Tuesday, 5 January 2016

LO4 New Game Concept Ideas

Endless arcade game:
"Off the Rails".
The game is an app, and has an 8-bit retro style. A train sets out from a station and the camera goes to a top-down view, so we can see three or four tracks. The train's brakes blow off immediately, and as the train speeds up the player must dodge obstacles by switching tracks, such as workmen, barriers, slower trains and parked carriages. There would be power-ups, such as temporary invincibility, to aid the player. The longer you stay on the rails, the higher your score. The game ends if you collide with an obstacle. Red lights with sound effects and level crossings as you play to increase enjoyment and entertainment.

Survival:
"Haunted House".
Haunted house. Game could be an app or a download on PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, Nintendo eShop... cheap. On-rails combat game - there are ghostly entities on each floor of the house and when you defeat all on one floor, you move upstairs. As you progress up floors, there is a larger amount of enemies and different types. They also have slightly more health on each floor. There are a range of different tools to use to get rid of different types of enemy. Score is in terms of floors survived and points gained.

Side-scrolling shoot-em-up:
"Ship Shoot".
This game is an app once again, and the player is in a speedboat on the left side of the screen. The player must move the speedboat up and down, as well as forwards and backwards to an extent. The speedboat will have guns at the front and on either side. The main character is a man in shades and a white suit. Coming towards the player will be different types of boat;
-battleships with more powerful guns but slow movement
-other speedboats, driven by men in black suits and shades, who come quickly down the sides. Side guns would be used to tackle these.
-submarines could be seen under the water. Must move out of their path before they shoot a large missile straight upwards.
-viking ships come along the side fairly slowly, the cannons must be shot to render them useless.
Old-school graphical style and especially sound effects for shooting.
Controls: up-down-left-right D-pad faintly on screen to the left to begin with.
                Diagram of three gun positions on right; tap them to fire that gun on your boat.
Pace increases the longer you survive, as does your score. Power-ups could float on the water occasionally to improve your guns.

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