I dabbled in gamedev in college and have been working as an engineer for the past 15 years. I am interested in building a game as a hobby / side project. I was wondering if anyone here could give me examples of simple yet fun games that would help with inspiration.
One example I can think of ...
One example I can think of off the top of my head would be A Dark Room[1] But I'm not looking to copy it.
Anyone have any examples?
1. https://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/
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Rollercoaster Tycoon - By Chris Sawyer. 99% written in x86 assembly. Imho, the most impressive example of a game of its magnitude, by a single dev.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RollerCoaster_Tycoon_(video_ga...
By flother 2020-12-1319:58 The Digital Antiquarian had a thoroughly interesting article on Chris Sawyer and his work not too long ago:
By mraza007 2020-12-161:26 I definitely remember playing this game when I was little. Definitely loved
By oldschoolrobot 2020-12-1417:52 Yes Rollercoaster Tycoon was my sh*t
By thesuperbigfrog 2020-12-1316:02 Stardew Valley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardew_Valley
Undertale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undertale
By dmarinus 2020-12-1318:28 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Another_World_(video_game)
the ports are done by different people as well as the sound track.
Why do you want to do this all by yourself? I'd recommend to use whatever is useful, affordable and makes it more fun!
