Things I Love in Games (favorite things)
Inspired by NaNoWriMo's "magna carta"s, this is a list of things in games that I've liked.
They are here as inspiration, motivation, and as a tribute. I hope to borrow/steal/remix/create with this, to give my own games a bit of the joy these brought me.
These should help step towards the principles I care about in games. What themes are threaded through all these?
See also:
secrets
rewind/replay of big moments
> super meat boy's all-at-once replay
like super meat boys all-at-once level replays
easy pickup and play
Fog of War
games! chess?
NPCs: personal, quirky, honest
Fast Restart/Retry
on death, or pause menu
you never die, you are only reborn
Progress Meter towards Unlockables
- downwell
- streets of rage 4
Story Flashbacks
- zelda botw
- braid
Devs that Play their own game
Real-Calendar and Date Features
- animal crossing
- Pokemon Ruby/Diamond
Some things only come out at night.
Character Idle Animations
falling asleep when you haven't touched controls for a while
Knocking Enemies 'Over the Side'
a combat short-cut.
Luring Enemies into Traps
Hitting Enemies with Other Enemies
"Stop hitting yourself!"
Skate's Grab, Jump, Throw Across Screen combo
Enemies Hitting the 'Camera'
Side-Dodge, Air-Dodge
in-game coffee shops
fight 3 people, then mini games
break the targets!
moving through portals/shortcuts
Moving from room to room through a secret passage in Clue
- Pacman
- Towerfall
- Clue
dropping bananas
- Mario Kart
getting a hit with a green shell
- Mario Kart
alley oops
Since the latest superstrikers, i've wanted to do some kind of arch-ing shot one on one game. It's all about that alley-oop, that whipping half-court shot.
- Super Mario Strikers
come-from-behind victories
- Mario Kart via items thunder, red-shell
- NBA Jam via shifting stats/probabilities
capture the flag
running with the flag, chasing the other team's carrier...
it helps to have a feel for the current state of the game
(zoomed out camera? on-screen map?)
half-court shots
- the way it whips
- the long-distance
- the random, sometimes-ness of success
- the whoop! when it goes in
- Super Mario Strikers
- NBA Jam (Hangtime)
Backlinks
Who doesn't love a banana that comes back?
Duplicate of: boomerang (game mechanic)
Playing through Majora's Mask, came upon the simple branches of the lost woods.
Each room a square, with cardinal exits. Some return you to the entrance, others take you deeper in the woods.
Could be procedurally generated. Could feature a luigi hat in a glass case.
sounds like a fun stream/mini-jam/ game-idea.
Definitely one of my favorite things in games.
See also: shops.
One of my favorite game moments is discovering new villages.
I feel compelled to create some virtual spaces that we can hang out in.
I want to fill them with characters you can chat with, maybe powered by some inky dialogue files.
Sunday Funday
Games have always been a passion of mine - I love finding games in which the devs made something they wanted to play, something that didn't adhere to some generic idea of what a game should be. As a result I love indie games and tend to abhor games with large budgets but bankrupt creativity.
I hope to continue to pull the likes/themes over to the gaming magna cartas.
A Dino game.
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A beatemup game idea I've been kicking around.
Elevator levels are one of my favorite things in games.
Pretty raw for now.
- future games (roadmap)
- See also: beat em up boss battles
- See also: game story ideas
- See also: Moon Game Ideas
- things i love in games
- Games That I Love (favorites)
- game design ideas
- game controls views
Game Dev/Design Education
Such a fun moment to create - somehow it lets players be creative. We all get the joke here.
Even better is seeing someone run over it - watching them fall into your trap. Maybe that's the feeling to chase.
Bananas let the player do some last-minute, adhoc level design.
One of the: things i love in games
Decomposed from mario kart's features to brainstorm for async mario kart.