The prototype I was working on (Nanograte) was not selected to move on to the next stage. Instead, I have been re-assigned to the Flyboy project, a Kinect game that explores falling.
The Flyboy prototype had a falling stage before the player could start flying through the city to collect coins. The majority of the people we presented to liked the falling part of the Flyboy prototype, but they didn't like the actual game (the flying part). Therefore, we have to find a new idea to continue on. The requirements:
1) Must be Kinect based
2) Must be about falling
Once we actually have an idea, we still have to prototype the new idea before we can get started on the actual game. We are supposed to have our project to an alpha release (functional and fully featured, but not necessarily finely tuned or complete) by the end of the semester. It will be tough to get a new prototype done and get it to alpha level in less than 3 months, but we have a good team, so we should do well.
During our first team meeting, we've thrown around a lot of ideas, but we haven't decided on one yet. The idea I like the most is a "A falling Stuntman with the Kinect". The player would be a stuntman where all the levels they play are falling scenes in movies and points are awarded based on how well they do and after each level, a trailer (using the player's actions) is shown.
