I’ve been toying with the idea of an online game called “Bug Span”, in the idiom
of the incredibly popular board game “wingspan”. This would be based
to a large extent on photos and knowledge of insects.
This is a strictly non-commercial project, not involving any cost to players
or revenues of any kind. Strictly a fun and educational project.
I can supply the game play and technology, but I need photos and expertise
in the field. If you have an interest, and (likely) a few hundred hours to spare,
I’d like to talk.
Entomology.for the game; Etymology for the rest of this posting.
“span” is becoming a suffix associated with a certain style of game.
There are Wingspan (birds), Wrmspan (dragons) and Finspan (fish)
I’m open to suggestions, but the domain I’m thinking of spans all
invertibrate animals. Bugs seem like a good umbrella .
Might be worth checking that Stonemaier Games haven’t pre-emptively reserved the name already somehow, otherwise it might be seen as encroaching on their territory. They’re generally a pretty pleasant company but (understandably) fairly protective of their product family.
Edit to add: I think the idea in principle is a good’un :)