{"id":180345,"date":"2024-02-22T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/?p=180345"},"modified":"2024-02-21T23:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T05:53:09","slug":"make-great-settings-computer-games-ttrpgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/2024\/02\/22\/make-great-settings-computer-games-ttrpgs\/","title":{"rendered":"What would make great settings for computer games and TTRPGs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

These days I try to cast a wide net when it comes to finding inspiration for D&D<\/em> and other gaming endeavors. It\u2019s fun to look for cool ideas for plots and settings from many sources \u2014 some not so obvious.<\/p>\n

During the height of pandemic-inspired TV binging and afterward, many people grew to know and love Roku City<\/a>, as portrayed in the screensavers for Roku-enabled devices. The camera scrolls across a pleasant, generic 2D depiction of a high-rise New York City-inspired landscape that happens to be host to the collective events and denizens of more than a century of movie culture. There\u2019s a lot going on in the background to see, and it certainly gives one some entertaining ideas for gaming.<\/p>\n

Obviously, Roku City has robust defensive capabilities. It looks pristine despite invasions of domestic kaiju and alien overlords and various threats. My dream would be to see a game that chronicles the adventures of the Roku City Defense Corps, especially if giant mecha are involved. I\u2019d love to see a 1980s comic book tie-in treatment, a la Atari Force<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Anothing thing that fascinates me is the ability of creatives to pack extensive world-building into what can essentially be throwaway content. Muse\u2019s Knights of Cydonia<\/em> <\/a>is a 9-hour kung fu western space opera condensed into a five minute music video. It\u2019s got everything. Cowboys! Lasers! Evil cyborgs! Unicorns! Planet of the Apes references! It\u2019d be a fun setting for Trigun<\/em><\/a>-style shenanigans or homages to B-movie take-offs<\/a> of legendary Westerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Willy Wonka<\/a>\u2019s factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory<\/em> is another setting I\u2019d love to see in game form. It\u2019s practically infinite, full of incongruous horror, and would make a great megadungeon. And, the sequel to the book, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator<\/em>, inspired a plot device I\u2019ve used repeatedly to bring new people into my D&D campaign when there\u2019s no time to waste on anything but getting back to the fun. Cue The Girl from Ipanema<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

What do you think would make a great setting for games? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

These days I try to cast a wide net when it comes to finding inspiration for D&D and other gaming endeavors. It\u2019s fun to look for cool ideas for plots and settings from many sources \u2014 some not so obvious. During the height of pandemic-inspired TV binging and afterward, many people grew to know and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":180347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[24],"tags":[6834,78235,78236],"yst_prominent_words":[9433,11305,18179,25473,19974,9481,15866,8296],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180345"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180512,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180345\/revisions\/180512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180345"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blizzardwatch.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=180345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}