This is a board game where players wear VR goggles. It is a board game that involves players controlling their own armies and conquering the others. Each player will have different pieces for their own armies and they will have different abilities, different movement and effect on the battlefield. Whenever players move their pieces, the goggles will display the pieces moving by themselves like a hologram. When pieces engage in battle, holographic animations will also play, damage dealt and taken will pop up there will also be death animations. This holographic feature adds a whole new level of immersive game-play to current board games that may seem boring and bland to just see pieces moving and dice rolling as combat. It will be a whole new experience if players can actually see their pieces fight rather than just seeing their dice roll. Winner will be the first to destroy the enemy army.

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More submissions by Alex Cai for MDS GDV110 - 'One Game a Day' Assignment

This game is for teaching people what to do and how to survive in case of a natural disaster. It is a simulator played in 3rd person where players can choose what type of natural disaster they want to play in. Once they have locked in their choice, they spawn in a randomly generated environment, (in the city, on a farm, in their homes etc..) and then the natural disaster will hit. Players will need to use objects around them and movement controls to keep their character alive through the game. (eg standing under door frames, walking up to a table and press an action button to hide under it). If players are up for the test, there is a mode where they spawn in an environment without choosing a natural disaster first, so then the natural disaster is random and they must be prepared to survive through anything thrown at them.

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http://www.industrytap.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Tsunami-Wallpapers-2.jpg



This is a horror game. It simulates a first person perspective of driving in a dark night and your goal is go drive for as far as possible before you crash and die. As you are driving, there will be scary signs on the road and various jump scares to distract you from driving. You will need to keep focusing on the road making turns and avoid other cars on the other side of the road. If you hit an obstacle, then you crash and die and it's game over. The score system is like Temple Run where your points keep increasing as long as you're alive. Gaining points allows you to buy different vehicles that will make the game slightly easier for you but since the game is mostly about jump scares, there will still be a chance that those can get you killed.

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A mobile game where you play as a very sleep deprived student struggling to stay awake in class. Sound is an important aspect of the gameplay as players will lose vision as they fall asleep. The game is played in a first person perspective where the player can see their surroundings when they are awake, but as soon as they start falling asleep, their vision will slowly become more blurry and eventually a black screen, which is where the sound comes in. To be able to get enough sleep, the character in the game that players play as will need to have a black screen for as long as possible until the sleep meter fills up. If they are seen by the teacher, they will get kicked out of class and it will be game over. When they are sleeping (black screen) they will need to listen for sounds and if they hear the teacher's voice getting louder, they will need to wake up to avoid being caught.

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This game is played on the PC where players use arrow keys to control a white blood cell at the bottom of the screen. There will be red blood cells and viruses sliding down the screen and the speed increases as the player progresses through the game. You can only miss and let a certain amount of viruses through before the human gets too sick and then game over. Players will also need to dodge red blood cells at the same time and if they collide with any, then it will slow down your movement as it lowers the oxygen delivered. Sometimes the Virus can be attached to red blood cells and the player will have to collide with the virus without touching the red blood cell.This game has no end and the goal is to reach and complete as many stages as possible without making your host sick.

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http://www.newhealthadvisor.com/images/1HT00352/low%20red%20blood%20cell%20count.jpeg



A game where you play as piece of bread and the goal is to find all the other ingredients to form a sandwich. This game is played in third person where players must control the movement of a piece of bread that they start off with. They must then traverse and explore the kitchen for all the different ingredients required to make a sandwich. There will be different types of sandwiches to choose from and they will have different difficulty as some have more ingredients that others and some ingredients may be harder to get. Players must not stay on the kitchen floor for too long or they will eventually become inedible and it will be game over. When the player has collected all the ingredients, they must then make their way to a plate to complete and win the game. This game can be played offline on both PC and Console

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A third person 3D MMO played in a web browser where people play in an open world that is undersea. Players play as fishes and they will need to kill and eat other players go grow in size. The bigger you grow the slower you will move. Try to be the biggest fish in the ocean! There will also be NPC fishes you can farm for much slower growth. There will also ne NPCs that will also swim around and may still eat you if you are smaller than them, this is to add more ocean life and variety to the environment. Small fishes can out-maneuver the big ones and Big fishes can control areas better than small ones. There will be a minimap displayed in one of the top corners of the screen and players that reach a certain size will start to show on the minimap. This allows smaller fishes to see where the resources are and potentially outplay and bait big fishes away from their comfort zone.

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This game is played on PC and is focused on teaching people to be aware of their surroundings, hence why this game is not available on mobile. Most attacks on people on the street these days are a result of people not being aware of their surroundings. This game aims to raise their awareness and know where to look to keep an eye out for possible threats and potentially save their own lives. It is a first person game where it simulates walking in various locations and time of the day. There will be people walking by you and cars driving past you as you walk. The introduction of the game teaches people where to look as they are walking into or past a potential threat. The gameplay is simple, as the game simulates you walking in different situations, you will need to identify and click on a threat. When you miss different threats it will be game over. Eg( if you miss a person holding a knife, you get stabbed and die. Survive as long as you can and get the top score in the world by gaining points as you "walk" in the game.

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https://nycpix.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/walking-down-the-street.jpg

You are the god of the ocean and there are people invading your sacred island to claim your artifacts. You must defend your holy ground from the invaders and stop them from getting your artifacts. This is a game played on touch-screen devices where the player must swerve their device to create ocean waves in attempts to knock the invaders off their ships. Invaders first come in smaller rafts which players can easily topple over, but as the player progresses the invaders start to send more stable and stronger ships to reach your island. Each invader you topple over gives your currency that you can buy unlocks with, including abilities to call upon other beings in the sea to help you. (Eg Shark attacks, whirlpools,killer whales, giant squids etc.) Try to defend your sacred island as long as you can against the relentless and greedy invaders.

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http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/coast/images/wave_col_bar1.jpg



This is a single player game on the PC to be played in first-person. Your crazy father just took away a large amount of money from you and locked it in his safe. Your goal is to explore the environment in a broken family and look for clues and ways to open the safe so you can buy a new home and get out of there. You can drive to seek help but your psycho dad will not net you move out unless he thinks you're "man" enough. If your dad finds out and gets too angry about what you're doing, he will destroy and break your belongings and do other things that may get in your way like taking away your car keys to limit you form seeking help from the outside. You will also need to keep a sane meter for your character from depleting to zero. Things that keep the sane meter up include gaming, visiting your girlfriend and other family members. but the sane meter will go down every time your psycho dad destroys your belongings or takes something away from you.

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This is a 2 player game played Locally on the PC. One player will use the mouse and the other will use a desired key on the keyboard to keybind their "clicks" to. In this game, music will play while there will be buttons popping up on the screen according to the rhythm of the music. The two players must work together to get the mouse on the button and successfully tap to the rhythm. The score will be based on percentage of buttons hit successfully and bonuses will be applied if players can work together to pull off successful non-interrupted combos. The community can use a feature in the game where they can create their own beat maps and may upload their own custom music to the game. A tag team mode can also be played for some competitive online 2v2 action. A game inspired by "OSU" and ideal for gamers that are trying to improve on their click speed and accuracy.

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https://osu.ppy.sh/ss/3279180


This is a game that aims to teach players how to draw. This can be played on any touch-screen device and PC using a drawing pad. Players will be matched online in a 1v1 environment where they get a set amount of time to draw their weapon. Guns or anything that shoots projectiles will not be allowed. When the time for drawing runs out, the players will then use their weapons and try to hit each other's avatar with it by swiping on their screen.Players can also block by swiping their weapon in the way of an oncoming attack. The person to first reduce the other player's avatar health to zero wins. Depending on which type and how well you draw your weapon, the weapon will have different durability and speed. There will also be a feature where players can share and show off their best pieces of artwork.

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This game where it can only be played locally. Reason behind this is that the game has a certain timeline to it and things are very specific as to what happens during each part of the game. The game will have a split/screen feature where you can still play and co-operate with friends. The game takes place in high-school and University and the year levels will represent the levels of the game. The goal of this game is to use the time during each level to prepare to cheat on the end-of-year test at the end of the level. During this time, you will need to gather notes, prepare a place to hide them and co-ordinate a plan with your friends if you are playing multiplayer. The game can be alternated between first and third person mode where players play in an instance which is the school they are playing in. During the test, they will have to move quietly, communicate in creative ways without drawing any attention.

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Ever wanted to build a PC but afraid that you have no idea what to do and migh damage something worth hundreds of dollars? Then this is the game for you. PC Build simulator is a VR game that allows you to build a virtual PC without the risks of going into building a real PC the first time. Any mistakes will be in the game and therefore will not affect anything that may worth a lot to you in real life. Players can choose which parts they would like to build their PC with and there will be tool-tips to guide those first-timers. For the people that want to test what they've learnt off the game, they can turn the tooltips off and see how they do without any guidance. This game is perfect for anyone that wants to get into PC building but afraid that they might make mistakes that could cost them a lot.

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The goal of the game is to make as much noise into your mic as you can and have the speaker to vibrate enough to knock a bottle over. There will be a decibels display on your phone and it will keep your highest decibel as a record for you and your friends. Since the game is using a mic, players may choose to have people helping them by making noise with them on the same mic. Try to get the highest decibel to get to the top or the world leader-board and be the loudest in the world! Once the bottle is knocked over the game will play a celebratory sound and you will get confetti on your screen.

A top down game where players play as a mailman and the objective of the game is to deliver packages to different locations. The player gets paid if a successful package is delivered and the amount depends on how quick their package arrived and the state of the package. I the player hit's too many obstacles on the road the quality of their package goes down and they will get paid less. The player can use this money to buy things that will help them deliver future packages more efficiently. Eg (Van, truck, motorcycle). Once unlocked, the player can choose which vehicle to take to deliver their current package. Unlocking more vehicles will mean that the player will be able to deliver a wider variety of packages that can get them paid more. There is no end and the player just plays for as lock as he/she likes.

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This game is a turn based artillery pc game where players play as their own team of woodchucks and they take turns throwing wood at the other team in a catapult fashion. Each player has a team of 7 woodchucks they can set up on a map and each turn, players can move one woodchuck and attempt to hit the opponent with one shot. There will be a limited amount of distance a woodchuck can move each turn. There are also different items players can also use. The default and standard attack is just throwing a piece of wood. If they manage to reach certain items on the map, they will be able to use those items including wooden bows and arrows, slingshots, and a melee weapon that is a tree stump and deals lots of damage. The player that can eliminate all woodchucks of their opponent first wins the game

Day 27

Ever wanted what will happen to something if you throw it in space? Well this game is a simulator where you can put various objects into space and it will simulate the event when that object is put into a vacuum in space. The game be available on any platform since it's simply choosing objects to throw into space. Since this game is more of a simulator, a good amount of physicists and scientists will be required to develop the game. Players will be able to also create their own objects to throw into space. If they know a fair bit of science, they will be able to create different objects that are not provided by the game and see the results. This game is just something to pass time and to entertain curious people. No win conditions, nothing competitive and nothing that requires intensive mechanical skills and fast reaction times, more like a stress reliever.

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http://www.unoosa.org/res/timeline/index_html/space-2.jpg

Day 26

This game takes place in a massive junkyard. It an MMO inside a junkyard where you will eventually have to find your way out. You will encounter other players that you may want to work with and can fight random monsters such as rats and NPCs that went insane trying to get out. To escape this scrap heap of a world you will need to find random things in the junkyard and figure out how you can accomplish your goal with what you find. As mentioned before, you may interact with other players and you can use what you have together to have a new opportunity to make a break through. If you die, you will spawn at a new completely random location so you will need to find your way through again, so players will need to be extremely careful when engaging in battle. Since the punishment is very harsh for dying, PvP will not be in this game as this can mean that some players can make other players obnoxious.

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This is a game played on the PC where you can choose to play as different types of living seafood trapped in a tank in a restaurant and you must escape the tank before they take you out and cook you. Players can choose to play as Lobster/crayfish, Abalone, Cod and much more. The controls be very hard to master but the overall difficulty depends on what you play as. For example, if you play as a cod, then you'll need to use moement keys of WASD and try to swim as hard as you can and jump out of the tank. If you play as a lobster, then you will need to micro-manage all your limbs and adjust your weight properly to climb out.

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This is a game played on the PC where you play as a CPU cooler. Players must hold down their mouse to spin the fan at the right speed according the the temperature of the CPU displayed, the higher the temperature, the faster you'll need to spin. The temperature is somewhat random at times but as you select higher difficulty, the PC user will start running more programs and you'll need to make sure his PC doesn't overheat. There will also be a multiplayer mode where people can play as different fans in the PC and they will need to work together to keep the PC from overheating. The goal of the game is to see how long the player/s will last before the PC overheats, if the PC overheats, then it's game over. As you progress you are able to upgrade to other coolers to help your performance.


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MDS GDV110 - 'One Game a Day' Assignment

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

daily from 2016-07-19 to 2016-09-09