9.01.2014

Many pitches... So many pitches

Right now we are studying pitching in two of my classes.  I have to come up with 16 unique pitches in a matter of a week, and I can say that I did it pretty well without much effort.  A majority of the games I pitched I thought of pretty quickly, and I could say that at least 80% of them I could develop into enjoyable games.  I'll list a few of the really random ones I basically thought of on the spot:

Hunter and Hunted
This would be a top-down game wherein the main character has to kill a monster that is lurking in the city.  The player and a differing monster would be spawned in random points in a city, and it's up to the player to gather the right resources/objects in order to kill the monster before the monster kills the player.  The player could gather clues to figure out what kind of monster it was so they can get the right objects, and ask other people around the city for supplies or information on what to do to kill it.  It would have increasing forms of difficulty, maybe more monsters or just stronger monsters as the game goes on.

Alarm Clock Puzzler
This game would function as an alarm clock, but in order to turn it off you would have to solve a complicated puzzle.  It would be designed to get people out of bed that hit a simple snooze button and oversleep because of it being too easy to turn the alarm off.  The puzzles could be anything from math, geometry, language, color-matching, memory, etc.

Death Rugby
This is a game that is similar to rugby, but rather than normal rugby, all of the players are equipped with different weapons.  Eventually the battle will break down to just a couple of people alive, and they must try to run the ball, or other equipment can be used to protect the ball carrier to the end zone.  Once somebody scores, the round ends and each team can plan a new strategy for the next round with new weapons and equipment that they have purchased.

MiniBall
This is a basketball game featuring tiny players, but the players are also super strong for their size.  They play with a tiny rubber bouncy ball, and they can throw the ball as well as other players or objects around the map.  (Spoiler Alert: I have already created this in Little Big Planet 2 and it is notorious among my friends as being a surprisingly intense, yet beginner-friendly game... search for LBPBall if you wanted to try it out!)

Buffet Master
You play as a chef on an alien planet and you must mix all kinds of foods and ingredients in order to make a highly rated buffet.  You start out not understanding what kinds of aliens like what kinds of food and eventually learn through feedback from the customers.

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