Game Idea # 3: Wrestling Management
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High Concept:
Be the owner of a wrestling company, manage wrestlers, create stable of wrestlers, create the script, create THE EVENT, be the scenarist, be the entertainer of millions of fans.
Platform: Any consoles, PC
Why it needs to be made:
The best thing about the wrestling business or wrestling tv shows , for me, is the entertainment values attached to the event, to the sport... its like a soap opera, but with acrobatics, muscles ... Players will want to be part of this universe and create different scenarios with different outcomes possible depending of player's choices or reactions from other wrestlers in the game. Its never been made before!
Description:
You are the owner of the company, the wrestling networks, you hire wrestlers, create a scenario for them to play in. Players will choose a wrestler representing them. They will create a stable of wrestlers if they want to or go solo in a career mode going through all those scenarios that the owner created. Players will create alliances, betray friends to create other factions. This will create hype with the fans and more will come which will give more money to the owner to hire more wrestlers, create marchandise, etc... Players WONT wrestle in real time, the matches will be simulated. The only decisions that he will be able to do regarding matches will be to go help a friend in need or betray him or watch friends beat the opponent ... prior to matches training and mini-games will determine if the character is healthy, strong, ready to fight, etc...
Final thoughts:
Create great entertainment with explosives, lights, high acrobatic matches, creating alliances, creating hype, doing what the crowd wants or not ... be the wrestler/owner you always wanted to be. This management game wont have all those control issues that normal wrestling games have which are usually boring after a couple of matches anyways. Players will be responsible for the script of the show and will need to please the fans out there. This is THE wrestling game everybody is waiting for ;)
mardi 22 avril 2008
jeudi 17 avril 2008
Game Idea # 2 : Soccer Drillz
Game Idea #2: Soccer Drillz.
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High Concept:
I based this concept on my own experience as a soccer coach trying to find drills and exercices to show my players in practices. The concept here is to have a "game" that will provide examples of drills used by the greatest coaches around the globe, ways for coach to create new ones and share them on the internet, etc...
Platform:
Nintendo DS, Wii
Why it needs to be made:
There are no software that really have all those examples brought together to help coaches and even players to understand how to do those drills and be better at them. Using a software will help visualise the exercises which are usually only found in books which of course are static images with arrows showing movements.
Description:
This "game" will incorporate those exercices as said before with movement shown on screen (animated). Coaches will be able to draw on screen to create new drills, put some comments on previously saved exercises and send what they have created online to be viewed and reviewed by others who will share the knowledge. Also, I would incorporate soccer mini-games using the touch screen of the DS or the wiimote for the Wii that will use normal drills but in a game such as juggling with the ball, dribbling, etc... and we could add quizzes about the sport also to provide with more entertainment value to this learning tool.
Why it will be fun and useful:
It will make it easier for coaches and players to understand each other and show everyone how the drills are really supposed to be made. The software could show how technical and hard to explain skills should be done to everyone. Plus the mini-games will make it a fun software when the time to practice is over.
Final thoughts:
I believe this could be a good title to sell since soccer is a huge sport and there are many parents who try to teach their kids the sport without really knowing a lot of strategies or drills that other more experienced coaches will use.
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High Concept:
I based this concept on my own experience as a soccer coach trying to find drills and exercices to show my players in practices. The concept here is to have a "game" that will provide examples of drills used by the greatest coaches around the globe, ways for coach to create new ones and share them on the internet, etc...
Platform:
Nintendo DS, Wii
Why it needs to be made:
There are no software that really have all those examples brought together to help coaches and even players to understand how to do those drills and be better at them. Using a software will help visualise the exercises which are usually only found in books which of course are static images with arrows showing movements.
Description:
This "game" will incorporate those exercices as said before with movement shown on screen (animated). Coaches will be able to draw on screen to create new drills, put some comments on previously saved exercises and send what they have created online to be viewed and reviewed by others who will share the knowledge. Also, I would incorporate soccer mini-games using the touch screen of the DS or the wiimote for the Wii that will use normal drills but in a game such as juggling with the ball, dribbling, etc... and we could add quizzes about the sport also to provide with more entertainment value to this learning tool.
Why it will be fun and useful:
It will make it easier for coaches and players to understand each other and show everyone how the drills are really supposed to be made. The software could show how technical and hard to explain skills should be done to everyone. Plus the mini-games will make it a fun software when the time to practice is over.
Final thoughts:
I believe this could be a good title to sell since soccer is a huge sport and there are many parents who try to teach their kids the sport without really knowing a lot of strategies or drills that other more experienced coaches will use.
mercredi 16 avril 2008
Alpha Protocol
I usually dont get excited easily from reading a game preview, but after reading Game Informer's preview of Alpha Protocol by Obsidian, I just want to play now!!!
This is one of these games that I want to play and work on. A game in which you can achieve pretty much what you want, the way you want, make decision that will affect your character and will change the flow of the game based on your decisions.
Alpha Protocol is a Third-Person Shooter/Stealth RPG in which you are a secret agent that needs to acccomplish missions accross the globe.
This description could be used for many different games,but in this one (since its an RPG) you get to customize your character by developping different skills throughout the game. You can become skillfull at shooting multiple target, get better at stealth to silently kill your enemy or ... every skill you unlock will open up a new set of skills that defines your character.
Moreover, you'll be able to accomplish "side" missions that will take place before your real missions in a given country and those side missions will provide some help or clue on the bigger ones. For example, you'll sneak in some communication towers to get some data that will make it easier for you to enter the real mission headquarter or something... plus you can decide to get the info any way you want (kill guard, bribe guard, sneak and hack the computer) and it will define, once again, who your character his.
if Obsidian can achieve all that plus a dialogue system from which you can actually have a different experience depending on your mood and choices, etc ... that game will be great and I will be waiting to play it from now on :)
check it out
This is one of these games that I want to play and work on. A game in which you can achieve pretty much what you want, the way you want, make decision that will affect your character and will change the flow of the game based on your decisions.
Alpha Protocol is a Third-Person Shooter/Stealth RPG in which you are a secret agent that needs to acccomplish missions accross the globe.
This description could be used for many different games,but in this one (since its an RPG) you get to customize your character by developping different skills throughout the game. You can become skillfull at shooting multiple target, get better at stealth to silently kill your enemy or ... every skill you unlock will open up a new set of skills that defines your character.
Moreover, you'll be able to accomplish "side" missions that will take place before your real missions in a given country and those side missions will provide some help or clue on the bigger ones. For example, you'll sneak in some communication towers to get some data that will make it easier for you to enter the real mission headquarter or something... plus you can decide to get the info any way you want (kill guard, bribe guard, sneak and hack the computer) and it will define, once again, who your character his.
if Obsidian can achieve all that plus a dialogue system from which you can actually have a different experience depending on your mood and choices, etc ... that game will be great and I will be waiting to play it from now on :)
check it out
dimanche 13 avril 2008
Game Idea #1: Be the artist, tell the story.
**this is the first game idea I came up with I hope to continue like this for a while.
Please comment about it if you want, add something to it in the comment section.
Game Idea #1: Be the artist, tell the story.
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High Concept:
I based this concept on the La Linea shorts. This series of small episodes (3-5 min) had a whining protagonist who kept demanding, the creator of his world, to draw something on screen to help him go through his day. In this game, the player will be the creator and help the character on screen to achieve his journey.
Platform:
Nintendo DS
Why it needs to be made:
This game focuses on players input to create a short story. Players want to be part of the games and create stuff with the emergence of user created content this game will let them use their imagination and see what happens with their input (drawings)
Description:
This game will be in 2D and plays on the horizontal plane. It will consist of many little levels each telling a story about the character's day. The user will have to draw on screen when the character on screen needs help to accomplish a task such as walking over a hole in the scenery, interacting with a character, cutting down a tree in the way. The world will be really minimalistic consisting of a couple of lines only and players will have to use their imagination to make something out the every situation.
Why it will be fun:
Creating stories with different outcomes everytime the player replays the game since he can draw many different things to help the character. Become an artist by drawing something on screen that will come to life.
Final thoughts:
I believe choices in games and user created content are the keys to creating great games that will be played by many. This game lets players be artist. Anybody can draw a line, a cloud, etc...
Please comment about it if you want, add something to it in the comment section.
Game Idea #1: Be the artist, tell the story.
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High Concept:
I based this concept on the La Linea shorts. This series of small episodes (3-5 min) had a whining protagonist who kept demanding, the creator of his world, to draw something on screen to help him go through his day. In this game, the player will be the creator and help the character on screen to achieve his journey.
Platform:
Nintendo DS
Why it needs to be made:
This game focuses on players input to create a short story. Players want to be part of the games and create stuff with the emergence of user created content this game will let them use their imagination and see what happens with their input (drawings)
Description:
This game will be in 2D and plays on the horizontal plane. It will consist of many little levels each telling a story about the character's day. The user will have to draw on screen when the character on screen needs help to accomplish a task such as walking over a hole in the scenery, interacting with a character, cutting down a tree in the way. The world will be really minimalistic consisting of a couple of lines only and players will have to use their imagination to make something out the every situation.
Why it will be fun:
Creating stories with different outcomes everytime the player replays the game since he can draw many different things to help the character. Become an artist by drawing something on screen that will come to life.
Final thoughts:
I believe choices in games and user created content are the keys to creating great games that will be played by many. This game lets players be artist. Anybody can draw a line, a cloud, etc...
mardi 8 avril 2008
Game ideas every week
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update: i didnt read about all his ideas (only 4)... so I would not be scared to create a game to close to one of his ideas...
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I just read Patrick Curry's blog on the 52 Games idea, http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/?page_id=67 .
He designed 52 games in 52 weeks and I think this is a great and challenging thing to do as a designer. Great way to toy with your imagination.
I'm gonna try it and see what I can come up with ... it will be fun.
will begin this week or at the worst next week.
;)
update: i didnt read about all his ideas (only 4)... so I would not be scared to create a game to close to one of his ideas...
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I just read Patrick Curry's blog on the 52 Games idea, http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/?page_id=67 .
He designed 52 games in 52 weeks and I think this is a great and challenging thing to do as a designer. Great way to toy with your imagination.
I'm gonna try it and see what I can come up with ... it will be fun.
will begin this week or at the worst next week.
;)
vendredi 4 avril 2008
Almost a year in California already!
Viva California!
I've been in Los Angeles for a year already and it has been a great experience.
This year passed by so fast... it blows my mind how so many things happened in a year and it feels like I've been here only a couple of months.
Maybe its the fact that I had no winter season at all or the fact that so many things are to be done here which screws with my mind and makes me believe we're still in summer of last year or something.
We took advantage of all the free time we had to explore our new state, every weekend we had a blast doing something new or meeting with our new Quebecois friends from LA...
There are so many things to be done around here : Beaches everywhere, attraction parks, movie studios, beautiful cities to visit (san diego, santa barbara, newport, long beach, Las Vegas, San Francisco,...), playing volleyball with friends all year long, meeting people from Quebec living in LA from so many different backgrounds and line of work is so cool, interesting and different to me makes me enjoy this new life that I lived in the last couple of months.
The fact that I missed the worst winter ever in Quebec makes me feel happier about my decision to come to California :) What a great way of escaping the worst snow storms ever than to come here and live in the almost eternal sunshine !! Great experience and great choice.
Im not going home for a while just yet ;) Going back to Las Vegas this weekend to play and enjoy the great show 'O' from Cirque du Soleil! Going to Hawaii soon ... why not since I'm so close to these marvelous islands with Volcanoes, enormous waves and paradise setting :)
the only thing I dont like here is... the fact that I have no credit, no car and the bus system here is kinda bad, but cheap. oh yeah ... and I miss my friends who are freezing in Quebec...poor people :P
Ill enjoy the rest of this dream and hopefully I'll never wake-up!!!!
I've been in Los Angeles for a year already and it has been a great experience.
This year passed by so fast... it blows my mind how so many things happened in a year and it feels like I've been here only a couple of months.
Maybe its the fact that I had no winter season at all or the fact that so many things are to be done here which screws with my mind and makes me believe we're still in summer of last year or something.
We took advantage of all the free time we had to explore our new state, every weekend we had a blast doing something new or meeting with our new Quebecois friends from LA...
There are so many things to be done around here : Beaches everywhere, attraction parks, movie studios, beautiful cities to visit (san diego, santa barbara, newport, long beach, Las Vegas, San Francisco,...), playing volleyball with friends all year long, meeting people from Quebec living in LA from so many different backgrounds and line of work is so cool, interesting and different to me makes me enjoy this new life that I lived in the last couple of months.
The fact that I missed the worst winter ever in Quebec makes me feel happier about my decision to come to California :) What a great way of escaping the worst snow storms ever than to come here and live in the almost eternal sunshine !! Great experience and great choice.
Im not going home for a while just yet ;) Going back to Las Vegas this weekend to play and enjoy the great show 'O' from Cirque du Soleil! Going to Hawaii soon ... why not since I'm so close to these marvelous islands with Volcanoes, enormous waves and paradise setting :)
the only thing I dont like here is... the fact that I have no credit, no car and the bus system here is kinda bad, but cheap. oh yeah ... and I miss my friends who are freezing in Quebec...poor people :P
Ill enjoy the rest of this dream and hopefully I'll never wake-up!!!!
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