Nope. Videogames based on pre-existing properties, cartoons, movies, toys, brand name products are almost always lousy. We tried the G3 game and Care Bears game on a gba emulator. The power of suckitude was predictable.Well, it wouldn't be made by Hasbro for little girls who don't care, it would be made by the community :) I would probably ask the community what they want :) I would hope to make it free so it wouldn't hurt to try playing it :)
Nope. Videogames based on pre-existing properties, cartoons, movies, toys, brand name products are almost always lousy. We tried the G3 game and Care Bears game on a gba emulator. The power of suckitude was predictable.That’s because the people who are tapped to make movie-tie-in games typically aren’t given decent information to make the game, much less enough time to make anything decent; the people who give them the license are counting on brand-recognition to sell copies. *shrug* I know the gang on Extra Creditz (YouTube channel) covered it when asked why tie-in games are so lousy. I’ll see if I can find the episode once I’m home.
Personally I would not want to go the mobile game route. I know it's a popular choice for a lot of developers but most of those mobile games are platform runners or builders... which the builder games lose my attention fast due to how much you are limited.I think a community made town builder game might work well :) I usually stop playing builder games because they are limited too. The main reason they are limited though is that you have to pay to play. They just want your money, and to progress you could buy this pack of gems for $1.99 to speed up the building time of this building that you need to complete this hard quest! Especially with children's games like the MLP Gameloft game. Children nag their parents to spend money on the ponies in the game. They make it purposefully hard so you have to spend money and take the easy way out. I don't plan on making a profit on in-game purchases for this game, so it wouldn't be that way. I would hope to make it really engaging and completely free! Probably less use of the coins and gems system. (Seriously, like every town building game has coins as the lower form of money then gems as the better, expensive, and rare currency!) Also, my main idea isn't just town building, it has an adventure aspect where you have to rescue ponies and help them, like rescuing the Twinkle Eye ponies from their captors in the mines (G1 is great for this aspect because of how many times the ponies were almost or were actually captured, haha!) Plus you could just whip out your phone and then bam, ponies!
You'd also need to watch out for copyright content, because while Hasbro has in the past claimed to have lost copyright to a lot of pony stuff, well we see what is being licensed out for G1 merch.
I play on PonyIsland and really it's not the kind of game most people will be looking for as it's more of a breeding game that is like but not like Hworse, little closer to Wajas but not really.
It's kind of hard to say what style of game would work for G1 MLP... other than going the normal route of builder or runner or collector games.
I want a gritty combat game with a dark story that makes players sad to encourage them to save Dream Valley.Ooh, what if the smooze covered the land completely along with all the ponies? Then you would have to fight for Dream Valley...
Are you talking about if they had a G1 video game back in the day they were relevant, or if one could be made now?I'm talking about if one could be made now :) That racing game seems fun!
A couple years ago I saw a clip of a racing fangame with G1 ponies and a very stock-looking environment, I can't seem to find it now D:
I'm majoring in computer science and know multiple languages! Unfortunately for everyone though, I am a busy college student so I probably would have a hard time actually getting around to making a game any time soon. I have certainly kicked the idea around for making a free fanmade My Little Pony RPG just to practice my skills. Nothing that would actually grab Hasbro's attention ideally, haha. I always liked the idea of a top-down RPG with loads of recruitable characters you can recruit through countless methods depending on which pony it is. I can dream!Awesome! If you ever have the time and you still want to make one, I will definitely be around! :biggrin:
Yes let's defeat the Smooze! Either defeat parts of it, beat it back slowly, or find key items to destroy it to complete the game. And a collecting aspect would be neat, though not something that suggests collecting everything. More like "I've seen THESE ponies".Yeah! You could have a party with different ponies that all have unique abilities that fight off the smooze. You would have to keep their morale up and take care of them, all for the good of Ponyland! You could visit all the different species of non pony things and ask for help and items in exchange for your help. Maybe you would have to defeat the witches who created to smooze too!
Yeah, Minecraft is pretty great :) I would like to have the game not on Minecraft because some people just don't have it. Anyway, here is a more detailed explanation of my main town building idea:SpoilerMy Pretty Pony would welcome you into the world like Prof. Oak. You would then be launched into a tutorial. You would already have the Collectors Pose ponies in your Ponyland town. They would give you the tutorial and explain how they need help because Tirac used the Rainbow of Darkness to trap the ponies and land in darkness. Each one would have a building/house that you would need to build to learn the basics. Building comes from resources you could get from mini games based on locations from the various canons. After you build things and get the town running, you could clear your first patch of darkness and find some Year Two ponies. You then move through the years of G1 with My Pretty Pony's help when you need it. Eventually you will have a bustling Ponyland with lots of different locations, mini games to play to get lots of stuff, lots of different ponies and types of buildings, and other stuff too. Building would include playsets like the Pretty Parlor where you could dress us your ponies and the show stable where you could level up your ponies and other buildings too like gardens and farms. Of course, these are just details that can be changed! Just a more detailed explanation :)
I think variants would be cool. Maybe do side quests and one of the possible things they unlock is variants.Yeah, that would be cool. I think a separate area for nirvanas would be best, since they dont quite fit in with non nirvana canon. The same reason can be used for them being after the main story :)