Comments on: Game Idea #30: The Nutcracker: The Game http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/ A new game idea every week and other ramblings on game design from an upstart game designer. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Game Idea #30: The Nutcracker: The Game by: Fletch http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-3498 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 13:05:50 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-3498 Gold. I love it when music in games is done right, most particularly in music based games. It'd be nice to see a musical game though, that doesn't see you tapping out rhythms or beats on a controller like in DDR, beatmania, Guitar Hero, etc. The nutcracker suite would be fantastic as a basis for such a game - dramatic score, a rich fantasy story, a range of bright and unusual characters. And I'm sure Mums everywhere would love to be able to introduce their kids to a bit of culture. Great idea. :) Gold. I love it when music in games is done right, most particularly in music based games. It’d be nice to see a musical game though, that doesn’t see you tapping out rhythms or beats on a controller like in DDR, beatmania, Guitar Hero, etc.

The nutcracker suite would be fantastic as a basis for such a game - dramatic score, a rich fantasy story, a range of bright and unusual characters. And I’m sure Mums everywhere would love to be able to introduce their kids to a bit of culture.

Great idea. :)

]]> Comment on Game Idea #30: The Nutcracker: The Game by: Mason Dixon http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-632 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:12:04 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-632 wow. that's like three good ideas in one. my favorite: fight by dancing... it's a whole new movement metaphor. this game would need some sick camera moves, like long arc-ing rotations. the scale of the game could be emphasised by entry and exit graphics that start at human scale and fly through a series of increasing closeups, down to doll scale. wow. that’s like three good ideas in one. my favorite: fight by dancing… it’s a whole new movement metaphor. this game would need some sick camera moves, like long arc-ing rotations. the scale of the game could be emphasised by entry and exit graphics that start at human scale and fly through a series of increasing closeups, down to doll scale.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #30: The Nutcracker: The Game by: Erin http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-557 Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-30-the-nutcracker-the-game/#comment-557 I could definitely see this appealing to girls, especially my youngest sister, who is 11 and is obsessed with games. Since she is in school musicals, I could see her making the leap from riddles and board games to video games with something like a Nutcracker adaptation. I could definitely see this appealing to girls, especially my youngest sister, who is 11 and is obsessed with games. Since she is in school musicals, I could see her making the leap from riddles and board games to video games with something like a Nutcracker adaptation.

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