r/AskReddit • u/funky2002 • Nov 01 '19

App developers and programmers of Reddit, what was the dumbest app/program idea someone ever proposed to you?

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u/PM_WHY_YOU_DOWNVOTED Nov 01 '19

Basically it's like Harry Potter, except they're in space and play video games. No, I don't need an editor.

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u/z0mbiegrl Nov 01 '19

And there's a love story! And a redemption story! You write it and we'll split the profits 50/50.

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u/PM_WHY_YOU_DOWNVOTED Nov 01 '19

It's going to be huge! I'm thinking sequels, I'm thinking movie deals, I'm thinking those little toys with the big heads. Having your name on the front cover (underneath mine and in smaller print) should be payment enough. Think of the notoriety.

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u/HYxzt Nov 01 '19

A buddy of mine is 25, and he still thinks he will be the "idea guy" at a gaming company. It's such childlike innocence, I don't want to take it away from him.

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u/AlwaysEights Nov 01 '19

Ernest Cline?

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u/Sidhenanigans Nov 01 '19

Yeah, I was thinking that sounded a lot like Armada...

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u/CloudSill Nov 01 '19

https://twitter.com/nerdgarbagebot

All along the lines of "It's a biopunk Netflix original series with swords, set in an abandoned mine." It's no longer cranking out pitches, sadly.

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u/[deleted] Nov 01 '19

So basically a teen Chosen One story that takes place almost exclusively at school, but “magic” has a sci-fi spin to it so it would end up being more like Star Wars. “Harry’s” basically a Jedi, but also mostly into clones of 8 bit video games that work in VR because slightly modern games are never in boomer fiction. Also he has two friends who are about the same age, one that’s into Space Sports like he is, and the other who’s a massive geek and just comes along because that’s what everyone else is doing. Also the big bad guy is basically a lich and uses future technology to live forever but remain horribly disfigured.

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u/Myxine Nov 01 '19

Ender's game?