I have been thinking about the different aspects computer games and have come up with in my mind would be good one. You play a cop that is investigating a murder gathering evidence and interrogate witness and get statements. But as a twist you also get to play the murder in the game from his point of the murders, but he don’t see the world as you do as the cop he see strange visions hear voices that suggests dark and evil acts. And as a last twist to it as how mush evidence and correct witness statements the game starts to lean into a more reality the murder is a normal man mad but normal, If you don’t do a good job as the cop like getting the wrong evidence or misleading witness statements the murder gets more supernatural in his killings. And in the end if you have done a very bad job as the cop you basically have Jason or Freddy Krueger against you. If you did a good job then the murderer is just a simple man. So what do you think of the concept for a game? I might have posted in the wrong forum so I hope that a nice moderator moves it if I got I wrong.

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Original post by Twister of fate I have been thinking about the different aspects computer games and have come up with in my mind would be good one. You play a cop that is investigating a murder gathering evidence and interrogate witness and get statements. But as a twist you also get to play the murder in the game from his point of the murders, but he don’t see the world as you do as the cop he see strange visions hear voices that suggests dark and evil acts.

Indigo Prophecy!

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And as a last twist to it as how mush evidence and correct witness statements the game starts to lean into a more reality the murder is a normal man mad but normal, If you don’t do a good job as the cop like getting the wrong evidence or misleading witness statements the murder gets more supernatural in his killings. And in the end if you have done a very bad job as the cop you basically have Jason or Freddy Krueger against you. If you did a good job then the murderer is just a simple man.

So why would I want to do a good job? It seems like all the stuff that would attract the audience to this game disappears as a 'reward'?

I think it should be reversed - the better a job you try to do, the more horrible the villian turns out to be (for a more interesting ending). The worse of a job you do, the more let down you are when you lose to a simple crazy guy.

Maybe it's always a supernatural thing, but the details change depending on what choices you make? If it's going to end up being a normal guy, you better load a van up with your friends, and get a comical dog.