AR Game Dev: Games & Toys
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First Week Brainstorm:

Toys and Games

  1. ******Tiny planetarium
  2. ******Sock puppets
  3. ******Lightning fingers
  4. ******Pouring salt on slugs
  5. ******Floor is lava
  6. ******Deform Cannon
  7. ******Night Vision / Shadows
  8. ******Super Mario
  9. Pancake flipper
  10. Virtual water
  11. Poking
  12. Tiny people free-for-all combat to the death
  13. Magnets
  14. Virtual farm
  15. Bungee cord man
  16. Shot glasses
  17. Face swapper
  18. Concert band (traditional)
  19. Leon Theremin
  20. Paints
  21. Army guys
  22. Simon
  23. Jacks
  24. Jenga
  25. Explosions
  26. Breaking things
  27. Lawn mower
  28. Ghost detector
  29. Turntable
  30. Keyboard
  31. DDR Pad
  32. Legos
  33. Pick up sticks
  34. Don't break the ice
  35. Don't spill 'da bears

Mechanics

  1. ******Fall down labyrinth
  2. ******AR version of the game Operation!
  3. ******Build marker from legos
  4. ******Subjective gravity (attached to camera orientation)
  5. ******Shoot live targets
  6. ******Tardis POV
  7. ******I Spy
  8. Spatial puzzle
  9. Physical movement on track
  10. Size based on "excitement"
  11. Falling
  12. Multiple views (cards with different perspectives onto virtual world)
  13. Potbelly mechanic
  14. Phone as sun / cloud
  15. Move falling character
  16. Control gravity
  17. Go through rings
  18. Jet ski
  19. Rocket
  20. Look through keyhole
  21. Growing plants
  22. Control weather / environment

Challenges

  1. ******Building in fluctuating gravity
  2. ******Debate opponent. Fight Lincoln!
  3. ******Floor is lava
  4. ******Build lego marker
  5. ******Sandcastle Construction
  6. ******Sliding tile puzzle
  7. ******Defend target / location
  8. Build a structure with markers
  9. Hiding from someone
  10. Cause most damage / then avoid debris / walled in / escaping with puppies

Narrative Context

  1. ******Diorama
  2. ******Angry fridge
  3. ******Field of battle
  4. ******Penguin on mountain
  5. ******Office computers
  6. ******Legos
  7. Convent / temple
  8. Player is a cloud
  9. Skydiving plane
  10. City management
  11. Inside the body
  12. Microscopic critters
  13. Big brother
  14. Boxing match
  15. Burn house down
  16. Live view / slice of life
  17. Museum
  18. Crossover with another game
  19. Reality TV show

Art

  1. ******Puppies!
  2. ******Water bears (cute!)
  3. ******Red Panda
  4. ******Chibi Centipedes. Super cute and fat centipedes rolling on their back.
  5. ******Googly eyes everywhere
  6. ******Made of lasers
  7. ******Minimalist
  8. ******Fuzzy things
  9. Explosions
  10. Hats
  11. Weather effects
  12. Presidents
  13. Musicians
  14. Cute penguins
  15. Onomatopoeia
  16. Distorting real world - becomes Art
  17. Chunky polygons
  18. Facial hair
  19. Animaniacs
  20. Tiny super heroes
  21. Bobblehead Schrank or Hitler
  22. Lemmings
  23. Cup of water
  24. Tiny sweaters
  25. Tiny elephants
  26. Fishes
  27. Sharks
  28. Ants / Ant guts

Procedural content ideas

  1. ******AR Tupac
  2. ******Fractals
  3. ******Urban sprawl - cityscape
  4. ******Explosions
  5. Clouds
  6. Speed growing trees
  7. Pixelation
  8. Water filling container
  9. Spirograph
  10. Rainbow bottle
  11. Baby farm
  12. Rat maze
  13. Plants growing / flowers blooming
  14. Trees
  15. Repairing / building city
  16. Baby rat grows THEN DIES

Sound and Music

  1. ******Dolby Atmosphere
  2. ******Associated with color
  3. ******Echolocation
  4. ******Depends on marker orientation
  5. ******Echoes (make believe bigger or smaller)
  6. Distort when "under water"
  7. 3D Sounds in world
  8. Come from prop
  9. Depends on actual environment
  10. Speakers in real space
  11. Virtual instruments
  12. Virtual concert band
  13. Warmer / Colder

Trackables

  1. ******Candy wrappers
  2. ******Map
  3. ******Artwork
  4. ******Octahedron
  5. ******Plaid
  6. ******Street signs
  7. ******Facial hair
  8. Ceiling tiles
  9. Business cards
  10. Ammo
  11. Book / book cover
  12. Playing cards
  13. Fruit
  14. Action figures
  15. Chris Klein's face
  16. Dogs
  17. Beef
  18. Cutlery
  19. Wallet
  20. T-shirt
  21. Sticky notes
  22. Posters
  23. Drivers License
  24. Gun Licenses
  25. Maps
  26. Small edibles
  27. Birthday cakes
  28. Fast food
  29. License plates
  30. Hooks
  31. Logos
  32. Kitty Litter
  33. Kim Jong Un
  34. Barcode / QR Code
  35. Muffin Tops
  36. Hand
  37. Cereal Box
  38. Tatoos
  39. Coffee cup
  40. Cupcake
  41. Clothing
  42. China
  43. Carpet / floors

Yin and Yang Cycle by Team Alpha

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Yin and Yang Cycle by Team Beta

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Yin and Yang Cycle by Team Gamma

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First Iterative Loop by Team Alpha

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First Iterative Loop by Team Beta

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