Board Thread:Video Games/@comment-25383890-20150715065518/@comment-2118191-20150909214526

Sprinter1988 wrote: D9 fan wrote:

Sprinter1988 wrote: I had an idea for a remake/update of Operation Genesis a while ago, something that could really make use of the internet.

Basically my thought was that you build your park in the region of the world where you live - for example I live in England, so my park would be in Europe. Because of that I only have access to dinosaurs and other Mesozois species found in Europe - Baryonyx, Compsognathus, Eotyrannus, Iguanodon, Polacanthus, Hypsilophodon, Miragaia, Cetiosaurus, Megalosaurus, Liopleurodon, Ichthyosaurus, Dimorphodon... you get the idea.

Like with the original OG game, you have to obtain fossils from dig sites, more of which become available as you progress. In Europe the dig sites could be the Wessex Formation, Kimmeridge Clay and Oxford Clay (all from England), Solnhofen Formation and Knollenmergel Formation (from Germany), Sanpetru Formation (from Romania) and Lourinha Formation (from Spain).

Obviously this creates a slight problem in that players in Europe don't have access to a fossil site containing the likes of Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops or Stegosaurus. That's where the internet comes in. Basically its a re-design of the Market Place from the original OG game but instead of the market being stocked up at random intervals, its actually a global market place for people playing the game. Basically there would be two modes - purchase/sell or trade.

Mode 1 -  You've got 100% of Iguanodon DNA but have a fossil or two left over - just post it in the market place and see if anyone buys it. Or if you want a T rex and have a little cash laying around, head over to the market and see what other players are selling.

Mode 2 - You've got 100% of Iguanodon DNA but have a fossil or two left over - just head to market and send out a notice of intent to trade, basically going "Here's an Iguanodon fossil. If you've got a T rex fossil of similar genetic value, we can trade the two.

I don't know if anyone on these forums ever plays pokemon, but in essence the trade option here works just like the Global Trade System found in the Pokemon games, especially the more recent X,Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire games. That wouldn't be a bad idea but remember that some dinosaurs like Spinosaurus, Suchomimus, and Majungasaurus would be impossible to get because most people in Africa can't even afford the game or the system/PC to play it on. And then there's dinosaurs like Gallimimus, Velociraptor, and Mamenchisaurus where you can only find them in China, and they only allow internet strictly monitored and censored by the government. Plus what if you don't have Internet connection and simply play the game offline? It's not a bad idea but it wouldn't work in the world we live in Japan counts as being in Asia and they're really big on video games. Also video games are really taking off in South Korea, so Asia is covered. Africa is an issue though so maybe after completing the game you can unlock a built anywhere mode.

Well, maybe it doesn't have to be limited to which country the player is from, but instead can be "limited" to what continent the player chooses?

One of my all-time favourite ideas for an Operation Genesis sequel was to have the player choose one of six parks, each representing one continent, and then they'd be restricted to dig sites from that continent.