Comments on: Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/ A new game idea every week and other ramblings on game design from an upstart game designer. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:42:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto by: Jamie http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-3263 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:29:31 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-3263 This is an old post now, but I just thought I'd mention that this has sort of been done in the XBox 360 game Dead Rising. They didn't take the photography bit as far as they could have though, and I think it would make a great game on its own. This is an old post now, but I just thought I’d mention that this has sort of been done in the XBox 360 game Dead Rising. They didn’t take the photography bit as far as they could have though, and I think it would make a great game on its own.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto by: James Casey http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-275 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:06:11 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-275 This has already been done in the game Beyond Good and Evil. It was just about my favourite part of the game though and I think it could definitely be made into a full game. An alternative to the paparazzi type role, you could make him a nature photographer, hunting down rare species in the jungle or something. I think the hardest part would be the "cool algorythms" to judge the photos - but why bother. Why not have the photos uploaded to a website where other players can rate them? This has already been done in the game Beyond Good and Evil. It was just about my favourite part of the game though and I think it could definitely be made into a full game.

An alternative to the paparazzi type role, you could make him a nature photographer, hunting down rare species in the jungle or something.

I think the hardest part would be the “cool algorythms” to judge the photos - but why bother. Why not have the photos uploaded to a website where other players can rate them?

]]> Comment on Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto by: yi http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-56 Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:37:51 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-56 ooh i forgot, i had a professor that had a series of photographs he called "drive by shootings." he opened up his shuter and most were blurry landscapes he shot out of a moving car or train, occasionally with some subject matter (cars, cows) streaking across the foreground. i could see the same idea as a mini-game, the goal being to try to capture whatever the subject matter in the frame while in a moving vehicle or other difficult circumstances. ooh i forgot, i had a professor that had a series of photographs he called “drive by shootings.” he opened up his shuter and most were blurry landscapes he shot out of a moving car or train, occasionally with some subject matter (cars, cows) streaking across the foreground. i could see the same idea as a mini-game, the goal being to try to capture whatever the subject matter in the frame while in a moving vehicle or other difficult circumstances.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto by: yi http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-46 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 18:22:23 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-46 i love it! one of the side games i enjoyed on windwaker was taking photos of the characters to get miniatures made. i always tried to compose the photos in an interesting way. i love it! one of the side games i enjoyed on windwaker was taking photos of the characters to get miniatures made. i always tried to compose the photos in an interesting way.

]]> Comment on Game Idea #6: Freelance Foto by: Mason Dixon http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-30 Sun, 05 Feb 2006 16:31:01 +0000 http://www.patrickcurry.com/thoughts/game-idea-6-freelance-foto/#comment-30 Heh! I was thinking of that too. Maybe at least the Tabloids editor can be a "J. Jonah Jameson" type from the Daily Bugle, with the cigar and all that. The Art Gallery bit is interesting. Maybe you are highered to shoot a Beyonce Afterparty or some such thing. I like how the story-line can go in so many directions within one game: from Red Carpet/Paparatzi to Crime scene investigation to Detective work on Cheeters to Football/Basketball games to Fashion shoots to Espinoge to a Documentary investigation of historic buildings to shooting marketing fotos for the Shedd Aquarium... It seems like some of those would incorporate the running and hiding and the like, while others might be totally stationary, but would require subtle social interaction like telling a model how pretty they are. Heh! I was thinking of that too. Maybe at least the Tabloids editor can be a “J. Jonah Jameson” type from the Daily Bugle, with the cigar and all that.

The Art Gallery bit is interesting. Maybe you are highered to shoot a Beyonce Afterparty or some such thing. I like how the story-line can go in so many directions within one game: from Red Carpet/Paparatzi to Crime scene investigation to Detective work on Cheeters to Football/Basketball games to Fashion shoots to Espinoge to a Documentary investigation of historic buildings to shooting marketing fotos for the Shedd Aquarium…

It seems like some of those would incorporate the running and hiding and the like, while others might be totally stationary, but would require subtle social interaction like telling a model how pretty they are.

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