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Ball Game

Design idea wk2 – Ball game

Bomb Frenzy

On Earth there are seven Giant Overlords who rule over the seven continents. Foolish terrorists all over the world accidentally arm nukes and set them to go off in 5 minutes. The Giant Overlords notice this and realise they have to save their own continent (they lack the strength to throw the nukes into space) and start picking up the nukes and hurling it at the other Overlords’ continents…

There are 7 players each playing a Giant Overlord protecting a continent. The objective is to have the least nukes on your continent when they go off. The nukes make a beeping noise which gets faster the closer they get to detonating. The environment is the entire earth however the Overlords are big enough that two could not stand on Australia. The scale is such that you can see only continents and oceans, not cities and towns and definitely not people.

The beeping noise which gets faster gives a sense of urgency and induces panic the closer it gets to the detonation time. This creates a frenzied fast paced gameplay similar to the ball game.

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