Creative input please: Magic Book minigame

BigDave

In my game Orcs there is a magic book in a crystal cave.
The orcs got it from a vampire they have defeated.

So the orcs should now try to open this book.
I thought about a series or a scaling difficulty minigame.

Any ideas how a minigame to open a magic game should look like?
It also helps if you just drop some keywords that come to your mind first.

pHghost

#orcswithfangs

Adrenaline

As much as I hate match-3 games, it might make sense in this case. The book might be protected and sealed by magical runes that need to be matched to open it!

Or you could use a tile-swap mechanic for a mini-game. You know, one of those games where you have an image that is split into tiles, and then randomly reorganized. You have one 'empty' tile space which allows you to shift the other tiles up, down, left, right until the image is back in the correct orientation again.

Or it could be a memory game. Make the player recall a series of inputs. If they fail, back out and start over with a completely new series of inputs.

Or it could be a rhythm/timing game. The player needs to tap on the book in the right spots at the right time in order to open it.

AlchimiaStudios

Maybe like one of those routing minigames (like in bioshock) where you route magic across a path on the book cover to open it withing a time limit.

Or one where you have to draw a symbol on the cover within a time-frame, and each time it randomly chooses a symbol from a set of them.

BigDave

nice one! they all make sense

i think i go for

Unlock the book:
Pressing the center button wil play a random sequence which has to be memorized and once it is finished you can enter it. This has to be done 7 times every time the sequence gets a bit longer. Also each attempt will cost them crystals.

I think no time limit so they can use a piece of paper and paint it down if they need to.
Got good memories of solving puzzles on a paper (myst,riven)

BigDave

4m37s

this

imjustmike

@BigDave said:
4m37s

this

Ah yeah - it's called 'Simon' - used to love that game. Was one of the first games I recreated with gamesalad, but with rude words instead of colours

BigDave

thats the mini game thanks guys for the creative input.

You have to solve 8 puzzles before its completed
Every time the sequence gets longer (capped at 5 right now)

Adrenaline

I like it!

Socks

Nice work Dave !

Maybe the central element (the 8 segments) could be more Orc themed, for example you have to build an Orc, every time you complete one of the 8 puzzles another part of the Orc is added . . leg, leg, torso, arm, arm, head, sword . . . that kind of thing . . .

BigDave

@Socks thanks buddy. i keep it naked, they got enough orcs around, its a minigame they open clicking the book. they got it from vampire so it cant be related to orcs. I think its fine naked, looks boring withouth context but ingame its nice

Socks

@BigDave said:
. . . looks boring withouth context but ingame its nice

Ah, I see, yes that makes sense.