This is to give me quick shot ideas of what i want to do. I may get inspiration from existing games but i will mostly attempt to create my own ideas. i am just going to list important things that are needed for my ideas.
So i am going to need a title for my game. This is most likely going to be linked in some way or another to the main idea or concept of the game, or it could be something to do with the main character itself.
Another main thing that is needed is a genre for the game. Otherwise i will have no focus for the game and where i would like to aim my game towards. Without a genre i will lose focus of what i am trying to achieve with the game i wish to create.
Next would be a main character for the game. This creates more ideas for what type of story can be built around this guy or girl to extend ideas further. In addition, the main character needs to relate to people in some way or another or it needs to be someone who people would look up to in some way.
Moreover, a mechanics style needs to be decided for the game, this will help create what kind of difficulty the game should be and how realistic the game will be like. Also the mechanics style will determine what type of game we are aiming for and the target audience we are making it for.
Another type of style that needs to be decided is what visual style we want our game to be. This will also help with what target audience we are aiming the game for. This will include anything else like backgrounds, colour tones and whether you cant realism or cartoon style.
For what we are creating i need to choose a ‘Pathway’ of sorts i wish to take, depending on whether i feel i want to take a art side or a more technical side that focuses on the programming side of things.
Cat Leap-Endless Runner
My first idea for a game is a cat who is trying to get through the level by jumping from platform to platform so that it can avoid the water. If the cat falls into the water it somewhat “dies” because cats hate water so much and they have to start the level again. Moreover, to create a sense of emergency i could add an enemy character (most likely a dog) chasing the cat at a steady pace so that he player will always have to quickly leap across to keep away from the dog. There are two ways i could do this, the simple way is to do a 2D platformer the goes across the screen left to right jumping across platforms that way, avoiding the water and the dog. Or i could do a third person vertical platformer where the cat runs up the screen/river, whilst avoiding the dog. This creates more of a technical effect for the game as the player as to direct the player in the correct direction whilst jumping at the right time. However, this will require a more technical side to things meaning i will need to invest more time into my programming which i will have to account. I really like this idea because i have not seen game concept like it so it could be an original idea, if not though that is not an issue. Also the idea came from me watching cats freak out when they fell into the bath tub X).
BattleFortresses-Shooter
My next idea for a game is to have player versus enemy battle between two battleships. The twos ships will start on either side of the map and will have shoot each other with their cannons, first ship to be blown up wins. Simple game, but to add some difficulty there will be buoy’s floating between the two ships, making it difficult to hit the ship. If i am to do more than one level i will add harder obstacles to miss between them like ships and maybe even a dock between the two ships at port. The player will use the mouse to aim and the arrows keys to move across the level.
The Life of a Pirate-Adventure & Endless Runner
My third idea is slightly different with the player never being in the sea but instead in a pirate ship. You play as a pirate that is on a enemies ship so you have to run through the ship and up onto the deck and from there run off the ship and onto your own ship to complete the level. Sounds simple enough, until i add that throughout the level there are pirates and obstacles to defeat or overcome before reaching your own ship. This game will best play as a 2D platformer that goes from left to right across the screen.
Plane Shooter-Action & Endless Runner
My last game idea would be for a more mobile game than anything and there are games just like it already unfortunately. The idea was to do a plane shooting game where you go through the level destroying/shooting other planes that are shooting at back at you. This would be a 2D vertical game where your plane will continuously fly up the screen until the level is complete. You will be able to control your plane, flying it from left to right avoiding bullets and any planes you do not shoot down. This game can be kept simple or become a bit more technical depending on whether i decide to make the level infinite or not. If not then i will make the level one big level and make it slightly more difficult if possible.
This ‘Sky Force Reloaded’ and it has a very similar concept to what my fourth idea for game is like, however mine will have a nautical theme with the planes flying over the sea instead of over land.
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