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In a couple of months time, I shall be made a father for the second time. To celebrate this special event I propose a game based on the joy of Fatherhood!
The game would span many genres, as you battle to get your darling wife to the hospital, help her give birth, and raise the child.
Level 1: Tidal Wave!
Oh no, your wife's waters have broken and you have been washed to the other end of the house! Swim around your house, and find your car keys, before locating your wife, and escaping out of the front door to complete the level.
Level 2: Driver!
You have 10 minutes to drive to the hospital! Obey road laws to the best of your ability, whilst coping with screams from the back seat - against the clock!
Level 3: The birth
It's all a matter of timing in this level, you wife is holding your hand, you must correctly time pressing certain buttons in order to avoid a painfull squeeze when the next contraction arrives. Maybe the game could come bundled with a vice for this level!
Level 4: Fatherhood!
Now the game really begins, you and the child must survive one year to win the game. The game has a built in clock, so if you don't check on it regularly disaster is sure to strike. Luckily you don't have to devote all of your time to the child, unless the wife character disappears from the game, but your many duties will range from simple games such as rocking a cradle and relativley simple milk feeds to the more complex colic avoidance and staying up all night.
Things get difficult around 4 months, with the introduction of 'solids' this part of the game takes form of a flight simulator, with a loaded spoon replacing the plane. You must fly into the mouth, whilst avoiding swinging arms, and thrown food.
There is a rather nasty downside to success in this level - the nappy change! You'll wish you had another pair of hands on this level, as you try to hold off kicking legs and reaching arms, whilst performing the clean-up operation.
Add all of these features to the general day to day jobs that need doing in the game, as well as keeping the sleep meter just above burnout will keep you more than amused in this great new game!
meka_dragon PQMS8/00
The game would span many genres, as you battle to get your darling wife to the hospital, help her give birth, and raise the child.
Level 1: Tidal Wave!
Oh no, your wife's waters have broken and you have been washed to the other end of the house! Swim around your house, and find your car keys, before locating your wife, and escaping out of the front door to complete the level.
Level 2: Driver!
You have 10 minutes to drive to the hospital! Obey road laws to the best of your ability, whilst coping with screams from the back seat - against the clock!
Level 3: The birth
It's all a matter of timing in this level, you wife is holding your hand, you must correctly time pressing certain buttons in order to avoid a painfull squeeze when the next contraction arrives. Maybe the game could come bundled with a vice for this level!
Level 4: Fatherhood!
Now the game really begins, you and the child must survive one year to win the game. The game has a built in clock, so if you don't check on it regularly disaster is sure to strike. Luckily you don't have to devote all of your time to the child, unless the wife character disappears from the game, but your many duties will range from simple games such as rocking a cradle and relativley simple milk feeds to the more complex colic avoidance and staying up all night.
Things get difficult around 4 months, with the introduction of 'solids' this part of the game takes form of a flight simulator, with a loaded spoon replacing the plane. You must fly into the mouth, whilst avoiding swinging arms, and thrown food.
There is a rather nasty downside to success in this level - the nappy change! You'll wish you had another pair of hands on this level, as you try to hold off kicking legs and reaching arms, whilst performing the clean-up operation.
Add all of these features to the general day to day jobs that need doing in the game, as well as keeping the sleep meter just above burnout will keep you more than amused in this great new game!
meka_dragon PQMS8/00
In a couple of months time, I shall be made a father for the second time. To celebrate this special event I propose a game based on the joy of Fatherhood!
The game would span many genres, as you battle to get your darling wife to the hospital, help her give birth, and raise the child.
Level 1: Tidal Wave!
Oh no, your wife's waters have broken and you have been washed to the other end of the house! Swim around your house, and find your car keys, before locating your wife, and escaping out of the front door to complete the level.
Level 2: Driver!
You have 10 minutes to drive to the hospital! Obey road laws to the best of your ability, whilst coping with screams from the back seat - against the clock!
Level 3: The birth
It's all a matter of timing in this level, you wife is holding your hand, you must correctly time pressing certain buttons in order to avoid a painfull squeeze when the next contraction arrives. Maybe the game could come bundled with a vice for this level!
Level 4: Fatherhood!
Now the game really begins, you and the child must survive one year to win the game. The game has a built in clock, so if you don't check on it regularly disaster is sure to strike. Luckily you don't have to devote all of your time to the child, unless the wife character disappears from the game, but your many duties will range from simple games such as rocking a cradle and relativley simple milk feeds to the more complex colic avoidance and staying up all night.
Things get difficult around 4 months, with the introduction of 'solids' this part of the game takes form of a flight simulator, with a loaded spoon replacing the plane. You must fly into the mouth, whilst avoiding swinging arms, and thrown food.
There is a rather nasty downside to success in this level - the nappy change! You'll wish you had another pair of hands on this level, as you try to hold off kicking legs and reaching arms, whilst performing the clean-up operation.
Add all of these features to the general day to day jobs that need doing in the game, as well as keeping the sleep meter just above burnout will keep you more than amused in this great new game!
meka_dragon PQMS8/00
The game would span many genres, as you battle to get your darling wife to the hospital, help her give birth, and raise the child.
Level 1: Tidal Wave!
Oh no, your wife's waters have broken and you have been washed to the other end of the house! Swim around your house, and find your car keys, before locating your wife, and escaping out of the front door to complete the level.
Level 2: Driver!
You have 10 minutes to drive to the hospital! Obey road laws to the best of your ability, whilst coping with screams from the back seat - against the clock!
Level 3: The birth
It's all a matter of timing in this level, you wife is holding your hand, you must correctly time pressing certain buttons in order to avoid a painfull squeeze when the next contraction arrives. Maybe the game could come bundled with a vice for this level!
Level 4: Fatherhood!
Now the game really begins, you and the child must survive one year to win the game. The game has a built in clock, so if you don't check on it regularly disaster is sure to strike. Luckily you don't have to devote all of your time to the child, unless the wife character disappears from the game, but your many duties will range from simple games such as rocking a cradle and relativley simple milk feeds to the more complex colic avoidance and staying up all night.
Things get difficult around 4 months, with the introduction of 'solids' this part of the game takes form of a flight simulator, with a loaded spoon replacing the plane. You must fly into the mouth, whilst avoiding swinging arms, and thrown food.
There is a rather nasty downside to success in this level - the nappy change! You'll wish you had another pair of hands on this level, as you try to hold off kicking legs and reaching arms, whilst performing the clean-up operation.
Add all of these features to the general day to day jobs that need doing in the game, as well as keeping the sleep meter just above burnout will keep you more than amused in this great new game!
meka_dragon PQMS8/00