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damakuno / spooktober-gamejam

Repository for the Spooktober game jam
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Come up with the design #1

Closed damakuno closed 2 years ago

damakuno commented 2 years ago

The theme is not released yet, but this is the first thing that needs to be done before starting anything else

damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. Dog stole skeleton's leg and you need to chase the dog to get it back
  2. You're a witch that transforms into cat/or other animals/things/ ( maybe the cat is your familiar and they're helping to chase the dog )
    • maybe you can transform to hide from enemies/ solve puzzles
    • maybe you can have some spells again to solve puzzles /dodge obstacles etc.

This seems to be like a puzzle platformer game.

damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. You protect a chubby panda eating breakfast from spooky monsters / koalas - you're a witch, the panda is your familiar
  2. Ending idea: the panda would give you breakfast / they would hug

This seems to be like a tower defense / defend the base / bullet hell /

Top down view, panda in the middle, you are a little witch trying to protect your familiar with spells and stuff.

damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. A witch that keeps trying to sabotage this one village that she hates, but whatever she does, she helps the villagers instead.

This seems more like a visual novel or point and click adventure game

Replace tricks with treats!

damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. You're an apprentice witch learning magic, your teacher challenged you to test your ability by fighting monsters to protect a village / or anything else.

Seems to be suited for a wave clearing hack and slash type of game. Can be base defense side scrolling / top down.

damakuno commented 2 years ago

Story idea:

  1. Teacher asks you to kill just one orc, others get angry and attack the village so you have to clean the mess the teacher caused

Seems to be suited for a wave clearing hack and slash type of game. Can be base defense side scrolling / top down.

Monsters got hungry, they attack the village for food, and you magically built towers that throw sweet stuff at the monster horde. monsters that eat sweets turn into normal humans etc. this is the only peaceful base defense I could come up with

damakuno commented 2 years ago

Story idea:

  1. Witch wants to fulfil a wish and goes on an adventure

Adventure side scrolling game

damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. Witch trying a raise it's familiars.

Central theme - growing up, how to show pets love, responsibility, coming of age story

Seems like for a visual novel?

But I also see it being a clicker game / or a raising simulator, management game like managing familiar's hunger level, happiness etc. etc. and you have like a base where you manage different buildings / tools and upgrades for them etc.

Normal Halloween decorations suck! So mainstream, can't we make it better?

I'm gonna make this a better Halloween

Few elements:

  1. Resource Gathering (cauldron, gather materials)
  2. Crafting
  3. Raising
damakuno commented 2 years ago
  1. Puzzle game - sacrifice limbs to slow down enemies
  2. Enemies are chasing after you, you have to solve puzzles before they get to you
  3. Eg. limbs being shorter you're able to crawl through smaller spaces.
damakuno commented 2 years ago

You play as a witch that tricks children. Lure trick or treaters in and sacrifice them to summon eldritch horrors who just happen to be cute familiars. Cute familiars would give you candy or unlock new candies / treats to lure different kids to come to your house.

(Pokedex) Journal or collection for children and they'll show up in there

Children gives souls <- this would be the resource to summon more pets?

Candy trails to lure children?

Bubble around the child then the bubble gets smaller and the child gets absorbed into a soul.

Actions I can do: Summoning Decorating Browse the journal (bestiary) of children - journal entries can have short backstories to make you feel bad killing them. The journal can be about you tracking down and stalking your "prospective children of your choice", how you found them, what you like about them, their lives and so on.