Comments on: Design A Day #1 http://www.chromecow.com/2006/03/01/design-a-day-1/ Game designer, mad scientist and tinkerer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:58:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sean Hyde-Moyer http://www.chromecow.com/2006/03/01/design-a-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Sean Hyde-Moyer Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:53:38 +0000 http://www.chromecow.com/2006/03/01/design-a-day-1/#comment-127 I'll have to see if I can track that one down (and my N-64, for that matter). As much as it pains me to know that not every one of my ideas is a new thing under the sun (ha-ha), it great to see a game built around similar ideas...it's like getting a prototype for free. There is a tendency in creative industries to get very married to an idea. Part of the idea behind Design-A-Day is to pump out enough ideas to begin to get some emotional distance from the ideas so that it is easier to be self-critical of them. Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to see if I can track that one down (and my N-64, for that matter).

As much as it pains me to know that not every one of my ideas is a new thing under the sun (ha-ha), it great to see a game built around similar ideas…it’s like getting a prototype for free.

There is a tendency in creative industries to get very married to an idea. Part of the idea behind Design-A-Day is to pump out enough ideas to begin to get some emotional distance from the ideas so that it is easier to be self-critical of them.

Thanks for the tip!

]]> By: John http://www.chromecow.com/2006/03/01/design-a-day-1/comment-page-1/#comment-126 John Wed, 05 Apr 2006 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.chromecow.com/2006/03/01/design-a-day-1/#comment-126 You may be interested to know that a puzzle game called "Space Station: Silicon Valley" was available for the Nintendo 64. It didn't do exactly what you have suggested here, but playing involved controlling a microchip running around taking control of animals. The microchip used to be part of a robot which broke during a failed landing attempt on the space station, hence the need for bodies to inhabit. There were 4 climates (temperate, icey, jungle, and desert), each with a variety of animals which could be controlled. Each climate had a handful of levels, each with different goals (involving getting bits the ship I think) and animals to accomplish them with (each animal had different skills - one of the foxes could teleport, sheep could float, etc). You may be interested to know that a puzzle game called “Space Station: Silicon Valley” was available for the Nintendo 64. It didn’t do exactly what you have suggested here, but playing involved controlling a microchip running around taking control of animals. The microchip used to be part of a robot which broke during a failed landing attempt on the space station, hence the need for bodies to inhabit.

There were 4 climates (temperate, icey, jungle, and desert), each with a variety of animals which could be controlled. Each climate had a handful of levels, each with different goals (involving getting bits the ship I think) and animals to accomplish them with (each animal had different skills – one of the foxes could teleport, sheep could float, etc).

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