic - The mention of "rescue entertainment" makes me almost want to see a game based on—or at least inspired by—Sleepless Domain.
It's a magical girl comic which takes place in a city sealed off from the world; once it's dark out, monsters can emerge through the barrier and roam through the city. Girls will sometimes awaken as magical girls and be sent to train, after which point they're the ones allowed out after dark to try and stop all the monsters. And if you have a 'theme' to your power, you find the other folks with the same theme and team up.
But the various teams get their exploits filmed and aired, there's merchandise of them and everything, and people rank their favorites and stuff as the powers that be make it into a spectacle for the public rather than this sort of eldritch "the world outside is full of monsters and none of us understand them or what they want when they come in here, but it never ends well" existence. But if you send teenage girls out to fight monsters every night, sure, sometimes it's all fun and games and quippery as they kick ass, but sometimes Bad Things happen, and not every magical girl is even close to free of PTSD-induced nightmares when they do to get sleep. And not every magical girl makes it out alive, either...
Really, two of my favorite 'magical girl' stories that are webcomics that toy with the trope: the aforementioned Sleepless Domain and Shattered Starlight (comic tagline: "Sucks to be you, magical girl.") which is about what happens after you're doing being a magical girl (in Toronto), but can't really get away from the world you were pulled into.
And a magical girl game that played with the tropes in ways like that could be a lot of fun.
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
I'm sorry (not really) but I'm basically twelve and I want a Warriors game. The one with the cats.
@PuppyBreath said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I'm sorry (not really) but I'm basically twelve and I want a Warriors game. The one with the cats.
I could never do it.
I moderated the official Warriors forum for work for a number of years. If I never see kids trying to RP cat sex again it'll be too soon.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice Kids don't MU. We can be a super serious 18+ game based on young adult novels. There are no faults in my logic.
@PuppyBreath said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
@Auspice Kids don't MU. We can be a super serious 18+ game based on young adult novels. There are no faults in my logic.
Oh. They find MUs. When they get banned on forums meant for the 9-15 range for continually engaging in adult content...... I know for a fact some discovered MUs.
@Sparks Ooooh, that sounds interesting. It's got a bit of RWBY in there.
@Sparks heh, I'm about half-way through Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka so this idea is ... creepily timely? ...
On an semi-related note, has anyone ever created a Girl Genius inspired game (does anyone know if Studio Foglio has an official position on such works?)
@friarzen said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
@Sparks heh, I'm about half-way through Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka so this idea is ... creepily timely? ...
On an semi-related note, has anyone ever created a Girl Genius inspired game (does anyone know if Studio Foglio has an official position on such works?)
Knowing what nerds they are, I imagine they'd be all for it.
The problem is that everyone would want to be a heterodyne.
(Except me. I would totes pky a jäger. I've considered MMO RP just for the purpose of being a jäger-style orc somewhere. I mean come on they have the best hats!)
@friarzen said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
On an semi-related note, has anyone ever created a Girl Genius inspired game (does anyone know if Studio Foglio has an official position on such works?)
I don't, but if you're genuinely curious, I can certainly ask and report back. (I'm the 'RB "Sparks"' mentioned in the website footer who glues the website back together for Phil and Kaja if it breaks.)
They do have guidelines for general fan sites, though, and I'm fairly sure at least one of those fansites has forum roleplay. And they turn a generally blind eye to fanfic (provided, for legal reasons, no one sends them copies) or people using the setting in private online tabletop campaigns. And I've been part of an audio play adaptation of one of the Buck Godot stories that was done with their blessing.
So I wouldn't be surprised if they said yes, but my gut feeling is honestly that Kaja's reply would be along the lines of "uhm, let me just ask our lawyer first to make sure".
I'd be more worried about Steve Jackson Games, honestly, because despite the immense delay in publication they do still own the RPG rights to Girl Genius, and they're not exactly known for "reasoned and measured response" when it comes to anyone even brushing up against their licenses. They might well consider running a publicly open MUSH to be "publishing an RPG" and descend like rabid wolverines.
a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@Auspice said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Ohhh yeah. I forgot the SJ element.
That'd be a tricky aspect.
Dot's right. Und any plan vere hyu lose hyu hat iz?
@Auspice said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Ohhh yeah. I forgot the SJ element.
That'd be a tricky aspect.
It really is very sad because The Strange is one of the most enticing game settings, really.
But then again, I'm pretty sure if we really wanted to do it we could just use a different system; the thing that traps me about that game is more the setting/conceit than the system, which is... as complicated as it is simple, depending on how you view it.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
@Sparks Oh wow, ok, the SJGames angle definitely complicates things. So it would be an "inspired by" game and not directly use the FCs. "The Baron" is pretty generic and maybe the Dynamo Boyz, Dynamo Castle and the Lady Dyne, if the references were ever needed.
@auspice As for everyone wanting to play one of the Dynamo clan, I think that could be avoided by making it more a choice between playing a Spark and playing a Minion (like Jaegers or Amazons or Mist Knights). I'm guessing most people would want to play a Spark, but there should be enough differences that Minions are also perfectly viable. I could see Sparks having a "Madness" rating that ticks up as they use their powers until they are then required to do something Grand/Insane. Whereas Minions would get bonuses to being experimented upon and bonuses to healing and such.
@Coin said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
But then again, I'm pretty sure if we really wanted to do it we could just use a different system; the thing that traps me about that game is more the setting/conceit than the system, which is... as complicated as it is simple, depending on how you view it.
If they sold the "RPG Rights" to SJGames then SJ still has the right to cease-and-desist you for a game based in that setting even if it's not using the SJ system. (Based on my understanding anyway. IANAL.)
@faraday said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
@Coin said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
But then again, I'm pretty sure if we really wanted to do it we could just use a different system; the thing that traps me about that game is more the setting/conceit than the system, which is... as complicated as it is simple, depending on how you view it.
If they sold the "RPG Rights" to SJGames then SJ still has the right to cease-and-desist you for a game based in that setting even if it's not using the SJ system. (Based on my understanding anyway. IANAL.)
I mean, it's a combination of things. if I am trying to avoid getting their hackles up and not using their system, I am also probably not going to use their terminology ("the strange", "translations", etc.). This also means that any searches or glossing over won't bring the game to their attention.
I'm also in another country so depending on how the law works in that regard, if I hosted it on a domain here, the cease-and-desist might not have sway (I am not a lawyer in any capacity except the make-believe in some games in the past).
I suspect there are many ways to get around it. I'm not saying I necessarily would, but if a person wanted to, a person definitely could.
"Excuse the hell out of you. He's a bag of dicks. I'm a carefully curated box of cocks." -- to @GirlCalledBlu upon being misrepresented.
@Coin That's fine. My only point was that the system wasn't really the root of the issue. When a game developer gets rights to make a game for a setting, they're often exclusive rights. So it's more like a studio getting movie rights to a book. It doesn't just apply to that particular movie, it keeps anyone else from making a movie about that book too. Since SJ Games has been notoriously harsh about this in the past, it's good to be cautious.
But if you're not using the setting directly and only doing something "inspired by", or you're in another country and the laws apply differently, that's something you'd know better than me.
Steve Jackson Games is so weird. They have a bizarre idea of what a mush is versus online play http://www.sjgames.com/general/online_policy.html
They seem to think that mushes are professional games rather than a form of chat room. I guess kudos to people who create mushes for leaving that impression.
@SG said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
Steve Jackson Games is so weird. They have a bizarre idea of what a mush is versus online play http://www.sjgames.com/general/online_policy.html
They seem to think that mushes are professional games rather than a form of chat room. I guess kudos to people who create mushes for leaving that impression.
Yeah, I'd blame this on the 90s. It was a weird, wild time of the frontier days of internet. Like everything involving RP boiled down to copyright, like everyone thought they were developing to be professional game developers, or authors, or both. I remember being on RP listserves (email RP, talk about slow) and there was policies on what was copyright protected or not. I guess in fairness, a number of players from then did grow up to publish/self publish. Some places (more than some) did think they'd grow up to be pay-to-play and having exclusive 'rights' to run a MUSH in established IP was big. Folks would e-mail authors and such to request permission and all that. I think this is just a remnant byproduct of that Era, sort of like the GoT place and being the only endorsed place by the author or whatever.
I prefer OC, not because of the ^^ weirdness, just cause IP is already done, world building done, stories told and such for me. Like next edition, half of them will change something up theme/fluff wise anyways to sort of outdate the prior edition(s). Play what you want shall be the whole of the law; except where prohibited?
I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.
@Lotherio said in What Types of Games Would People Like To See?:
I prefer OC, not because of the ^^ weirdness, just cause IP is already done, world building done, stories told and such for me.
Yeah, reading their policy it leaves me feeling they only believe people would be cribbing from their licensed setting books rather than just using the GURPS rules for homebrew settings.
@Sparks heh, I'm about half-way through Magical Girl Spec-Ops Asuka so this idea is ... creepily timely? ...
On an semi-related note, has anyone ever created a Girl Genius inspired game (does anyone know if Studio Foglio has an official position on such works?)
