Discussion about "Stanford is looking for GDL game ideas"

How about a slightly different way of generating factored games:

N-way Selective X, where X is any game that satisfies the constraint that the moves on which (non-noop) choices are available follow a deterministic pattern independently of any choices of moves made by the players (so any strict alternation game of two players for example).

To turn X into Selective X instantiate N instances of X, but with common control-setting-logic (i.e. - whose turn it is is a global concept, but sub-game state are independent). In any turn it is legal for the player to play any ONE move of the union of choices from all subgames (i.e. - you get to choose which instance you play in, which of course gives an opponent potentially 2 turns in a row in at least one other instance).

N is arbitrary, as is the number of roles involved in X, provided the strict sequencing of who has control is obeyed (e.g. - this would work with N player free for all say).

For example 2-way Selective Connect 4 - there are 2 connect 4 boards, same role is red on both. On each turn you can choose which board to play in (if it's your turn else a global noop is forced).

In fact there is already one example of this pastern, though it may inadvertently be so, which is Breakthrough w/walls (two independent 4-wide games of breakthrough, and you must choose which to play in)

2-way selective 6 player Chinese checkers might actually be interesting!

Ooo - Hive, I hadn't thought of that. I'll add it to my massive backlog of interesting GGP things (until somebody beats me to it).