Hollywood Heroes

Back when Fox Interactive had their game publishing arm and owned a ton of movie and tv show content, I was approached and asked about pitching a mash-up character game using an extremely long list of licenses from the Fox universe.

To avoid a spaghetti-mess of licensing friction I designed the game idea in an abstract cartoon style. A satirical approach. This allowed us to reach deep into the license barrel and pull out anything we wanted.

I love the idea of this. Iconic film characters pulled from every time and genre working together to take on a world-crushing alien menace. Edward Scissorhands, B.A. Baracus, Predator, Buffy the Vampire Slayer…the list goes on and on and on. I want to play it!





Infestation

While working at Atari/THQ (Stuntman, Terminator 3), in between projects I pitched a game that leaned on the pedigree of the studio but supported a new IP. Enter Infestation

The high-level story idea was that off-world colonists always run into nasty alien creatures (like every good alien horror movie). In response, the interplanetary government funds a ‘pest-control’ division to deal with just that kind of problem. Not marines. The Interplanetary Public Works. Pest Control.

Enter the player with their ‘rig’, an incredibly rugged tank-like vehicle that is all about chasing down and battling all manner of alien menace great and small.

Add several different planets, various alien monsters, some vehicle upgrades and that's the framework. There was some corporate/political intrigue in the background for the player to contend with. Something about the interplanetary government dropping creatures onto worlds to endanger a populace in order to soften it up for control.





The Penguin

Rough pencil from early brainstorming. I sketched up a teaser poster idea for a friend that was pitching an idea that we collaborated on together. I might have it wrong but it involved a super spy treasure hunter (a cartoonish penguin with gadgets/guns). He didn’t talk, if I recall (like the Wallace and Gromit penguin) He would brave lost places with mind blowing horrors and steal artifacts. Some other creative professionals I worked with saw it, and after laughing, kind of fell in love with the idea for it. I could see the game here. A new quirky take on hero journey game. There's more to the design/idea but this is all I have left of it.






Tales of the Iron Ring

I talked with some engineers I was working with about modifying existing driving engine tech we had to make an arena combat game where the vehicles would be living creatures instead of cars. I wanted to develop a Twisted Metal version of gladiators on beasts. Each warrior was an iconic persona with their own backstory and signature weapons. The beasts (living vehicles) would all be different/unique with their own abilities. I recall an idea I had for the game which suggested that you could get knocked off your beast. If you didn’t get back on quickly, opponents could run you down and their beast could eat you. A very compelling fatality in a PvP game, methinks.







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