Hello, everyone, well... i can tell Im an indie developer (or trying xD) planning to build a new browser game, but instead of spending months creating something nobody asked for... I want to start by listening to players :)
Im not asking which old game should be remade or copied.
I want to know:
What specific feeling, mechanic or experience from your childhood games seems to have disappeared?
Maybe it was:
- Coming home from school and entering a small online world where everyone knew each other
- Raising creatures and becoming genuinely attached to them
- Building a town that slowly grew over several weeks
- Discovering secrets without tutorials or markers everywhere
- Playing simple browser games that were immediately fun
- Trading, competing or cooperating with a small community
- A game that felt mysterious, lonely, cosy or slightly unsettling
- Something completely different
Please mention:
- The game or era that gave you that feeling
- What made it special
- What a modern version should keep or improve
I will collect the most repeated and interesting answers, turn them into a few realistic game concepts and return with prototypes for the community to test.
The final game would be playable in a browser with no download required.
So: what game experience from your childhood are you still waiting for someone to recreate properly? :D