Super excited. I came up with a couple ideas and I think I’ve landed on one.
So my first idea was to have a metroidvania game where the map view would be the whole game. So you would zoom in and the game would be very pixelated while you traversed the world. The problem I have with this is it isn’t unique. It doesn’t really use the theme in a very good way.
Another idea in the same vain was to have more of a mystery/detective game with the same map as the overworld. This would allow you to travel between places and try and put clues based on the map. This has the same problems as the last idea.
An Idea in different vain was to have a puzzle game where it would slowly reveal an overworld that would end up on one screen. So you would beat a level and it would show up in the overworld and eventually all the levels would spell something out or solve a puzzle. Again this had the same problem as my previous ideas.
In my game you will play as an adventuring detective. You will play in a zelda esque view and dungeon where you travel from screen to screen however whenever you go to a new screen the world gets smaller because all the screen ends up staying on your screen. Can you solve the mystery before you are too small?
I like this idea because it uses the theme to provide the constraint of the game. Now some challenges with this idea.
- Is this going to be fun? Having yourself get smaller and losing focus on yourself is not necessarily fun. The game will have to be tweaked a lot. Maybe fast speed so the game is quick. You get stronger the smaller you are.
- Is this more of an adventure or detective game? This will have to be tweaked. Its hard to tell at the moment what is going to be fun. I will probably try a mix of both and see which one turns out to be more fun.
- Can I get this done in 48 hours? Isn’t this always the challenge with these things. Sound and art are always tough for me to get in these things.
So the next things that need to be done
Moving person
Level
Generate new Levels
That shouldn’t take too long but you never know. Got my caffeine and the tunes pumping so with any luck you will hear from me soon.