Stacking Humans is a simple game where the player tries to stack humans as high as possible. In this game, the player will need to direct how someone should climb up the human pile. Ensuring that the stacked human pile will not collapse. If one side of the pile is too heavy, the human stacks might collapse. As the human pile stacks up, it'll become harder to balance and the time required to climb up will increase.

While stacking humans may be the easy part, there are obstacles that need to be avoided. If the human pile got hit by flying birds, the force might push them over. The player will need to try scaring the birds away by shooting up scarecrows at the right time.

The game is over when the human stacks got knocked over. The player will be able to view the high score screen when the game ends. Each human that have been successfully stacked count as one point. Humans that are still climbing does not contribute to the point.

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Inverted League is a competitive 3D MOBA game. In this game, the main goal is to invade and destroy enemy bases. In Inverted League, the player starts the game with their choice of character at maximum level. The player also starts the game with enough gold to buy all the items for their build. The player must buy items and complete their build from the start.

As the game progresses, the player's level will drop as their XP decreases. As the character's level decreases, their ability rank will also decrease. This means that the player starts with all their character's ability at maximum rank. They will end up with only one ability of their choice to use at the end of the game.

The items in this game will also lose durabilities. As the game progresses, player's items will gradually get destroyed. At the endgame, the player will end up with only one item of their choice.

Exam Simulator is as the name suggested, an exam simulation game. This game will be played in 3D, the first person perspective and, can also be played in VR. In this game, there are no predefined goals set for the player. The player will need to come up with their own goals. Since this game is all about exams, the possible goals can be to pass all the test, to fail all test or to get exactly 50% in every subject or papers.

In Exam Simulator, the player will be set row by row in a classroom. If they enable the multiplayer functions, the player will be able to compete against other players all over the world. The player will be given their papers when the exam starts. They will need to try complete and successfully answer all questions within a set time limit. The player can write on the virtual paper with their drawing tablet if they wish to. Once they handed in, the system will check their answer by using optical character recognition. The player will need to make sure that their handwriting is good enough for the machine to understand.

Cheating in this simulator is allowed. The player can attempt to come up with the most creative ways to cheat the exam. However, if they have been caught cheating, they may be expelled from their current school. The player will need to attempt to sign up for another school in the game.

Magic Cube is a puzzle game where the player has to solve problems involving a cube. In this game, the player will need to try using a cube in various ways in order to pass a level. The cube itself doesn't have any special features. The player can pick up the cube, throw it or stand on it. The cube will interact with physics.

In Magic Cube, there are platforms where the player has to climb in order to reach their destination. However, due to the height, the player cannot jump on the platform. This is when the cube come into play. The player can stand on the cube to decrease the distance they need to jump to the platforms.

There are also other ways the player can use the cube, such as throwing the cube to push object down from high places. The player will need to use their creativity to win in this game. There are usually more than one ways to complete a level.

Endless Fighter is an endless runner action game. This game will combine endless runner style gameplay with action fighter. In this game, the player will run endlessly in a 3D environment. However, they'll encounter enemies that need to be defeated along the way. Since the player always run in the same direction, they can only attack enemies in front of them. The player will need to time their attack right to make sure that they hit the target.

Since Endless Fighter is also an action game, the combat mechanics will be in action centered combo style. The player must enter a combination of keystrokes to execute a special attack. The normal attacks will be punch and kicks.

The enemies and player can also block and dodge each other's attack. However, the player will need to make sure that they time their actions right. This is due to the fact that not all attack will execute at the same speed each time. Projectiles might not hit the enemies in front of the player, but it might hit the enemies that are behind the player. Since the player always run in constant speed, endlessly.

Empty Maze is a 3D maze game. In this game, the player must try to escape from the maze. The highlight of this game is that all the wall is completely made out of glass. Which means all the wall are transparent and the player can clearly see obstacles and the end indicator.

Despite the player can see the end indicator, the transparent wall will make navigating the maze surprisingly hard. This is due to the fact that it is almost impossible to see the walls without seeing the reflection from the sun. The player will continuously bump into the walls.

Transparent walls and ground will also increase the tension when the player fall off a ground plane. Since the player cannot see the depth of the ground, they cannot be sure on how far they'll be falling. If they fall from great height, they might die and have to restart the level. Falling might jump scare the player.

Gliding Flower is a 3D casual simulation game. In this game, the player will glide down the valley while chasing an unusual glowing flower. The player will first need to aboard a helicopter. Once they are on the helicopter, they'll be taken high up into the sky. Once the player reaches their drop-destination, they can jump off and open their parachute.

Where the player should land will not be told during the beginning of the glide. After a while, a glowing flower petal will appear. The player will need to try to keep up and flower this flower. The glowing flower petal will lead the player to their landing spot. The player loses if they failed to keep up or lose sight of the flower. The gliding direction of the parachute can be controlled by moving into the right wind. If the player touches the wind with the wrong direction, they might lose sight of the flower.

Tap Faster is a simple, casual mobile game. In this game, the main goal is to tap the phone's screen the fastest. Not just tapping the screen fast, the player also needs to tap the fastest in a certain rhythm. If the player fails to tap in the correct rhythm, they will lose scores. Failing too hard will lose the round.

The player doesn't even need to look at the phone's screen. If they remember the rhythm, the player can tap from their memory. While the player is tapping, the rhythm might change. The changed rhythm will then be feedback to the player by the phone's vibration. The phone will also vibrate if the player gains a lot of points.

After the game end, whether time runs out or when the player successfully tapped all rhythms, the player will be taken to the high score screen. In the high score screen, the player can see their current ranking against all players globally, and locally.

Trap Days is a gender confusion game. In this social game, the main goal is to identify the person's gender. Many people have probably experienced the stress of figuring out other people's gender over the internet. Be it in MMO games, in social media site, or in online chat rooms. There is always those who hide their personal info, while some even pretend to be another gender.

Trap Days is a game that integrates with social media site. It can be played on almost all platforms. There isn't really much interaction in the player's end. All the player has to do is guess a person's gender. However, the game will not tell the player that person's gender. Instead, in the player's profile page, there display the correctly guessed gender percentage. Also, the number of people that the player has guessed is shown on the profile page.

Trap Days also have a trap ranking system. Everyone on the social media site will have a "trap point" on their profile. Each time a player guessed a person's gender wrong, they gain trap point. The top 10 people with the highest amount of trap point will receive the title "Legendary Trap". Trap Days will put the player's trap detection skill to test. And for those who are brave enough, they can aim for the "Legendary Trap" title.

Meaning of Life is a casual 2D card game. In this game, the player has to try collect as much Life as possible for their deck of card. If the player didn't collect enough Life, their card will start to die one by one. The only way for the player to collect Life is by battling with other players or NPCs. How much Life the player gain per battle depends on how much damage they dealt, to their opponent's card. The winner doesn't always gain the most amount of Life.

The amount of Life the player gain is proportional to the amount of damage they dealt, to their opponent's card. It is possible to completely destroy a player's deck by damaging all his/her card to zero. A card with zero Life is destroyed forever. Which means, the opponent might win the round by hitting the player's hitpoint to zero, however, all his/her card might be destroyed in the process. A player has to start from scratch if all their card died.

Cat Need Bigger Bait is a fast paced action game. In this game, the player will need to catch all the cats, by using their mouse pointer. Every once in awhile a cat will spawn and the player will need to catch it. There are not time limit so the player doesn't need to rush. However, more cat will spawn if the player didn't manage to catch some within few hours. The cat will continuously spawn until the player's PC crash.

There are many different cats and each of them will behave differently. Some will run diagonally, some run in a straight line and some will jump over the mouse point to escape. If the player finds it too hard to catch a cat, they can try placing cat-food-baits. However, not all the cats will take the cat-food-bait. Such as the skinny one. For those skinny cats, the player will need to place bigger baits such as toys. For those stubborn, intelligent cat, the player will need to figure out how to place an even bigger bait themselves.

Absolute Territory is a thigh touching game. In this game, the main goal is to touch people's thigh without them noticing. Absolute Territory will be a 3D casual game that can be played in VR and many other consoles and PCs. While the player is touching thighs, a tick is gained every second. The player will need to try gaining as many ticks as possible, without anyone noticing them. The player loses if anyone notices them touching thighs.

There are many ways for the player to touch people's thigh without them noticing. Such as the touch and run method. As well as, the fall over and touch method. Or using the "there's a bug" on their leg excuses. However, as the level progresses, it'll be harder to touch the thighs without people noticing them. The number of pedestrians will increase and there will be fewer openings. Or, the NPC will also try to touch the player's thigh. The player will also lose if their thighs got touched for too many ticks.

Wall Bomb is a casual 2D physics game. In this game, the main goal is to destroy the walls by bombing them down. Bombing the walls down may sound easy at first. However, the catch is that the player may use only one bomb to destroy all the walls. The player must think and place the bomb in the right location to be able to take down all walls.

The player doesn't have to actually bomb the walls. They can bomb other objects in the level such as larger and heavier object above the walls. The falling object might have enough force to crush down the walls.

Other than using objects in the scene, the player can also buy items to help to bomb the walls down. Such as metal balls and levers. The player can set up objects in the scene and activate them by using the bomb's force. This game will be played in level by level fashion. The player doesn't have to start from the first level if they fail.

The World is a fast paced, intense, time stopping fighting game. In this game, the main goal is to defeat as many enemies as possible while the time is stopped. In The World, the player will be able to stop the time every once in awhile, while they are fighting the enemies. Without stopping time, it is almost impossible to defeat the enemy as their movements are too fast for most normal humans to read. Special humans may be able to defeat them all without stopping the time.

Once the time has stopped, the player will need to try doing as much damage to the enemies as possible. At early game, the player can only stop the time for one second. However, as the game progresses, the player will grow stronger and become better at controlling their time stopping ability. They will eventually be able to stop time for as long as 5 seconds, and the chance for activation the time stop ability will be increased to 90%.

The enemies will also grow stronger as the game progresses. Some will be able to move part of their body once while the time had stopped. While, some will be able to move for up to one second while time stopped.

Sword of Legends Online is an MMORPG mixed with MOBA gameplay elements. That been said, this game is not for the casuals. Sword of Legends Online can be played by using normal mouse and keyboard inputs. However, it is much more enjoyable when played in VR. In this game, the player will battle in a castle siege fashion against their opponents. The team that can take down their opponent's base fastest will win. The player will gain stats and rewards depending on how well they do in the battle.

As mentioned before, this game supports VR and is not for the casuals. Sword of Legends Online will be all about swords and sword techniques. The skills in this game will largely base on real life techniques, this means that there are things that can be only done in VR. Such as doing actions that are not predefined in the game by the developers.

Sword of Legends Online also have a stamina system which governs the speed and time required for the player to execute skills. If the player is using the keyboard and mouse control, the game will use the default cooldown and stamina based resources system. Which means the player cannot use any skill when they run out of stamina. However, the player can completely bypass such limitation if they play the game in VR. The player can perform any skills for as much as they want until they are physically too exhausted to do so.

Unhappy is a casual 2D game about making unhappy people happy. In this game, the player will work through a list of client each real life day. The play must try to make at least 80% of their clients happy. Every client will have different needs and situations that made them unhappy. The player must find solutions for them.

Some client will be really easy to make happy. Simply giving them candies will do the trick. Some will be really hard. For the harder clients, the player will usually need to investigate their homes and surrounding to find what the issues is. None of the clients will directly tell the player their issues. However, giving them candies will usually improve their mood a little.

The player needs to be careful when selecting the right method to help a client. If the player selected the wrong method and end up making the situation worse, the client might suicide. Or the client might harm other people.

The World is a 3rd person RPG, puzzle game. In this game, the main goal is to travel between different world through a portal. Each world is contained in a sphere and each world's playable area is roughly from a small town to a city. The main purpose of the game is to experience different strange and interesting environment. From fantasy to science fiction.

Although The World is a puzzle game, the player doesn't really solve actual puzzles or quizzes for most of the time. Instead, they are to explore the world in order to find clues on how to travel to the next world. The game doesn't tell the player how many worlds are out there, they'll need to find the clues throughout their journey.

There are many ways to open the portal between world. However, the same portal doesn't always lead back to the previews would. The player will need to investigate where the portal leads to, before jumping in.

Bottle Rocket is a competitive, 2D multiplayer game where the player tries to shoot their plastic bottle rocket the farthest or highest. In this game, the player will aim their rockets firing angle with the cursor or precise keyboard input. Simply by putting in the correct number will not make the player win. They'll also need to take into account the wind direction and strengths. The player will also need to take into account of their rocket's weight, types of fuel and shapes.

The goal of the game is to aim for the moon. However, since plastic bottle rocket can never reach the moon, much different game modes are introduced. Such as fly the highest, fly the furthest and obstacle avoiding. The top 3 players will get the highest amount of coins and experience points. The coins can be used to upgrade the rocket. While the experience point will help balance the game by having the experienced player compete with each other instead of destroying new players.

Keep Them Warm is a 3D game with beautifully drawn, high-quality graphics. In this game, the player must control the Sun to make sure the species on Earth doesn't get freeze to extinction. The Earth will continue to rotate forever and the player must angle the sun to make sure that the sunlight hit every corner of the planet for as long as possible.

The Earth will start to lose heat if a lot of areas didn't get enough sunlight. If the Earth's heat dropped below 50%, some of the life forms will die. The player can still save the planet if they can raise the temperature fast enough. But they have to be careful since raising the temperature too high will cause forest fire and desert to form.

The Earth's environment will be procedurally generated throughout the game. The player can navigate to any part of the world that they want to check out. They can also take a beautiful screenshot of their sun lighting effects.

DMCA is a point and clicks text adventure game about a guy who tries to upload or illegally share content online. In this game, the player must help the poor guy hide from the DMCA. At first, the player will need to help the guy find a proper web hosting service that is not in the US or the UK. Finding an offshore is not easy; there are scams and services with poor customer support. The player will need to intensively check each website's reliability before selecting the right one.

Finding a good hosting provider is still the early steps. To help his website remains anonymous, he can try to hide the website's real IP by using proxy services. Using a proxy, he can hide from DMCA for a while. This is not a permanent solution as the website's real IP can still be found with some simple hacks.

The DMCA will try to find him and shut down his website at all cost. If his website had been shut down, the player can try to help him restart his website again. However, the DMCA is not his only enemy. The FBI will also try tracking him down if his website becomes large enough. The player will need to help him escape if his real location has been found out.

Walking is a game which is all about walking. This game is really close to a real-life simulator, however, the main focus is about walking around the town or city. Walking will be tightly integrated with Google Maps and Google Earth. Which means all the street and places that can be navigated on Google Map should be walkable and explorable by the player.

The game doesn't define any goal or objective for the player. Instead, the player will need to come up with a goal or destination themselves. Walking can be played on almost all devices. There's also an HTML5 version of Walking. This means that as long as the player's device can browse the web, they should be able to enjoy the game.

Walking will include many world simulation features that many AAA+ games have. Such as day/night and weather system. The player can walk on a sunny day then suddenly the weather change to a thunderstorm. If its rains, the player can choose to either find a shelter or continue walking soaking wet. There might be snowing in the desert as well.

Things are not always realistic, but that's one of the charms of this game. The player can enjoy strange phenomenon where otherwise impossible to happen in the real world.

MDS GDV110 - 'One Game a Day' Assignment

Media Design School's GDV110 students come up with a game idea a day.

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