that was bizarre ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phil Vlasak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 9:03 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Bizarre Foreign Children's games
> Games we wouldn't like to play. > Bizarre Foreign Children's games > > by Phil Vlasak > When game developers search for new game concepts do not use these as good > examples. > WHO'S THE MOST HANDSOME? > Milo is the most handsome gnu in the world. His mother tells him so > non-stop. He often asks himself what he's got that the others don't. So > Milo > decides > to take part in a beauty pageant for animals. The first prize is a trip to > Paris. But nothing is going as planned. In the crowd of candidates, Milo > feels > a little alone. And no longer so handsome. Suddenly, he sees a little > penguin with his young refrigerator. > A drama is at hand. > > GO ON! DON'T GIVE UP, SLUG! >>From all appearances, there is a shell; it's a slug and a snail. However, > how about if we trace the slug's ancestors? > A game with a unique viewpoint of > a slug. > > BUD AND THE NAMELESS POTATO > One day, after school, Bud finds a strange potato on the table. Bud runs > after the potato and falls into a fantastic world swept away by a huge > vortex. > Bud wants to know the name of the potato but it doesn't have any name. And > so Bud begins to travel with the nameless potato in search of its lost > name > all around the world. > > THE BROTHER EGGSHELL CHICK STILL WANTS TO PUT ON ITS SHELL > Big Brother Egg is the eldest of the pack. While all of his younger > brother > and sisters have already turned into baby chicks, Big Brother Egg does not > want to hatch. He wants to stay in his eggshell forever. But it's high > time > that he grew out of his shell. . . . > You will be amazed by how many times it takes to break the shell by > hitting > the up arrow key. > > THE CAT AND THE CLARINETIST > "A heartwarming fantasy full of clarinet sounds!" What is best ever for me > is a life with cat. One evening there came a cat. She loved the sound of > my clarinet. As listening to my tone, she got bigger and bigger, first > larger than bed, then larger than house! You will be fulfilled with joy by > the growing > cat as you play on. > > WHERE IS MY LEOPARD-DOTS PANTY? > "Oh my! My leopard-dots panty is gone! It was in my drawer!" a kid shouts > in > his room, and from here the colorful game begins. First, it's a baby lion > who puts the panty on his head to be like his father. Then it's a thick > and > large snake who takes a nap in the panty hanging down. Up next is a > flamingo. > Wow! She is wearing the panty as a necklace for her wedding. Then a baby > otter wears it like a swimming glass. Very hilarious! > > PUPPY POO > You play a lump of Puppy Poo forsaken at the corner of an alley. Everyone > avoids you saying "Dirty Poo!" One drizzling spring day, Puppy Poo meets a > young dandelion plant > who needs fertilization. Puppy Poo joyfully breaks itself down and soaks > into the root of dandelion. This self-sacrifice finally blooms a dandelion > bud > into its full glory. > A moving and lessonful game. > > A GIRL BORN WITH A SOUND OF FART > In the island far south, a baby was born with a sound of fart. She grew up > to be a nice girl and her great fart would often save people from wild > animals. > Then she was asked to save people from the monster that comes for babies > when the moon is full. On a full moon night, she set out for the sea to > face > the > monster, with her powerful fart her only leverage. > > THE TOILET EXPRESS > Rubbing his sleepy eyes a little boy gets up to pee. But he bumps into the > toilet that was on his way to an excursion. The toilet says he was late > already > and could not help him! The chase starts. The boy follows the toilet to > the > station and jumps on the Toilet Express. Dynamic game with that familiar > feeling of holding to go and the relief that follows is humorously > described. > > AREN'T THEY ALL DRUNKEN? > Children always ask adults "Why?" and one of the most frequently asked > "why?" is "Why do they drink?" This question leads to other questions like > "Why > do their faces turn red?" "Why do they keep on saying the same thing?" > "What > happens in their body when they drink?" "Why they come to themselves after > some hours?" No one can readily answer these questions, so in this game, > let's play with the mystery of alcohol! > > Note from Phil: > These games are inspired by > The blog of Cheryl Klein, > Bizarre Foreign Children's Books of the Day > http://chavelaque.blogspot.com/2006/07/bizarre-foreign-childrens-books-of-day.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] > To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can > visit > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make > any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
