In just a few words: Local multiplayer cooperative golf.
Everyone chooses their angle/direction simultaneously. Everyone has X seconds to pick their new direction. Once the timer runs out, or everyone has confirmed their action, you shoot (also at the same time).
Controls
Keyboard = LEFT/RIGHT to aim shot. UP to power up/down.
Controller = JOYSTICK to aim. ANY BUTTON to power up/down.
When power button is released, it is final and confirmed.
Courses
I could manually design some sort of campaign/world.
I could also randomly generate the courses. (A wave collapse function might be nice, but I’d need some way to ensure it’s possible to win and stuff.)
Why a good idea?
Minigolf is a very easy and intuitive thing people are familiar with.
But most don’t allow multiplayer. Or you’re taking turns.
In this case, you all play simultaneously, all the time. There’s no downtime. Things happen automatically at good speed.
Courses should be created to have as many moments to help/hinder each other as possible.
Still needs some more specific ideas/twists
- Does everyone get their own hole? Or is there a single hole for all?
- Players interact by bouncing off each other. Can this change? Based on terrain underneath them, or ball type, or powerup?
- Another button that does something?
- What are the elements of the course?
- 3D, I imagine?