Character Abilities

Brainstorm:
Is it fun, is it exciting, is it cool?

• Brush, Rake: push broom
• Cutting Stuff: cut weeds, hack through forest. Scythe, grass. Machete, branches. Axe, small trees. Chainsaw, bigger stuff.
• Shovel, Drill. Dig a trench, dig something to get water to flood, dig out monsters that are stuck in dirt.
• Pitchfork, Cattle Prod, Cactus: to give them an extra prod.
• Mop, Squirt Gun: wet down monsters, get paint or soap in it. perhaps 
• Fishing Pole, Lasso: get stuff out of monsters stomachs, swamp, lure things, summoning device.
• Fire Extinguisher: to extinguish fires.
• Flame Thrower

Bell, tamberine
Lantern
Leaf blower
Power versions
Finding rod
Machete
Rocket
Pogo Stick
Bird cage
Hook
Lasso
Water balloon launcher
Hammer
Axe
Pick axe
Umbrella
Fan
Cactus
Net

Monster attachments:
Claw that grabs hair
Chameleon tongue
Monster that holds stuff and doesn't let go, carry stuff around
Sticky monster

Jon Snow week 8

get off my yard!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Michael McCullough More Houses

Brooklyn Walker, Week 8 Sketches

Megan Young sketches

Jon Snow week 8

Michelle Cole

Notes from Board

Motherly Monster - Becomes chef monster

Jock/cool kid - Calming down mount monster - Starts monster exercise class

Narcissist/One-upper - Bug infestation “I’m hideous” / Static hair because of electric monster - Lives in filthy part of town - Self-harm through ‘beauty treatments’ - Pair up with groomer monster - Find co-competitor - Runs Salon/Heath consultant - Get Polaroid for selfies

Old fisherman missing limbs/fish on leg - Eaten by ferry fish - Help him tame ferry fish (feed?) - Becomes ferryman across to swamp area - Becomes messenger/mailman/guide for the swamp

Hidey-ho neighbor/Won’t shut up/ mouth but no ears monster - pair with lonely ear monster that likes to listen - becomes elevator monster (allows you to reach taller monsters with wings or extendable legs)

The hoarder

Mad scientist/conspiracy theorist - Malnourished focus on work - Get him to go outside - taken care of by motherly monster who moves in next door - provided stuff by trash collector/opens tinker shop

Beach bum/town drunk/chameleon monster - Thinks everything is monsters, cowering and running around wildly, splash with water to “snap out of it” - discover monster with psychedelic breath that lives with him - brush teeth of monster to control bad breath - encourage friendship/trade with forest monster - becomes home remedy doctor

Silent giant/suspicious ex-convict - find in a jail made out of trees, use beaver monster to free - gives everything that gets close hugs, need to file off spikes - befriends terror dog - uses smashing fists and terror dog to become blacksmith

Get off my yard monster with explosive temper - sinking in bog/pull out - caked in mud and wash with water hose - unhappy pairing of him and Dennis the Menace monster - Needs motherly monster as companion - learns to take care of yard

Forest-loving monster - hugging a tree and the tree hugs back, tree-cutting arms “I’m a monster!”, teach how to prune and shape trees, becomes “castle planner”, uses singing-to-the-trees to get them to grow together

Brooklyn Walker, Week 7

Jonsnow_week7

Michael McCullough House Roughs

michelle cole

sahwn

Monsters Brainstorm

Personality Types:

"Get Off My Yard"

"Don't Step On My Daisies"

"Won't Shut Up" (maybe pair up with Deaf monster)

Magpie Monsters, loves Shiny things, the Hoarder

Conspiracy Theorist

Forest Loving Monster (one loves the plants, one loves the plants)

Beach Bum Hippy "yeah... respect man"

Nature Hater

Nosy Nature, Perpetual Spy, Lurky Neighbor

The Control Freak

Monster with Tons of Kids

Aspiring Scientist, but doesn't know anything

Inventor Monster, "I have designed the rock log, mwahaha!"

Weathered Cowboy

Kid That's Into Everything, little monkey, Dennis the Mennis

The Always Working Out

Always on His Porch, rocking, chewing on something, comments on everything

The Judger, looks down on everything that everyone ever does

Hick, Farmer

Overly Nurturing Motherly Monster

Silent Giant, who knows what they're actually like

Town Drunk, Dumb Monster

Narcassist, Into Self Monster

Gaggle of Mean Girls

Goth Kids, "I love the darkness"

Troubled Teen

Guy who babies the horrible Dog

Heighty Ho Neighbor, Happy Go Lucky

Old Blood, Rich Neighbor

Militant Monster, strict

Tattle Tale

Neighborhood Watch

Town Worry-er

Old Cat Lady

Hermit Human

Crab Fisherman

The Newlyweds

Mayor, wants to feel important, or that they have authority

Fairy Monster, do gooder, feels like they are blessing everyone's lives

Overly Competitive, One-Upper

The Burping Monster

Emotional Eating Monster, Always hungry

Ex Convict, suspicious, Creed

Explosive temper monster

Monster who needs things

Super efficient businessman

Summer sales, multi level marketing

Cool boy, Jock

New Loglines

Logline, Story: A child searches for enormous monsters in a thick forest by her grandparent’s house, scrambling through the woods to rescue them from the darkness of the forest, and bringing them together into her own little kingdom of monsters.

Logline, Gameplay: Imagine Minecraft in a dense forest where you’re mining for monsters, and then fighting your way through problems to help them form a peaceful society.

Jon Snow_ week 6

Brooklyn Walker, Week 6 Sketches

Revised Logline

Old
Logline, Story: A no-nonsense child discovers enormous monsters in a dense forest near her grandparent’s house, and works to sort out the can of worms opened by their quirky personalities.

Logline, Gameplay: It's a 3rd person adventure where you create a unique community of monsters, by wrangling monster needs, tunneling deeper into the woods, going on scavenger hunts, and making monsters get along with each other.

New
Logline, Story: A child discovers enormous monsters in a dense forest by her grandparent’s house, and works to sort out the monsters’ crazy problems.

Logline, Gameplay: A 3rd person adventure where you create your own neighborhood, chopping your way through problems to help monsters get along with each other.

Themes
Overarching: Can of Worms, Grumpy old man with a golden heart, Stunted growth vs. unchecked growth
Character: Unconventional solutions
Environment: Searching for something around the corner

Brooklyn Walker, Week 6 Sketches

Jon Snow_week 6

Michelle Cole

Michael McCullough Back Packs and Jars

Megan Young drawings

Pitch Feedback

People I pitched to ...

Two teenagers (one boy and one girl) under 16 (both play video games)

Lost interest pretty quickly … the sentence is too wordy … the can of worms thing threw them off … both though of real worms … also not super interested in game play

Girl said she would like it if she could create monsters ... boy wanted more action

Older 20 yr old guy (doesn’t like video games much):

likes the synopsis … says its something that he is interested in and would play but probably wouldn’t stay invested in after some time … maybe more action would interest him

doesn’t like the can of worms thing … threw him off … even though he knew what was meant by it he imagined a legit can of worms

20 year old girl (plays video games)

Finds the concept interesting but thinks the sentence is too wordy and the can of worms thing is distracting.

Would like it if there was a twist or ulterior underlining story going on … maybe you do everything you think you are supposed to and then you find out its wrong and have to fix everything … or have an end goal driving the character’s actions

21 year old guy (plays video games)

Like concept but feels like it needs something (feels like something missing that could make it better)

Sounds like a book he read (Fablehaven) when he was young ... good thing I think.

Could tell the type of world this game plays in (no death) and audience type (children)

shawn