The Friday Challenge – Three Little Things

A quick note:

I do not consider the new Star Wars films to be of any importance. Therefore, this Stormtrooper is not a Kiwi Clone because that is just ridiculous.

Imperial Stormtrooper #TK-421

1. While he does not have too many vices, TK-421does enjoy playing on the Sabaac tables in the mess hall when not on shift. As a youngster he and his friends would sneak into bars and clubs to watch, and sometimes play, Sabaac on his home world of Corellia.
2. TK-421 is a member of the Blaster Rifle Association (BRA). He shoots in competition every second Saturday for the Imperial team, which he does quite well in. Although he was interested in competition shooting before he joined the Empire he did not get involved in the BRA for a few years after being recruited. It was not until he discovered he could be paid to shoot and get every second Saturday off duty.
3. Finally, TK-421 has two children to his ex-wife. He is free to see his two girls when he would like to but unfortunately his work often has him away for a long time. He loves the time that he gets to see them and takes the opportunity whenever he can. He collects things from all the different planets he visits and sends them back to his girls. He looks forward to when he has saved up enough money to go home to be with his girls. This will be when he has saved enough money to open and weapons repair shop. This does not mean that he is not enjoying the life of a Stormtrooper for the Empire, but it’s only a job.

The Friday Challenge - Wii for Geezers

The Wiind in the Willows!

All people over the age of about 60 come from a time before television, a time when books were a major source of entertainment. Not to say that they aren’t today as well, but today we have a lot more things to do on a rainy day. The Wind in the Willows was written in 1908 and has been a popular story with kids and adults ever since. The story itself has lead to be difficult to reproduce as a video game but with the Wii and the seniors as the audience, what can go wrong!

Now the emphasis here needs to be on the story. So a strong cast for the voices in definitely important, I’m thinking Steven Fry or Morgan Freeman. What this game wants to do is animate the story that our audience as read many times before with some interaction. The best way to do this is to break it down into four sections.

• Spring
• Summer
• Autumn
• Winter

Each section will include its own interactive cinematic parts and mini-games. For example Spring could have a cleaning game for the Mole or a diving game for Ratty. A sure fire hit will be getting to crash 6 cars for Toad’s mini-game, this may not be a difficult task for some. Having such a wide range of characters and locations to play with it means that every time the game is played there is a different game or scenery. The games however, do not need to be involved… or even long… or even challenging. This is about entertainment and telling a story, a much loved story.