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Hunger games game

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My friend is letting me borrow her copy of the Hunger games book, the first one in the series. It is simply an amazing book.

However the more I read it, the more awesome the idea of a Hunger games video game sounds

Summary of the world Hunger Games is set in: It is set in a post apocalyptic world in the nation of Panem. Panem is built in a ring, the center being the city called Capitol, and it is surrounded by 13 districts. It is an extremely corrupt society and a war broke out between the 13 districts and Capitol. The Capitol won the war by a lot, and completely destroyed District 13. Each district has its own resource that they contribute, for example district 12's resource is coal, district 11 is agriculture, and so on and so forth. Now every year each district must send 2 "tributes"; One boy and one girl between the ages of 12 - 18 to compete in the Hunger Games to remind the districts of the Capitols superiority. Essentially they are in a large natural arena that could be anything from a barren desert to a bright green forest and must fight to the death. Alliances are formed and broken as there can only be one survivor. Tributes starve to death, get assassinated, get burned alive, and much more.

Now after almost completing the book, i realized what an awesome video game could be made using the world from Hunger Games. You could pick what district your character is from and that would yield certain skills and attributes. You could select your gender, build, and age for further customization and play through the hunger games. I think it would be awesome as there could be many ways to play seeing how the arena could be anything, and there are 12 districts to choose from.

I imagine the gameplay itself being similar to a Roguelike RPG. There is no definite storyline and you just create a character, select a difficulty and arena type, and try to win. There would be tons of replay value. If each hunger games lasted maybe 2 weeks in game time and 3-5 hours in actual time you could put well over 60 hours in and still find new things to do.

One day I plan on making this game if no one else does it first :) I just figured I would share my ideas with all of you guys and get your opinions.
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I completely agree with you. I think that The Hunger Game (eh, game name, eh? Hahaha) Would make a great game! I would definitely play it.
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This sounds like a movie thats coming out...
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I think it is a movie coming out. Which, unfortunately, makes the IP about 100x hotter. I would stay away from it, honestly.
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I knew the movie was coming out, i'm going to the midnight release haha :) And i'm hoping a game follows the movie shortly.
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Reading the first post I kept thinking "how are you going to make a game based on copyrighted material without paying for the rights?" ;)
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I'm sure a profesional game studio will buy the license and put a game out for it. If i were to do something for it, it would be free and a fangame haha.
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Unfortunately, even if it is free and a fangame, you are still at their mercy to not send you a C&D letter. If you get one, it is game over. You have to take down your game, delete the code, and never mention it again, basically. In the past C&D letters have deleted months or even years (in the case of some of the Chrono Trigger fan games, definitely years) worth of work.
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That's exactly what I was thinking as I was reading it... what a great setup for a game. If you haven't heard yet, they're taking sign ups for the beta of their facebook game. http://thehungergamesadventures.com
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