HeroQuest-like video game presentation and opinion needed

[QorDaq]

In re-reading my post I totally forgot to mention the most important part: The art looks amazing! I'd definitely have a look once available.

maj!

[cynthialee]

Catapults and Catacombs

[Lemmeron]

Heroic Quest : Generations
Dungeon Striders
Dungeons: Generations
Hero's Decent

a few more possibilities if they are not taken...

Really nice graphics so far, looking forward to seeing the game

[dTb]

Hi! Thank you again for your inputs!

When I discuss with people around me about Dungeon Chronicles, they think it's still too generic and not "catchy" enough.
And I know they're right. Already 6 months that I'm searching this title... it's hard to find a descriptive + inspiring + catchy one.

Heroic Quest : Generations

Yes... the "Heroic Quest(s)" alternatives... it's still in my list but I think it's a little too near HeroQuest, just as Quest Heroes is.
But I like the "generations" word. It would refer to the "old" players like most of us.

Dungeon Striders

Why not, I add it to the list.

Dungeons: Generations

Mmm.. it sounds like two words sticked together, but I still like the "generations".

Hero's Descent

I would prefer to avoid the descent word. When the print-and-play boardgame version will be available, some confusion with "The Descent: Journeys in the Dark" alias "Descent" may appear.

Catapults and Catacombs

Sadly, there will be no catapults in the game .

Really nice graphics so far, looking forward to seeing the game

In re-reading my post I totally forgot to mention the most important part: The art looks amazing! I'd definitely have a look once available.

Thank you! The artist I'm working with is really talented, yes, and he's a pro ^^.

I'm actually pretty interested in the legal parts of this though. Can it really be true that just because some random dude makes a webcomic, that name is forbidden from all other products?
Or to put it differently... Just because anybody in the world made anything with X name, is said name forbidden from everything else? It's like naming your character in a videogame!

No, absolutely not! From a legal point of view, as soon as you have no copyright/trademark I think (I'm not an expert) it's totally fine. My problem is parasitizing other people creations. I know how you feel when the awesome name you found and built something around is suddenly used blindly by another product with more communication power than you. For example, 25 years ago I made a turn-based car-fighting boardgame (it was the age of Car Wars) and I called it Road Wars (ok, it was not that original). I made multiple versions, even 2 computer games (http://www.docteeboh.net/roadwars3d/news.htm, in french, sorry ^^"). At this time on internet, it was the only Road Wars. Since then, a TV show and a movie came out of nowhere with the same name. And everytime I felt like if somebody cut and stole a part of my body. I should have world wide tradmarked it when I was a teenager . So I just want to avoid this feeling to anybody else. I want no disturbance in the Force .

So, I'm still wondering and wandering... I have to find the name by the end of the week, so if nothing better is coming out I guess it's going to be Dungeon Chronicles.

About using the word "heroes" in the title, the more I think, the more I'm persuaded that it's wrong because the heroes will have to do (as exposed in my second post) some stuff that is not so gentle/cool. They will often have to do what a member of the elite is asking them to do if they want to succeed the mission. So they are not 100% what we think a hero should be..

Because of this setup, maybe the perfect title would be a "Dungeons of + a sentence describing how wrong the world is going".

Dungeons of a Corrupted World
Dungeons of a Doomed Country
Dungeons of Disturbed Lands
Dungeons of Drift (nice, acronym is DD )
Dungeons of Drifting Lands
Dungeons of Depraved Land
...

How would you describe the current world where we are living? With all the corruption, disparities, injustice, insecurity, etc.?

Oh, I almost forgot: even if I don't think that's catchy / very original, what do you think about the current code name Quest Heroes?

Promise, I will stop to bother you soon: as I said I'll decide by the end of next week-end ^^. Thank you again for your help!

[Teldurn]

If you want to avoid the same-name-game, call it Dungeon Legacies. It pluralizes (hence, differentiates) the title, while keeping the evocativeness of "Legacy," and also suggesting the legacy of more than one character. This helps since the game isn't made for a single hero, but rather a team.

[slev]

How about...
Dungeons: Chronicle of the Dark

[cornixt]

If you want a truly unique name, then just add a "of Grafk" or some other made up world/city name to the end of whatever you choose. Just make sure it is pronounceable as it is spelt (no c, no silent letters, no less conventional uses of letters)

[dTb]

Hi!

Sorry for being silent during this last few days. The cogitation was quite intense ^^.
The final decision has not been made yet but it's going to be either:

● Quest Heroes
● Dungeon Chronicles — Heroes of Troubled Lands

As soon as this will be 100% sure I'll start to give you more information about the game itself !

And thank you again for all your proposals even if they have not been retained, it was very helpful!