For years I've dreamed of a game where you play as a ranger protecting and rehabilitating your forest. When invaders seek to exploit its resources you drive them out. When animals go feral you tame them. When damage is done you do what you can to heal it.
The main innovation would be the approach to 'combat'. Killing and direct violence is penalized or not even possible depending on the circumstances. You tame feral beasts by dodging their attacks, tiring them out, and calming them down, not by hurting them. That sort of thing.








