Name suggestions for project Genesis

I think using the term "God" is playing it a bit close to existing games, and possibly stigmas associated with them, as well as just being a little too "on-the-nose".
I've been trying to think a little broader, looking into various themes and narratives, and think maybe something that sounds both classic and ethereal would possibly resonate well with gamer's sensibilities.

So, after poking around, I thought some of these might spark ideas - though not strictly suggested as a game name per se, but potentially;

Antecedent: a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another: preceding in time or order; previous or preexisting; precursor, prior; ancestors; the history, events, characteristics, etc., of one's earlier life.

Augury: the art or practice of an augur; divination; an omen, token, or indication.

Cleromancy: a form of sortition (sorting), casting of lots, in which an outcome is determined by means that normally would be considered random, such as the rolling of dice, but are sometimes believed to reveal the will of God, or other supernatural entities.

Edifice: Any large, complex system or organization. An elaborate conceptual structure: observations that provided the foundation for the edifice of evolutionary theory. (There is, however, a book and subsequent text-based adventure titled "The Edifice" by Lucian P. Smith (1997), a piece of "interactive fiction" about the evolution of an early anthropoid in stone-age times. It is distributed in z-code format as freeware.)

Progenitor: a person or thing that first indicates a direction, originates something, or serves as a model; predecessor; precursor.

Prognosis: a forecast or prognostication; a forecasting of the probable course and outcome. (perhaps too close to Psygnosis Games?)

The Goer: One that goes, especially a person who goes to a specified place frequently or regularly. A Traveler in a spiritual quest, journey, or walk-about - soul searching for enlightenment. "Gone Gone Beyond" Buddhist Chant. (I know it sounds a bit clumsy to say, and is maybe too spiritual, but it has gravity.)

Also, try playing with iterating and evolving words, as such; Genesis:Generate:Genera:Genus:Genial:Genia:Genesia


That's all I got around to tonight.

Oh my!

Lots of good suggestions already. Just to clarify, yeah, Genesis is definitely an in-studio name that I always assumed would be replaced by an actual name.

Since we've sourced so much from the community already, having these suggestions is definitely fantastic.

Literally the only name I came up with, other than Genesis, was Godfall - because, you know, you spawn into the game with your idol/totem falling to Earth. You're a God, you fell, my imagination is terrible.

Progenitor is an interesting one, so is Edifice. 13th you're on fire!

I've been thinking about using VR as the prefix rather than a postfix. So I was trying to come up with words starting with VR that might be suitable. Haven't come up with any yet. Though I haven't looked at a dictionary. Did just think of...

VeRitas

Veritas being the Latin word for truth.



Edit: By the way 13thGeneral, Genesia is actually the name of an existing game already. I used to play it a little back in the day. Found it interesting but never got too far with it. Perhaps partly due to the version I had being in French, though that did add to the mystery, had to try to figure out what each word possibly meant.

Perhaps that last bit could be an interesting gimmick. Design an in-game language that is brand new so people have no idea what everything means and have to explore that for themselves.

That was also in Caprica. ("Veritas")

It might matter to them, if their goal is to be most original.

Although that might be hard to have an average 8 year old put on their list for Santa at the all important Christmas shopping season. LOL.

Thanks for pointing it out; I should have made mention that one already existed and forgot (it was 2am when I posted).
I did some cursory research for each suggestion, and found that there was a Populous clone back in 1992 called Genesia (Microids) - thus why I used it as an example.

   

More suggestions for names anyone?

one of my favourite books is called Nemesis (By Dr. Richard Muller). If I remember correctly the name was chosen due to it's connections to some god or godess of destruction. The book itself is about the author's attempts to exlain periodic mass extinctions (roughly every 26 million years) on our own planet. I'm not sure that information helps to resolve this naming situation, however.

Progenitor is my favourite suggestion so far btw. not got one of my own to add. will have a think.

Edit: Has anybody suggested "Virtual Theology"?