Stay Alive... a game i want to make

what do you guys think of this game me and my friend thought of....

First off its a first person hide and seek type game.  There could be like 16-24 people max in a game and the point is to STAY ALIVE.. the levels would take place in a large indoor place... for example a mall, airport ,school/campus, mueseum,and a mansion...And they would be nothing but darkness, each player will get a flashlight and can decide to turn it on or off depending on if they are hiding or finding a spot to hide they also can have their fists to hit him with if being chased... the player who is randomly selected to be it starts with a knife and or pistol...and tries to take each player out that is hiding..but because there is no way to see where your teammates are unless you follow them, when you die you will become a SEEKER also to make it harder to "stay alive" for the hiders that are left...also you would be able to pick any type of thing you can possibly pick up and throw it at the person who is it, whether it is books,chairs,desks,luggage,and other things you can pick up in a real mall,airport,school/campus,mueseum,and mansion. Also the sounds would be real lifelike for instance if you were walking around with your flashlight off and bumped into a metal chair or something and it made a lifelike sound so the seeker if near would hear it...also you interacting with the enviornment for example if you were found and you ran into a chair or desk you would fall over it and have a great chance of dying ...
This would mainly be an online game

Please give your feedback positive+negative and you can post things you might want to add to the game...

Thanks Villanova11

IT has nothing to do with zombies there is one guy who is it like a serial killer and he has to eliminate everyone thats hiding...when you die you also become a killer

NOTHING TO DO WITH Zombies

I swear there is a movie with the same name that deals with a game...*flips through TV Guide*...why yes there is...-Zaku-

Left 4 Dead.Slipin

what is the main story of the game every game has a main storycoletrainmatt

[QUOTE="coletrainmatt"]what is the main story of the game every game has a main storyVillanova11

thanks for the input cdstacker i like your ideas they were really helpful

but my idea was it would be like pitch black except for like a circle in the middle of the screen which would be the flashlight if its on, so you can pretty much hide anywhere as long as the killer doesnt look there... the point of if you die you become a killer is because if the others die most people will be too impatient to wait so you can keep playing all the time with no wait such as gears of war...

How original! :roll:tomxizor

forget it kiddo... it's out there already (well kinda)

if you happen to have half life 2, try downloading a mod called Hidden: Source - it's pretty much your idea - some random guy is the "serial killer" (with some supernatural powers - wow o_O) which is invisible, run twice as faster, hold a knife and can do some karate chops to kill the rest of the players - a swat team wannabe, with a good arsenal with lasers to see the lab rat around, traps and of course flashlights which doesn't help o_O...

they either kill him, or they die trying to survive...

not trying to disencourage you, just suggesting you to check it out first - it's done, no more code-writing needs, it has a solid engine, etc... and you might find it fun.

your killer shouldn't just be a guy with a knife, make them look really horrifying, and make the deaths utterly brutal and grusome, people won't be scared of dying unless the death is really disgusting. as for players coming back as killers, it sort of makes dying pointless, there should be a price to pay for dying, but i've been thinking, your biggest problem is the victims need a way to win, nobody will want to play unless the victim has some small chance of escaping alive and winning. also i think you should cut down the player limit, keep it around 8-10, anything over that and it will either just be too chaotic or the survivors could just gang up and beat down the killer. if you want the game to be different to the mods like it already out there you need the players to feel more isolated and hunted.

also lose the falling over chairs and dying idea, that would just piss people off, they can fall over and suffer a penalty like temporary slowdown from injury, but not death, the victim wouldn't find that fun or scary, and even the killer would be bored by it. i also really do think that there must be a penalty for dying, otherwise people will just join, commit suicide and gang up as killers. a lone hunter would be far scarier, especially if they have night vision and you don't. 

your biggest problem is the victims need a way to win, nobody will want to play unless the victim has some small chance of escaping alive and winning. .

also lose the falling over chairs and dying idea, that would just piss people off, they can fall over and suffer a penalty like temporary slowdown from injury, but not death, the victim wouldn't find that fun or scary,. 

cdstacker

the other thing is wat would the single player be like...i personally think it would be cool if you played as the serial killer in first player and had objectives like to kill a person who like owns an evil company or you rob a bank or somthin like that...that would be coolpvt_parts_815

have u seen the movie stay alive? Now thats a really cool game.

How original! :roll:tomxizor