Gameplay type: MMORTS, science fiction, fantasy
Platform: PC
Overview:
In 52 days an impending doom will occur and the game servers will cease to function.
52 is a massively multiplayer real time strategy game where players can choose between two powerful races, the technology based race called the Tectrona and their magical rivals called the Arcinsor. Both races allow players to create a wide range of buildings and units.
To be released on the 9th of November 2015, on New Year's Eve the powerful apocalyptic force will defeat all players on the servers and force the games servers to shut down, effectively ending 52 as a game....unless the players unite forces to stop it.
Objective:
It is the players choice to work together and build up their forces in 52 days before the impending doom comes about. Players of cities can choose to attack other cities should they not wish to unite or agree that a particular city will sabotage their efforts.Only by uniting with other players around the world and building a force to counter the impending doom, will there be a chance. What happens after that is undetermined.
How the MMORTS works?
When players sign up they are put into the world. Essentially it is first in served for whoever begins constructing a base. Subsequent players who join can choose to join either civilization or then the city they wish to be a part of. As players log off they can nominate other players to be acting rulers of the city while the ruler is logged off. Once cities reach a certain population, the player who founded the city is voted to stay on as ruler or replaced by the other members of the city.
Players inside the city can build off certain areas and establish their own districts. The ruler assigns specific tasks to the other players such as collecting resources and building troops. Players can choose to allocate the resources they collect to building up their own district or contributing to the cities wealth.
Players can train their own units within the city and other member of the city are their allies. Cities can ally with each other upon a voting system with all members or choose to make them their enemy. Allied cities can trade resources to strengthen their alliance as well as their resource stores for the coming battle.
Setting:
52 is set in a science fiction fantasy world of Deltorus where a war between the two civilizations has waged for centuries. During a climactic battle a darker force descended on the world and obliterated both armies effortlessly. After the defeat, the dark force delivered a message to the survivors stating that they have 52 days before their entire force descends upon the world to wipe out its inhabitancies.
Tectrona civilization:
The technological race possesses a vast range of buildings, vehicles and advanced weaponry which can be created. They adhere to the idea that technology will advance their civilization and consider magic to be an inferior inaccurate and irresponsible form of culture.
Units include robotic soldiers, cyborgs, mechs, battle cruisers, hovercraft, spacecraft and many more. Their units specialize on fast attack and precision to defeat their enemies.
Arcinsor civilization:
The magical civilization possesses a powerful assortment of arcane magic they use to bend the laws of nature to unleash upon their enemies. Occupying the southern part of the world, their culture is based around harnessing magic of the land and believe that all manner of technology and man-made machines are blasphemy.
Units include, mages, sorcerers, beasts, flying creatures, storms and much more. Their units specialize in powerful magic attacks as well as using the forces of nature to aid their already magical armies.
The impending doom:
Both an in game and meta-game enemy. In game it will unleash a powerful force onto the world of Deltorus and crush all players of both civilizations, ending all life's existence on the world. As a meta-game element, the developers have created a force that they believe is virtually impossible to beat. Prior to the games release, 52's creators have released details to those wishing to purchase the game that they will have 52 days before this force attacks and should they wish for the game to continue, they must defeat the force.
Features:
Platform: Microsoft Hololens, Xbox One, Windows 10 PC
Game play type: Augmented reality, Physical, first person shooter
Overview:
Engage in combat in your living room, backyard or indoor sport center as you fight in combat against virtual AI players that exist and interact with the environment around them. Players equip themselves with Microsoft Hololens device and map the specific environment for the map to be created. Additionally players can also custom design their maps based upon their own preferences.
As with the nature of augmented reality, real life objects like walls, trees and furniture can be assigned to be specific objects in the game. For example a garage can be assigned as a safe house with spawning virtual weapons and ammo where a tree can act as an obstacle to hide behind.
Your weapons and armor are virtual and attach to you and can spawn around you.
Features:
Overview:
You are an abomination made up of multiple corpses and you are also running in a marathon…..makes perfect sense.
You begin as a corpse of sewn limbs and each one is slowly decaying until it falls apart. To complete the marathon you must 'borrow' limbs from other runners to replace the parts that are rotting away.
Courses:
Unlike a traditional marathon where there is a specific track, you and your opponents must race around a track that is not necessarily cornered off to the public and in many cases the public are unaware that a race is happening….until they see you coming towards them.
Course include: Sawmills, fireworks factories, motorways, construction sites, firing ranges and many more. Each course contains a wide range of dangerous and lethal obstacles which can crush and sever limbs.
Features:
Game play type: 3D mobile, puzzle game
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One, Mobile
You have a selection of gears to choose from and must complete the course. The end sprocket has a particular rotating direction it must adhere to in order for the device to work and you must arrange your gears to fit the gaps.
Example:
There is a bridge that needs to be lowered in a downward direction. The bridge mechanism is located on a cliff above and requires a set of cogs to be placed to in the gaps to make the mechanism work.
As you progress through the levels, your puzzle become more challenging, with many of them requiring problem solving to complete the objective.
Co-op mode:
Players can participate in online play where their teamwork and use of gears will activate the puzzle. Each player has to activate their individual mechanism.
Features:
Platform: PC, mobile
Overview:
You are an imaginary friend of a child. You can only be seen by them and your existence fully depends on whether they pay attention to you and believing in you.
Objective:
Your objective is to provide comfort and advice to this six year old as they go through their day and confronting dangerous tasks that depend on your assistance. They will ask you questions which you must respond with correct answers as well as perform actions to guide them.
With each mission time will pass and you will risk fading away as they grow older. This relationship will affect the way they interact with real world people which will have an emotional effect to the child and therefore effect your appearance and abilities.
Eventually you will have to decide between the child's wellbeing and your own existence.
The child:
They will go through their day and you must accompany them. You cannot be seen by anyone else but your actions will affect how the child reacts with others. Their thoughts and emotions effect your appearance and abilities.
You:
You are an imaginary creature who shape shifts involuntarily based on the thoughts and emotions of the six year old child. You must guide the child through life's events as but are unable to intervene directly. Your appearance and abilities such as speed, strength, health and super powers are dictated by the child's thoughts.
Features:
Image References:
David R. Sprayberry, M. (2012, May 30th). https://survivorpediatrics.wordpress.com/tag/father/. Retrieved September 4th, 2015, from https://survivorpediatrics.wordpress.com/: https://survivorpediatrics.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/fatherandson.jpeg
Game play type: 3D Racing, combat, multiplayer game
Overview:
Own the track is a strategic racing game where you can control the speed, the physics and even the track itself in real-time to aid in winning over your opponents.
Racer abilities:
Track modification - You can change the track by swapping out track parts
Traps - Set traps to go off at certain times on the track
Attrition zone - Mark parts of the track that causes damage to your opponents should they enter it
Racer pickups:
Strength - Allows you to smash opponents out of your way
Speed - Reach higher speed, accelerate and handle faster
Invisibility - Become invisible for a short period of time to evade your opponents attacks
Anti-Gravity - Fly, float and leap farther over jumps to reach track areas that normal gravity would not allow
Invincibility - Become invincible to all attacks and traps for a short period of time
Features:
Image References:
http://www.geek.com/review/review-blur-for-xbox-360-2-1263909/. (2010, June 18th). Retrieved September 4th, 2015, from http://www.geek.com/: http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Blur-screenshot-003.jpg
Game play type: Real-Time Strategy game
Platform: PC
Overview:
Nzorah is a world inhabited by four distinct races that each process a powerful magical population. Each race wages war against the other as they attempt to counter their magic and advanced their own powers to gain the upper hand.
Nzorah Races:
Alirus – The Alirus race revolves around light and units specialize in harnessing light for their magical spells and weapons.
Purius – The Purius focuses on nature and life and their units specialize in healing and poisonous spells and attacks
Inferius – The Inferius are masters of heat and fire and their units cast powerful fire spell attacks against their enemies
Hydrarius – The Hydrarius magic focuses on aquatic and cooling, casting spells that freeze their enemies
The Dispellers:
This darkened race is made up of defected and banished units of the Nzorah races who revolt against magic and use their specialist 'Anti-Magic' spells and units to counter the races of Nzorah. You must unite the other four magical races and defeat these dark heretics from destroying the world.
Features:
https://lolwallpapers.net/2014/08/league-of-legends-champions-2/. (2015, August 4th). Retrieved from https://lolwallpapers.net/: https://static2.lolwallpapers.net/2014/08/lol-champions-9.jpg
Overview:
You are a highly trained assassin that is part machine, part human. You have the ability to control computers, machines and other cyborgs at will and use them to aid your missions.
You work for the notorious Global Assassination League that carries out assassinations of both machine and human targets around the world. As machines become more and more integrated into society you must use both you human and machine abilities to weave out your targets.
Story:
It's the 22nd century and cybernetic implants have become the norm in society as the line between human and machine becomes ever more blurred. This creates tension between humanist fundamentals who believe that flesh and machine should remain separate. With the humanists factions widely spread and integrated into society, the Cyborg and human sympathisers turn to a shadowed assassination organization called GAL to take out the radical humanist leaders in order to end the conflict between the two races.
Homo-Synthesis:
Unlike a cyborg that has machine parts added later on, you were born with such devices in place. As a hybrid you can naturally communicate with computers and the language which combined with your extensive training, makes you a high tech and deadly killer.
Global Assassination League(GAL):
They are hidden in the shadows and carry out assassinations all over the world. You have been trained since birth to work for them. Many of your targets are radical humanists who attempt terrorists and genocidal acts against machines and cyborgs.
Features:
Game play type: Multi player online, third person
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Overview:
You are part of a 4 person team that controls 3 heads and one body. Hydras are mechanical mutli-headed war machines designed to deliver perfect defence and offence moves. You battle it out against other Hydras on open battlefields where your teamwork and combination of attack determines the victor.
Controllable heads:
3 players control a head that they choose to equip with their own weapons and armour. Each head can be controlled separately by the player and can be use either offensive or defensive capabilities.
Controllable body:
1 player controls the mechanical body and moves the heads to the area of their enemies. They equip themselves with armour and shield weapons to defend their teammates against enemy Hydras attack
Features:
Overview:
Battle Drones is an outdoor remote control drone game where you control one or more remote controlled drones and go to war against other players drones. You can control however many drones at once using your tablet with a bird's eye view of where your drones are. When engaging in combat you are able to take control of one of your drones and engage in dogfighting with other drones.
Battle modes:
Take and hold – A game of strategic capturing areas of the map (outdoor park) area.
Dogfight (requires weapons) – Dogfighting with paint ball gun equipped drones. Take out the enemy one on one.
Capture the flag – Players capture flags using magnetic arms of the drone. Once a drone has captured the flag their position will become visible on the tablet map. Opposing players can intercept drones with the flag by knocking their drone to the ground
Features:
http://reason.com/blog/2012/12/13/forget-diy-drones-how-about-diy-armed-dr. (2015, September 1st). Retrieved from http://reason.com/: https://d1ai9qtk9p41kl.cloudfront.net/assets/db/1355424941886.jpg
Game play type: First person shooter, flying
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Overview:
Doomsday is imminent as the world is tearing itself apart. You are a young captain selected by four of earth's largest corporations in an attempt to rescue as many people as possible and transport them off world. You are thrust into the heart of a chaotic world as you pilot a wide range of rescue and combat vehicles to save Humanity from utter destruction.
Your objective is to evacuate people to the ARCs that the Moses group has constructed which will then be thrown into space. Your mission will not be easy as the ruthless Exodus Corporation seeks to steal the ARC's to save a precious few of their own people. This is a war of rescue and combat where you must choose who goes and who stays behind.
Story:
2699 A.D. Earths mining corporations have extensively mined its resources as an attempt to meet the growing population. This need has forced much seismic activity around the world as deeper the corporations dig. After decades of mining the Earth begins to grow unstable with earthquakes of massive proportion splitting the worlds surface right to the core. Within the space of five years the Earths continent becomes split up as gravity and weather is thrown into chaos.
Mass hysteria takes place as the world's nation collapse leaving the main corporations who caused the destruction of the earth, pull together their resources in attempt to save the human race.
Operation NOAH:
The world's top five mining corporations turn their attention to creating space shuttles called ARCs and rescue craft to evacuate as many humans as possible off world. The largest company renamed the Exodus Corporation attempts to secure select individuals as opposed to the general population. This creates a rift between Exodus and the remaining corporations as their efforts split apart. Now the remaining corporations form together, calling themselves the Moses group. They Launch Operation NOAH in an attempt to combat the Exodus Corporation and save as many people as possible.
Features:
Game play type: Third Person, fighting, Puzzle game
Overview:
You are Karla, a member of an interstellar fighting force called the Light Warriors. Your task is to combat a dark entity known as The Void that seeks complete darkness over the galaxy. You are deployed on worlds that are under attack by the dark warriors and must use your light weapons to illuminate the enemy to destroy them. Reflecting off surfaces, refracting through material and focusing light are all methods one can use to destroy The Void.
Story:
In the distance future humans have discovered Light Travel which allows for near instantaneous speed across the galaxy. New life forms and civilizations have been discovered with this form of travel. Humans form the Coalition of Light Travel (COLT) which unites the civilizations and promotes the user of light technology to explore other parts of the galaxy.
The Void:
The Void is an unknown force of that seeks to throw the entire galaxy into darkness. With the increase use of Light Travel, The Voidattempts to destroy the civilizations that use Light Travel believing that the galaxy should remain in darkness. The Void launches attacks using dark soldiers and black holes to destroy suns and ultimately plunge worlds into complete darkness.
The Light Warriors:
Upon the discovery of The Void destroying worlds, the COLT formed a fighting force to combat them called the Light Warriors a group of interstellar beings that are equipped with special light weapons to combat The Void soldiers. With entire worlds being thrown into darkness, the Light Warriors attempt to save those left and discover a way to defeat The Void that is swallowing up the stars.
Features:
Reworking the corridor with a square shape instead of triangle
Game play type: Third person RPG, sandbox fighting game
Platform: PC, PS4, Xbox One
Overview:
In Messiah, you are Xera and given the power of an all-powerful deity known as the Messiah which was destroyed in an uprising with a corrupt leader known to all as the Dark Messiah. You have power to change almost any aspect of your world for the good but conversely this means you also create darkness to balance out the power.
The Messiah:
The Messiah is the deity of the world of Eon, who dwells in the forbidden land of Eon. The Messiah's power maintain balance of the world and gives out small amounts of power to the Eon leader in order to govern the people. The Messiahs full power is both light and dark in its effect on the world.
The Dark Messiah:
The Dark Messiah was originally the leader of the people of Eon who grew jealous of the power of the Messiah. The leader saw the Messiah as a coward for not using its full power and decided to invade the forbidden lands and overthrow the Messiah. This war led to the near destruction of the world and the death of the Messiah.
Xera:
You are Xera, a young survivor who stumbles across the Fragment of God while savaging for food. Upon processing this fragment you begin to see the world in an omniscience manner and you begin to influence the world around you. This power however has adverse effects on other aspects of the world. While you use the power to grant wealth to your village, you also feed the dark side of the world as the Dark Messiah gains power.
You must use the power of the Messiah to rebuild your civilization through decisions making and fighting off enemies.
Game play type: obstacle, coordination and team building
Platform: Mobile, tablet, smart watch
Overview:
Obstacle is a game for two more players. As a team one player sets the virtual obstacle on their tablet which is synched to a smartphone/ smart watch app of the other player who must physically navigate the virtual obstacle before the time is up. Areas are done in open spaces like parks where the obstacle and player position are mapped using gps. The game requires at least two players and there are two main sides:
Game master:
Obstacle player:
Two or more obstacle players can compete against each other players in elimination rounds set by the game master.
Multiplayer matches can be setup where teams of game masters and obstacle players can face off against other master/player teams where opposing teams set obstacles for the opposite teams.
Objective:
The objective of this game is to promote physical fitness and teamwork in an interactive and competitive environment. The game takes advantage of mobile tracking that can be setup in any outdoor location.
Features:
Image Reference:
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Venue-Pro-Tablet-Windows/dp/B00FFVYV4K. (2015, August 28th). Retrieved from http://www.amazon.com/: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/811Ze7EpmXL._SL1500_.jpg
http://www.bonanzainnyubacity.com/blog/in-and-around-parks-in-yuba-city/. (2015, August 28th). Retrieved from http://www.bonanzainnyubacity.com/: http://www.bonanzainnyubacity.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/yuba-city-parks.jpg
Game play type: 3D RTS, Construction, physics game
Platform: PC
Overview:
Build to the sky is 3D a real-time strategy construction game where you must construct a building to reach a height before your opponents. As a real-time strategy game, you control a number of building units as they race to carry parts up and you decide how they are to be placed. Builder units have an unlimited number and re-spawn if killed on the construction site.
You have an unlimited number of construction parts that vary from strut's to bricks to planks of wood. The art of balancing these pieces comes down to you and your ability to stack them correctly. Physics play a part and any unbalanced pieces will cause your structure to collapse so think carefully and quickly when constructing your towers.
Multiplayer mode puts you head to head against other players as you reach milestone heights and earn special abilities such as meteor showers and earthquakes that can delay your opponants construction or even topple their entire structures down. The first to reach the finish height wins.
Features:
Image references:
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Game play type: Motion control, first person, multiplayer
Platform: PS4, Xbox One, WIIU
Overview:
Virtual Beer Pong uses the motion control of the Kinect, Playstation 4 and WIIU to deliver a beer pong experience like no other.
Played either sober or drunk, Virtual Beer Pong allows for a variety of fun, taking the coveted game of Beer Pong to new levels. Choose to play sober mode and become "intoxicated" over the course of the game as you experience what it's like to be drunk without drinking at all.
Choose the number of cups and the alcohol you wish your opponent to have in their cups. Remember the stronger the alcohol the more impaired you will become. For those playing sober you have the option of a vomit threshold meter which will rise depending on the virtual alcohol skulled and the time limit one has to skull it.
Last but not least play modes include four a side multiplayer and online multiplayer mode for those who wish to take on beer pong enthusiasts from all over the world.
Features:
Image References:
http://www.gamersmint.com/harry-potter-meets-kinect. (2010, August). Retrieved August 25th, 2015, from http://www.gamersmint.com/: http://www.gamersmint.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/kinect_rh_01.jpg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxoH0PzpOXk. (2014, January 24th). Retrieved August 25th, 2015, from http://i.ytimg.com/: http://i.ytimg.com/vi/WxoH0PzpOXk/maxresdefault.jpg
