Half-baked Wii game idea

[prog]

* Using only your TV's stereo sound, and aural/tactile feedback from the controller as you wave it around, feel your way through some challenge. (Obstacle course? Blind combat?) The TV picture is blank and won't help you.

* Multiplayer variant: as above, except that the TV has useful visual imagery on it. However, the Wii controller input is flipped left-to-right. This is because you are meant to face away from the TV to play. You instead face your gathered friends, who can see exactly what you're not seeing, and are encouraged to shout advice at you.

Comments

[taskboy3000.livejournal.com]

It might be a fun mechanism for a "marco-polo" game or a "move the ball through a maze" game.

Unfortunately, most people's hearing isn't super-sensative. We hear pitches pretty well, but getting spacial information is trickier (I think).

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

Someone made a game a bit like that using a 360 controller (which has rumble) : In The Pit. Pretty entertaining and surprisingly playable!

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

I love the second one, which reminds me of mirror charades. If you've never played that, the person who knows the answer - lets call this person A - stands in back of the people solving. A teammate who doesn't know the answer - lets call this person B faces A, and the people solving (lets call them C through Z). A clues the answer, unseen by all save B, who mirrors A's moves while C, D, E, etc try to guess the answer.

[mrmorse.livejournal.com]

The Lost Woods in Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time was navigable by sound.

Basically, it was a maze of twisty passages, all alike, but by listening to where the sound was coming from, you could figure out where to go.

One limitation is the sound quality on most people's televisions. At this point, most TVs have stereo sound, but the built in speakers are still relatively crappy. But with good enough speakers, listeners can place sounds extremely accurately. I have live concert recordings where I can identify where individual people in the crowd are located relative to the stage.

[mr-choronzon.livejournal.com]

That's a great idea! I love the party game aspect; where your friends can see the TV and shout at you.