View Full Version : Game Design - TV Tropes & Idioms
Fengol
13-07-2009, 11:58 AM
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HomePage
"Tropes are devices and conventions that a writer can reasonably rely on as being present in the audience members' minds and expectations. On the whole, tropes are not clich?s. The word clich?d means "stereotyped and trite". In other words, dull and uninteresting. We are not looking for dull and uninteresting entries. We are here to recognize tropes and play with them, not to make fun of them."
It might be worthwhile dipping into these for story and design ideas for games.
Gazza_N
13-07-2009, 12:11 PM
You do realise that you've just doomed everyone to a day of non-productivity? Hell, Thaumaturge linked me to this site YEARS ago, and I still visit it regularly, spending hours at a time clicking links and reading examples.
Not just plot tropes, BTW. There are some very good game-related tropes, such as the Insurmountable Waist-high fence (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InsurmountableWaistHeightFence), or the Hyperspace Arsenal (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HyperspaceArsenal). Also, try searching for your (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Iji) favourite games (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeusEx) in there (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Starcraft) - they tend to have entries containing the plot and gameplay tropes used in that specific game/movie/book/whatever. With links to the trope pages. And from there, you can kiss your day goodbye.
EDIT: Heh, okay, just saw today's XKCD (http://xkcd.com/609/). Would explain the sudden interest. :P
Fengol
13-07-2009, 01:38 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *Steeples fingers** Excellent!
AndrewJ
13-07-2009, 01:51 PM
Fengol, why did you have to do this to us? I mean, REALLY? How are we supposed to work when there is so much to read on Iji alone??? ;-)
Thanks oke.
dislekcia
13-07-2009, 01:53 PM
OH FFS!
I thought I'd be immune. I wasn't :(
tvdbon
14-07-2009, 10:38 AM
very nice site - thanks for the link - kept me busy most of the night ;)
Aval4nche
15-07-2009, 10:13 AM
Thanks Fengol, this site has made my day. And devoured my bandwidth :p
Cyberninja
15-07-2009, 11:31 AM
Wow. This site is awesome. Thanks for the link Fengol. :P
Ruandre
16-07-2009, 09:22 AM
Great find! Thanks a bunch :D
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Blood?from=Game.Blood
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