Cheers Rob, maybe i should keep developing my 2d thing, I could do a zelda clone but with different story and gameplay elements, then i could test all sorts of introductory AI techniques etc. Again though theres the art. Although i will keep doing the 3d stuff for learning purposes.

Right so here i go, im gonna code a game. It''ll be 2d tile game simmilar to zelda LTTP, and just wondered what gameplay features do u think would be good to include? what sort of speacial effects / graphics features do u think would be good?

To OP

I had the same problem as you. I wasn't sure which direction to go in. I had was inclined to do an Elite type game (all time classic), but I also love Quake 3.

Here's what I've decided to do ...

A MMOG 'standard' space sim, where you can trade, shoot pirates, and a few bits bedises. That in itself isn't particularly original I know.

But here's the good bit. I liked the idea of being able to dock with space stations and wander around too. So I thought I'd put Holo-Decks on the space stations where you can join in a Quake 3 type frag 'em game! The beauty is that the framework would allow almost any other game to be built in too. I thought of being able to play 2 player space invaders (for example) whilst travelling around in your cockpit! All the extra games could be fairly simple plugins.

I know it's an ambitious task for one programmer - but the reason I'm doing it is more educational than anything else. I will eventually be forced to implement many different elemnts of game programming, but all within the same project.

And the end of the day I have XX years programming experience, so I'm quite prepared for the scale of this - but what the hell - if you don't try you won't succeed!!!

Regards

EDIT - Just noticed the post above ... Rob Loach will HATE this

EDIT #2 - don't mention this post anymore - I'm putting up a dedicated thread to this ...

[edited by - Shag on March 25, 2003 6:56:41 PM]

Of course there is 3D pacman its called metal gear 2