{"author_name":"Sim00n","cat":"LD #36","comments":[],"epoch":1472275200,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"4490","p_author":"Sim00n","p_authorkey":"29770","p_urlkey":"39937","p_title":"Idea for a game \u2013 Pawn Stars parody","p_cat":"LD #36","p_event":"LD36","p_time":"1472275200","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"29770","us_name":"Sim00n","us_username":"sim00n","event_start":"1472169600","event_key":"35","event_name":"LD36"},"text":"

I’m not participating this time, but I’ve come up with a game idea that someone might use.
\n Lately the “Rich Harrison” pasta meme<\/a> has been popular, and I thought you can make a game parody of the show Pawn Stars.<\/p>\n

The game would have 2 stages: buying in the shop and then selling on auctions.
\n The flow of the game would be as follow:<\/p>\n

1. You start in the shop and random people come in with random items. I would make the items fake, funny and ancient (theme).
\n 2. The objective is to negotiate with the sellers and try to buy at the lowest price. As a hurdle, people will come with fake (as in in-game fake) items that will later not sell so you have to watch out for those. You can also use experts as a helpline but they cost money. For each item you have actions like “buy at asking”, “negotiate down”, “reject”, “ask expert”, “bribe expert to low-ball”, etc.
\n 3. Say there are 7 in-game days between auctions and you get 2-5 people show up every day at random. You buy and then at the end of the week you auction off what you bought.<\/p>\n

In between buying and selling you can have exchanges between the 4 guys working there, but the main character you control is Rick Harrison. Basically the idea is to make a parody of the show. I played a random episode for myself and wrote down the first few lines I heard:
\n – I’m Rick Harrison, and this is my pawn shop. I work here with my old man and my son, Big Hoss. Everything in here has a story and a price. One thing I’ve learned after 21 years – you never know what is gonna come through that door.
\n – At my shop, family comes first and money comes second, depending on who you ask.
\n – Do you mind if I have someone look at it? I know a little bit about it. Just letting you know, he’s a little odd.
\n – So I brought a little touch of Jazz today for you. A signed picture and a handkerchif of Louis Armstrong.
\n – This is such a rare piece … I definitely want to get a few grand out of this.
\n – Have you ever had this authenticated by anybody?<\/p>\n

It might be funny and cool, it might be boring and sad.
\n Who knows\u00a0\u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/p>\n

Good luck everyone, have fun!<\/p>","time":"August 27th, 2016 12:20 am","title":"Idea for a game \u2013 Pawn Stars parody"}