New Game Idea. Has it been done? opinions

JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
edited November -1 in Working with GS (Mac)
Hey guys, an idea came to me last night so i started playing around with it. I just want to make sure im not taking anyones idea or game. This is the idea, with a video of what i started.

The blue thing falling down is gonna either be water, or a marble or something like that. The brown thing at the bottom is a bucket your gonna have to get the object into. The concept is the grey thing is gonna be a pipe, and theres gonna be a bunch of different pipes( sizes, angles ect) and you have to drag them around to make a path for the object to go threw to get to the bucket.

Any comments are greatly appriciated!

Comments

  • jonmulcahyjonmulcahy Member, Sous Chef Posts: 10,408
    i hate to say it, but it's been done. Check out Enigmo / Enigmo 2 and it's clones.

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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    jonmulcahy said:
    i hate to say it, but it's been done. Check out Enigmo / Enigmo 2 and it's clones.

    thanks for letting me know! This only took me like 10 min, so its not like i wasted time or anything. Thanks again for letting me know before i actually started working on it, and now its back to the drawing board!
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    Maybe ill do something along this lines. With something other then water and diffent objects that havent been done. Not sure yet
  • HunnenkoenigHunnenkoenig Member Posts: 1,173
    There is Doodle Rain from GS, which is similar, and I am also working on a similar project.

    I only know Enigmo from the appstore, which is like this with 3D graphics.

    I don't know other clones...maybe somebody can list a few?
  • scitunesscitunes Member, Sous Chef Posts: 4,047
    Just because it has been done before doesn't mean you can't do it. I would say go for it and find a way to put your own stamp on it. Give a little twist to give it some originality.
  • OldAccountPlzIgnoreOldAccountPlzIgnore Member Posts: 80
    With the amount of games on the app store I think it's pretty difficult if not impossible to make a completely unique game. You only really need one interesting mechanic or style to make your app stand out. Take Angry Birds' gameplay for example thats been done hundreds of times but there's something about it that make it rise above the rest.
  • beefy_clyrobeefy_clyro Member Posts: 5,394
    Yes John, if you like the idea then go for it. Sooo many games are clones of others and that doesnt mean they cant be successful either. I'd say carry on and see what you can add to it
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  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    thanks for the info guys! i got some thinking to do :p
  • QbAnYtOQbAnYtO Member Posts: 523
    Remember games are usually clones or similar to each other. Which is why genres exists lol. It's ur idea just go with it.
  • ValanValan Member, BASIC Posts: 410
    I think of books, movies and songs.

    There are so many good themes that cannot be tied to only one way.
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    After playin around with it some more, i got it to go threw the actually pipe and follow it pretty good, so im thinking clear pipes that you can see the object travel threw, with a whole bunch of cool obstacles and rotating platforms
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