Game Ideas!

So by now, we've went through various game ideas. I will share some!

Our first idea was going to be the original idea of "Wash your hands, save the princess."

The game would involve the user washing his/her hands to control a rope in the game that pulls the princess upward at a speed controlled by the motion produced, saving her from the antagonist at the bottom of the screen. We scrapped the narrative behind this idea but we still think that the mechanics of it have promise and we plan on making a game like this in the future!

Another idea, with simplicity in mind, was to make a simple puzzle game such as a labyrinth.

Wireframe mock-up

The idea was to wash your hands normally but to slightly adjust your hand position from left to right within the sink to tilt the labyrinth, guiding the ball to the bottom of it to win the game. This idea was an interesting one but it was missing something and seemed somewhat bland.

We even thought of the idea to make it a mouse running through a maze to find the cheese treasure at the end. This was moving into a more interesting direction but was still missing something.

After getting input from classmates and our professor, we decided we were missing some excitement from our game ideas and possibly the relevance to them.

Thus, Run! was born!

The goal in Run! is to escape an enemy that's chasing you across the screen. We've decided to make the main character a rabbit that is running from a huge bolder quickly gaining on him. To escape the boulder, the user must wash their hands quickly to make the rabbit run faster and faster! If the user doesn't wash their hands fast enough the rabbit slows down to a jog and the boulder comes that much closer to getting him!

We think that when compared to a puzzle game, this game idea is way more exciting and graphically pleasing. Escaping and enemy also adds to the excitement giving the player a sense of duty, to save the poor rabbit from a horrible end.

There was also much thought about the rabbit being the main character. We wanted to make the game appeal to both male and female players as those are the two main types of bathrooms. In our minds, making the character a rabbit will allow both genders to enjoy the game equally as opposed to making the character a man or woman. Yay for unisex rabbit!

This is now the game we are focusing on and will update you with in the future posts.