Work is well under way for “Suddenly, Ninjas” and I wanted to share a little more about what I’ve done so far.

Here is the transcript of my discussion with my stream about how to use the 10 seconds theme, with non-rejected ideas in bold:

10 seconds per round?

10 seconds (lat/long)?

10 second long game?

“10 seconds” name of place/event?

10 seconds of music repeating

10 seconds again and again

Something happens every 10 seconds?

• Vehicle/Running speed up
  • Simple
  • Endless gameplay
  • Definite end, high score mechanic
• Ninja/Dinosaur/Alien attack!
  • Funny
  • Twitch
  • Engaging
• World’s slowest rhythm game
  • Unique (in a bad way)
  • Emergency game
• Change perspective/character – win while you’re in their perspective
  • Unique (in a good way)
  • Easy to game or unfair
  • Adventure game/maze w/ several AI “players” you alternately control
  • Low fun
• Take damage
  • Urgent
  • Race/maze/platformer
• Find cover/avoid something that lasts 10 seconds/every 10 seconds
  • Antifun
  • Intense
  • Storytelling in downtime while covering
  • Possibly do something every 10 seconds
• Turn ends after 10 seconds
  • Puzzle game
  • TBS
  • Antifun – mistakes, just missed it

10 second places?

Racing game where the goal is to get 2^nd 10 times, undesirable powerups

Tags: brainstorm, LD27