^ Week 01, Tuesday

basic game ingredients

visual	audial	functional
title screen help screen high scores screen	attract loop	attract loop
player join screen game environment game over screen score entry screen	UI audio cues game music game foley effects	player initialization game initialization game play score management

our system

• up to 4 players, 8-way joystick & 4 buttons each
• supports any keyboard-aware web browser plug-in technology: flash, vrml, java, virtools, etc.
• 800x600, 32-bit color
• 2.0 stereo

development calendar

• concept - 2 weeks
• prototype - 3 weeks
• alpha - 3 weeks
• beta - 2 weeks
• release - 1 weeks

games survey

• top 100 classic games: klov
• game reviews:
  • games.net
  • gamespot.com
  • ign
  • videogamecritic.net
  • videogamereview.com
• amazon listmania:
  • microsoft xbox
  • nintendo ds
  • nintendo gamecube
  • nintendo gameboy advance
  • sony psp
  • sony playstation
• local stores:
  • EB Games
  • GameStop
• local arcades:
  • Dave & Buster's
  • GameWorks
• local events:
  • US Amusements auction: calendar

inspiration

• klooney's monthly game
• tri-annual game experiment contest (48hrs)
• 4k flash contest
• kongregate
• newgrounds
• independent games festival

brainstorm seeds

• blend genres
• simulate an activity
• go beyond realism
• make the common abstract
• provide super powers
• provide mundane powers
• create sense of impending but preventable failure