Asking your opinion.
As this is a work-blog, I'm going to ask your professional opinions on something. And I want the brutal truth. This isn't fun and games, this is my livelihood, damn it! (There, now that I've set the mood. :D )
Looking at a job posting for a position I'd like to take, one of the guidelines is to send in examples of your design work. Be this writing samples, game levels, whatever, send in examples. And they note: "If you really want to impress, write a one-page document that convinces anyone who reads it that a game titled “Car Washer” would actually work." I'm going to take them up on this challenge. So I present to you, a video game pitch:
Car Washer
"The Fast and the Furious" re-ignited America's love for fast and stylish cars. "Grand Theft Auto" made it possible to steal any car and go anywhere you wanted. But it's time that someone made a game that truly showcases the world of high speeds and auto-theft.
Become Tony Heart, a young up-and-coming "car washer." Your job is to steal vehicles, clean all traces of former ownership, and sell them in local and international scenes. New in the area of Miami, you and your team look to make a name for yourselves in the international scene of exotic car dealings by starting with the lowest base cost of all, nothing.
Miami is not just some lifeless city with automatons running around. Instead live out the missions while other citizens live out their own life. Try to get as many cars as you can without alerting the police to just who is running this car theft ring. If you become too popular, future jobs could become increasingly difficult. Scout out your target's schedule to see when and where they are the most vulnerable. Gather conspirators to help you clean the car's legal tracks, informants to help you study your next mark, and round out your team with the best drivers to ensure that every wash is a clean one. And the marketplace offers such varying levels of depth, the player can decide just how much control they want. If management bores you, hire a numbers-man to run the business side of your enterprise for you. You can be hands-on in the market by deciding how cars will be modified and for how much they will be sold. Or if you're only interested in providing a service, and the thrill of it, go after job postings asking for washers to procure 'choice' cars.
Despite popular opinion, stealing cars is not child's play.
Opinions? Criticism?
Looking at a job posting for a position I'd like to take, one of the guidelines is to send in examples of your design work. Be this writing samples, game levels, whatever, send in examples. And they note: "If you really want to impress, write a one-page document that convinces anyone who reads it that a game titled “Car Washer” would actually work." I'm going to take them up on this challenge. So I present to you, a video game pitch:
Car Washer
"The Fast and the Furious" re-ignited America's love for fast and stylish cars. "Grand Theft Auto" made it possible to steal any car and go anywhere you wanted. But it's time that someone made a game that truly showcases the world of high speeds and auto-theft.
Become Tony Heart, a young up-and-coming "car washer." Your job is to steal vehicles, clean all traces of former ownership, and sell them in local and international scenes. New in the area of Miami, you and your team look to make a name for yourselves in the international scene of exotic car dealings by starting with the lowest base cost of all, nothing.
Miami is not just some lifeless city with automatons running around. Instead live out the missions while other citizens live out their own life. Try to get as many cars as you can without alerting the police to just who is running this car theft ring. If you become too popular, future jobs could become increasingly difficult. Scout out your target's schedule to see when and where they are the most vulnerable. Gather conspirators to help you clean the car's legal tracks, informants to help you study your next mark, and round out your team with the best drivers to ensure that every wash is a clean one. And the marketplace offers such varying levels of depth, the player can decide just how much control they want. If management bores you, hire a numbers-man to run the business side of your enterprise for you. You can be hands-on in the market by deciding how cars will be modified and for how much they will be sold. Or if you're only interested in providing a service, and the thrill of it, go after job postings asking for washers to procure 'choice' cars.
Despite popular opinion, stealing cars is not child's play.
Opinions? Criticism?