My Idea
When thinking about what game I was going to make I initially thought of a type of time trial game where the user has to complete some sort of race and achieve their best finish time. I want my game to be able to be played over and over and have the user wanting to better their score every time. I remember playing the last mission on a call of duty game more than 100 times because there was an achievement for completing the level in a certain time limit and no matter how much I hated that I couldn't achieve it I kept playing it, if you want an insight as to what I am talking about you can watch the quick video clip here.
My point is that this kind of gameplay kept me coming back to better my time and I feel like it is a good hook that I can add to my game. I am going to create a side scrolling game where the user controls some sort of vehicle be it a plane or a car and has to traverse a course filled with obstacles in order to reach the finish line and be given a high score.
1. The first game mechanic I research is going to be a Rising and Falling mechanic, you can read some more about it in the link provided. This mechanic will work for the player when they are trying to avoid obstacles on the course.
2. My second mechanic will be a timing mechanic. I plan on having the player be able to hit a powerup marker that will give a brief boost to their speed and help them finish faster, only if the hit it though.
3. For my third mechanic I would like to put in a resizing mechanic where the player would have to trigger something in order to resize the vehicle in order to fit through a part of the course, if the player does not get this "item" then it will result in a game over as they will not be able to progress further. I found this article that talks about my 2nd and 3rd game mechanic ideas to give you some insight as to what they are about and how they operate.
Great idea Peter. I miss the old Call Of Duty days.
ReplyDeleteThe whole Time trial idea is something I have to agree with you on, Its a great mechanic to keep the player thriving for success and keep them entertained although they can tend to be watching the exact same content over and over but that's not the point of it, its the end goal of beating a certain time. Would you consider adding some sort of clock or timer to the game? I personally find this is a great way to keep you on your toes when trying to go for a record run as you feel there is something over you in a way, something to keep you on your toes at all time. Would you maby consider having a leader board system that will keep track of players times, this can be a good way to see what times you will have to try and beat to land first place.
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