Screenshot of gameplay from A Dark Room, PC, Doublespeak Games at http://adarkroom.doublespeakgames.com/

A Dark Room is a interesting text based game, where the player builds a village and manages resources. However, if made in first person with graphics, it could also be a atmospheric survival-horror game. Waking alone in a dark room, with only some kindling and matches to get the fire started wouldn't need any further work on the story (left column) I suppose the objective would be to build, gather and explore the area. A Sims-like aspect could be incorporated by allowing the player to customize and expand buildings. Managing the happiness of the villagers could also be added, along with interacting with the villagers. Similar to Black and White 2, buildings would have an impact on the area around them, for example the tannery resulting in complaints if near villagers huts. Simply redoing the game with graphics and first or third person gameplay would be an interesting prospect.