Jason Rohrer is a quite controversial independent game developer with a track record of thought provoking games. His latest offering (in alpha state for
50% off sale with
public domain source code included)
The Castle Doctrine is a MMO about "burglary and home defense". Better than I could do it here shortly, these two (
1,
2) articles give you an idea what the game is about.
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| Build defenses to protect your family or is it just another puzzle to solve? |
The interesting twist is that you are (can be?) both a home intruder and responsible for building defenses for your own home. In a sense it is thus a player created puzzle solving game if you look at it from a more game design (abstract) point of view. It however also rises some ethical questions about how you deal with the theme of the arms race between intruders and home defenders. In either way, it sounds like a fun game though :)
On an unrelated note, one of the guys behind last year's successful FOSS board game Kickstarter project
A Las Barricadas, is
now looking for financial subscriptions for him to create more FOSS art (CC-by) and to take some art classes the same time. If that sounds like a good way to spend your hard earned cash, check out some of his previous works
here.
