Game Idea Research

 The Game I have decided to proceed with from my game brainstorm last week is my hill bomber game. The basic concept behind the game is the player is on a skateboard rolling down a hill. the objective of the game is to collect as many coins/tokens as you can before hitting or crashing Into something. the player will have to swerve in and out of obstacles cars and puddles by using the left and right arrow keys to turn and the up arrow key to jump. 

Research:

The Idea behind this game comes from a game called subway surfers its a similar layout but instead of playing in lanes like in subway surfers the player has to manoeuvre all in one lane. Recently I was watching videos of the some skaters in San Francisco and they would go flying down hills at ridiculous speeds sometimes just missing cars and other obstacles. upon further research I came to learn of That San Francisco is know for having the craziest hill bombers dating all the way back to the early 90s. According to a mens journal article iv read San Francisco in the late 90s used to be a meeting spot for skaters from all over the world they would meet there and skate. 

https://www.mensjournal.com/travel/skateboarder-omar-salazars-inside-guide-to-san-francisco/

I would like to try and design the game or the streets in the game to look something similar to the streets of San Francisco specifically Dolores Street.  Dolores Street is infamouse For hill bombing. events are organised randomly by word of mouth and through social media hundreds of people flock to the streets to storm the hill. 

  https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/hill-bomb-San-Francisco-skateboarders-Dolores-St-14090264.php#photo-17845253

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqQdyqeCq9o

possible Mechanics

1: The objective of the game is to not die the player must collect coins / tokens that can be used as rewards to possibly by new boards or upgrade their character 

2: The objective is to get a high score see how long the player can survive without hitting into an obstacle they game should become faster the longer it continues.

3. The objective of the game is to complete the course before getting caught by the police who are chasing. the police move closer for every mistake made you can gain some ground back by catching speed boosts. if you make it to the end of the street you pass that level with each level the course will become harder with more and more obstacles every time.


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Comments

  1. EllenkrocheNovember 13, 2020 at 3:22 AM

    Hey Daniel, Its Ellen . I really like your game idea I think it would be really fun and simple to play. I used to play subway surfer all the time on my iPod when I was younger as we all did. Are you going to have levels? will it get harder or will there be more obstacles as you progress in the game? Cant wait to see how it comes out.

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