Hybrid Multiplayer Mess

[Skipper3]

Hello Yahtzee. I think this is the type of game you're looking for.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Or0wstxJHPM

 

[Yopaz]

Someone start a Facebook campaign for the video game idea proposed at the end there. Facebook's the only way things get done these days.

Actually the game Zombie Master is a bit like this, not completely, but it's similar. I do agree that this idea sounds pretty sweet, and I think it could be better than Zombie Master.

 

[Kingsman]

Yahtzee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdJZkhprjY4&feature=related

Look at #6. About 3:29.

Interested?

EDIT: Goddamnit ninja'd.

 

[Idocreating]

One player sets up the monsters in the level while the other plays through it?

Sounds like a good use for that Phone to Xbox link up thing they demonstrated a while back. Phone guy places monsters, Xbox guy tries to survive.

 

[baba44713]

Well, Yahtzee, you basically described the concept of boardgames such as "Doom" or "Space Hulk".

 

[aethereal]

You might be interested in trying this half-life 2 mod.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/90047/?snr=1_7_7_230_150_1

It's called Zombie Master, and it's basically L4D but one player in the lobby is rendomly decided to be the AI Director.

Unfortunately development stopped a few years back but the code is open source so perhaps some budding young development team could take it and work on it some more?

I remember I used to really enjoy this game. Some levels are silly and stupid but some are rather well designed and give both the director and the players a chance. The problem comes in with someone who has played the map a lot and knows all the traps, they have a rather noticeable advantage over others. But even those can be caught off guard.