{"author_name":"chas","cat":"LD #25","comments":[],"epoch":1355532000,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"49912","p_author":"chas","p_authorkey":"8439","p_urlkey":"85598","p_title":"We are Villains!","p_cat":"LD #25","p_event":"LD25","p_time":"1355532000","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"8439","us_name":"chas","us_username":"chas","event_start":"1355443200","event_key":"14","event_name":"LD25"},"text":"<p>&#8220;My basic goal in voting was, if I could think of many games with that theme right off the bat, then vote down.&#8221; &#8211; anonymous chatter<\/p>\n <p>There aren&#8217;t many, but there are a few villainous games.  Quick rundown on what&#8217;s been done in the Canon of Villainous Gamery:<\/p>\n <ul>\n <li><strong>Dungeon Keeper<\/strong> &#8211; construct a dungeon that can sustain the spelunkery of know-nothing do-gooders (also, see: Overlord)<\/li>\n <li><strong>Ghost Master<\/strong> &#8211; haunt a house, creep out the inhabitants<\/li>\n <li><strong>Bioware games<\/strong> &#8211; Choose the jerk choice and earn evil points, perchance to shoot force lightning or earn Assassin&#8217;s Guild faction points<\/li>\n <li><strong>Evil Genius<\/strong> &#8211; Sierra&#8217;s quirky mastermind simulator.  Play Dr. Evil.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Tropico<\/strong> &#8211; City building as a dictator<\/li>\n <li><strong>Syndicate\/Syndicate Wars<\/strong> &#8211; The carry out the missions of amoral agents, as assigned by evil corporations<\/li>\n <li><strong>Jaws Unleashed<\/strong> &#8211; Play as Jaws.<\/li>\n <li><strong>Command and Conquer NOD disc<\/strong>: RTS from Kane&#8217;s point of view.<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n <p>Some of these are twists on standard genres&#8211;and the villainy is in the premise&#8211;while others have you doing uniquely villainous thing.<\/p>\n <p>I think our challenge is to think of games with villainy in their bones.  Pong <em>could<\/em> be a villainous game if victory ends with a Mortal Kombat fatality&#8230;but that&#8217;s too easy.  Can we make a game where we empathize with the good guys even as we smite them to reach the next level?<\/p>\n <p>Let&#8217;s see if I can top last LD&#8217;s effort, my evolving music beat game <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigblueboo.com\/evophonia\/\">Evophonia<\/a>.<\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2012 7:40 pm","title":"We are Villains!"}