Thread: Lucid Dream Video Game Concept

Ok I know that sandman ( or at least I think it was him) posted a lucid dream video game idea and is getting tons of developers and stuff. But I just had a idea for a game. So people could make tons of objects and have people submit objects and scenes and adventures into a the game. Then they could make it so an environment is randomly picked, and objects are randomly placed, and stories could be followed when a person made a new world. Not that I know anything about java or c++. But it was just an idea i came up with while not paying attention in school yesterday.

The only problem with lucid dreaming games is that, in a lucid dream you have limitless possibilities to what you can do. In a video game you can only do what the programmer put in. Sure, you can put everything you can think of into a game but it would be impossible to get every possible activity, object, and scene into a video game. Plus, the controls would be a mess. In a lucid dream you can do any combination of things. If you look at a fight, you can either fight hand to hand, which is a full set of controls in its own right, but then you can also use an endless number of weapons, plus abilities, then you have to program the enemies... it gets impossible.

A game that has all of the things you listed would still be a great game and people would still play it, just it shouldn't be labelled as a "lucid dreaming game" or "lucid dreaming emulator." The closest game to this I've played is Skyrim and even that is extremely limited when compared to lucid dreaming, but one day we may get to the point where we can put everything one can think of into a game. Unfortunately, I don't think any of us will live to see that day (though I could be wrong, technology is advancing at a mind-boggling pace.)

I think it would have to be like a funny chose your own adventure walk through. The plot would be limited of course, but video games are not full representaions of life. A shooter game is nothing like combat, so an LD game would not have be be like a real LD. I like the idea. I think the Myst series was alot like dream stuff.

Originally Posted by sivason

I think it would have to be like a funny chose your own adventure walk through. The plot would be limited of course, but video games are not full representaions of life. A shooter game is nothing like combat, so an LD game would not have be be like a real LD. I like the idea. I think the Myst series was alot like dream stuff.

Yeah I see what you mean, if there's a different plot and a different scene, it would be hard to make a huge storyline

Originally Posted by Tasca

So people could make tons of objects and have people submit objects and scenes and adventures into a the game.

That somewhat reminds me of game called Spore, which i did not really liked, yes it had decent customization and idea, but it pretty much lacked everything else .
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Personally the best thing i find about lucid dreaming is the fact that you can feel dream world, which is impossible through video games, at least at the moment, though, i am pretty sure there will be possibility in the future, then your idea might have some success .

Edit: fixed quote fail .