Game Brainstorm

In this assignment, I will be creating and presenting four possible game ideas that I will eventually narrow down to one and then continue to work on throughout this module of creating my own original game artifact.

While completing this task of creating four original game concepts I was met with some slight challenges that have partly clouded my judgment on how I will eventually create my game.

While I have plenty of ideas and story narratives within my creative reach,  I am unaware of the scope of difficulty that is required for each game . As I am only new to using Unity and game development software I am still quite unaware as to how easy or difficult my ideas will actually be to create and bring to life. Right now I have only typed them out although I feel that I have created solid bases of game ideas that can be tweaked to either increase or decrease the difficulty depending on the feedback that I receive.

 

Game number 1 “Eruption”

This game will be set in a foreign country, high in the snowy mountains. At the beginning of the game, we see smoke and ash as the volcano then quickly erupts shooting lava through the sky .We then pan into the player who is skiing on the mountains below .

The objective is this game is to survive the eruption by escaping the volcano .

The only way for them to survive the eruption is to ski down the hill as fast as they can before the lava catches up to them .

While racing down the hill the player will be faced with various obstacles such as flying rocks , puddles of lava , cloud, and ash fogging the screen and various other obstructions that will attempt to stop them reaching the finish line.

The player can speed up and slow down as they want but they must be cautious as there is a countdown timer keeping track of their impending doom .

Once the player successfully reaches the water below , they are rewarded a checkpoint flag and then faced with the next level .

The next level would consist of  the player trying to navigate their way through rough waves in shark infested water on a tiny sailboat , in order to reach the ship that’s 200 meter of shore.

Once at the ship the player has gained their second checkpoint flag and has continued to level 3 .

I may add more levels to the game depending on the feedback I receive and whether or not I chose to eventually develop this idea.

This game will be developed in a 3^rd person point of view with the camera angles behind then ,to imitate them being “chased”. I have taken inspiration for the angle of my game from this skii app game Downhill Ski

The player will be able to customise their game by choosing their accessories such as skis/snowboard/ piece of plastic/bin lid.

This will be a timed game where the player has control over how they want to complete specific elements of the game at their own pace .

 

Game number 2  “Rumble in the Jungle”

This game will be a puzzle solving / chase game .

The opening credits of this game will consist of a magic scroll that the player has found in the jungle. The scroll is glowing and is inscribed with a riddle that the player must read and remember . There will be words and clues that the player will need in future tasks throughout the game .The player then may put the scroll in their backpack and access it at any time .

The objective of this game will be to solve the various riddles which will unlock parts of the map and help them escape the jungle.

The player will set of on their journey through the jungle while tackling with various obstacle such as low hanging ivy , logs, sticks and animals trying to attack. I partially like the style and layout of both of the games Subway Surfers   and Temple Run

 

Image from the game temples run by Imangi Studios

source:Temple run

Both of these game have a 3^rd person pov with the player running through a pathway completing challenges and dodging obstacles .

Eventually the player will come to a crossroads where they will be faced with taking two or three different paths . There will be a sign with a riddle here that the player must read to decide which path to take .

The player must then takeout the scroll from the start of the game , look at their surroundings for clues and depending on the riddles they will then decide left or right . One direction will lead them to the next part of the map where they can continue their journey and the other will lead them to a horrible death and send them back to the start.

The game continues this way until they reach the final path which leads them to tressure .

Each level gets harder and the questions get more difficult .

A huge inspiration for my game came from the film Jumanji  I image the decoration and atmosphere as well as the challenges and music to be as magical and mysterious as the game which you can find here Jumanji the game

Image from the animation game fo Jumaji by Marmalade Game studio

source:Jumanji Game

Game number  3 "The theory test"

Right now, I am currently studying to complete my driver theory test and I thought how convenient it would be to have an app or game that would allow people to play out real life scenarios based on the questions from the theory test study app .

This game would be a driving game with various different levels of difficulty .It would start with a simple road map layout with the player in a 1st person pov , as to simulate real driving .

As the player follows their directions on their map from point a to point b they would be faced with 4-5 checkpoints which would act as the questions that they would need to answer in order to complete the level .

An example of one scenario would be ,” the player reaches a stop light , there is a red car trying to pass on his left and a bicycle passing straight ahead , what should he do?” . the driver then will choose whatever option they decide and then play out their decision on the screen . If they are right they continue driving and if they are wrong they crash .

As the levels continue on the game will become harder and harder until at the final level they are given the most difficult questions . I took inspiration for this game from the driving theory test which you can find here . https://theorytest.ie/learning-app/ver

The player can chose to customise their vehicle from bus /tractor/car/motorbike depending on what test they are studying for .

I think this game would make it more exciting for people to complete their theory test and less of a chore of studying .In a way this game would be a real life simulation game.

 

Game  number 4 "The greatest God"

My final game idea is a game inspired by the  popular game Mario Kart and the film franchise Percy Jackson.

This game will be a racing game which is set in a world filled with Greek mythology . The objective of the game is to become the “greatest god” . Currently Zeus holds the title and therefore rules the heavens but throughout this game the player can race their way to the top  of the gods.

Each level of the game will be based on a Greek god and the element or story they represent .

For example, the final round will be based on Zeus .

Seeing as Zeus is the god of the sky The game will begin in the sky , surrounded by clouds as a racetrack with the player racing their customised vehicle through the sky to get to the finish line .

As always in any racing game there will be obstacles hindering the player from completing the task .These include gaps in the clouds that allow the player to fall though them to their death, Zeus will send lightening strikes to show his fury of being challenged and numerous more.

Another example of a  level of the game will be the player racing through rough , viscous oceans while trying to bypass sea monsters and creatures .Seeing as this round is set in the ocean this would be the player challenging the god of Neptune for his place.

There will be numerous levels of this game set in various locations such as the desert , the forest , a fiery hell and more. All of these locations will represent the god that they player will challenge until finally the player faces Zeus in the final .

The player will collect tokens with each level they attempt having different ones.

For the décor of this game, I am heavily inspire by the Percy Jackson film franchise and hope to decorate my game in a similar style .

 

I do not have any experience creating games nor designing them but this idea creating had definitely been eye opening and allowed me to open up my mind to different types of games and the situations which they originated from .

Through this module I am excited to develop my game and create something that I am proud of .