Multi generational rpg

[Milo]

Hello,

So, I’ve had an idea bouncing around for a while for a multi generational RPG. You play a character, have a kid, play the kid, who later has a kid, and so on. You’d basically have two levels of progression: short term character progression and long term lineage progression. Things like your estate, taught skill sets, etc.

I’ve been working on the basic premise for a while as a sort of side project to teach my daughter game development. Starting to consider whether I should make it something commercial. Is there much interest for a game like this? Anyone know any other games that would be similar to this?

 

[barghwata]

Anyone know any other games that would be similar to this?

Crusader Kings 2?? can't think of anything else.

 

[asterix]

Scroll of Taiwu.

 

[Wunderbar]

Anyone know any other games that would be similar to this?

rogue legacy

 

[barghwata]

You’d basically have two levels of progression: short term character progression and long term lineage progression. Things like your estate, taught skill sets, etc.

The guild 2 renaissance does exactly this, if you can consider it an RPG.

 

[Rahdulan]

What you're really looking for is Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines, but it's a JRPG.

 

[Milo]

Oreshika is similar, yeah, though still quite different. I’ll check it out though as likely can learn a lot from it

The others aren’t quite what I was referring to

 

[v1rus]

Theres that one weird Fire Emblem game that does it; whole lotta jrpgs too i think

 

[Wyatt_Derp]

Medieval Dynasty is supposed to come out next year. It looks like a cross between Banished and Crusader Kings. You build a small village - into a kingdom, and also build a family dynasty and establish bloodlines to ensure rule through the middle ages. It sounds more like a building sim, but it's listed on Steam in the RPG section, so who knows.

 

[Funposter]

you're describing The Sims

edit: Alternatively, Fire Emblem: Awakening.

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

Agarest: Generations of war

 

[Ysaye]

For older jrpgs that did this, Fire Emblem 4 (2 generations with some inbetweeners) and Phantasy Star 3 (3 generations)

 

[Haba]

One of my forever-unfinished game projects is like this.

Basically you control a pioneer of sorts who can later marry one of the eligible ladies from the nearby village. The big twist here being that depending on who you choose, you may or may not get children who will eventually be added to your party for the end game. I.e. one of them is physically frail and sickly, but carries the bloodline of witches etc.

I wasn't designed generational per se, more about a single full generation and the game ending on your character's deathbed as you pass the mantle on to your children. Your choices and the choice of who you marry affecting the end scenario greatly.

So yeah, the concept is interesting hand does have potential. The biggest challenge I see is that each generation needs to be kind of short-lived for the whole thing to be interesting. But it is hard balance.

I guess you could take a super detached approach with minimal story, treating the extra children as bonus lives. Or what about having multiple wives and then deciding on the best cross-breeding experiment as the successor (who has the fight all of his siblings now, thx dad!)

 

[Garbage]

For older jrpgs that did this, Fire Emblem 4 (2 generations with some inbetweeners) and Phantasy Star 4 (3 generations)

The one with three generations is Phantasy Star 3. 4 is the one with best girl Rika.

 

[Infinitron]

I think Double Fine's Massive Chalice did this.

Also, the upcoming The Iron Oath is supposed to have playthroughs taking place over hundreds of years with characters who age and retire, but I don't know if they have children.

 

[laclongquan]

I think Double Fine's Massive Chalice did this.

Also, the upcoming The Iron Oath is supposed to have playthroughs taking place over hundreds of years with characters who age and retire, but I don't know if they have children.

Massive Chalice!

That generation thingy is interesting which is why I chose to test it.

It has a very basic problem that I cant install it in the first place. I dont even remember now what it was, just that it's very basic.

Recommend OP to play Massive Chalice to see if your idea the same.

There was a series of games in Playstation1 with same idea I think. Something Saga games.

 

[BrotherFrank]

A few games have this gimmick, the one that came to me was a ps1 jrpg, likely the one laclojgquan is referring to. It was one of those games that I never played but seemed fun to read about in gaming magazines, I remember it having really nice hand drawn looking visuals and that the plot changed according to who you married and what kid you ended up spawning but little else. A quick google check suggests it might have been saga frontier 2 going by the visuals?

 

[YldriE]

Anyone know any other games that would be similar to this?

Rogue egacy

My first thought.

Outward also has a permadeath mode that allows you to transfer some progress to your next character, but it's not a central mechanic.

 

[Efe]

agarest is based on this..
there was also one indie top-down game where every action takes a year and you build town, go on adventure etc.. i cant remember the name tho

 

[Obsequious Approbation]

Bannerlord will allegedly have a feature like that. The problem is that waiting for Bannerlord is a real-time, generational RPG, so only your daughter's children will have the opportunity to play it.

 

[Garbage]

Bannerlord will allegedly have a feature like that. The problem is that waiting for Bannerlord is a real-time, generational RPG, so only your daughter's children will have the opportunity to play it.

Nah they'll only get early access, it'll be their grandkids that get the full release.

 

[Falksi]

For older jrpgs that did this, Fire Emblem 4 (2 generations with some inbetweeners) and Phantasy Star 4 (3 generations)

The one with three generations is Phantasy Star 3. 4 is the one with best girl Rika.

And here they are...........

Spoiler

Great idea, not a bad game with lots of good elements but ultimately dragged down by empty areas & an encounter level which is way too high.

I'd love to see something similar done again. Flesh the story & RPG aspects out a bit more, improve the combat, and you've got a winner.

 

[Harry Easter]

Dragon Valor and Phantasy Star... III, I believe. It's less mechanics and more "choose your path and then continue the stories on their path." But the kind of storytelling really differs in Dragon Valor's case.

 

[Sranchammer]

Lost In Space meets The Sims would be very interesting.

No, Rimworld doesn't count.

 

[Lurker47]

Imagine if Faulkner wrote an RPG. :D