sigh, got an "servel-overload" and lost my message, testing again(this time in notepad :) )

I'm glad many liked my Adventurer idea, (sadly) it was not completely mine. I based it on the previous post by Trapper Zoid (#1 and #2 in hist post).

Madster mentioned theese stuff that could be in a non-violent game:
-sports
-racing
-puzzles that rely on quick reflexes (yes, tetris.)
-exploration with time limits (hacking games for example)

I rule out sports since it may be violent(car can crash, boxing, taekwondo, american footbal) and it's basicly copying an existing game.

I also rule out racing since IMHO it can not be made cool if we aren't allowed to crash the car in a cool way. Question: Is crashing a car (like need for speed: Underground) ok in a non-violent game if the cars are R/C's?

Some basicly I got two ides last time I wrote this so here they go:

#1:
You are a geek kid and your parents are evil and do evil magic.
Since you are a geek you can make cool gadgets, and you want to study your homework (for some reason you don't already know it). Since your parents are evil they change the world to stop you from doing it. They take you to different cool places(exploration on time) like forests, ruins etc.
Optional: It is possible to do some little quests in theese worlds, like saving cats. This could be some with acrobatics/swinging/climbing. If you fall you fail the world, but doesn't get damaged since they are your parents and doesn't want you to get harmed. End Optional.
They also sometimes transform your house into different labyrints. You'll have to find your way to your room in time to do the homework. There are many exits to the labyrint that lead to your room but since it it your house, your parents are also there. You'll have to avoid them since if you are spotted by them you are forced to watch TV! You have gadgets that can cause distraction etc.
Sometimes you older brother wants to play video-games with him. You have made a gadget that will allow you to study if you win. Naturly the game are puzzles that (possible) rely on quick reflexes

#2:
You are a photographer for some newspaper. Your job is to photograph the aliens. If they see you, they zap you with their telport-and-forget-beam. Later on you have to take civilians into the area(s) (specific place where they can see them good) where the aliens are since they(civilians) don't belive you. If they get zapped your boss gets angry(for some unknown reason).
Since your mind is special(think "Fry and the brain spawn"-episode from futurama) you don't forget stuff when you are zapped.

How about something like Loderunner but in first person? Could be quite fun actually.

Throwing acid and burying(sp?) people alive doesn't seem so non-violent to me ;) or are you thinking of another game(or am I)?

Quix was an attempt to create a game which was at the same time non-violent and somewhat different from other games. It basically came from combining a platformer with a racing game and adding a chasing element.

For a terrific and (mostly) nonviolent game, take a good look at "Clonk Planet". It's free now. The game is a sort of hybrid between side-scrolling platformer, RPG, sim, RTS, and Lemmings. You can dig and recover minerals from underground, process them at foundries and mills, cut lumber, build cities, drill oil and otherwise terraform a randomly generated map. Multiplayer co-op is an absolute blast when you're trying to mine gold or amass "settlement points".

Your little clonks can earn promotions, and they get stronger with each level up. They can push more, chop faster and take more punishment from the odd landslide or misplaced demolition charge. At Major, they can scale walls, and at Colonel they can "hangle" from ceilings. They get pretty impressive.

You can have them fight one another, too, but it's generally far less rewarding than cooperating. The arctic pack lets you face challenges like starvation and freezing and raising a family on an iceberg, living on fish and seals while using their bones and skin to make useful goods. There's a Knights pack that focusses more on fighting, although Stocking the armory and forging shields and saddling horses is more fun than the actual combat.

If you have a LAN, it's definitely worth a look. The new version, "Clonk Endeavor", has a shareware fee but is supported by an online game-tracker, to allow online fun any time. It might be in German, though.

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