Patrick Curry’s Thoughts on Game Design

Only five game ideas left after this one…
High Concept:
You’ve just gotten a job with a high-class cleaning service. It’s your job to make sure your clients’ homes are spick and span before they get back from work. Use all of the tricks and tools of the trade: vacuums, brooms, dusters, scrub-brushes, squeegees, and […]

High Concept:
You’ve worked in the coal mine your entire life. You know these tunnels, caves and caverns like the back of your hand. But one day a freak accident causes a cave in, leaving you and three other miners trapped deep underground. Stay calm, and you’ll survive. Work together, and you’ll […]

Here’s a new game idea for Halloween-time!
High Concept:
You’ve lived in this small village all your life. Sure, you’ve heard all the stories and legends about the monsters that live out in the woods, but they’ve never scared you… at least not too much. But when your village is attacked by a small army […]

High Concept:
Life is hard. Life is especially hard when you’re a caveman who has to push a giant five-ton boulder around. Every year your tribe of cave-peoples selects one lucky member to roll the sacred boulder from your cave up to the top of the volcano, where it will be used to clog […]

Holy cow we’re nearing the end of the year already. Just 10 game ideas left to go…
High Concept:
Snapshot Shootout is a fun, social game all about taking snapshots. The catch is that you’re using your console’s digital videocamera to take pictures of real-world stuff! Compete with friends and the entire world to […]

If you like black coffee and cigarettes, this game idea is for you.
High Concept:
Newshound is the game of investigative journalism. You play a rookie reporter working for a daily newspaper assigned to the cop beat. It’s your job to report on crime and police business in your fair city. […]