Idea #1: Video game
My first idea isn’t very wild but i have always had a love of fighting games from all types of genres of it. The problem with most fighting games for people that don’t play them is that they are not made for casual players. Though smash is a game that does have fighting in it, I would not consider smash to be a fighting game because it involves to much random elements to the game play and how the victor is decided. My fighting game would be more centered around a 3d concept instead of 2d and would be fun for not experienced players but could have a high skill cap to it.
Idea #2: Action figure
I have always loved designing new and interesting characters in my drawings and giving them their own flare and personality. I have also been taking the digital fabrication class so i am becoming well acquainted with everything they have to offer. From 3d printing and laser cutting to the cnc machine and printing out stickers. So i could design and draw a character of something i have made up and then proceed to model them in 3d to be printed out. They would be able to stand and pose with joints that i have experimented on in the past to make and would function pretty fluidly. Then i would take extra care to make them as detailed and interesting as possible by laser engraving specific things on to the character and adding stickers in some areas to make them stand out, they would also be painted.
Idea #3: Combing the real world and games
So in this crazy idea i want to combine both of my passions to create a totally new and interesting fighting game experience. This would involve the most research out of all the ideas because it would be a dream project. In a normal game the controller you are using is a normal hand held controller or a keyboard but this would be a totally different experience. The controller that you would be using wouldn’t even have buttons on it. You would be using the action figure of your character to fight the other opponent. I would have a camera set up to capture the motions of the action figures being controlled and on the joints and fists and feet would be stickers that the camera would recognized for points of interest just like how it can be used in AR examples and games. I have not totally thought out the game play of the characters and how it would work but i think it would be extremely interesting to combine toys and video games.
