Previous Topics
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010

9/12/2010 Gorgoo: Gorgoo's Game Thread
Hi. I'm new here, but I figured I'd post since I'm going to be trying to write something for Game Chef this year for the first time. I'm thinking that…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Gorgoo, Vulpinoid.

9/12/2010 redivider: redivider's game thread: 'the city is a battlesuit for surviving the future'
I might make a game inspired by this >> http://io9.com/5362912/the-city-is-a-battlesuit-for-surviving-the-future which was the slogan of an urbanomancer char I played in a short unknown armies campaign. here taken literally: a…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: redivider, Vulpinoid, Jason Pitre, jasonm.

9/11/2010 Sebastian: Sebastian's Game Thread
One idea is to use “skin” (as in a tanned hide) to chronicle a war, in which the main character is the war itself, shaped by the recorded actions of…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Sebastian, Jason Pitre, masqueradeball.

9/11/2010 baxil: Baxil's Game Thread
Hi, everyone!  Another newbie to The Forge ... I'm a gamer and writer (aren't we all?), maintaining a shared urban-fantasy setting for myself and other authors.  Long story short, there's…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: baxil, masqueradeball, Jonathan Walton, Jason Pitre, Darla Shockley, devlin1.

9/11/2010 Dan Maruschak: Dan's Game Thread
I don't have a strong idea yet, but last year I found the process of articulating my thoughts in words helped me develop them further, so I'm going to post…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Dan Maruschak, Darla Shockley, Jason Pitre, masqueradeball.

9/11/2010 ShaneM: Not One Step Backwards
Hi folks, I'm new here, and new to practical game design (though I have had an observers interest in game design for ages and have had an adventure published ages…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: ShaneM, Jonathan Walton, jasonm, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, Gregor Hutton.

9/11/2010 jdfristrom: Jamie's game thread: road trip movie game
Cities and deserts and journeys make me think: *The Sure Thing*, *LIttle Miss Sunshine*, *Easy Rider*, *Thelma & Louise*, *Priscilla: Queen of the Desert*, *Fanboys*, maybe, sorta, *The Wizard of…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: jdfristrom, Darla Shockley, Jonathan Walton, Jason Pitre.

9/11/2010 Darla Shockley: Darla & David's Game Thread
AKA D&D's Game Thread. Anyway. My partner and I are working on a distributed game, where each session is played by two players.  Every player has a Traveller character, and…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Darla Shockley, enderbean, Ben Lehman, Jason Pitre, dmckenna, hardcoremoose, PeterBB, dindenver.

9/11/2010 R00kie: Declan's Gamne Thread - Memoir
Hi guys, I've been fiddling with the Ingredients most of the day - I've got 6 pages of hand written notes and I'm now fairly sure of the shape my…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: R00kie, Jason Pitre, Frank Tarcikowski.

9/11/2010 Codexier: Battle's Game Thread
The Oasis Club Alternate reality 40’s club like Casablanca (Belize).  Explorers, adventurers, etc all come through this club.  Maybe this is something like part story-game, part time management game. People…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Codexier, masqueradeball, enderbean, Jason Pitre, Darla Shockley.

9/11/2010 Elizabeth: Elizabeth's game thread
So Shreyas and I have been talking FOR YEARS about how to make a sweeping, emotionally-resonant two-player game about the hero's journey that anchors in the players' real sense memories.…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Elizabeth, masqueradeball, jdfristrom, Ben Lehman, Jason Pitre, Lance D. Allen.

9/11/2010 il mietitore: il mietitore's Game Thread
Yay, even if i am in the old continent i'll try this one. I just hope i'll be able to write something understandable. Ingredients: City, Desert, Skin Premise: The game…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: il mietitore, masqueradeball, baxil, Jason Pitre.

9/11/2010 Frank Tarcikowski: Frank‘s Game Thread: And then Columbus arrived at the Edge of the World
Damn. I‘ve got an exam coming up on 5 October, a tough one at that. And so I thought, next year. And then I thought, edge, edge. What if you…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Frank Tarcikowski, Jason Pitre, PeterBB, Kevin Allen Jr.

9/11/2010 hansel: Hans's game thread
City-Desert-Skin. I want to make a game about uninhabited, left-behind, broken parts of a city. Like Detroit. Also it's 1-player and involves city-management (like, the city is your character, not…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: hansel, baxil, Jason Pitre.

9/11/2010 Saint Erebus: Brendan C.'s Game Thread
I am entirely inexperienced in the realm of game design, but what the hell, I have hubris enough to believe I have a shot at making some horrible, mottled monstrosity…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Saint Erebus, masqueradeball, Jason Pitre.

9/11/2010 masqueradeball: Nolan's Game Thread
[b]Journey [/b] You are trying to get from here to there. There's a pool of dice in the middle of the table called “How Far Have we Come.” The goal…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, Vulpinoid, Bullbar, davidberg, dindenver, Tomas HVM, JeffR.

9/11/2010 Vulpinoid: Vulpinoid's Game Thread
Awesome list. I'm really tempted to do something along the lines of Dark Sun, but a lot of people have already suggested this as a possible inspiration. Mechanically, since hacks…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Vulpinoid, masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, Gryffudd, davidberg, dindenver, baxil.

9/11/2010 Jay Loomis: One Way Ticket
You've got a one way ticket to the city. Will you find what you're looking for there, or will the journey be what changes your life?
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Jay Loomis, masqueradeball, Jonathan Walton, Jason Pitre.

9/11/2010 Ben Lehman: Ben's Game Thread
What if we had a game which was focused on socialization, but gamist in the way that Moldvay D&D was gamist (half martialling your system resources, half creativity. Classes: Dancer…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Ben Lehman, masqueradeball, Saint Erebus, Jason Pitre, davidberg.

9/11/2010 Jason Pitre: Jason Pitre's Thread: A Sojourn in Alexandria
I am currently in the process of trying to write up something for GameChef 2010.  I will be using the ingredients of  City, Desert and Edge.  The basic concept:  This…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Jason Pitre, masqueradeball.

<< more previous topics

Subsequent Topics
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010

9/12/2010 dmckenna: In Between - Another GF2010 Thread
I spent a good portion of time today brainstorming ideas. I thought about working with Skin, maybe doing a game revolving around shape changers and politics. Then I started thinking…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: dmckenna, enderbean.

9/12/2010 Gryffudd: Gryffudd's Game Thread
Well, looks like lots of interest this year. Lots of neat ideas I see. Figured I should put up one of my own while I have a moment before sleep.…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Gryffudd, Vulpinoid.

9/12/2010 lumpley: Vincent's game thread
Membrane urban horror You haven't been married long, and now she hasn't come home. Can you go to her? Can she come back to you?
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: lumpley.

9/12/2010 Shreyas Sampat: The Perfect Tool
https://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Af4g2fDbqFhYZGNrOTVqZDRfMjJmazV0eGpkNA&hl=en&authkey=CInOsbcK Inspirations: - DRYH - That crappy Aeon Flux movie - Burn Notice - Mission: Impossible
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Shreyas Sampat, Jonathan Walton, Bryan Hansel, baxil, dindenver.

9/12/2010 B4GD: Society: The Advising
Hello, Thought I would throw this out there for the contest as I needed some different ways to think for a few days. For this contest, I chose: • City…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: B4GD, davidberg.

9/12/2010 jasonm: Jason's Game Thread
My game's coming along. Here's the introduction: A rag-tag group of would-be heroes are thrown together on a harrowing journey of survival - and self-discovery! Danger Mountain! is a game…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: jasonm, Bryan Hansel, Kevin Allen Jr.

9/12/2010 Bryan Hansel: Bryan's Game Thread
At the crossroads, a pile of broken water-rich rock marked the road west; the north road bore a sign marked 'To New Askja.' Those who could read went north. You…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Bryan Hansel, jasonm, Frank Tarcikowski, Jonathan Walton, Kevin Allen Jr, baxil.

9/13/2010 Kevin Allen Jr: Kevin's Game Thread
So my first steps where whipping up an introduction and a mood board, we'll see where this goes: "560 horses rage across the scrub plain, belching fire, kicking rocks and…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Kevin Allen Jr, Frank Tarcikowski, jasonm.

9/13/2010 PeterBB: Peter's Game Thread
I reserve the right to throw out everything and start completely fresh, if this doesn't pan out. That said, here are my thoughts so far: This year's ingredients have gotten…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: PeterBB, Vulpinoid.

9/13/2010 vattnig_socka: Search for Haven
Hi. I'm new to the forge. Failed to deliver in a "dogma contest" earlier this summer (at a Swedish rpg forum), hoping to reclaim my honour with this competition. I'll…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: vattnig_socka, Jonathan Walton.

9/13/2010 dindenver: [Edge of Mystery] Dave's Game thread
All,   My game is inspired by Harry Potter and other such magical fantasies. You can see my working Draft here: https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1EsslLQ4dSs8CwzH6bkV9XJg0W5nFDlqM8cUm5Wv4naY I am finishing up the first draft tonight…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: dindenver, masqueradeball, Darla Shockley, Vulpinoid, Shreyas Sampat.

9/13/2010 lumpley: Putting Games to Faces
Games to names, really. In this thread, please say your name, say the title or working title of your game, say a quick sentence or two about your game, and…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: lumpley, B4GD, il mietitore, Bryan Hansel, hardcoremoose, Ben Lehman, merlin, Frank Tarcikowski, Jay Loomis, Gryffudd, ekb, PeterBB, Vulpinoid, ShaneM, wildduck, Jason Pitre, devlin1, aryus, baxil, davide.losito, jasonm, JeffR, masqueradeball, Sebastian, Revontuli.

9/13/2010 merlin: Vegas baby, Yeah!
I've just started on my game idea. It's called "Vegas baby, Yeah!" and it's a game about excess and it's consequences set in Sin City, Nevada. Here's the premise: Vegas,…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: merlin, wildduck.

9/13/2010 JeffR: A Trick of the Light
The Central Idea: A small game about a small group of people who meet in an abandoned city in the middle of a desert. Mostly told in flashbacks about how…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: JeffR, Gorgoo.

9/14/2010 DavidEBest: [The End of All Things] David's Game Thread
Hey everyone, My name is Dave, and this is my first attempt at a Game Chef game. Bear with me, please. I've been tossing around game concepts since the contest…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: DavidEBest.

9/14/2010 ekb: EKB's Game Thread
another fun word in there - soujourn: to reside briefly in a place Crunch: a 10-place scale between "Desert of the real" and "City-as-simulacrum" with some sort of token/mark-off system…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: ekb.

9/14/2010 wildduck: Sean Nittner's Game Thread
What grabbed me about the contest, was the theme: Journey.  I was instantly reminded of the Ribbon Drive game I played with Joe, Justin and Zach last year at Gen…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: wildduck, buffaloraven.

9/14/2010 buffaloraven: Travis's Game
Working Title: The Fall of Granada. Pitch: In 1492, Castillians and other Europeans destroyed the last of the Berber Muslim kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula, Granada.  The ‘great’ Reconquista of…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: buffaloraven, wildduck.

9/15/2010 devlin1: Mike's Game Thread (Title Pending)
I don't really have anything to post here right now, but I said I'd start a thread, so... here it is. I guess I can post some thoughts on a…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: devlin1.

9/15/2010 Thor: [The Twelve Battles of Arthur Nobel] thor's game
Not a good time, not the game I should be working on, yadda yadda..... TBoAN is a Western Set on the Mars of Edger Rice Burroughs and recapitulating the twelve…
In Endeavor: Game Chef 2010
Participants: Thor, jasonm.

more subsequent topics >>