Theme And Ideas

So the theme is Incompatible Genres. Not really what I wanted, but I almost predicted this because, Ludum Dare. I worked with the kids to come up with a few ideas. We layed out all of the types of genres on a table with post it notes, and then combined them with a character and events or actions. Here are some we came up with.

• Platform Tower Defense where you are a Doctor trying to stop zombies getting into a hospital while waiting for a Rescue helicopter.
• Turn Based Horror game where you play a Ghost for hire Haunting people trying to buy houses for sale.
• Stealth Racing Game where you play Trump trying to Steal anything.
• Beat em Up where you are Leading Dogs away from Killer Cats.

and so on.

In the end, my son and I felt that we could design the Turn Based Horror game pretty easily, and work in a pretty simple haunting mechanic.

I will post some more on this later as the game design fleshes out.

To work!