Design A Game Competition (June 2007)

Design A Game June 2007

Hello everyone. NXS and I are happy to launch a new regular competition here at GH. The title says it all, but I will explain.

Every month we are going to suggest a popular game character and we want you to give us your best game idea. Try to be as specific as possible and bullet point the main game mechanics if you can. For the more artisitic (Autistic? - Ed) members we actively promote the use of pictures. Winners will be decided by NXS and myself and if you are lucky we might be able to rustle up a prize now and again.

This months game should be based on the character:

Lara Croft

So get posting people!

Like a good game idea for lara croft?

Title: TombRunner – Escape from Atlantis.
Basic Concept – Tunnel Racing in an Aztec/Atlantis Theme.


This would be an Episodic Title with each episode based on a different, but familiar, Tomb Raider theme. Due to the fast nature of the game, Lara would be riding vehicles, with different vehicles unlocked as you progress through the levels.

If you could imagine something like the game Ballistics (Demo Available), but with the traditional Tomb Raider theme. The emphasis is on speed and quick reactions.

Lara would weald dual-weapons as some obstacles would need to be destroyed to clear a path. The vehicles will have Health/Armour that will decrease as objects are hit. Obviously instant death would occur if certain obstacles are not missed, i.e. Spike Pits, and Falling columns, as per usual Tomb Raider style. Water obstacles slow down Lara, so the idea is to use the tunnel walls and ceiling to dodge them.

Basic WSAD and mouse controls are used, but the right mouse button is used to stick the vehicle to the walls so you can move around the tunnel just like in the classic game Tempest. Releasing the right mouse button will cause Lara to flip the vehicle and land safely.

If you could just imagine something like Ballistics, Sonic2 Bonus Stage and Tempest... you will be along the right lines.

• 3rd Person Viewpoint.
• Fast Tunnel-Racing Action.
• Hazards to Jump around & dodge.
• TWIMTBP DirectX10 Uber-GFX, with advanced Motion Blur to exaggerate movement.

With turrets and stuff to shoot mummies.

Anyways looks like a fun idea, you can build some grooovy tracks i think. :P

ROFL, i once started with some folks a "running" game. Yep, running...not racing

I'd like to see her in an RPG setting. She will still be in the all familiar tomb setting but instead of just knowing the skills, i.e. jumping backwards, rolling, etc.., she will learn them progressively as the game goes on. Laura would start off with just the basics and her trusty pistols. As the game moves on, she can learn advanced skills depending on how you play. As for the weapons: not only will she be able to pick up her normal assortment of weaponry, she will find treasure maps that will lead her to parts for certain weapons as well as other useful things.

She would also be granted vehicles in her quest ranging from a lite helo to a mini submersible. The would be able to be upgraded as well via the treasure hunts.

That being said, the upgrades wouldn't make her a superhero of sorts. She wouldnt be able to jump 50ft in the air for example. Tomb Raider games are very down to earth so, the upgrades would be something like being able to run up a wall then flip backwards whilst shooting a bad guy. The weapon upgrades would be scopes or grenade attachments so she could go silently or go in with guns a blazin.

I might add more to this later on but, for now this is all I have

Me and some friends tried to make a game ones where you ride a wooden unicycle thru a labyrint.
You got a whip and are sorta crazy indiana jones who races thru the labyrint while a big stoneball is
coming up behind ya. well there are like holes and stuff on the track so you use the whip to swing
across places or hit switches while passing to drop bridges and such. Well, what can i say he never
got beyond the conceot stage and first animations before we gave up on it. but i can see a whip
swinging lara Croft on the unicycle

Well fellas, I might have a prize for the winner at the end of the month! Get those ideas flowing. I'll tell ya what the prize is later. (btw, thread moved to contest thread)

You should post this contest over at http://hardware.Gamershell.com/forum
Nxs knows I don't mind. I post my contests here. It's all good to me. If anyone
ever complains just say I said so :-)

I've been like only 2 or 3 times on HH. i don't like the way the header looks like thou