Sunday, March 23, 2008

Negative Space Games

1. This game would be about testing the player's recognition of objects. It would display an image (like the 2 people or candlestick one) and the player would have to choose the correct object. There would be several levels of play, from easy to hard to impossible. Harder levels of play could be timed, and if the player is stupid enough to select Impossible Mode, no matter what they guess, the game would tell them that the other option was correct. On the reverse, there could be a level for 5 year olds, where no matter which option they choose, the game says they are right. These 2 levels of play would hopefully not be used very much, but would be more of a joke. There could be internet-connectivity, and players could create their own images to send to others or just put out in the internet tubes and let others download a new batch of images once they played through the retail copy.

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this topic is quite difficult..
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2. You play as a ninja. Like any good ninja, this one is skilled in Shadow Arts. Take advantage of the shadows and your ability to morph into one to sneak past guards or whoever is in your way. When you need to kill someone, you can switch back into a solid form, dispatch your enemies and move on.
If you switch forms too many times or stay in one for too long, you start to lose your perception of which is real and which is just a shadow world.
This idea is already confusing me.

3. This is a game similar to Tetris, however, the shapes only come in two colors rather than the various ones in some versions: black and white. In order for a row to disappear, not only does the entire line have to be covered by blocks, the blocks must all be of the same color. In order for this game to actually be possible, some more game mechanics must be changed or created, such as the ability to change an objects color properties every so often.. Game would be very difficult and a brain-challenger.

4. Racial tension is still very much a problem for some blacks and whites. For the black guy, there are white obstacles everywhere he looks, but he must overcome them! The white guy thinks affirmative action is going to stand in his way from achieving his goals. In a game world, where everything is literally split in two, choose a character to play and get them through the levels while keeping the other character from getting anywheres. Different levels would have different characteristics, for example, in some levels the character you don't choose to play as will be controlled by the computer, but in other levels, you will also control this character, and every action you do with your character will result in a equal (and sometimes opposite) of the other character. There would be some "live play" as well as turn-based strategy components.

5. You live in a gray and dreary world. You are a general contractor / builder. You have been commissioned by the city's government to create buildings and other architectural items that will please the community and get the people out of the doldrums. However, this city is split into two tribes: the Whities and the Blackies. It was their feud that cast the world into grayness. Each side has different preferences when it comes to the appearance of things that surround them, so find out what they all like and construct buildings and landscape that each side will like. (some things the Whities should like 100% while the Blackies like 0%; some things the Blackies should like like 100% while the Whities like 0%; and some things should be split 50-50.)
As soon as there is enough black, white, and gray in the city, other colors might soon venture back (believing it to be safe once again) and you will be rewarded handsomely for your efforts.

1 comment:

Kim Gregson said...

some interesting ideas - the tetris one could be fun with trying to figure out what other game play ideas you need

10 points