Knowing that Action games and RPG games has lots of element, we decided to focus on the ‘battle’ part of the gameplay. After a bit of research and discussion, we found that each genre has a specific characteristic on the battle side of the gameplay. First, we will elaborate the elements that are commonly found in each genre.
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My thesis topic is to create a game for the blind. However, I want this game to appeal to both sighted and non sighted people so that they can play together. I have tried playing some of the games available to the blind and they are far from fantastic…they’re boring. I will be researching what makes games fun for the sighted people, because it is not just the visual aspects of a game that make it fun to play. I will try to implement similar mechanics into the game I plan to create and produce a fun game for all.

One of my ideas is based on the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops where, Odysseus pokes the Cyclops’ eye out. The player will play as the Cyclops and they will be using a combination of sound and the Novint Falcon, a force feedback controller, to navigate and hunt down Odysseus. The player will rampage villages, squish little insignificant humans similar to the game Trogdor.

Another idea is to create a DDR game for the non-sighted. This idea is only in the imaginary stage and the implementation has not been thought of. Different sounds could signify different steps and a combination of these sounds will be a combination of steps. However, it will be slightly different to the DDR that we are accustomed to at arcades. The sounds will be added on top of a dance-y track but how the player will know about any combos or their score requires futher thinking.

Any other ideas or suggestions will be much appreciated 🙂

This is my group thesis idea.

At the moment, we see that most of the RPG game has several change from traditional characteristics of RPG game, which now have more action element into it. On the other hand, Action games has evolve somehow that adapt some characteristic of RPG game, such as the use of level on their character.

So this is what we are going to do. We want to see what are the key elements that could turn an RPG game into an Action game and the other way around. To do that, of course, we need to create a game.

Our plan is to create a game that we could tweak around so that it could change from RPG game into an Action game, or in the middle of it. Some ideas such as put more enemies with decent power for action game; and less enemy but stronger power for the RPG game would be one of the tweak (Guys, we need more ideas at the moment 🙂

The game itself would be a computer game, but we want the flexibility in controlling the movement, so we would use wii controller on our project. Hopefully, it would be an awesome game that all you guys would be happy to do the playtesting 🙂

For my Game Design thesis I’m considering making a game in which players battle one-on-one with magic.

I’ll be using the new Microsoft Natal system being developed for the XBOX360. The Natal system uses an infra-red camera to monitor the players’ movements.

The idea behind the gameplay is that different arm and hand movements will result in corresponding magic spells being cast at your opponent.
The player will be able to duck under, jump over, and side-step incoming spells.
Get consecutive hits and you’ll build up your Special Power meter. Fill it up, and unleash a devastating spell on your soon-to-be-destroyed opponent.

Welcome to the new CSE Games Lab blog. The Games Lab is an initiative of the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales.

Opened in Feb 2010, the lab will be a location for innovation in game design and interface techniques. A variety of student projects are already in planning. We will be blogging more as these projects progress. Watch this space.