Welcome to Demon Streets

Ladies and gentle-demons, we have a game. Unfortunately, at this point we have little more than a concept, a title, and a few hopes, but, in all honesty, that's a good deal more than we've had hitherto. The title of the game, or series of games, will be "Demon Streets." Each outing will be subtitled by geographical area: e.g., the first in the series will be "Demon Streets: New York City." What sort of game will this be, and how will you play it? Well, it will combine a board (a map of the demon possessed city provided by us and printed by...you!), dice (supplied by you), cards (also printed by you, on photo paper most likely), and possibly pieces (printed on card stock?). Basically, you will move around the board using the pieces but the game will be "controlled" by the computer. Sean describes it as a "play-around-a-laptop" game and envisions a group of people at a table eating, drinking, and killing in good company. Not a bad image. If a little brutal for my taste.

So much for how it will be played. What is the concept? As the title would suggest, the world has been taken over by demons. Some are humanoid, some are not. Much of New York City's geography will be vaguely hell-like and altered in a multitude of ways. As for the object of the game, "campaigns" will be presented over time, until a selection of "plots" will be available for online playing. Once this has been accomplished, we will move on to another city; say, Chicago or LA? Campaigns, maps, and possibly whole new creatures will be developed for the new locations. Until we have enough and move on again. And so on.

It would appear that this previously useless video game development blog might actually live up to its name. Since we actually have a game concept to work on. If Sean comes through on this I will forgive him for everything. Except for being a fathead. There is no excuse for being a fathead. Is there, fathead?

Ask a doofus

Since I appear to be having an online discussion with Sean, thought I'd ask him a direct question. So, tell me, do you get the nagging feeling that you are a failure, Sean? Are these feelings corroborated by verifiable facts? Please, share with our millions of blog readers.