I had this idea for a game literally 5 minutes ago. Anyone who is a fan of the book Ender's Game surely will appreciate the awesomeness of the game world that Ender was the only one to beat. He won the unwinnable game. And now you will follow in his footsteps.
The idea is that you're playing the game that he played, a simulated world designed entirely to fuck you up. It's bad, jim, it's all bad. Everything in the game will be a symbol representing something from your character's past, and it's ALL psychoanalyzing you. Your only hope is to play dirty, to break ALL the rules. No more strategy tips from me, now, shall we get to the game?
I need: one or more persons interested in this game. It will start out in a featureless blue room where you will be able to purchase starting equipment appropriate for a character of your level (the starting level is as of yet undecided), and choose your character's features. But here's the stitch: You're an 8 year old kid. You are the best and the brightest of your age group, a goddamn genius. I'll need a sordid past that is full of sadness and woe (or not, but it'll probably be more fun) from you.
The game(s) will be solo, though you may encounter each other tangentially. The game areas are all meant to test aspects of your character's personality, and how you react to it will determine how it reacts to you, and so forth. Therefore, don't expect it to obey many of the laws of reality. You will get into shit. Constantly. There won't be much downtime actually in-game, but you'll get loots and stuff as normal.
No tier one shit, the whole point of this is that you're one man against the world. A healthy tier 2/3 is good, because I can counter that appropriately. Obviously, there will be no wish based economy, no infinite money loops, and probably not even any summoning spells. You can still play a cleric or druid, but don't try and break the game. No gate shenanigans, and in case it ever comes to that point, you do not get the spellcasting of a creature you shapechange into (this is considered a house rule).
EDIT: Character creation rules:
You can mechanically be any race you want but your person will be human. You can pretend to have a connection to the history of a race that you encounter or not, it matters little. I'm going to need a backstory from your "player," as it's part of the game.
32 point buy, and you don't have to roleplay your stats. Your characters are just that: characters. You can solve things intelligently. Just don't expect the game to accept you as being smart when your character has 8 int. Flaws and traits, and all books are default yes, but I might not have the book, so check.
Starting level of 8 sounds about right to me, what do you guys think? Submit character builds, and I'll accept 3 to 5 people who will be given threads of their own. You can have a shared OoC, but I haven't decided what to do about the game events. I guess, realistically, you could talk to each other about the game and give each other advice, but the game will be slightly different for each person, and you won't encounter things in the same order.