Sounds a little like StarWeb? Recently read a lovely article about a similar but different game, Monster Island, which was a thing from 1989 to 2017.
But yes, my default assumption would be that the particular conversation you’re referring to never resulted in a game that saw the light of day; I’ve seen many detailed game design discussions among people I’ve known meet the same fate.
Sounds a little like StarWeb? Recently read a lovely article about a similar but different game, Monster Island, which was a thing from 1989 to 2017.
But yes, my default assumption would be that the particular conversation you’re referring to never resulted in a game that saw the light of day; I’ve seen many detailed game design discussions among people I’ve known meet the same fate.