CAM: I'm sorry that it has been so long since I last posted something on here. You can rest assured that I won't ever give up on this blog and will never run out of ideas. It's mostly just a matter of time. Anyway, the other day I was bored and stumbled upon an online version of Asteroids. I wondered who ever thought up the game and I quickly realized that it must have gone something like this...
GAME DESIGNER: Alright, sir. You are the pilot of a giant capital A. You fly around using lower case v's as your fuel. There's these asteroids floating around space made up of backslashes and forward slashes. In order to destroy them, you must fire periods at them. And that's the entire game!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: And they just disappear?
GAME DESIGNER: Uhhh... no.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: ...
GAME DESIGNER: They... uh... break up into smaller faster moving asteroids!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: That's all... just asteroids?
GAME DESIGNER: Uhhh... no, sir.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: ...
GAME DESIGNER: There's also... um... aliens! Yeah, space aliens that try to shoot you with their own periods!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Aliens?
GAME DESIGNER: Yes, and they are different sizes, too! One is bigger and one is smaller. When you destroy the smaller ones, you get more points!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Now that sounds like a game!
GAME DESIGNER: Oh yeah! Wait 'til you hear about my other idea called Highway Crossing Frog!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: What is that about?
GAME DESIGNER: Well, you are this frog, and you have to cross a street!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Cross a street? That's it?
GAME DESIGNER: Uhhh... no, sir.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: ...
GAME DESIGNER: There's... uh... cars, on the street! And you have to dodge them to get across the street.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: So, this frog gets to the other side of this street and that's it?
GAME DESIGNER: Uhhh... of course not! Then, there's a river!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Woah, now you've got my attention. When did a river come into play!?
GAME DESIGNER: It's after the street, sir.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: I'm really intrigued now. What do you have to do with the river?
GAME DESIGNER: Uhhh... you have to... cross... that... too!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: And how will this frog do that?
GAME DESIGNER: LOGS!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: *startled back*
GAME DESIGNER: With logs! The frog jumps across logs to get to the other side of the river.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Just logs...
GAME DESIGNER: ...and turtles!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Excellent! And what about after that?
GAME DESIGNER: Um... well...
COMPANY PRESIDENT: ...
GAME DESIGNER: ...he does it all over again! This time with faster cars and logs! Oh! And there's dangerous alligators in the river now!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: I see. What exactly is the frog's motivation to cross the street and river?
GAME DESIGNER: Uh... he wants to... uh... go back to his froggy home.
COMPANY PRESIDENT: Froggy home, eh? Froggy? Frogger. Frogger! The game should instead be called Frogger!
GAME DESIGNER: Yes, sir!
COMPANY PRESIDENT: I want to see a draft and we'll go from there.
CAM: And little did we all know that they would be two of the most popular games ever.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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