How about a strategy game based upon Lego building bricks. What I envision is a game similar to Dark Reign 2 (3D units, landscape, etc.). But the difference is that along with predesigned units, you can come up with your own design (which would be limited to people's imagination). The world would be made up of the "plates" that you see included in some of the Lego sets. On these plates would be trees, flowers, hills mountains, etc. In order to start building things, you need to mine bricks, which in their basic form are crystals. These crystals need to be cut (kind of like diamonds) at a factory into the desired shape bricks. As time would go on, the player would develop a stockpile, which he/she could use to begin building with. Now here is the tricky part. Building units is based on instructions (as seen accompanying all Lego sets). When you need to build a predesigned unit or building, you simply click on the icon and the workers gather the needed bricks from the stockpile and begin assembling them per the instructions. Now, if you feel ambitious you can design your own "instructions" to build one of your own creations. These instructions then need to be uploaded to the game. The fun here is that people could put their instructions on the internet for others to download and try out within the game. Also, the player can build his own fortifications to encompass his base. The sizes and varieties are endless.

As far as the battling part, here are a few ideas for units. On the person level there could be builders, miners, magicians (they put the magic in the bricks to make them go or can cast offensive and defensive spells. One such spell could be called demolish. When cast on an enemy unit, the unit dis-assembles into a pile of bricks which can then be scavenged), demolitions expert (which carry a "special weapon for taking units apart brick by brick. You could even send them to the enemies fort to take apart some of his wall), and so on. On a vehicle level you could have dump trucks (to carry large amount of bricks around), the ever famous wheeled bubble-gum-gun (which shoots a wad of bubble gum at it's enemies to stop them in their tracks), and catapults (for knocking units and walls apart). To make the game interesting you could have everything effected by real physics. Such as, the more bricks you use, the slower it gets unless you cast an upgraded "engine" spell on the unit. There could be water units, flying units, summoned monster units, buildings, turrets, all based on Lego.

Lego Wars - a LEGO game
Jim Mysliwiec
gamolon1@earthlink.net

I've heard somewhere that Lego in co-operation with someone are making some game based on Lego-bricks, but I don't know any details. Still, this is a damn cool idea.

Idea Reviewer:
-Eivind Støylen-

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