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The Sims is not even close to what I mean. The Sims cannot be played in 1st person with direct player driven activities for instance, which is key part of my idea. I don't want it to be point and click or just indrectly influencing the actions of the main character. The character should be controlled using WASD and Mouselook.

This idea is not massive. it is not even fully fleshed out. It is just a start of what I invision. It should grow over time.
Also it is possible if enough people want to play such a game, then support the development of it and finally it gets made.

What would be those existing games about running a resort, I didn't find any on itch or patreon. I found one on Steam but it got crappy ratings and IMHO this is because all those features I suggested, are missing, so it feels boring.

Software should adapt to the user, not the opposite way around. there should at least be a configuration option.

Does not have WASD control - no go.

For quite some years already I am looking for a game that doesn't exist yet, and at the same time I am constantly wondering why developers make games without knowing who wants to actually play it and then having a hard time marketing it. I wonder why the gaming market is still a push market, while it would be so much easier, if there would be a forum where gamers would be able to post their ideas of games they would have fun playing and upvote other game ideas, and then developers would be able to pick a high voted game idea and realize it, instead of making a game first and then trying to find out who would buy it.

I don't know if this is the right place to start but here is my game idea. This is just a braindump and can be fleshed out more as soon as someone really wants to make this game. At this point I just want to spark inspiration, because I really want to see such a game for me to buy and play in the future. I hope there are others like me as well, who also want to see such a game.

Working Title: The Immersive Luxury Resort Simulation (Single Player)

Features:

• Architecture / Build Mode (top or isometric view)
  • Be able to build your luxury resort with beach hotel, sauna, massage rooms, pools, grottos, lagunas, zen archery range, zen stone stacking, gardening, beach, yacht mooring, etc.
• Management Mode (management screens)
  • Be able to manage a holiday season including room booking, scheduling, activities, hire personnel like hotel staff, animators, masseurs, etc.
• Tourist Mode (1st person and over-the-shoulder view)
  • Be able to participate in activities like swimming, snorkeling, sunbathing, beach volleyball, using amenities like sauna, pool, zen archery range, climbing wall, etc.
• Transportation Modes 
  • Be able to captain a luxury yacht with a small tender boat to bring spa guests onto and from the yacht and host yacht parties.

Gameplay Loops:

1. Character Editor
   1. Starting in a small changing hut on the beach
   2. Base character selection from a seamless gender spectrum with some customization options.
   3. Simple choice of swimwear (or naked for the naturism fans)
2. Movement and Poses in 1st and 3rd person for both, player and AI NPCs
   1. Walking / Running / Sprinting / Jumping
   2. Squatting / Sitting / Lounging / Sleeping
   3. Swimming / Diving
   4. Climbing
   5. Dancing (Everything from Yacht Party Disco to Poledance / Lapdance)
3. Activities (Use World Item)
   1. Pick up / Throw / Punch Volleyball / Waterball
      
   2. Mix / Serve / Drink Cocktail
   3. Build / Destroy Sand Castles
   4. Operate Computers (this should open the Management UIs and switch to Management Mode)
   5. Open / Close Lockers
   6. Dress / Undress
4. Interaction with AI NPCs
   1. Fully Voiced Dialog System (May be using Speech Recognition via Microphone, generative AI and Text to Speech for responses)
   2. Cooperative and Competitive Gameplay (Ball Sports, Running, Climbing, Swimming Diving, Drinking Games,...)
   3. Getting a Spa Massage (Both SFW and NSFW versions depending on player age and preference)
5. Exploration and Long Term Player Attachment
1. Finding secrets all over the place, either physical or by taking photos
2. Possibility to decorate your hotel room or yacht cabin with found stuff
3. Seasonal Events as DLC packs with more content like clothing, items, new gameplay activities related to those items (like scuba gear addon, or jet-ski addon, or wildwater rafting addon, etc.)
4. Potential Mystery Investigations
5. Future Expansions into the inland visiting local markets and sight-seeing spots to get cosmetic items for the character like clothing and other collectible stuff
6. etc.

Don't call it feature creep. Freedom of Choice is only possible if there are enough options to choose from. And the Freedom of Choice to do what you want and the possibility to add even more options going forward, is what makes such a game successful in the long run.

Can we please exclude all games tagged "Visual Novel" from the list?

I am not scrolling though hundreds of games I don't want to see just to miss the few hidden jewels among them.

We need filters to exclude tags please.

How hard can it be?

+tag for including filter
-tag for excluding filter