Project "Game Brainstorm"

 Project "Game Brainstorm"

As it currently stands I am not set on a game idea but hopefully by the end of this blog post I shall have come to a conclusion of what type of video game I want to make for my project. So for now I will be listing possible game ideas and I will talk about each idea and how I will interpret it.

4 Ideas that I have include :

1. A fishing game

Yes this idea says fishing. It says fishing because I love doing it in real life especially going out on a boat and fishing. For this idea I wanted something basic where the mechanics aren't very complicated and the player can quickly understand what the goal of the game is. I want to make the player be on a boat with fish being bellow the boat in the water. The camera that the player will see will show them the ocean beneath them and the type of fish and they'll see whatever else lies at the bottom of the ocean. The things could be some magical fish or something like a sailors hat or shoe, or it could even be a pirate chest filed with treasure. Each fish and item will have a value and the value will be currency like seashells or something of the sorts. With this currency the player will be able to customize their both the load of fish they can hold and upgrade their fishing rod to be able to catch greater fish like sharks, whales etc. I could even add a map where the player can travel to a different area where he can catch different variants of fish and items which could be worth more than the originals.

A game that comes to mind when I wrote this idea is steam games like Russian fishing 4 which is very complicated in my opinion. And another source is mobile games such as let's fish on mobile which is a fairly decent game which I used to play a lot when I was younger.

An inspiration link for this game came from Let's fish also the same link under the picture below.

Image source is from the games facebook page. The link is ( https://www.facebook.com/PlayLetsFish/ )

2. A paltformer game

A platformer game that comes to mind that I loved as a kid is Voodoo Vince. I really like this games concept and would love a sequel in the future which is very unlikely sadly. For this idea I want to make something similar where the player can control something or someone where the thing they are controlling can go around from level to level collecting different items which can change how the player uses their character. Let's say they collect 50 potions in one level this will unlock them the ability to now do a double jump. This games idea is very broad so I'm going to explain it as simply as possible. The player can choose from different game levels and collect different items which allow them to unlock weapons and abilities.

I have spoken about voodoo vince before in a previous blog but you can read up about the game here ( https://www.windowscentral.com/voodoo-vince-remastered-review )

3. A driving game

For this idea I want the player to experience an open world like in GTA where you can drive around in the cars of your choice. In this game I want to create a map where there are coins or some thing scattered around the map. The map will have ramps and building with hidden coins. There will also be score which will award the player with coins currency which they can later use to get faster cars. An example of why you would want a faster car is not only because It's faster and cooler, but it will also allow player to get other coins that only a certain car can obtain. Let's say there is a ramp with a coin in the air. A slow car cannot reach the coin but a faster and better car can reach the coin. With the coins you can also customize whatever vehicle you have.

Inspiration for this game are the stunt jumps scattered around the map on GTA V. You can find GTA here ( https://www.rockstargames.com/V/restricted-content/agegate/form?redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rockstargames.com%2FV%2F&options=&locale=en_us )

4. A scary game

For the scary game I wanted to keep this open  to more ideas because a scary game can be made in a variety of different ways. The first way I thought of was the player being asked a few common knowledge questions and if answered incorrectly they lose and might get a jump scare. Another one could be something like the player has to travel around a dark place such a forest in the night or a closed down shopping mall where they have to search for a certain amount of items to be able to escape. 

The inspiration I had for this idea came from slender the arrival which you can find here ( https://store.steampowered.com/app/252330/Slender_The_Arrival/ )