   Survival Games?
  Hi,I am thinking about doing a survival game.Something like Robinson Crusoe where theplayer has to find food, water and shelter...Anybody have played similar games, wouldlove to have a look how at they are designed.thanx :D   
  Robinson Requiem, the best one.There was a german game, "shipwreck", "shipshaft" or something, can't recall the title.One or two roguelikes about this (one was survival in a forest as a celtic warrior, don't recall the title).A futuristic game about a pilot crashing on a planet "Noctris", "Nocturis", something starting at 'N'. But that one was more like action shooter, still the feeling was of a robinson.Oh yes, one of my minigames should count as well :)http://worldoflords.com/misc/games/radioactiveshelter/   ;  I would definitely consider such a game. Mind you, I'm more of a simulation fanatic; so realism would be the most important element to me. A survival game which really immerses the player in the dilemma of survival can be a very difficult thing to accomplish. So much of survival in the real world is making tools, which relies upon a person's patience, knowledge and dexterity. Not only do we not have controllers sophisticated enough to model such a thing, but it is actually a pretty dull and lackluster part of survival....hunting monkeys is so much more fun! :) So my feeling is that yes, you can pull it off and make an excellent game...but you'll have to decide how you can emulate the experience in a game in a manner by which it is still FUN.   ;  @AcharisHave you played Robinson Requiem alot? I remember the time when Robinson Requiem came out.It got a review with a score about 70% in PC player i think,decent enough. Though some horrible reviews too becauseof its difficulty.If you recommend it, I will try to find it and have a closerlook. Oh, I checked your mini game, enjoyed it while stayingalive for 45 days! :D@keinmannI agree completely. I think the atmosphere and the feeling ofsurvival in player's mind would be the most important.   ;  It was awesome and horrible at the same time. The good point of RR was realism, you really felt like you really crashed on that planet and everything was real. The bad point was realism, to use first aid kit you had to be a medicine student in real life at least. You weren't "playing" that game, you were more like doing "things" and watching dying for various reasons (typically for unknown reasons if you attempted to patch yourself via medikit :D)RR is abandonware, so you can grab it easily and without moral dilemmas :)   ;  The Sims Castaway anyone?The PS2 version was somewhat decent, although extremely easy like any Sims game.Still you had to harvest many kinds of resources, make tools with those resources and build a shelter (build, not buy)   ;  i dont think there is any fps survival game where you have to eat and stuff , it would make a interesting mmo for sure.   ;  Have you tried Minecraft? It's pretty popular these days.   ;  I was just about to suggest the same, "Minecraft Alpha". It's basically about surviving the nights in a random generated world. Well ok, and mining of course :-), but you can definitely get some great ideas out of it for building a survival game.;  Minecraft isn't so much a 'survival' game, as it is a 'don't get raped by the undead at night' game.In a survival game I would expect to be forced to survive against the elements and nature. Find food and water, don't let your body temperature get out side of normal ranges, don't get attacked by wild animals, etc. I would love to see an advanced simulation for survival that allowed you to deal with shaping stones and branches to actually make the tools, shelter, fences, and other things.   