Game Brainstorm

 When I first seen that we had to try think of 4 is was a bit daunting as I asked myself how am I meant to think of that? However after the readings the other day It said that ideas can come from anywhere so for the past days I have just been more engaged with things that have been going on around to see if I could get inspiration, such as on a walk and seeing the leaves fall off the trees where my first idea came from.  I hope from finding information about other games that I will gain more knowledge of games. 

1-  Where the idea the came from for the first game design is quite strange, it's not the usual just brainstorming and looking at other games or books but from pictures I had taken over the summer such as on the beach, the waves and remembering being in the water and a seal popping up beside me and I thought imagine if it was something more terrifying like a shark and this is where the game idea came from ! The game is a person in the water surfing and notices a shark behind them, the more the person tries to get away from the shark the waves get harder and stronger and they hit off the surfer more aggressively trying to knock him off balance. The person must try to stay on the surf board for as long as he can without getting eaten by the shark or a wave hitting them of the surf board. This game will be set on the clear water on a sunny beach, although the scene changes to a stormy sky when the waves get stronger and the surfer has stayed on the board for a long period of time.  Here is a link from a video on youtube on how the waves would look. 

2   - The next idea is a prime example of what the articles on game development is about while I was at training one if the days, kicking the ball over the try (or at least trying too) and I thought if there was a type of target there it would make things a lot easier. The idea of the game is a goal post such as a gaelic or rugby one on a pitch, however the ball is not just a gaelic ball it is a multi sport game using a variety of different sporting equipment that will be going over the bar  into a certain spot a red circle indicating the target where the ball  must go,  For example the first one  will be a football in the center which will be easiest way to score a point,  the next will be a rugby ball further back and the position of the target will change, then a golf ball and so on. The target will be still for the first few and will move around in different positions as the game goes on, it will also be getting bigger and smaller meaning the person must wait for the right moment to take a shot.  A game similar to this one can be found on the link. 

3- As Halloween is approaching  quickly I thought that a game could be made out of it. I was thorn between clowns as most people are terrified especially since there was people dressing up as them and chasing others around on the street. This article tells about the clown attacks and shows images. The idea I had was a person in a grave yard dark at night, the person does know which graves have something underneath them or  not, if they stand on the wrong grave different characters chase the person such as clown and werewolf, the clown is the hardest to get away from though as is the quickest to catch the person, the graveyard is also like a maze if take the wrong entrance get caught. The game could be seen as a memory game as must remember where the right exit is to try get away from the characters. If the clown gets the person they die if they don't run fast enough, if the werewolf bits the person in the leg they lose the leg which makes harder to run.  Some of the graves  have nothing underneath them so the player could fall through them. 

4- The idea came from the game crazy taxi, where the taxi jumps over the other cars on the road, but if they crash into the back of the other cars, the taxi will be slowed down. However this game is about a prisoner who has escaped and robbed a motor bike heading towards the port to get on an escape boat. The police car is trying to catch the prisoner but has to avoid several objects that is getting in the way. The police car is able to jump over cars that are in the way to try and catch the prisoner faster. The prisoner is also throwing items back at the police car behind to try and stop them from catching him. There is a time limit on how long the police have to catch the prisoner. If you catch the prisoner before he makes it to the boat you win. The game will be set in New York as there is busy streets and a large volume of traffic all the time which in turn makes it more challenging for the police car to chase the prisoner. Here is a link to the game crazy taxi.