Here are all the things I can remember of the million I considered for this ridiculous theme (Weird\/Unexpected\/Surprise):<\/p>\n
\u2013 Plan a surprise party. The challenge is getting it all done and everyone hidden before the victim returns from being kept out<\/p>\n
\u2013 Whack-a-mole variations. One of them a surprise party one (wife\u2019s idea): Kids you have to keep whacking into place so they aren\u2019t visible when the surprisee arrives, as they constantly fidget and want to get up.<\/p>\n
\u2013 A mountain goat hopping around on a mountain, trying to scare birds. No, I don\u2019t know why. I just thought controlling a mountain goat that hops around would be fun.<\/p>\n
\u2013 A stealth game where your goal is to sneak up on people and give them presents or some other surprise. I realized after a moment that this is that one Burger King game.<\/p>\n
\u2013 A web version of Scattergories. You\u2019re given a letter and a topic (\u201cActors that start with A\u201d). You can enter 5 things that fit, and you get points for each one you pick that nobody else did. See how that fits the theme? It\u2019s quite clever. The real challenge here is incorporating peer review so that you can\u2019t just enter \u201cGHJDKHS\u201d and win.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I have settled on a web game, sort of similar to Andy Schatz\u2019s conversation game. It\u2019s a text adventure where you roam around a maze, and when you get to an empty room, you can add your own on. That will undoubtedly result in weird, unexpected surprises. Each room can contain a riddle to open one of its doors, the content of which is entirely up to the room builder.<\/p>\n
Obviously, verifying the appropriateness of submissions will be a high priority.<\/p>\n
Tags: idea<\/a>, surprise<\/a>, text adventure<\/a>, web game<\/a><\/p>","time":"February 23rd, 2008 8:22 am","title":"Idea!"}