If J & W had a video game . . .

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

There are some fans making a My Little Pony fighting game, which led me to wonder . . . what kind of unlikely video games could Jeeves & Wooster spawn?

Puzzle adventure - This seems like the most obvious answer . . . The player controls Bertie as he gathers items and solves puzzles and attempts to steal whatever it is Aunt Dahlia wants him to steal, aided of course by Jeeves' expert advice and help.

RPG - Imagine your typical medieval-ish fantasy roleplaying game. Now take out "medieval" and put in "1920s/1930s". Now imagine that your party consists of Bertie (bard), Jeeves (wizard), Bingo (paladin? my first instinct was to say enchantress), Gussie (druid), and Honoria Glossop (fighter). Now, have them fight ghosts or Lovecraftian horrors or something. What does that add up to? I have no idea.

The anti-dating sim - As the all-knowing Wikipedia informs us, "the most common objective of dating sims is to date, usually choosing from among several characters, and to achieve a romantic relationship." Obviously, this would not be the case in the anti-dating sim. In the anti-dating sim, your character (Bertie, naturally) is beset with romance at every side and must somehow get rid of his many, many fiancees . . . all without breaking The Code of the Woosters.

I am still pondering what an acceptably Wodehousian subversion of the first-person shooter would look like.

Edit: MORE.

Pokemon - Pretty much like this fanart shows:



As the artist wrote:

"What-ho Jeeves, do a splash attack!"
"Though I hesitate to contradict you Sir, I believe a hyper beam would be most prudent at this time."
"Oh very well then Jeeves, beam away."

Comments

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

A Wodehousian fp shooter would involve talking Jeeves into sneaking up behind them with a blackjack.

I think this would be an awesome game, involving the mental and emotional challenge of getting Jeeves so concerned for Bertie that he whips out said blackjack, and then proceeds to use it.
Computer geeks? Make it so!

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

I like it. :D

The middle part of the game could involve Bertie running away from police officers who shoot first and ask questions later, which I believe has happened to him at least twice in the series.

[trista-zevkia.livejournal.com]

The first part is Bertie running from a bride. Then the last part is him facing off against the boss ... Aunt A!

[selkiechick]

FPS- a food fight at the Drones, of course! Wasn't there a special evening set aside at the Drones wherein the member would fling dinner rolls at each other?

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

That would be a ton of fun, I'm sure!

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

Oh man. I would definitely play that.

[wotwotleigh.livejournal.com]

Ooh, ooh, this is something I've actually thought about before!

I always imagined a 2D/side scrolling format that would combine puzzles with action. The graphics would look like traditional 2D animation, in a very deco/retro style, with lots of bright colors and sharp graphic design.

Bertie would maneuver through various missions (steal the cow creamer!), solving puzzles, fighting minor enemies (Scottie dogs, policemen) and bosses (Spode, Cheesewright, Aunt Agatha). Game Over would involve Bertie getting married off to one of any number of undesirable females.

There would be various power-ups, too. Kippers would boost Bertie's health, for example, while cocktails would raise his . . . er, stamina, I guess? The ultimate power-up would be Jeeves's pick-me-up, of course, reserved for truly desperate situations.

Bertie would be able to call on Jeeves for advice a few times per level. However, he'd have to be careful about equipping certain items or even having them in his inventory, for fear of offending Jeeves (the white mess jacket or alpine hat, for example). Other items would also have various other effects -- a mustache might give Bertie +1 espieglerie, but it would also be +5 attractiveness to Florence and -10 defense against Cheesewright. It would also decrease Bertie's chance of getting effective advice from Jeeves.

Weapons could include anything from umbrellas and paintings to blackjacks and riding crops.

Yeah, I've, uh . . . thought about this a lot.

[charismaz.livejournal.com]

I sincerely want this to happen.

[angieveep.livejournal.com]

Agreed, so much

[ladymoondancer.livejournal.com]

WOW, that would be fantastic! DO WANT!

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

If Game Over was Bertie getting married off, would the ultimate reward be Bertie and Jeeves getting together in a marital bliss sort of way? *happysigh*

[wotwotleigh.livejournal.com]

That would get no objections from me. :D

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Somehow, I didn't think so. ;)

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I had to look up espieglerie, but they used a Wodehouse quote in the definition on Wiktionary.

1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter XII:

I yield to no one in my appreciation of her espieglerie, but I'm one of the rabbits and always have been while she is about as pronounced a dasher as ever dashed. What I like is the quiet life, and Roberta Wickham wouldn't recognize the quiet life if you brought it to her on a plate with watercress round it. She's all for not letting the sun go down without having started something calculated to stagger humanity.



*giggles hysterically*

[wotwotleigh.livejournal.com]

Heeee, that is perfect! (And I have always particularly loved his "on a plate with watercress round it" gag XD)

[erynn999.livejournal.com]

It is a rather pleasing wheeze, is it not?

[drunken-kurage.livejournal.com]

Someone needs to get on that anti-dating sim, STAT. Because that sounds like a boat load of fun.

[lepidoctor.livejournal.com]

Anti-dating, lol! That's new. Extra points if you play Jeeves and your job is to get rid of all amorous advances that come Bertie's way by being sneaky.

[tekiclutch.livejournal.com]

While slightly OT, I always thought it would be fun to have an RPG where you can summon various fictional characters. Naturally, you'd summon Jeeves to escape a battle. :P

Oooh... Aunt Agatha needs to be a mini-boss. hehe.

[storyfan.livejournal.com]

I've never played these games, but I agree; Aunt Agatha needs some sort of important role.

[dogwoodblossom.livejournal.com]

The anti-dating sim would obviously be awesome. But I should point out that I already have a Jeeves and Wooster game. It's called Sims 2. Jeeves and Lex Luthor became bbfs but then the entire town got upset when Jeeves (ever the knowledge sim) became a werewolf. Then Jeeves stopped being a werewolf but the flat was robbed and Bertie was very upset and only thought about getting revenge on the blighter but once he invited him over with the intention of smiting him they became friends and spent the evening playing the piano and jumping on the couch. After that everything was fine until I downloaded the pregnancy for all genders hack and Bertie got knocked up. But their daughter was adorable and gave me an excuse to download a bunch of semi-period children's clothing.

[katelynna10000.livejournal.com]

as an owner of the sims 2, I completely understand this! I always make my favorite characters into sims! Soooo awesome!

[wotwotleigh.livejournal.com]

Bahahaha! This really, really needs to be a fic.

[katelynna10000.livejournal.com]

I think a good old traditional point-and-click adventure a-la the various Sherlock Holmes games I own would be in order! Where you get to play through the game, switching between Bertie and Jeeves, trying to avoid Aunts and Beazles. It could also possibly involve a deeper sub-plot where you try to sole a mystery, or accomplish some goal in life.

If we want to be boring and be realistic- the anti-dating sim would probably be the easiest....because it requires little (or no) actual movement, and allot of text! It would also be the easiest to write in a secret (or not so secret) slash option. But reality is boring!

Also, a friend and I have talked about Jeeves vs. Sebastiab battles would go. I've always said that if Sebastian didn't have his demon powers (or didn't use them to make it truly a contest of skill) that Jeeves would totally win a valet-off. I also think that Jeeves could handel Ciel's personality, but Berie would drive Sebastian NUTS, and he's just like....kill everyone...which would be bad.

Oh, and if anyone is interested (which your probably not), I baught a CD with 3 different Sherlock Holmes point-and-clicks for like, $20, the best of which was called 'The Awakened'. It was excellent. If you ever find it- buy it.

[ataratah.livejournal.com]

The anti-dating sim idea is my favorite. They're fairly easy to make too, if you know Flash (...which, ok, I don't, so I should shut the help up, probably!)

Also, now I want a J/w Skyrim mod...

[gini-baggins.livejournal.com]

LOLz you know I love pokémon and I still happen to play it from time to time, so this is great :D

I agree J/W Skyrim would be fantastic.
Or Jeeves being a descendant from Altaïr and Ezio from Assassin's Creed, that would be so awesome!