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Optional / Unofficial Theme Suggestions Sticky

A topic by CarbsCode created Aug 03, 2021 Views: 194 Replies: 6
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HostSubmitted (2 edits)

Use this thread to post any optional theme suggestions that you may wanna set is a wanna set for yourself or other community members  During the jam, there is no official theme for this jam , but if you want the extra challenge or perhaps need a little inspiration here it is!

 If you do use a theme be sure to mention it here as well as in the question when submitting,  it will be very interesting to see what types of themes  everyone may come up with!

HostSubmitted

Here is a few theme and ideas I've just thought of:

  • Pirate Adventure
  • Steampunk
  • Space
  • Underwater
  • Castles
  • Desert
  • Abandoned
  • Cityscape 
  • Miniature
  • Nature


Jam HostSubmitted

I thought of some themes! 

- Dinosaur
- Pet Shop
- Old Western 
- Caves 
- Cafe
- Coffee Shop 
- Grocery Store 
- Airport
- Race Track 
- Mystery 
- Ghosts
- Cemetery 
- Haunted 
- Super Hero 
- Garden 

Hopefully these help to spark some ideas! 

Submitted
  • microscopic world (cells, amoebae, viruses, …)
  • toy shop
  • circuit board
Submitted

Just to have that said, a cool idea is to combine two (or even more?) of all suggestions posted above.

I mean, imagine how the level kit you’ll be building should look like if you combined these:

  • Abandoned and Cityscape
  • Miniature and Airport
  • Race Track and Space
  • Race Track and Pirate Adventure
  • Race Track and circuit board
  • Old Western and toy shop
  • Steampunk and Garden

There are some exciting combinations! See the three combinations of race track, for example, each of them is absolutely unique and requires you to think totally different about the style, also about the workflows.

Or think of your own categories or places. E.g. think of … I dunno … a sports stadium. Combine it then with a theme suggestion from above:

  • Pirate Adventure sports stadium
  • Underwater sports stadium
  • Dinosaur sports stadium

The same goes for any other thing you’d like to create. Here a few more ideas.

  • cars (or single parts to build cars with like different chassis, wheels, bumpers, spoilers etc.)
  • traffic structures (streets, traffic lights, bus stops etc.)
  • boats
  • characters
  • weapons
  • robots
  • war machinery

Just think of combining these with … woah … my head explodes. … Pet shop robots. Dinosaur weapons. Traffic structures in caves. … 🤯

Submitted (2 edits)

Sorry for “spamming”. I just cannot stop thinking. Here are a few more ideas:

  • Greek architecture
  • Japanese temples
  • Ancient ruins
  • Alien technology
  • Industrial revolution
  • Automated factories
  • Exotic fruits
  • Extraterrestrial environments
  • Tropical huts
  • Clothing
Jam HostSubmitted

Don't worry! I do not think you are spamming at all, I enjoy the input! :) 

I keep thinking of ideas as well for the jam and brainstorming all the possibilities as well, so you are not alone in that regard! In fact I thought of some more since last I posted...

- Aquarium 
-  Zoo 
- Wildlife 
- Jungle 
- Tundra
- Desert 
- Casino
- Amusement Park 
- Factory 
- Assembly line 
- Musical instruments 
- Artist supplies 
- Art Studio 
- Apartment building 
- Village 
- Laboratory 
- Mechanical 
- Restaurant
- Hospital 
-  Gym
- Shopping mall

I am sure that there are more ideas that we have yet to even touch on :)