Game Ideas and Styles
Ryan, Elizabeth, Gina, Chuan, Tiffa
Why Carnival Games
Advantage:
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Fun
Simple Control
More Possibilities
Challenge:
● Could be more workload
● Not Sure about carnival game category
Game Ideas - Whac-a-mole
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Multiplayer
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The first people who hit the mole
wins
hit
Game Ideas - Catch Fruits
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1 - 4 player(s)
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Catch fruits / avoid bomb
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Throw bomb
left
right
Game Ideas - Blow Balloon
18
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1 - 4 player(s)
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Speed and Accuracy
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Easy to learn but hard to master
BLOW
DONE
Game ideas - Wheel of fortune, Balancing, Shooting
Get scores by swiping the screen
balancing an object by rotating the phone
shoot the targets by tapping
Other ideas and mechanisms
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Shaking and flip your phone + multiplayer communication
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eg. Spaceteam
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eg. Mario Chase
1 vs 3 game. One player see the whole map, while the other 2 to 4 players can only see
their own surroundings.
Other ideas and mechanisms -Duck pond game ver.2
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Duck pond game. Use iphone’s gravity sensor to navigate. 4 ducks (players) vs 1 kid
(system).
TV shows the whole pond. One phone controls one duck.
When two ducks collide they will bounce back. Duck can also shoot water to attack the
kid.
Other ideas and mechanisms -Duck pond game ver.2
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1 - 4 player(s)
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Catch duck/ Avoid being caught
top down view of a pond
tap
open
mouth
ART REFERENCE (photo reference of real carnival games)
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Red and white stripe pattern
bright and colorful color pallette
balloons and toys
retro style fonts
ART REFERENCE (reference of mobile carnival games)
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Red and white stripe pattern
Dominant color = red
Accent color = yellow
ART REFERENCE - art style (mario party)
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cute, friendly graphics
ART REFERENCE - art style
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cardboard style
(toy story mania)
ART REFERENCE - carnival themed UI
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cute and cartoon style
ART REFERENCE - carnival themed UI
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vintage style
ART REFERENCE - Graphic Design
ART REFERENCE
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Bold and vintage serif fonts
Questions
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Do we need to consider making demos run on EA’s server?
Does the game need to have both single player mode and multiplayer mode?
Dose EA provide assistance in finding families to test our demo?