Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design

Here’s a little game idea that strikes close to home for me…
High Concept:
Pack Rat is a puzzle game that puts you in the role of a professional mover. It’s your job to quickly load your van with all the earthly possessions of your clients. Not only do you have to get everything to […]

This week has been a little crazy between a big deadline at work and me moving. But I managed to squeeze in some time to flesh out Blast Moves!
High Concept:
The year is 2494. The human race is in a bitter struggle for survival, and you are their only hope. You pilot a […]

Thanks to Raph Koster and the fine folks at Joystiq for the recent links. Both sites have some good and interesting comments from their readers about what I’m trying to do with my weekly game concepts. Raph mentions NaNoWriMo, which certainly was one of my inspirations for the project, as was the 24 […]

Here’s week three’s new game idea! This one just came to me. Lucky too, as the couple other ideas I was incubating this week could all use some more time in the over.
High Concept:
Mountain Bike Mike is an extreme-sport + racing + adventure game. You play as Mike, an avid mountain biker […]

Welcome to the second game idea of the year! Picking ideas that adhere to the rules is proving to be quite the challenge.
High Concept:
It’s All Business is a business simulation you can carry in your pocket. You play as a manager in an extremely large corporation, and your goal is to increase productivity […]

Happy new year everyone! This is the first of 52 new game ideas I plan to post in 2006. So here goes nothing…
High Concept:
Toothache is a fun little dentist simulation. You play as a dentist and do your best to keep your patients happy and keep their teeth healthy.
Platform:
Nintendo DS
Why it needs […]