2011-01-28

Game Design Challenge: Time for Change (part 2)

And this was my second proposal for the gender altering challenge. It was just an idea I found funny, so don't take it too seriously.
I would have loved to send another one, this time changing Gabriel Knight's assistant Grace Nakimura into a sophisticated adult man. He would have served as a balance for Gabriel's untidiness, and I was considering whether to present him as a sexual rival or partner. Or both. But alas! I didn't have the time to think it properly and compose the text. A shame.

But here you have Canabalte!
Canabalte

The moment you heard of the robot invasion in the Capital, you knew your little Canabalt would leave his apartment with the first clothes he found and without brushing his teeth. That's not the way men should run around, even when the world as we know it is collapsing. So, you have taken your car and driven as fast as possible from the suburbs to the outer limits of the Capital. From here on, you'll have to run and jump to reach Canabalr's apartment before he leaves.

To make it clear you are entering the city, Canabalte runs from right to left, and the distance meter, instead of constantly increasing, will decrease. The distance you have to travel will be the longest distance scored in the Canabalt iPhone version scoreboards. That is, as far as we know, the distance from Canabalt's city to salvation (plus a meaningless amount).
In your way into the heart of civilazation you will find other people running over the rooftops, which will, if you pass close enough to them, give you valuable information about the area they have just crossed. This will be represented by the camera moving to the left zooming out the camera, so Canabalte is on the far right of the screen, giving you more time to calculate your actions.
Once you find Canabalt and ensure he is properly dressed for the escape, your mission is finished and the original Canabalt starts, but now you can see Mom running behind the main character and mimmicing his moves.

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