
I am a huge fan of Theme games. I played hundred of hours on Theme Hospital, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper or RollerCoaster Tycoon.
When I saw that Introversion was going to release Prison Architect, I immediately bought it. Anyway, here are some ideas to make this game even better.
- Add some random events. It would be cool to be surprised from time to time. Power failure, general riot organized by the prisoners etc.
I am thinking about the earthquakes and epidemic seen in Theme Hospital.
- Make the prisoners more unpredictable. For example, they should try to escape by using doors usually reserved to the staff or by digging out a tunnel. They also should fight more often. You should be always in a state of alert. After all, prevent prisoners of escaping is the number one priority of a wander, right ?
- Having different prisoners profiles. I know it would be hard to implement but it would be awesome if each prisoner had a specific behavior. Some of them should be more inclined to fight for example. We could also have prisoners with psychiatric disease. These ones should have their own cell with dedicated facilities. The idea is to be able to distinguish them.
- Relationships. Implement clans would be cool. Prisoners could become friends and stick together when going to the yard or the canteen. By doing so, they could have more influence on the other prisoners and organize riots or escapes.
- Make the staff (wander, psychologist, chief etc.) more interesting. Right now, they just let you unlock features. It would be nice if prisoners could visit the psychologist from time to time. Some of them could be brought to the Chief's office after having breached the rules etc.
- Implement an experience system for the staff. In Theme Hospital, doctors or janitors do not have the same level of skill. They improve with the time or by being trained. Guards could gain experience and be more effective. Same for the workers.
- Add more buildings and items. Watchtowers, room for visitors (so prisoners can see their relatives and get weapons or drugs from them), security room (needed to make the cameras functional), new kinds of fences (electric ones for example) etc.
- Add more activities for prisoners. I know the workshop is gonna be implemented but I would love seeing other stuff. Linen washing would be great in my opinion. You could also assign them to floor cleaning.
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