I love this game idea. On 11/18/15, goshawk on horseback <[email protected]> wrote: > sorry if you get the below twice, sent it yesterday morning, but didn't see > it get through. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: goshawk on horseback > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 8:53 AM > Subject: possible idea for new game. > > > hello all, > this is a very much half formed idea at the moment, but thought I would > throe it out there to see what people think. > the idea I had, was for a horse riding game, where the back story is, that > whilst on holiday, you decide to hire a horse and check out the countryside, > unfortunately however, the only horse hire business in the area, is run by a > rather grumpy and sadistic individual, (possibly called sadistic Stacy) who > only really likes 3 things in life, her horses, sitting around watching tv, > and having a nice full cash till. 5 things she really hates, are customers, > receiving complaints, having horses come back in poor condition, riders > coming back late, and having to get off of her behind to go collect a horse > and rider. as you are on holiday, you only have a certain budget to spend, > which would normally get you a number of rides, but received complaints, > injuries to the horse, coming back late, and having to be collected, will > all cost extra. even more unfortunately for you, (as in real life > sometimes), the countryside is full of mean spirited individuals, such as > farmers who will complain to Stacy if you damage too much of there crops, or > scare there sheep. you can avoid them by sticking to the roads, but then you > will have delivery van, and truck drivers, who will have to slow down for > you if you don't, or can't pull over in time, and they will also complain to > Stacy about this. there are also idiot motorbikers on the roads, some of who > will also complain about you slowing them down, but some of whom will just > belt past you, scaring your horse, which could cause it to go haring off in > to a field of crops or sheep, either damaging, or scaring the hell out of > them. some other fields have bulls in them, who will not be happy to see > you, and may come after you if you spend too long in there fields, if they > catch you and collide with your horse, this will cause the horse an injury. > there are also sometimes loose dogs that will think it is fun to chase your > horse, and bite it if they catch it. > there are some decent horse tracks, which one can canter or gallop on, > useful for out pacing the dogs, or making up time. there are also very muddy > tracks, which may cause your horse to slip and fall if you go up them too > fast. > there could be some streams that need to be jumped, either as short cuts, or > again, good for shaking off the dogs. > the bull fields could have electric fences, which an idea could be that you > need to lure the bull in to it, which will discourage it from chancing you > any more, with out your horse hitting the fence. another possibility is that > some better horses may be able to jump the fences, where as the bull would > slam headlong in to the fence. > some of the roads have good verges which you can pull the horse over on when > required, but some of them have ditches, so that you can't pull over with > out causing your horse to slip and fall in to them, causing an injury. some > of the ditches, which could be along side roads, tracks, or fields, also may > have fly tipped loose plastic sheeting in, which will flap around in the > wind, and scare your horse, causing it to run off somewhere else, as > mentioned earlier. you can only go at a walk or trot on the roads, as going > any faster on them will cause the horse an injury owing to the harder > surface. > there could also be pig pens, on the corners of some roads or tracks, which > need to be avoided by going to the other side of the road or track, as > passing too close to these will also scare the horse, (strange but true > fact, horses really don't like pigs). > you can only go at walk if you need to cut through a sheep field, as going > any faster will scare the sheep, leading to a complaint, possibly unless you > can exit that field in time, before the farmer notices you. the same could > be the case if you end up in a field of crops, if you can get out of it in > time, the farmer may not notice you, so won't complain. > there could be a few sorts of game, one could be a timed one, > another could be where you just have to get round the rout with as fewer > complaints and horse injuries as possible, > and a third could be a see how long you can keep riding for before you rack > up too many complaints and/or injuries. > some other possibilities for variables could include: > spending more of your budget for a better horse, which could be less prone > to scares, better able to jump the fences, keep it's footing better on the > muddy tracks (meaning that you can go a bit faster on them), and/or could > just go faster in general. > doing this however, will mean that you won't get so many rides for your > budget, and will have less of it available for the fines for complaints > and/or injuries. > spending a bit of your budget on dog biscuits, which you can drop behind you > and make the loose dogs lose interest in chancing you. > traveler horses, which will follow you, these won't cause you any injury, > but you will need to shake them off ASAP, as the travelers won't be happy > about having to find there horses, and will complain. > pheasants, these can show up anywhere, and you have to either avoid, or slow > down for them, as coming right at them too quickly will cause them to fly up > right in front of your horse, scaring it. > the final idea I had, is that at times, your horse may need to eat, > especially after doing a fair bit of work, and that there are many types of > plant it can eat, but some that are poisonous, which will count as an injury > if you let your horse eat any of those. > > don't know what you think of this idea, I came up with it whilst out riding > on Sunday, and thought it was at least worth putting out there. > > Simon > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. >
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